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You need to make your mind up,one minute full of sarcasm about lack of information, then more sarcasm about the length of the meeting preview anyone would think you were an ignorant biased poster,but most of us are used to your drivel.

Gary said he had aggravated a shoulder injury. They knew at mid day so got Roynon in. I thought it was an entertaining meeting. The track rode well and there was some good passing. Nicholls and Lawson excellent, but rider of the meeting was Complin with his never say die wall of death blasts around the outside. What a shame he turned his back on the sport for 11 seasons. He was a talent in his youth and one wonders what career he would have had had he not quit.

BSN said Hans had aggravated his shoulder injury again. Roynon was there to commentate for BSN originally. He wore Atkins old kevlars. So very last minute.

Look no Hans!!?? And a superb rendition of God Save The Queen!!??

Truly refreshing to have two teams at full strength in both legs, no guests, no r/r........

Yes! Check the Referees scorecard!

Good meeting, poole look very strong going into next stage of the playoffs, can't afford to have one of the top 3 to have a bad meeting though as kemp and Ablitt are struggling imo,also zach cook is a weak link away from Wimborne Road.

Be shocked if wasn't back at Berwick

Congratulations to Poole a well deserved win but it feels weird that I’m proud of my team in defeat absolutely no qualms about anything tonight best team won but anyone who says small tracks is not good. For passing just look at tonight and you might take a different view Glasgow next Tuesday and that’s it for another season good luck to all 4 teams in the semi finals and may the best team win.

Not sure the move to the hounds was in his thoughts at all. Never heard any suggestion of that before. The rest I agree with though. For the six years he ran it, he upgraded the track and stadium and always invested heavily in the team (not always successfully). The end was always inevitable given the Bradford City fire and the scale of redevelopment required of a wooden stadium, the value of the land in Manchester and the relatively limited income potential of running a speedway/stock car venue. I also understand he had a divorce from Pat to pay for? Hyde Road, Plough Lane and Brandon are the nearest the sport has had to iconic venues....and they were all allowed to slip into the wrong hands and outside of British Speedway's control. The sport never has had any vision or long-term coherent strategy....hence its lost its most cherished assets. It's still a miracle the new Belle Vue got built. Chris Morton and David Gordon deserve a medal for that at the very least.

You're giving her too much credit.

Good meeting so far,cheerleaders on the centre green hope Shovlar doesn't get to excited.

Think I've heard this before https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/22316192.odsal-biggest-stadium-permanent-roof-country-new-plans/

well done good memory, its Garry clegg. now bloody 62 years old. And still enjoying my speedway. I thought i might have been remembered for all the tracks that closed down after i rode for them,.

Don't see Edinburgh having much if a chance against Leicester, but they do seem to be able to pull out good performances from time to time. After Poole's performance at Leicester on Saturday, I think they are now favourites for the league.

I'm devastated.

Just enough of a toss to reply without answering the question about the longest ever preview?!

I fully expect them to win but not by much, Pirates to be in self preservation mode, If Hans wants to do a dirty Nicki, move out of his way!

Thanks FB. Can't say i'm too bothered what Gazc thinks anyway

They certainly aren't planning on making it easy. Good old fashioned passionate promoting and journalism Good Luck to Plymouth, I'm sure most neutral observers will be hoping for the miracle. https://plymouth-speedway.com/meeting-preview-the-gladiators-v-the-pirates-playoff-qf/

100% In recent times all Clubs joing have had huge start up costs that often aren't publicised. Certainly Birmingham and Eastbourne in 2019 when moving up would have been in excess of 40k , Kent when moving up in 2020 although Lens "asset list" would have helped, Plymouth in 2021 the same although may have been eased only by Somerset late notfication to close, Brummies again when Masons left (understandably) and NT came in, meaning double whammy for Brummies from what Masons had to pay and then NT again I gather (as the issues with previous Brummies promotion in mid last decade didn't help too. Ditto all of that with Newcastle. What message does that give to anyone wanting to make something happen (as you rightly say Steve and with obvious experiences). It's all blamed on the Promotions that fail, or in some cases those that build teams that won't fail but on a shoestring but who don't have competitive teams as a result. A viscious circle, they to compete and over-spend and fail, or try to budget, be uncompetitive and fail. Godfrey is very honest about the way he runs Scunthorpe and it works for him, Bates brothers have openly admitted losing tens of thousands initially at Leicester but have deep pockets, deeper it seems than Owners at other Clubs who ran out of cash, it's good for us at Birmingham that Nigel seems determined to try again in 2023 but he's openly admitted in Speedway Star that his Company was covering costs from very early in 2022 and that the Club has lost a 6 figure sum so far. I don't know whether he's right to risk doing another season or not, only he does, but it simply isn't a sustainable business model. Individuals are responsible for their own affairs and live or die by them, but the SPORT and DIRECTORS of The Sport e.g the Management Committee really do need to wake up and smell the coffee and actually have the balls to create a Platform from which more existing Clubs, more returning Clubs and new Clubs have a chance of survival, stability and growth. It makes all the more remarkable the success of Oxford as an example, but how do we define success? Survival? Spending more than you earn and getting away with it year by year and hanging on? Having endless pockets and happy to support it like some (Glasgow and Leicester as an example)? Being one of the reducing few with the history and sustainability to contine (BV / Poole / Ipswich as examples)? Where though is "The Plan"....like the Poles have. Answer is "there is no plan" is there?

