The UK had over TWENTY MILLION quid from Sky alone... That's a fair old "subsidy".... Yet, here we are with the current situation...

The "family sport" tag was used as a way of differentiating speedway crowds from that of football which in the 70's and the level of hooliganism seen at football grounds was well founded. Today, speedway still remains a "family sport" unfortunately not attended by families to any great extent unlike football with some clubs having massive sections dedicated to families a lot who are season ticket holders.  also looking back, Speedway, as a "family sport" didn't mind running many events sponsored by the fag and booze companies now actually banned from such advertising. And lets not forget Durex - hardy "family" related Times have moved on (ok maybe not speedway UK) and speedway folk should accept with open arms the betting industry which in itself is one of the most tightly regulated businesses here in the UK.  and consider this, nobody needs to place a bet at a meeting, just like nobody needs to drink booze and smoke fags/vape at meetings, but plenty still do! 

My guess is: 1. Bomber 2. Not a Danish Rider 3. Flint 4. Danish Rider 5. Howarth 6. Hagon 7. Hodder

Very true. Bring back the upright engines. Safer, Cheaper and, most importantly - fast enough.

All this talk of teams being able to return if things go right off track but what happens if the likes of Boro, Bees, Robins and Heathens were able to return, where would the riders come from, its exactly the same issue without those teams and running one league. The sport somehow needs to be scaled right back so it effectively goes from weekly/semi weekly to monthly so each event is more important, quality over quantity, at least until more riders are brought through and again its the same issue of the sport being too expensive to get into. As talked about recently, all these costs and yet the bikes are going no quicker than what they were 30 years ago, its bloomin madness.

Leigh Adams Mark Loram