While not wanting to get anyone's hope even slightly airborne, it would be to established stadia, where planning permission is presumably still in place, that the Premiership should be looking to add to their numbers. Brough Park, while requiring serious funding to reinstall track and fence, etc, would -- if promoted jointly by the BSPL themselves (as was West Ham in 1964, which was a huge financial success despite the team finishing bottom of the last-ever -- old -- National League) might just work, not least by raising the numbers in the current Premiership. To those who say that the stadium owners wouldn't want it -- everyone has their price........ Recalling West Ham, which paid off handsomely when it was refloated after a nine-year break and later on the recent Oxford revival -- and the huge crowds that came back to Glasgow in 1988 after the city had been without speedway for 16 years, it might not be the worst idea.  In a major city.   After a five year gap.    Just saying.......

I'd like to know what is being put in place to ensure we're not in the exact same situation (but worse) in twelve months time.  The number of clubs left makes one league more sensible. Clubs racing on a night that suits them also makes sense. What needs to be done is something to make that viable. The stumbling blocks all revolve around riders. Be it the international race nights which take preference and the lack of riders of a good enough standard to fill 14 teams without doubling up (impossible in one league).  So there should be a big focus next season on getting British riders to a competitive standard at Championship level at least. A good pool of domestic talent will be important to mean sides can have carte blanche over their race nights (not a complete solution I'm aware). But, as we know the Championship teams are full speed ahead at building teams and there are no rules in place (rising star scheme for example) to promote British youngsters at that level.  The Premiership isn't sustainable. The Championship sides haven't helped matters by not implementing a rising star scheme or similar. It needs to be changed for next season regardless of what has been signed already, or we're putting off change for good for at least another year. That's valuable time. Everyone needs to pull together in one direction for the good and future of British Speedway.

His official GSA going forward to next year is 8.12, which is not the same as his over all 2025 average (based on 24 meetings). Whilst the official figure is I assume a rolling average, it is not over 20 meetings, as this throws up a different figure again (looking at Lions stats on their web page). Must therefore be based on a rolling average over probably 15 or 10 meetings. Bloody (and unnecessarily) confusing this! Anyone care to clarify this matter?

I agree to an extent, but I was specifically addressing the point about a Polish only GP series, I don't think it'd ever happen And a Merry Christmas to you too 🎅

Todays Speedway Star  actually

Like when certain Ipswich fans were demanding teams moved up and were going to lose tons of money just to keep the failing premiership going? Were those Ipswich fans going to cover the costs of that team? I don’t think so, so it’s a stupid thing to say about an individual covering costs. I agree it’s his right to do but would he have been selling up if he got what he wanted? He would have been happy if we had another sacrificial lamb in the top flight. Last year’s premiership was basically a 5 team league as Oxford and Birmingham were so uncompetitive it’s not really changed that much. We even had an Ipswich fan on here having a pop at Plymouth because they didn’t win a trophy so the season was unsuccessful. That club had a great season imo as they got bigger crowds and the feel good factor returned.