It would be a huge risk for anyone... A title winning team with world class riders couldnt attract enough punters when Speedway probably had, at least, double the crowds it gets now... And, unlike areas like Swindon, Coventry, Oxford and Birmingham, there hasnt been much of a concerted effort to try and bring Speedway back.. Maybe when they build that Superdome roof, meaning there wont be any rain off threats, it could then be viable...

Lol……I saw that after checking myself…….he DID have an off in his first outing though. Don’t know if that was the cause of his bad performance. Also, looking back, I see Starkey got 8+1 from five the last time he was there with Oxford. Ruml got 8 from seven in the same meeting………I think I’ve made my mind up now…..lol

In fairness I think he'd got a donut couple weeks earlier lol

Ulrich would be too much of a risk in my opinion, historically he takes a few meetings to get back to form. Hume wouldn't need that and could probably find his form quicker but still a risk . Etheridge has improved lately so maybe a possible guest although i appreciate he hasn't done well in the past at Glasgow. Starke is a bit off form lately so probably not him.

Brummies Nailed on cert

Certainly entertaining.I thought earlier in the season we could have got him for Ablitt and maybe dropped Kemp but Ablitt hasn't done that badly and Kemp seems to come good when least expected and it definitely makes a refreshing change to keep the same team all season.

Cos we do what we want! Is there an actual official reason why Hans wasn't there? Not people's paranoid ones!

But would Adam have bikes with him?

I don’t think it was a serious suggestion!

I think that we've heard it all before!

Like to keep you sycophants on your 6 toes.

I would say Poole's is more established. Whereas 2 of Glasgow's are young riders who are getting better all the time and who are nowhere near of reaching their level yet. So with Glasgow you just don't know what you are going to get on any given night atm!

Awizowane składy: Reprezentacja Wielkiej Brytanii 1. Daniel Bewley 2. Tom Brennan 3. Drew Kemp 4. Leon Flint 5. Jason Edwards Menedżerowie: Oliver Allen i Neil Vatcher Reprezentacja Szwecji 1. Anton Karlsson 2. Jonatan Grahn 3. Noel Wahlqvist 4. Ludvig Selvin 5. Casper Henriksson Menedżer: Mikael Karlsson Reprezentacja Polski 1. Mateusz Cierniak 2. Wiktor Lampart 3. Bartłomiej Kowalski 4. Jakub Miśkowiak 5. Dominik Kubera Menedżer: Rafał Dobrucki Reprezentacja Danii 1. Matias Nielsen 2. Tim Soerensen 3. Mads Hansen 4. Jonas Seifert-Salk 5. Kevin J. Pedersen

Why when next years final will be run before Cardiff 2023?

No it wasn`t - he was just poor. Ok when he gated but no speed when behind.

Can’t see a problem getting 31 points myself but you never know.

Nilsson should give up his 2023 GP place.

Thought there was one. Got the wrong guy Svend Aage Engstrøm, Copenhagen.Born March 3, 1909; died 3 October 2009.

Speedway does tend to get its "knickers in a twist". There were issues with tyres back in the eighties/nineties...you'd think it would have learnt lessons?

At least it stops the criticism that he’s not that good.He has improved enormously this season with speed and style IMO.

Until this year our home form was shocking and is what was costing us, the top 3 yesterday was nothing to do with it being at belle Vue. They were just the best 3 riders in the day. Don’t get why all the bickering about what’s the best track, it’s about the British final. Not the track. so well done dan on winning your first gold

Will see you in the bottom 2 again

That'll be the dates that were reserved for NDL fixtures but suddenly became available when Nick Morris's Polish Div2 team got knocked out of the playoffs.

Jack Morrison.

There's been plenty of passing for the minor places, think you must be watching the leader? Leicester are asleep at the tapes though

Eurosport scheduled to show all 4 Sf’s live

Shanes and Morris no good if Birmingham want to challenge they are far to inconsistent

Lightweights. Between 1967 and 1971, riders representing British League teams took part in 36 league matches per season, plus countless world, European and British League Riders' Championship qualifiers, KO Cup fixtures and sundry open events. A glance at Sheffield's home calendar for 1967 shows a grand total of 31 Thursday race-nights, all with packed houses of paying customers. I even remember in the late sixties Sheffield hosting a 'B' team which raced on Sunday afternoons. By 1971 there were 36 teams in British League Divs. 1 and 2, all reporting good crowds. What would today's promoters give for that kind of support?

That's no way to speak about Matt Ford!!!