Careful.... I can see some stats coming in from "someone" soon, detailing, to the penny, the money paid out to each individual rider, by the Aces and Ipswich... Probably covering the past five years or so, in an attempt to disprove your theory......

All I want is a dry fortnight so the final takes place the following week. If its pushed back by a week I will have to amend my travel plans as I was off to the sun.

There is no such thing as bad publicity. Remember that only thing worse that being spoken about is not being spoken about.  And I fear the latter is the situation British Speedway finds itself in the majority of the time.

Shame they'd gone with 60s imagery. More modern imagery might get someone to search the sport up but that's obviously not weatherspoons responsibility to sell the area.

thats AI for you. 

This. There was a vacancy at Belle Vue which meant he slipped in seamlessly as a like for like.    To bring an eight pointer in to Ipswich, that would have involved two changes minimum.    Coleman isn’t going to be an owner that regularly chops and changes and puts riders out of a job and fans are going to have to accept the way he works there. As I’ve said before, if the club is struggling and changes aren’t made, that could end up being annoying for some supporters.    Bangs was an extreme case as he was struggling not just on track, but off it. They gave him as much support as possible but in the end were forced to do something not just for the clubs benefit, but the rider. They didn’t feel great about doing that either I can tell you that.    Maybe their stance will change a little in the future. At the end of the day you have to listen to your supporters as they’re the ones who pay at the gate and keep the club going so if the noise gets loud enough, action will inevitably have to happen.    Plus, Ipswich just can’t compete with the money Belle Vue throw at riders so it was a non starter anyway 😉