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The gods have more power than Godfrey , consider it a way of justice.

It seems to me most posters on here worship the God of the bitter and twisted or attend the Church of Moaners, where the Communion wine glass is always half empty and never half full.

oh the irony...….other fixtures featuring complete sides postponed to allow other teams to use their riders as guests..and then its off...

Where is your charitable spirit. We have taken Richie in, clothed him and he was smiling last night too Dorothy.

If the hijackers will now let us get this thread back in line with its title, it is interesting that Speedway Star have devoted a whole page to an interview with Rob Godfrey and he has simply used it to blame everyone but himself for the trouble he has caused in having fixtures removed from the fixture list. Fixtures, that is, that Godfrey and his (mis) Management Committee, had approved before the season started and the fans relied on. This is the problem with this blinkered shower on the Management Committee (and I use the term "management " in its loosest possible sense) , they are apparently unaware that the sport is on its knees and each time they mess up in this way, more fans walk away. It really is a disgrace and unacceptable for the person whose committee is supposed to be running the sport , to blame other people for the problem he caused. If Scunthorpe hadn't needed guests none of this would have arisen. Still at least we have a member of the (mis) Management Committee acknowledging there is a problem. Until now we have simply had fixtures being pulled out of the list and a month of conspicuous silence from the MC, who have carried on as if nothing had happened, completely ignoring the fans.. I doubt whether Godfrey and his mates could run a stall in a Women's institute jumble say successfully. Incompetent beyond belief

Should have been run on July 13th until it was unceremoniously removed from the fixture list. Wonder what will happen now?? Despite winning the away leg they will probably award the tie to Newcastle unless we run it before July 31st lol!

And when it all collapses most of them will look around and still not understand why

haha just have to spend spendspend

Don't tell me the houses will be built first ?

Totally irrelevant - international calender gives priority to British Premiership on a Monday No Josh due to riding in Poland should be no facillty

I agree. Monday’s are priority for UK teams and if riders choose (or forced) to ride elsewhere (whatever their nationality or license issuing authority) then no facility. If Poole use a facility then it should be a 28 day ban for Josh!

Gutted for Cookie tonight. Whether you like him or not, the way he has tried to involve his supporters in his Grand Prix journey should be admired hugely. Really hope Cookie can bang in at least two semis in the last five GP's to give himself a chance of a wildcard. I think he'll struggle to do it but you never know. Either way, he qualified by right last year and has got so close to pulling it off again, hopefully that will be recognised.

Rory giving his own Team a chance of Qualifying by the looks of it

No, some of us are able to resist the temptation of ‘live speedway on their doorstep’ when its absolutely garbage.

Quite possibly the worst challenge result for many a year. None of them have or will add much to the GPs.

Lambert wins heat 19. Fricke engine failure

Lambert can do Cook a favour and beat Fricke in heat 19

Thanks. I'll remember that and not talk about chickens again. Your constant whingeing does get a bit tiring, although I largely ignore it. Panthers are having a great season - just enjoy it!

Ironically enough if this meeting had gone ahead yesterday it would be all over?

Yes I agree.......it's just something that's been in place many years, a difficult prob, and we fans tend to accept it while ignoring what 'outsiders' think? I mean we turn the proverbial 'blind eye' to the situation because of loving the sport !

The item above is so correct all we see is riders double up in the top 2 leagues , the premiership is a joke the majority of riders also ride in the championship apart from the likes of Thorshell , NKI, Lambert ,R etc what i see is majority of Aussies ride in both leagues, question is this to attract them to UK instead of staying at home and earning money ? The quicker we get back to one rider one team for the season British talent may get a chance to come to the fore and we can do better at international level.

Just been heavy downpour but its hot so will dry

Just uploaded some photo's from practice this afternoon: https://www.facebook.com/pg/FIMTrackRacing/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1570840623021044

First time I’ve been to Glasgow at night and WOW.. what a difference! £17 entry which I would pay over and over again if all meetings were of that quality! A meeting and a half and one I will be getting the DVD of! Absolutely gutted to have left with nothing though... turning point for sure was the TS Glasgow had to use! Hope we can pinch the poInts tonight but I wouldn’t be surprised to see Glasgow take them! Their heat 13 & likely 15 riders could do us over again!

What's staggering is that a lot of Championship clubs are already charging the same as, if not more, to get in to watch them. I read the other day Edinburgh charge £18.50 if you don't buy a ticket in advance! So, are clubs like that racking it in on the 2nd division by over charging or are they doing it to stay afloat in the hope the same old regulars keep coming back and paying £18 or whatever it might be? If it's the 1st option... why would they want change? If it's the 2nd, how could they make it pay with the increased costs of the top tier? Assuming they could make it pay the top division needs Sheffield, Ipswich, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Peterborough to move up. The rest could make up a 2nd division which is a lot lower standard and a lot more cost effective to them.

