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I'd be ok with that as I agree with him. If they can't be taken back to the French coast they should be left at sea or put on a plan back to where they originated from. This is a country that can't look after it's own homeless people, we shouldn't be taking on others until our own house is in order.

From the man who made stupid comments to someone months ago and when an insult was "thrown back" at him, got the bloke banned and whined for days about it. Maybe when someone asks a civil question, give your honest answer and just leave it as that. No need to insult someone for asking a question.

I am rather intrigued that there are so many “fanatics” who refuse to accept speedway’s declining support, and see it all as some media conspiracy against the sport. As others have said, apart from those who live inside the “speedway bubble” the sport is now an irrelevance. That’s not diminish Woffenden’s achievements, but to the great British public is this anymore noteworthy than Chris Anderson picking up his fourth successive world championship at Cooper's Hill this June? I would suggest..not! It isn’t the media’s fault that Speedway finds itself where it is…..and the reasons for it’s spectacular fall from grace have been well documented. Now in my lifetime 1966 was a very good sporting year. Unsurprisingly the top three in the BBC Sports Personality of that year, was in third place England World Cup hattrick hero Geoff Hurst, with Sir Robert Moore the winner…..and sandwiched twixt them was a New Zealander by the name of Barry Briggs! In addition, a few years later Eamonn Andrews surprised Barry with his big red book and the famous line: “Barry Briggs….This is Your Life”! For any youngsters out there “This is Your Life” was serious mainstream telly. It was broadcast when there were only 3 channels available, was on at primetime, when the audience was counted in tens of millions, not thousands! Barry Briggs was (and probably still is) a major personality….sadly over the ensuing 50 plus years speedway had become so marginalised that folk no longer can name / recognise the current world champion...or in a lot of cases even know (or care) if the sport exists!

Maybe.But it is a crime to advocate killing or drowning people in U.K. law and we don’t like criminals,do we?

He is the founder/owner of the company, slightly different to a random employee. A high profile figure that other companies may not want to associate with. Plenty of examples of things on social media being brought up from years ago and used against people, costing careers etc. And no I’m not crying nor have I said that Ford should cut all the ties with the company. I merely asked starman for his opinion.

It's not the 1960's anymore. Nobody can say or do anything without somebody crying. People who eat meat are in the wrong according to vegan's. Female models who promote sporting events such as the Darts and Formula 1 are in the wrong according to feminist's. Some people agree with gay marriage and some people don't. Donald Trump is a racist according to a group of people yet the other group of people voted for him to become President say he's not racist. People who voted for Brexit are racists according to a some people. I can go on and on about various subjects in the current times. Do I agree with Andrew's comments. No I don't but I'm not calling for Matt Ford to cut all ties with Meridian Lifts just because someone has an opinion on a certain subject. It's the world we live in where everybody has an opinion on a subject that will leave a sour taste in people's mouths. Get with the times. Learn to deal with it. If you cant accept people having an opinion you don't like then quit all forms of social media.

Having seen the guy once making a fuss at the Gelsenkirchen ticket office,he is your typical small person with a chip on his shoulder type.Maybe feeling a hand on that shoulder soon one way or another

Nonsense Seasons Greetings ‘Wealdstone’! Quite.....

Like most rumours that surface on social media, it will be complete bollax

Nothing wrong with the BNP

Charlie Williams, Jim Bowen, Bernard Manning, Fred Flange. Comedians

Its gonna take him literally a day or so to work out what you mean lol

I'll set up a twitter account later. I will come on here and post Andrew Tomlin's tweet that way you have double evidence. You can then send the Government a letter about your feelings getting hurt. Tell them you couldn't sleep because tears were constantly running down your cheeks all night. Not like they would care but it would make you feel better in your own mind knowing you tried.

Had beef instead of turkey this year, so nice to have a change to a piece of meat with taste

Welcome back Ashley Morris

Crossing borders illegally is also a crime. It seems that the Government is not even able to protect our borders from invaders in rubber dinghys, it just highlights how incompetent they are...

