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Like this, you mean.....

Things don't dry this time of year, that's nature. Absolute insanity to be staging finals in October. Will we never learn.

So the 2000 and the 600 are all full paying adults? I don't think so. Plus how much sponsorship and advertising revenue do Oxford get? You really need to get down to Poole and see a big crowd. And once again no disrespect to Oxford who have done a great job. Long may it continue.

Quite a good one as well

Should the weather intervene again and the final cannot be contested, the title should default to the team who finished top of the regular season table. Just an opinion

Running the league play offs in September would be the perfect scenario.. Just after the summer hols and kids back at school so maximum possible adult attendance... And whilst the weather is still decent too... The Cups should take place in April and be done and dusted by mid May.. Again, hopefully in decent weather.. Spreading the competitions keeps publicity throughout the season and not just in one block when Speedway closes just afterwards.. Win a trophy in May, get some local publicity, then advertise yourself as "x" cup winners for the rest of the season.. Fans like to latch on to something successful... Run all the individual comps in October...

Anyway back to Oxford...

Good god you really are a pathetic individual as many people on here are testament to.you silly irrelevant and trivial man at least with shovlar you get a balanced view from a Poole perspective how do you see the racing with those blinkers you wear.cheats is an interesting word because you can only be referring to kennett and if that’s the case you must be referring to a member of the medical profession who must have been writing sick notes for the above mentioned and calling him or her a liar that’s a rocky path your choosing there. Or maybe your referring to the management committee of the bspa which obviously had the evidence in front of them to allow this to continue which I’m assuming pretty confidently that you yourself never saw but your promoter who is a member of said committee Has seen and didn’t have a problem with it. When your walking around your house or outside do you bump into things because I feel for you wearing them blinkers.

Jesus Christ.

Just to clarify this, the policy regarding how postponed fixtures are displayed hasn't changed for many years, although the presentation is slightly different this year since the new website came online prior to the start of the season. I took over responsibility for BSP website editorial a number of years ago now, and one of the things I was keen to bring in was that we would show a separate news item previewing (and subsequently reviewing) every fixture individually. (You may remember that in the very old days, the updates tended to be 2 brief news items per day, and the reason for that was the content was tailored to fit in with the space requirements of Ceefax/Teletext). It's always been the case that if a meeting is postponed, the news item is removed and there's then a separate section on that front page where the fixture is marked as POSTPONED, along with any other relevant info, which would typically be the re-arranged date if available. As mentioned above, it looks slightly different now to the past when it was simply a text box showing results, but that information is still on the front page when a meeting is postponed. The news item previewing the meeting is obviously removed, as to leave it there would cause confusion, and personally I wouldn't want to see separate news items reporting meetings being postponed, especially in a week like this! Individual clubs, of course, would be putting postponement news items on their own websites, but on the BSP site it is reported on the front page down the fixtures/results section on the side, which has always been the case. We've worked over the years to add a huge amount of information to the BSP site - items such as official meeting scorecards, Green Sheets, match-by-match averages, pics from the previous night's meetings rather than standard press day shots, to name a few, but we're always open to suggestions on ways in which it can be improved. We'll look all aspects of output over the winter and happy to receive e-mails to the press office with any feasible suggestions for what you'd like to see in the future.

Oh good!!

So based on that theory there can't be a winner of the jubilee trophy thingy as clubs signed up for a 3 team final.

Good to see a couple of others wanting Marcin Nowak back. He was told when we had him for a few weeks end of last season. We want entertainment and he certainly gave it. His English wasn’t great but he just seemed like a great guy to have around. No idea what he’s done this season, but if we had a full season of what he gave us a glimpse of, he’d be a very popular rider.

Correct... Should have been 2-0....

On a serious note... how on earth are clubs supposed to "promote" their biggest matches of the season at this time of year... it's totally ridiculous!

Can blame your own fans for that

For the conspiracy theorists, here’s a look at the track. It’s a swamp, everyone was ready to go but it’s simply not safe as Stewart explains in the video.. https://fb.watch/gjFLaGwnQ0/

Poole fan who doesn't know his Poole history. Suppose you only started supporting them once they became successful. The original Poole Pirates closed down in the mid-80s and racing only returned when the Weymouth Wildcats were relocated to Poole.

I've actually been to Poole twice this season (vs Oxford and vs Berwick) and the crowds were smaller than Oxford's, so not sure what you're talking about. Fair point that not all will be full paying adults, but it'll be the same situation at Poole. Can't comment on sponsorship, but doubt it's much different - at least it's not going to make up Poole's shortfall from gate receipts. Plus, advertising isn't a revenue by the way! It's a shame you feel so threatened by Oxford that you've felt the need to make it all about Poole, but that's life. Some people are just like that.

