Kinda missing the Coventry connections apart from Dan and Chris. Unless I am missing something?

I've mentioned about my local football team Stockport County.   They went into non league and even dropped a league in that .. They were in the cart, non league, and two of the biggest football teams in the  country on their doorstep, meaning local young fans would be more inclined to follow either of those teams.. So, they put together a Community Team..  And have said since that this team was the most important one put together.. School visits to the ground were organised and structured, both during match day and not.. And free tickets for kids and for their parents and  guardians were distributed... However, they followed this up by more free tickets for the kids,  and with heavily reduced admission for parents and guardians, plus discounted vouchers for merchandise.. Many kids therefore became regulars and, as they got used to going, wore the team colours, and mithered their parents and guardians to keep returning... Every club should have a "Community Team" whose role it is to get the brand out into the local area, be a force for good, and attract people to the club (especially U11 kids)... Hardly one player was known at County in their non league days, but the Community Team were known by a great many...

Cheers Tom, replied...  

100%... And the vast majority of 80 million people have never heard of the sport, never mind any rider... What an opportunity for a reset... 5 rider teams, and play with the heat system so the disparate levels of ability, from one to five, race more against each other of the sane level.. Or six rider teams with both reserves very much "junior level"... Drop the level, drop the price... If a track does a "special" the crowds rise significantly, with those extra people being fans who no longer rgularly attend, but come back for one night only, thus suggesting twenty five quid per visit isn't seen as worth paying... But (insert price here), is....... Reduce costs, and invest the money in price reduction.. And start UK Speedway again, from scratch... But don't do the same thing you do now because it clearly isn't fit for purpose....

Depends what levels you set the leagues and how many riders in a team I guess.  doubling up is killing the sport in this country. We have to either limit it to uk residents first and then get rid or the whole system in say 5 years time.  for the sport to grow it has to have credibility. 

Totally agree the Comets have to plan ahead with there fixtures and start times but just a quick check at what else is on flags this up, and there are a fair few Comets fans that also watch the Reds or Carlisle so will have an effect on there crowd. Not sure if it's the same stewards that also do the Reds because if it is there last ever game at Bourgh Park could be a big crowd.