I suspect he was just saying what many many others are thinking...

Never mind, next year then God willing. As for plain english: "There is no truth in the rumour that Peterborough speedway will be sold before the season starts. Ged and I will be in charge throughout 2019 under current ownership and the team will be as named subject to BSPA ratification as previously indicated." That's as plain as it gets for me and meets my approval. You've said your piece though so that's the end of that

Saturday would be disaster. The M5 is even worse traffic on a Saturday than it is on a Friday.

Yes - and no. Of course, many of speedway's problems (well, BRITISH speedway's problems) are self-inflicted. However, there are many that aren't. I am not going to keep going over the same ones, but I haven't previously covered the media ones. Now, it would be wrong to accuse the BBC alone, and it would be wrong to think it is just a speedway (or sports) issue. Unfortunately, the world is a very different - and very much more self-opinionated - place these days. We are all aware of the problems on public forums with opinions seemingly taking precedence over fact, but it is not limited to the general public. The days of reporting "news" are gone; even the legitimate news services display ridiculous bias. The sad thing is that with modern television, the opportunities are there to cover so many more sports than ever before. With so many channels now, all running 24-hours, there shouldn't be any problem covering everything. Of course, there is, and it appears that it is better - and cheaper - for the tv companies to keep showing the same handful of sports, and to keep repeating the same programmes. When the public complain, we get, "Sorry. Your sport does not fit in with our plans". In other words, the station (or more accurately, a person or persons within the station) don't like that particular sport. Same with newspapers and other publications, although the world of print has suffered at the hands of the internet. And then there is the internet... I check the obituaries on the Telegraph website on a daily basis. They basically cover anyone who was anyone. Actors who appeared in two episodes of Corrie, footballers who played a handful of games for Rotherham Utd in 1964, etc.. Speedway? When Nigel Boocock died, I contacted them, and said that I thought that he deserved inclusion. I submitted a concise but detailed obituary. I received a "thank you", but that was it. They published an obituary for Ivan, but nothing for Ronnie. Is that REALLY not their fault? High-profile and successful figures who were literally household names who merit inclusion more than many others who are published? So, the media cannot be totally absolved from blame... Steve

The reduction in the number of teams from 10 to 8 is as much responsible for a lack of places for last years riders as the limit reduction is. But you are correct that there will be an inflation in all riders averages once the first set of new Green Sheets are issued. The team average will rise from 36 to 42, so a mean increase of 16.7% It is likely that a 6.00 rider will increase his average to 7.00 and then could be replaced by a (last year's) 7.00 rider who is really worth 8.16 in new money. The only way I can think of to counter this is to increase the average of any rider from last year, who doesn't start this year, by 16% if joining a team after the new averages are out.

We will only know for sure if Boro line up as declared having not been sold and still under Busters watch IF a sale happens then no one will ever know for sure With all due respect Neil wouldnt say otherwise would he (although to be fair he shouldnt be expected to comment on such issues on here) I had heard the same rumour but chose not to post anything on here as I felt it was too sensitive an issue to raise on just hearsay

It was a question. I did not say that you accepted it, just asking. Not sure why the insult was needed though - just shows you up as a complete and utter bellend.