Most of us on here don't alter the rules to suit or benefit our own causes , that why we have a moan when someone like your beloved Godfrey thinks its o/k to inconvenience others just so he can get his own way by using the powers handed to him as vice chairman inappropriately.

Poland know the deal, Monday & Wednesday is UK. I would be amazing if Josh isn’t at Leicester and Matt will hold his ground.

That`s one thing for sure, when you comes to PR and promoting, Glasgow are streets ahead of most other clubs from any league.

Ford is a shrewd businessman and has to make Poole speedway pay, if he is talking about time to get out you know the sport has reached or very nearly reached the point of no return. Should be a wake up call for the BSPA but don't hold your breath.

The worry is if crowds at Swindon, Poole, King's Lynn and Wolverhampton are down because they have all retained their traditional race night. If anything, I would expect their crowds to increase because FNR has more or less solved the doubling up problems, which so many fans complained about. The enforced Monday nights have been a disaster for Belle Vue, we know what it has done to Rye House, crowds seem to be down at Leicester. I don't know about Somerset but I can see that a move away from the Friday problems on the M5 could be a benefit. I'm not one for conspiracy theories but is it just coincidence that it's the old guard who managed to retain their race nights and the newer promotions who had to change? I can see no alternative now to one league with riders committed to the UK and teams racing on whichever night best suits them. Clubs must also live within their financial means. Anything else is just more tinkering around the edges and again not facing up to the realities of the current state of the sport in the UK.

Or no facility ??

I'm sure plenty if us have our fingers and toes crossed.

I accept all of what you say but the cock up with Trevor Harding's average and that night of 'engine failures' at Lynn are as bad as anything we've ever experienced at the Norfolk Arena. I'm certainly not interested in hanging Mr Rogers out to dry or abusing him but the facts over the years speak for themselves and how many clubs he has been at in that time.

Probably as good a suggestion I have read. No doubt a lot of time has been devoted to recognise the issues that are bound to exist, but overall pretty good. I have always thought there is very little to choose between the strength of the two leagues, and have said before, nothing will ever prosper while promoters have different agendas. for this sport to works we have to all want the same thing... I find it amazing that our closest rivals are in the other league elimination many local derby clashes. Having a North and South divide would allow more spectators to travel and generate a more intense local rivalries.. A win, win situation..

Lets hope its all just precaution and no serious issue is actually there All the best Nathan - the thoughts of the Massif are with you

I think we all have a pretty good idea as to why our league fixtures are being "held back" or delayed as much as possible by "outside sources". But I am not prepared to put that in print (!!),

Schlien is only part of it, unrealistic to expect 18 from anybody. We were outscored at reserve by 15 points, one of whom was unbeaten by an away rider which is more of a factor than anything.

Then the only alternative is to retain the better riders but those riders reduce their wage demands to current Championship levels.....

At least it’s a free car park and not the £4 we were charged last night

Poor at Lynn Wednesday,must have been busy doing her nails when she missed 3 big rollers at the starts.

Rawicz v Rzeszow Saturday 28th July

Final decision at 18:00hrs...….

Quoting from Article 3.5 of the Speedway GP regulations... In each SGP Meeting, 1 Wild Card Rider will be nominated to take part. All FMNs may propose riders. Proposals must be made in writing to the FIM not later than 1 month prior to the meeting. The SGP Commission will make the final approval and nominations. But I'm sure you already know this.

Good news - at least as good as could be expected considering!

If Poland know of the Monday/Wednesday GB only Agreement. they wouldn't pay any attention because Poland rules and they wiil do whatever they want

The thunderstorm and rain started about 2 minutes after I arrived in the stadium at 6.45pm last night. I should have videod how they fixed that and made it into a great racing surface. Every single trackman in the UK could learn a lot from it. Also I believe the different type of shale and the lack of clay makes it far easier to produce a top rated surface after rain like that.

And Jeremycorbynfan on the championship thread.

Considering a number of the Robins riders are carrying injuries and Zac was just returning from one the team did pretty well. I think with a fully fit team the Budgies could have won it. Lambert aside (who's different class at the moment) KL are nothing special. Other than Jack Smith I'm with Rosco in not making any changes. It's good to have some continuity in the side and you can actually identify with a set of riders. If we don't make the play offs so what? Things aren't going as well as last season but let's see if these lads can turn it around.

Something that you have to accept with Jason Garrity is that he is always going to run the risk on picking up injuries on pretty regular basis, entertaining and great to watch but misses too many meeting. And I sure that I am correct in thinking that for the last three seasons his season has finished early due to injury.

hi , i would like to thank Workington speedway for allowing me to continue my support for my local team . . no promoters or fans have been harmed in this thread . we will have all learned a thing or two and that we need each other in order to survive . i thank supporters from other tracks for their input . some good and some bad . also the number of pm,s that i had . . did not think i was that popular ! i thank you all J .