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Brady reckons he was winded which is why he sat down after trying to get up too quickly!

Not sure why you have to constantly goad him and wind him up, it got boring a long time ago.

He was laying on the track you bell. He had no points whether he stayed down or got up. He was out regardless.

Good luck Bears !!!! The Play-offs are looming , quite a few us Comets backing you all the way

Referees should have the power to award races if the cheating is blatant. It’s the only way it will get stamped out.

As long as everybody reports the idiots when they slip up, rather than let them wreck decent threads.

Scooters I can understand. If Bomber is there, he would steal it, and see if it goes any quicker than his bikes! Of course, it might take him a time to get the setup right... I'll get me coat...

Could it just be so we have a complete historical analysis of British Speedway from it`s earliest days which is 100% as accurate as possible ? Hats off to Dave Allen and helpers for doing this time consuming work.

The trouble is that while I respect the views of others, it doesn't mean that they are right - or have the right to stop others enjoying themselves. I know that sounds harsh, but there are of course places where people SHOULDN'T be loud and obnoxious, such as walking down the street, on a bus, in a quiet park etc. However, when you are at a sporting event, and you are supporting your favourites against the favourites of others, then it's all part of the fun! If you ban air horns, then where does it stop? Do we ban all noisemakers and instruments? Shouting and cheering can be loud. Do we ban them? Chants and war cries can annoy people. Do we ban them? Should we just restrict it to polite applause? I'm sure there are some miserable gits who would find THAT too much... When I were a lad on t' terraces, I rigged up a large programme board with four or five air horns all connected to a single can. Boy, I was loud, and the can used to last summat like four races! Okay, slight exaggeration, but you get my drift... Plus, I had a bugle (and I was pretty good on it, if I do say so myself!), and a very large and heavy bell. Not long after I moved to the US, some rotten manky bahsta' broke into my dad's garage and stole the lot! Thinking about it, judging by his comments above, it was probably The White Knight!!! What made it worse was that they stole all my fishing gear, including some very old and rare (and very valuable) rods, but I digress.... Steve

Didn't think you were attending anymore

Impossible with him!

Do you....A rider goes where a rider wants too. We all know Poole & young riders don’t mix

And from where I'm sitting so are you. You 2 just can't help yourselves can you, but then you both know you'll get a reaction and then get him banned again Sheesh!!!

I know it's only one example, but my mate went with his missus on Thur against Poole and loved it and he went on Monday and she has been to both since and brought along family members. The Poole meeting was the best in years at Swindon and if you add the on track action alongside the deals the management are offering this season then all of a sudden speedway is a good night out again. Well done Terry Russell for the track and well done Lee Kilby for the promotion.

Obviously the wrong Island Warrior Ben Morley was shown the door back in July, at least he showed 100% commitment to all the clubs he has ridden for & never let anyone down whilst riding in the harder No2 position for both Lakeside last season & Eastbourne this. So it’s no surprise how Georgie’s average started to drop as soon as he started riding at No 2 and missed the easy pickings he was getting whilst riding at reserve. By the way Georgie’s average is still below Ben’s even though he had 3 months riding at reserve with Ben at No 2. The Eastbourne promotion must be regretting there decision at putting Georgie up into the main body of the team at the expense of Ben as they lost the big hitter they had in the reserve berth. The alarm bells should have also been ringing when Georgie started showing up late for meetings, missing track walks with his team mates & not being fully prepared. He has not only let himself down but a lot of sponsors who backed him. This must sound like deja vu to the Sheffield promotion & fans.

Kurtz was half up - had a look - sat back down and made no attempt to move. Red light on straight up no issue Such a shame as it wasn't needed. Poole were sharper and better and worthy winners They would've got warm applause on the victory parade but instead got a chorus of boos and cheat calls

Hands? Was it Max Bygraves riding at 5?

First meeting I've been to in a few weeks - Jordan did struggle in his first 2 rides but after he changed bikes he looked a lot better. Was involved in 2 great races after that - not too concerned about his form. Another rider deserves a mention - Andersen, been a cracking signing.

