You’re not Rob Godfrey in disguise, are you?

Buggered if I know.

Will teams be able to sign an over 8 point rider after the initial declaration? At present, replacements are like for like - you can replace up to the average of the rider you are replacing - but what about a rider who under 8 at initial declaration, maybe only because of the 2.5% reduction but who, for whatever reason needs to be replaced when his average is over 8? Or will a team be able to make wholesale changes after the initial declaration including more than one rider over eight but as long as they keep within the overall limit?

I’ve thought exactly this. If you’re going to reinvent a club from the past and stage their meetings elsewhere, why not a more recent and successful club like Coventry? Still wouldn’t be ideal but I’m sure they still have a big enough fan base that would travel to watch the Bees again. At least in the short term. The novelty would inevitably ware off with the travelling but by that time they’d hopefully have made progress in returning to Brandon or another location closer to home.    Who on earth local to Northampton, is going to travel miles to watch a team ride there? It’s been an awful long time since Speedway was raced in Northampton so I’d be surprised if many there even know what the sport is!

I'm beginning to realise that the "radical" change that has been mooted for next season is in fact no change... and that, when you think about it, is quite radical for a sport in a terminal decline!

He did, but it didn't last long! He made his debut for the Diamonds way back in 1991, going on to make 381 appearances scoring 2207pts + 363 Bonus Points for an average of 5.77 (1782 rides).