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As a Glasgow fan I am very sorry to see the Edinburgh score. Not a worthy way to bow out of Armadale, with its vast vast history of success. When I think back to my first visits to Armadale I think of the imperious Peter Carr. Hopefully they do have a future, the promotion and fans are out of the top drawer!

What is funny with saying Germany helped Roberts progress. They helped a lot more than British speedway did when he was young.

You used to be indecisive but now your not so sure.!

Not forgetting Glasgow are favourites, by his logic everyone will be winning it.

Sad to not be seeing The Monarchs again, for a while at least. Leicester should be an inspiration for them, it took some time but where there's a will there's a way

Leicester proving itself to be one of the best racing tracks in the country these days

…….or into Glasgow’s……. as visiting teams tend to do better in the latter stages at Ashfield. Usually after a major grading

Brilliant meeting. Best wishes to Max Fricke.

Waiting for Orion to post what rubbish this match is

More than likely out with the BSF minority most speedway fans are in general friendly.

I don’t hate anyone, but we (although rivals) are both Scottish

Fair point. Well made.

Not against a troll no

No.

Cause you are told your truth, you’re an intelligent man, try thinking for yourself and stop being told what to think

100%, I'd argue British Speedway stagnated Robert Lambert when he was here. It wasn't until he went to Sweden & 2nd tier in Poland he kicked on again. Now with Torun & GP's he's gone on again. Hopefully the progress will continue. I'd argue the same with Dan Bewley. He was going stale & really struggled in Poland, until Woffinden stepped in & gave him equipment. Both Lambert & Bewley have really really gone on to establish themselves as 'World Class' & they absolutely owe British Speedway nothing. For any rider that wants to reach the top of the game, they have to leave this island & head to the greater Europe

Put it this way if I was stranded on a deserted Island with Shovlar and a tin of beans I would eat Shovlar and talk to the tin of beans. You would get more sense out the beans.

This is so much better than the crap this track served up when it first opened. When this side are on it, they can beat anyone.

Get in there justice

To be honest,,, I don't care,,,I won't be going,,, washing my hair. How anyone can take this meeting seriously is beyond me,, you can't have a play off system of who faces who on where you finish in league when all league meetings haven't taken place. Would be funny to now have a few rain offs before the Sheffield Ipswich meet,, with Ipswich then finishing top and then facing Wolves,,

Amazed to see both riders walk away from that

Mutual respect in general between both sets of fans always has been .

Good luck Glasgow

What a fantastic comment to read. I was hoping so much for a close meeting so Saturday night at the den would have been a mega atmosphere. Connor Mountain has been consider this year but at the British final and last night he found a 2nd gear from somewhere! I feel sorry for Edinburgh fans. With that team they have you'd have thought they would have atleast drawn on the night. I hope they are back at the tapes sooner than expected. They always build good teams and have passionate fans. Scottish speedway clubs just seem different to English ones, don't know why just seems more historical and the fans are super passionate. Just different folk Im guessing! I hope there is a proper send off meeting for the monarchs sometime before it gets flattened. I'd certainly be tempted to make the trip up!

Sunny Armadale is apparently set to be flattened soon. Last night, it felt like the demolition men had arrived a few weeks ahead of schedule. The People's Champions, the table topping Leicester Lions, were relentless in their pursuit of first leg victory. It started with Morris dancing into the lead in heat 1 and Monarchs fans certainly knew their side had a Mountain to climb when young Connor passed the hapless Sam Masters to secure the 5-1. Fireman Sam was found wanting against top opposition (not for the first time) and he followed up his heat 1 failure by almost sticking Lasse Fredriksen in the pits on the first turn of heat 6. He did pretty much the same thing in the corresponding race last Friday. What price team riding? He then posted two decent rides before being bullied into submission (and third place) by the classy Richie Worrall in heat 15. Not good enough from 'the league's best rider'. Like a number of others, I was hugely impressed with Connor Mountain, who made a molehill out of all the home men, with the sole exception of Josh Pickering who had to work overtime and a half to force his way into second in heat 11. Part of me actually wanted him to achieve his paid maximum as it would've been a suitable ending to a performance I would rank as one of the best from a visiting second string throughout the entirety of sunny Armadale's existence. It's always a delight to see Max Clegg scoring well, his only defeats coming from his 2 outings off gate 1. Well done young man. For the Monarchs, when the glue that is Kye Thomson has an off night, it's never a good sign. He looked a pale shadow of his usual self all evening, not helped by the Italian plumber also failing to rise to the occasion. So, well done Leicester. Let's hope you finish the job in the Final and sporting justice is done. Say no to artificial, Americanised, climax-chasing razzmatazz. You're the 2022 Champions in my eyes, regardless of the end result. er, roll on Friday...