Here is a bit from an online site that mentions Split a few times Cooper confirmed in court during the Kray trial that he’d made a living from gold smuggling, something to which Kapur was also connected. Two months before he was busted for manufacturing LSD, Kapur acted as a crown witness at Bow Street where he testified against former speedway champion Squire Francis ‘Split’ Waterman and three others who were charged with ‘attempted illegal export of gold, receiving gold bars, and possessing firearms and counterfeiting equipment’. This was reported in The Times of 23 September 1967. The case against Waterman ran in part that he’d been cutting and smelting gold from a bullion robbery in Clerkenwell, and that he’d enlisted Kapur’s aid in choosing and purchasing a furnace with which to do it. Likewise The Times of 19 July 1968 reported that in court testifying against the Krays, Cooper confirmed he was acquainted with Split Waterman who he knew to be both a gold smuggler and an arms dealer. Under the headline ‘Four-Year Term For Split Waterman’, The Times of 20 March 1968 had already reported that the police believed Waterman to be a gun-runner as well as a gold smuggler. Reporting on the Kray trial on 20 July 1968, The Times records the claim that Waterman had fitted up an attaché case with a hypodermic syringe loaded with hydrogen cyanide, so that Cooper could furnish it to a third party who was to carry out an assassination for the Kray brothers. At the time this seemed an utterly fantastic escapade, but such methods of assassination were later taken up by eastern bloc security agencies. It is impossible for me to say exactly what Waterman, Cooper and Kapur, were doing; but it is reasonable to conclude that they were known to each other and collaborated on what were either criminal or intelligence enterprises, and possibly both

I don't think some are to bothered as long as they win.

Thought this should be posted here and to get any comment from Neil Watson. Silence will speak volumes.

So you would be happy with the Poole 'BNP' Pirates then Starry so long as they coughed up the cash........

My understanding is that the idea of a live draw was put forward at the NL AGM by Barry Bishop following the success of similar live draws for his club events. Unfortunately the actual draw came across as rather hap-hazard, however a step forward with plenty of learnings for next time.

I think what hans and kyle does is there business .but what matters is what matt ford thinks of the comment in relation to his own business don't you think . just an observation

No you are being pathetic.I helped him with some info on the whereabouts of the DHL base for instance What might be considered pathetic is calling Split Waterman a ‘colorful character’ even though he was improsoned for smuggling gold bullion and a couple of machine guns,but seem to think Tai Woffinden is the devil incarnate for the heinous crime of having a couple of tattoos!!! This is a forum for debate and posts are there to be be questioned and gain a reaction both positive and negative.Why should anyone just ignore things?If someone don’t want a debate then I guess there are other places for that like a personal website

Good call, and I really don't know the answer…….The next time I do a sports picture quiz I’ll include her. That said in previous quizzes I have included photos of Marc Marquez, Aleix Espargaro, Jorge Lorenzo and Cal Crutchlow, and ALL have been easily identified. Interestingly Woffenden joins a rather unique group, which gained zero recognition in previous quizzes. The others Santiago Abascal (leader of Spain’s fascist party VOX), Elena Farga (runner up in Factor X), and Scott Morrison (the Australian PM). That said Woffenden does become the first “sporting personality” to get a big fat ZERO!

Exactly.But as a civilized country we have signed international agreements on how to deal with these people and they don’t include some extremist idea of drowning people.Deal with them properly and also deal with extremists on the internet properly.As i said the guy should be reported to the police and let the law deal with him.Nuff said

Two superb reference books...I constantly refer to mine!

Whys that??, He wants the fans to come and pay to watch a good team, More fans ,more money.... Businessman first , Speedway fan second.... Cant knock him for that,

As I didn't include any pictures of netball players in the Quiz, I can't say for sure! But given the two of "my regulars" are members of the local netball team, and joined Tracey Neville's squad when they were in Spain for warm weather training....I'm guessing the answer would be "YES"!!!!!

Wasn't it only a couple of seasons ago UK teams rode Friday night's before gps. Sure Bomber in particular missed a few practices to ride for the Bees.

I think if Buster had full control of the 3 clubs, the Panthers wouldn't look so strong

No it's not. Just because one person has an opinion doesn't mean to say the whole company have the same opinion. Nothing to do with moral. Everyone is entitled to have an opinion. People on here are mostly miserable OAP's who haven't moved with the times. They are trapped in a world that existed 25 years ago. The world has changed as I said above. Vegan's, feminists, religions, politics it doesn't matter everyone will do something that will upset people. It's the world we live in.

