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Three from each team progress, along with Chris Harris.

I didn't know Danny King was a promoter

Yes! Check the Referees scorecard!

I feel a bit better about the demolition we took at Wimborne road last week with our patchwork team,that Leicester with there a full team could only muster the same score.

Decent meeting for the Vojens track

As Skidder said it's not the spectator singing that was the issue it was the recorded version that was broadcast - if they didn't have the correct version then an instrumental version would have been the better option (and it's nothing to do with "nit picking" either).

There is no such thing as the management committee - it was abolished a few years ago. Danny King said that as long as he was a promoter and a rider, then he wouldn’t have the time.

I’m no pirates fans but what’s Danny king doing on the management committee.lol

In my humble experience GP`s always seem better when at the venue than some of the comments from people sat at home. Was i correct in describing the setting of the track ?

I think that’s only in a PL league match. Golden Heats are detailed in SR 11.1.29, each team manager nominates riders for 3 additional heats and the first team to score a heat advantage wins. Scoring is usual 3-2-1-0

He laughs it off mostly as we all do when asked, most fans don't hate only the select few on here.

I imagine you would know a lot about such matters

Fords son, probably older but looks 16 sort of had a Ratner moment last night by saying everyone hates Poole but they don’t care or they love it, I could tell by how he said it, that it really plays on his mind and is not comfortable with it, maybe his father has taught him that?

I can't see messrs Campbell and harkess leaving any stone unturned in order to find somewhere for Edinburgh to come back to. Might not be my favourite people in the world but can never doubt their commitment to Edinburgh speedway

In your desire to nit-pick in the classic boring Poole way I think you're totally missing the point MILLIONS will inadvertantly sing "Queen" for quite a while as its etched on their subconscience Plymouth did not have a fixture until last night since Queen died, the minutes silence was for "the Queen" again, was it wrong to use the words that had been relevant for her since 1952. It''s a bloody good job they didn't play the second verse , that would have been "way too long"

So, you were not at the meeting and you don't believe the Referee, who was directly in line with the finish line?

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.

Totally shambolic and is part of the reason I (and many hundreds perhaps thousands) no longer attend The "top" league is not even sufficiently organised to get what is about half the traditional number of fixtures run Meetings that have a material impact on finishing positions and therefore the pairings for the league title deciding play offs not being run within cut off timescales is simply unacceptable at any level of sport let alone a fully professional top level

No they don't

Two many Cooks spoil the Lions broth

I can understand no one being bothered in a meaningless fixture being completed after the cut offs but Sheffield v Ipswich would probably change finishing positions. Bonkers. British speedway tho

I'm not so sure. I find those that have stopped coming to the live events will still watch on TV but when it comes to going to a stadium they will have a string of reasons not to go price, distance, VFM or the standard being lower. It's easier to take someone who has never been & hope they get excited enough to come again. But these days British speedway is not helping it self with late starts, prolonged grading, only 15 races often taking nearly 2 & a half hours at a cost of nearly £20 per person.

10 minutes to go. Decent crowd. Good atmosphere. Christina Turnbull referee. COYP

Danny King still doesn't!!

No. They fulfil board of directors duties. Big difference between being a committee member and a director

Fair enough, and no need to apologise

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Regrettably time has caught up with a number of Panthers riders.

Middlo loves it apparently. He does his 'welcome to the most hated club' speech for every new rider. I mean they may as well go with it and use it to their advantage as it is never going to change!

Have a sneaking suspicion Edinburgh might go through this tie. Riders got bit of extra motivation with missing next season masters and Pickering in particular have very strong affinity for the club. Wouldn't an Edinburgh Glasgow play off final be a fitting send off to armadale? Having said that Poole Leicester is a certainty now ha

Yes it really plays on his mind - so much so that he hides away in the speedway office and rarely ventures out!! NOT!!

My mistake, I wasn’t looking at the current GSAs. As you say, RR for Ulrich, guest for Danyon

Hume is at reserve now so they have to use a guest for him if he isn't fit.

It must be great to be skidder and live a perfect life never getting anything wrong. One presumes his occupation is professional nit picker.

Correct, no not really only kidding! I fully accept the referees decision.

Don't think you can unless the rules have changed, you will have to have a guest for Hume if he isn't fit and r/r for Ulrich.

recon we could have summer for Ulrich and any other from Ruml Starke Etheridge vissing

Nah! Worth a try

Brummies Nailed on cert

Is it the same plan that they submitted about 30 years ago?

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,.

Bradford Council have submitted plans for a new £100 million 25,000 capacity indoor stadium at Odsal.

These Pirate fans seem to be getting their excuses in early (just in case).!!

Teams should take more care of their riders!

Or the perfect get out of jail card for the management. It means they can jump ship & escape the sinking ship that is UK speedway without appearing to be the bad guys who closed the club.

Realistically.... Klindt, Harris, Ully, Nicholls, MPT, Hans, Jenkins The attitude of..... 'they can't be that bad again.... right?'

See other topic why does everyone hate Poole

I really enjoyed reading your poem - very evocative. Thanks.

What have 'woke' people got to do with this???????

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