Yes I have, also he had said he is too good for the Polish National League where likes of Masters, Lawson, Ellis etc ride so he has backed himself into a corner over there hence the decision to ride again in the Championship, could be another who has had the proverbial smoke blown up his arse 

Can you pull out the stats for Max and Sam? Just curious about how many Heat 15's we won away?

More likely than not, yes

I didn't say admission prices increased, but I know for a fact my dad, taking me as a kid, and some of his friends went to to watch riders they followed or knew in the Golden Helmet match races. Probably others did too, fixtures were always well advertised, maybe to bring in a bigger crowd?  Riders go to Poland for 4 rides, I'm sure if the money was right they'd even go to Manchester😂

Slightly off topic but have you seen the video on polish tv of Pickering spitting his dummy out because he was taken out of a ride,it pretty much shows you why he doesn’t ride for leszno anymore 

For the majority of races didn’t he have Max F as his partner?