He`s not Russian he is POLISH- and he changed nationality long before they invaded the Ukraine.

No we are intelligent enough to know the truth- unlike you in your parallel universe.

I will up the required lead needed to 20+

Can’t see John Campbell et al totally throwing in the towel though. Hopefully there’s some way forward that’s not apparent at the moment.

Hear! Hear! ……all the very best of luck to Edinburgh in securing some sort of future………(From another Glasgow fan).

Krosno 396 M and Rzeszow 395 M. If you think Pardubice is wide have a look at the racing here from Wittstock( a great racing track) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gObqQ1pbpA8

Well just completed the Bash the Bookie double(GP and Euro Winner) unfortunately forgot to enter this years GP Comp.! very surprised to find out I have won just now.! Thanks again to R and R for taking the time and effort it’s a good bit of fun. P.S. My latest Publication “How to beat the Bookie” will be on the bookshelf’s from Monday a bargain at £99.99. Buy one get one Free.

Make your mind up Well I got that very wrong tonight, well done Leicester.

It was germany that actually allowed him to progress, i wouldnt say this country really helped him at all.

He is currently 5th in Wolves averages.I think you are thinking of his position in the Leicester team.

Seems to be 2 riders from each team. Kyle pulled out the second match (riding for Plymouth I think) of the double header. Crang is 3rd (riding), Ace is 4th (21 day concussion according to Speedway Star), mason (5th) in the current months averages.

Max only scored 16+1 last time we were there so Belle Vue won’t miss him, said BSF in their usual inept manner. 40-16+6=30-60 to Ipswich. He top scored in the home meeting too! Belle Vue to choke in a similar manner to all the other times and like PC in the ‘77 world final. Forum muppets do your thing.

Fans shouldn't be too hard on Tungate. Tungate himself shouldn't get down either. If it wasn't for him and Fricke then the tie would've been over in the first leg, They kept ZG in with a fighting chance but today just wasn't meant to be.

Before Mikebv gets to excited about Chris Harris guesting his average is to high for Fricke if hes out injured by 0.01 it seems for September

Hope so but I still fancy ZG getting a 5 - 1 in Ht 15 for the fairy tale ending to Pepe's career.

Teams confirmed in Czestochowa Czestochowa v Torun Czestochowa 9 Madsen 10 Smektala 11Woryna 12 Jeppesen 13 Lindgren 14 Swidnicki 15 Miskowiak 16 Kupiec Torun 1 Dudek 2 J Holder 3 Przedpelski 4 RR(ZZ) 5 Lambert 6 Lewandowski 7 Affelt 8

Blue should be excluded. You see tough racing like that all of the time. Lack of experience from the junior.

Wow you must hate us more than Glasgow, your bitter rivals!

Most impressed with Connor Mountain this season. Rode like a demon in the British Final too. 17 + 2 from Leicester's #2 and #7 against Monarchs 3 + 2 equivalents were a big help for them. Not a great day the office for Monarchs overall though and maybe even got off lightly as Lions had both the Thompson boys below par. If that is to be the last Monarchs match ever at Armadale after 26 years, as seems likely, it just adds to the rather empty feeling of disappointment. However, if our Peugeot pals in Red can rack up a decent home score against the skull and crossbones lot, we may still see a Scottish team in the Final. So for now at any rate - it's .......Give us a "T "

Speedway and stox not included in the new plans,but don't worry,we have heard it all before and nothing happened.Wildly over optimistic attendance and revenue figures being bandied about.Once reality sets in,the scheme will be quietly dropped.

Think Starkey will be just fine come Sunday.

Not a boring man, just a confused one !!as he says Leicester are favourites by the proverbial mile, but also says Poole have the heat leaders to equal Leicester and the 2nd strings to beat them ??

Without wishing to blow my own trumpet( well maybe i do !!) there was another winner- the bookie. At least in this comp i was spot on for the 4 rounds- i had to be with only 1 punter in profit !!!

I’m glad I didn’t bother to go. The only thing worse than freezing your arse off at Armadale is freezing your arse off whilst the home team get mauled the one time you’d be OK with them doing well.

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