I suppose that makes sense to you ,seems rather silly to me

So you are ok with your club being associated, directly or indirectly, with a person who puts on social media about people drowning being acceptable? Because they are ‘a good sponsor’?

Appeasement. Yes, who wouldn't watch a good two hours of appeasing television? Where exactly are you drawing the line on this for British world champions? Will cheese rolling get a mention? Wife carrying perhaps? Perhaps the appeasement should also extend to the section for those who passed away? There must have been hundreds of former professional footballers, rugby players, athletes, boxers and cricketers and so on who have passed on in 2018. It seems that is only reserved for those of national and international significance, just like, erm everything else on SPOTY. If SPOTY did serve up the type of exercise you are championing - a box ticking exercise to appease and untwist the knickers of the easily offended from every minority sport, then it truly would become an irrelevance. Wheelchair curling. Tick. Stock Car Racing. Tick. Blind Golf. Tick. The list goes on and on.... Instead, it still watched by 9m people, a five figure live audience, is front page news and it still winds you up weeks later.

Agree everyone is entitled to their opinions.But you say you fail to see who's views are right or wrong.But then you go on about people living in a world with rose tinted glasses.Basically saying those who have something positive to say about speedway are wrong. Personally i would favour the opinions of Danny Connor to yours(this is no dig at you by the way) on one simple thing,and that is that he goes every week and sees what is happening.Just little changes have been made what you don't see but Danny has. I use to go also in the good old days as people put it,i believe it wasn't that much different.The only thing different now is we are older and we moan more,we can't put up with the cold as much,we need to be in bed earlier.Basically older people moan more I think the crowds were up last season,so must have done something right to encourage more people through the gates.Sure Brundle even said himself about the crowd levels being up.Maybe Monday nights,if it is happening next season will put the mockers on that,or maybe they will trial it to see what people think. Roll on the next signings,lets hope it's Nicki and Emil on 7pt averages

Lloyds bank .

Irrespective of how much you do for the club, whether it is sponsorship or in kind, with the exception of track staff. The way to support the club is pay at the gate. While the meeting is on nobody expect riders, mechanics, team managers, promoters ???? and track staff should be in the pits area.

Not many will rate Eastbourne as contenders for the playoffs , but Wood and Brennen generally had the beating of anyone at Arlington last season in the NL including Kemp and Mountain, add in the fact that a lot of riders in the championship won't have had any experience of the tight turns of Arlington , can't see them losing at home next season especially with a top end that ride Arlington well. Away will be Eagles of old but win all at home, pick up an odd point or two away and you certainly should get to the playoffs, probably not win them, but top 4 a definite possibility.

In certain parts of Norfolk all the answers given would be correct and mean the same person

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Could be considered for The Golden Raspberry Awards though!!! (also known in short terms as Razzies and Razzie Awards) which are mock awards in recognition of the worst in film. The 2018 Awards were as follows, WORST PICTURE X — “The Emoji Movie” WORST ACTRESS X — Tyler Perry, “Boo! 2: A Madea Halloween” WORST ACTOR X — Tom Cruise, “The Mummy” WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR X — Mel Gibson, “Daddy’s Home 2” WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS X — Kim Basinger, “Fifty Shades Darker” WORST SCREEN COMBO X — Any Two Obnoxious Emojis, “The Emoji Movie” WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF, OR SEQUEL X — “Fifty Shades Darker” WORST DIRECTOR X — Anthony Leondis, “The Emoji Movie” WORST SCREENPLAY X — “The Emoji Movie” ROTTEN TOMATOES AWARD: RAZZIE NOMINEE SO BAD YOU LOVED IT! X — “Baywatch” New for this year BEST POACHERS OF SOMETHING OTHER THAN AN EGG X — “Glasgow Tigers” Of course "its all done in the best possible taste" Regards THJ