No disrespect to him but he is the kind of dross that would be employed as a number seven if Rising Stars were dispensed with.

Who will run the first leg? Very exciting isn't it?

Yeah but doesn’t it go off their most recent average achieved which would be this years Premiership converted ?

Nicholls in for Howarth tonight

Something similar has happened to me. I think it might have something to do with AdBlock. I paused it and refreshed the screen and hey presto.

Cmon Leicester you can do it.every other team bar one are right behind you.

The final should be a single match at Leicester, with no return fixture at Wimbo Road. Poole fans will moan but true pirates supposedly cope with one leg.

Be warned at some point there will be a falling out with Atkins not maybe with him but if daddy gets involved it could all end in tears because he thinks young Henry is a lot better than he is at the moment.

You make it sound like your on death row but your banter is anything but juicy p+ss springs to mind or even verbal diahorrea but juicy forget it.

The main thing is Belle Vue (in a way) have their own stadium, Sheffield are dependant on their landlords for the use of their stadium, which unfortunately has multi uses.

What's racist about it. Just banter!

It’s extremely easy to send to my smart tv from an iPhone with screen mirroring. In fact it couldn’t be easier.

On the basis that it never rains the further south you go, it has to be Plymouth

Quite often see Lisa at the stadium, certainly not sat in a armchair

How do you type with the tv remote in your hand armchair?

Showers in the afternoon and early evening are currently forecast.

Apparently 6ft of snow forecast

It really is no surprise it’s off to be honest. But with Howarth out, and Leicester rightly wanting the second leg, it was likely this could happen. The rain yesterday clearly enough that a whole, dry sunny day couldn’t fix. Feel sorry for the many Poole fans who have kept today clear so they could all go up to support their team. Hopefully they can re-arrange so that they can go next Saturday. So we are back to Wimborne Road on Wednesday where at the moment the forecast is showing it as dry. Fingers crossed it stays the same next Friday and Saturday.

Even if the season ran from January to December the way the sport is managed, fixture lists compiled and the book of excuses called rules are used, you would still have clubs who could not complete a fixture list. Time to run one home one away league fixture with play offs in August and fill the rest other forms of meaningless meetings and an individual British championship given that most of the riders are only interested in riding for themselves and would need to ride well to make a living rather than rely on clubs to finance what in effect is the riders business. Failing all that just let the riders and clubs pick and chose the meetings and days they want to race. Forgot they already do this!

I told you all on Thursday this meeting will be off there was little to no chance the track was going to dry out in time for Saturday night when it was still raining torrentially at 7pm Friday night. Leicester have tried i walked my dog past the stadium this morning & a few cars there & sounded like tractors going round. But equally Leicester now get what they wanted the 2nd leg.

Good point. Not stronger then.. Even though obviously I really want Poole to win, I'd feel bad for Bates if he had 2 teams who finished first and didn't manage to win either playoffs.

Kyle struggled for Sheffield in their play off final. So can I do a Shovvy and say it makes you stronger? Hope Kyle feels better soon.

I've got mixed feeling about this one. I've always said that I'd have Scotty back in a heartbeat, but also love Kyle's terrier, never give up style of racing. I guess any late change in the team can't be good (unless your name is Robert Lambert - sorry, couldn't resist that one).

That statement about "being behind in the Scottish Highlands" is racist and if you don't have the sense and decency to realise it you don't belong in this forum. I've asked Admin to look at your comments and take appropriate action.

You seem very cross. Regardless of age profile, Poole have consistently run with really good crowds suggesting that they are managing to attract younger people (maybe younger oldies!) year after year. But then this is an Oxford thread so well done to the owners, the promoters, the riders and the supporters. You have done what few achieve by being successful in your first year.

Dont forget he was the ref at Wembley in 1978 also. During his phone conversation with Tore in L.A., Ivan accused him of leaving him "lying on the track in 1968" (mistakenly) when Kennett and Olsen passed him.

FYI Wuky clown Jingo, Glasgow, I take it you mean speedway, didn't put money into Team GB. Allied Vehicles put the money up.

Jenga when god was giving the brains out and he asked you to come forth my son. Did you come fifth.

An answer to what you buffoon it’s a copy and paste as per the statement what exactly do you A. Want an answer too. B. Why C. What is the relevance D. Your not important enough do give an answer too. E. I don’t really give a s*it what you want an answer too. Think that should cover things.

No just telling lyke. Or maybe get your finger out your rectum and search for it yourself.

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.