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Maybe. and if so that would cause a major rethink on not only on the points limit for teams but how to deal with the removal of riders doubling up and the absence of those riders who will not be available to race at weekends, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Example in Leicester case from this years lineup, Fricke, Douglas and Becker lost due to weekends and Howarth, Masters, Kemp & Thompson having to decide which one team they will ride for? This type of quandary is one reason why one league is not on for 2026 - Although personally I do think one league is the way forward with eight teams (because that's the maximum number of reasonably comparatively competitive riders available) in it and the remaining clubs operating junior/feeder team events and individual round robins (featuring riders from the top flight) - And I know this wont happen because it involves significant change which the BSPA are notably adverse too. -
By YeOldPitGate · Posted
Sadly as many on here have said this has been coming since I went in the mid 80's to early 90's with the gradual drop off of clubs, more competition these days for your pound than in 1985, Poland taking over as the main speedway hotbed, ageing fanbase also now catching up. Its taken a lot longer than I thought to arrive here and I'm not really sure how things can continue other than some other team being given a six figure sum to come up for maybe one season to get six teams for the Prem league to limp on for one more year. Even the above is difficult to see given most teams losing money and rumors of no tv deal to pay for the number one's, the arguments about a lot of riders probably leaving if no doubling up available also has merit so no easy fixes. I think the top league will be finished in 2-3 years if we had 8 Chris Louis promoters with some money to plough in we would be in a good place, i still think Buster loves speedway so keeps Lynn going but his aim is to not risk massive losses and to be fair being close to retirement you can't blame him. It could be in 3-4 years team speedway in the UK is over and it will just be various individual meetings 10-12 times a year if punters are interested. Even on here there's only maybe 50 odd of us knocking about praying that something turns up to save this once great sport. -
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I would like to be right too. Not sure about the odds though if the bookie is the sponsor waiting for the promoters to see sense....Oh on second thoughts by comparison the 5000/1 odds of Leicester City winning the Premiership may would have been a certainty.
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