Get stuffed.

He just completely misses the point all the time and never reads things properly.

It's hard work with some,

Who has said he crashed deliberately?

So Will Pottinger is out of the running for being a Yam Yam

ste Look I'm not arguing that we have riders swapping and reswapping places on all four laps of every race but it really is rose tinted glasses to suggest that the Owens - great riders that they were - David Bargh, Bobby Beaton, Brian Havelock, Kenny Carter et al were continually picking up wins from the back. What I will agree is that a deep track where it is difficult to turn a speedway bike will lead to errors; errors allow more opportunity to make a pass - whether it is quality racing or not is very much in the eye of the beholder

So what you are saying is that, if it's important to YOU, it is important; if it ISN'T important to you, then it's not worthwhile? In other words, you think people should be interested in your "memories", but not in accurate records of the sport? Does it matter if the majority of BSF users are only interested in present-time speedway? As long as they get the info that they want, then fine, but that doesn't mean that the rest of us - and there are quite a number of us - should be deprived of discussions here. That is why we have a "Years Gone By" forum. With ANY sport, I think that it is wonderful to have an accurate record of things, whether it is results, names, rules, or whatever. Anyway, if you are that worried about "majority vs minority", and that the majority should be the only ones to get what they want, then there shouldn't even be a bloody British Speedway Forum! I truly appreciate and value the efforts of those who attempt to provide detailed records... Steve

Swindon could do with a spot of average management and also keeping Wolves out of the play-offs. Just saying.

Surely it's then down to Gavan not to react. He has already said many many many many times he has other things to do and speedway isn't his life,,, so maybe it shouldn't bother him so much. We all like a wind up, keep it like that without getting personal. Keep it banter

Have to part ways with you on this one gustix. I think its absolutely great of Dave, Norbold, BL65 et al to do this-to me historical accuracy is very important, so why not try and get it right . Just to let these folks know I really appreciate their efforts and to keep up the good work. Cheers Bob

I'm talking about who YOU have said were favourites and you have been saying Swindon. Not interested in the bookies. You have only reverted back to Poole cos SS is winding you up.

Its what trolls do unfortunately Thats the character of the man Mate its not a Poole thing despite what others think It never changed the result.....but it was very bad the way Brady did it.......shouldnt happen and no i wouldnt like it if one of the Ipswich team did it that blatantly Your boys totally outgated us last night again and were easily the better team I dont want you to win it namely because you have a number of fans on here who simply just arent nice people If you do win the league i will be the first to congratulate you and one or two others personally

Bears to keep roaring away in this one for me. Lean and hungry this year. UTB !!

wood banned for 28 days , Waco, perfect timing from the tossers in charge as they cant replace him either

King's Lynn to win at Wolves next week..... that'll put a different spin on things

A few observations about tonight . Firstly this may offend Bob but ffs after a decent track against Peterborough we yet again decide to prep one tonight for a team of gaters. No water put down to potentially aid an outside line until it was far too late and effectively the meeting was lost. I'm no expert on tracks but having watched speedway for 40 odd years i do know that a bit of the wet stuff contributes to a surface condusive to racing . Who decides what's done , Bob or Chris ? Poole overall deserved the win given the conditions , that can't be argued. However , a couple of debatable points occurred this evening 1 , Heat 9 Jonassons exclusion was not his fault but also not Bombers fault , he was going through the middle of the Poole boys and got sandwiched , something had to give ! 2 , I'm afraid my opinion of Kurtz fell through the floor in heat13 , he fell off , looked up , realised Witches on a 5-1 and stayed down till red lights came on . Unacceptable , bordering on cheating in my book ! 3 , Comments made by Poole fans that Grajczonek would have got more than the 6 pts from RR , maybe or maybe not but Cam would definitely have got more than the 3 pts his RR rides accrued . Anyway , my opinion on the Witches tonight Nils , pretty decent return for his first meeting here in years. Bomber , better than of late , just wish he could gate. Richard , very poor till heat 14 against 2 reserves. Danny , pretty unconvincing all night . James , didnt expect much really so can't be disappointed. Jake , worked hard for his 9pts from 7 rides . So overall a very disappointing night and that may well put an end to us being in the playoffs ! A great start to the season but a bad end, we've seriously lost it come crunch time !

I'm for them. Even 5 or 6 air horns make a difference in a league meeting. The riders hear them too.

Hope Worky get back soon jenga great track great club we need them back in british speedway.Also chuffed young Bickley is making progress your club had alot to do with that.

Personally, I think you should say how you REALLY feel. You shouldn't hold back on my account...

Cash in denominations of £20 or less (no £50 notes) and certanly no Scottish Currency !!!!!!

Seems a few can't debate without them having to feel they are correct, say your piece, allow people to counteract your beliefs with the view of "we will agree to disagree" end of the day you are all speedway fans so share the most important thing together. Poole are a successful club, I wouldn't say matt Ford is even partly responsible for the decline in british speedway in fact I think the sport would be in a better place if you had someone like Matt Ford and Guy Nicholls governing the sport. Middlo is a good manager and person has the trophies to back it up, clown is not a word I'd use to describe someone who has given the sport alot Hawkins however is not useless as a manager perhaps inexperienced but will he learn?

I believe Kurtz was also called a cheat in the pits...

Hawkins is useless as a team manager....thats the thing you see......i dont have to defend my club at every opportunity

If an in form Swindon beat Poole in the final then they won't have had a poor season. We would have just peaked at the right time.

But don't forget to get it out if the other side wins (not to mention the fireworks and the hot water for the showers).

I'd say main asset would be for team manager to be a qualified electrician.

Know one remember the Wembley roar back in the 50’s and 60’s when just cheering and rattles (and I don’t mean babies rattles). No air horns then (thank goodness), but the atmosphere was fantastic. I stopped going to speedway early 80’s so probably missed the years when air horns got popular and developed into really loud devices. Wife and I went to Cardiff in 2013-14-15 and the air horn noise was very loud, wife used to hate it and I was uncomfortable with it, and no one was really behind us blasting in our ear. We were not young then, mid 60’s, and our hearing would have deteriorated from our younger days (I wore earring aid since 2000). If we had been near the centre of the noise makers what would have been enjoyable speedway would have been unbearable. i am used to noise, younger days I was in heavy engineering, and then had a grass track bike in the days just before silencers came into the sport, so in a busy paddock most weekends in the summer. But the air horn noise far surpassed all that. Not a good environment, and I just wonder how many of those subject to regular air horn noise (like the Polish fans) will really suffer in later life.

You have to think Grigory Laguta would add something to the series.

Anyone still interested can still register their details as there is the option to expand the numbers - and the prizes - in future. Name, email and a contactable telephone number via the Berwick Bandits Supporters Club Facebook page, email club@berwickspeedway.com or I'll have a sheet to fill in at the Box Office table at the remaining home meetings. Come on 56, come on 56, come on 56!!!!

Drew might have been practising but if this is just your view on a double change, I can not see it happening. I am sure I have seen it somewhere where a guy, in the know of most rules, pointed out to other posters that if you make a double change & your team is over the limit then you have to re-declare to the top limit. As you stand at 43.8 & Worrall & Lawlor come in at 10.25 that would drop you to 6.45 for the change. As Kemp is on 4.19 your other rider would have to be 2.26 or less. Your guest & Lawlor have been getting about 10 points per meeting. Would Kemp & A N Other get these points? NO! Therefore, I very much doubt you will be making the changes that you have suggested.

The real point is that it should be the BSPA bringing Speedway to the attention of the general public and not Speedway Star losing money by selling through WH Smith's.

Ah that would be all the pals on bend one no doubt who have nothing good to say about the Plymouth setup, that tells me all :-)