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Who gives a toss? Any little credibility the sport had in this country completely disappeared when doubling up got out of control & both leagues are virtually the same riders. You could accept one rider doubling up in the top league for experience but it's a mess now. Look at the farcical situation with guests now as well & facilities handed out for riders who haven't even rode this season. If riders can't make one league pay then get a job. The credibility of the sport is more important than any riders income.

He should harden the fk up and get on with it. Thats what I think Ben would be saying just now.

Under 16’s are now free at the AFA, from Monday. Usual price was a fiver. Well done King’s Lynn.

Well you have had issues with wind but you told me the ‘damp patches overnight’ had been cured.

Blobby conspicuous by his absence.

The main reason Speedway clubs fold is due to largely, poor stadia, compared to other sports or activities on offer, no promotion, a near total disregard for their fan base, an amateurish “show” confusing rules, no meaningful competitions, which this leads to very little credibility and therefore exposure in media and the failure to attract sponsorship or investment. The failure to tap in a young audience on social media platforms. AFTV (Arsenal Fan TV) have approx 1.5 million followers on their YouTube channel alone. It was started by 1 man (many since and before have shows/podcasts resulting in exposure, advertising, merchandise resulting from this & expanding revenue streams). AFTV don’t have anything to even sell… no game/no club/no museum/no access to players… the list goes on. Speedway bosses have a product they could market to the whole world, they could interview riders, ex riders.. referees.. supporters, do bike examinations, show behind the scenes, team manager interviews, merchandise, tickets… do podcasts, show old clips… ANYTHING… what do they do… next to idiot all! I used to attend Rye, from when my parents took me from 6months old.. we went to Mildenhall, P’boro, Lynn, Milton Keynes regularly. Rye was a great venue, with potential if there was investment for it to be a picturesque stadium and good night out. I’m not sure the track design/set up, like Wolves gave that good racing.. Yet, you’d have these old codgers as track staff, smoking as they came out, some fat bloke as start Marshall with his top barely over his belly, waving to his mates on parade, the contrast being the riders & their bikes pristine. It’s shabby.. scruffy, lazy and embarrassing.. it’s professional sport.. that should apply to staff too. Image and perception is just as important. The latest trend to keep the sagging tapes from hitting the track floor is the ORANGE TRAFFIC CONE!! Seriously.. it looks rubbish on TV.. well it just looks rubbish. Add in the weather factor and all the other issues people raise. Address the above and you may just get the footfall back. Many well known high street shops disappeared because they didn’t adapt to the modern day market place.. and Speedway could well be that equivalent. That’s my opinion anyway.

More like he’s taken the huff

Have too say Conner attacked the track really well and rode really well under pressure from opposition,has had good start to the season.

How is a 2 pointer getting 9+2 bang average?

Yes, it's like a big circus with no credibility!

I think it's rather unlikely they'll manage to sell 20k season tickets with a ground that has a 17k capacity.

windy and damp, the weather not me

Or summer as we call it in Berwick.

Looks like serious bike problems going by what he recently posted on Instagram.

I'd love to be able to tell you but I'm still blocked after 4 years, a great way to treat one of their most loyal customers... looks like they hold a grudge

1. Actually thought they are doing well on the social media side generally. Maybe Leicester not that great at it? Though I mainly use twitter and Instagram. Don't like tiktok. 2. Interestingly when I talk to people about speedway I always think they won't know what I'm on about. But must of the time I get 'oh yeah, I used to go to that ..' 3. Not sure how the 2 min rule is complicated or the super heat tbf! But I already said you don't tell new people the rules!!!!! Fatal error 4. Sounds like you need to trip to Plymouth lol, she can watch Richie and Kyle all she likes then. 5. Luckily my 11yr old isn't into it at the moment seeing as her fave rider Danny King isn't at Poole anymore. From my 11 yr olds pov, too long in between races, she says it's boring (then again I'm not sure she has actually seen a last heat decider at Poole!) She was into it for 2021 and 2022 but it was it lol.

Common sense would dictate they should be kept apart on the semi finals, but this is speedway, so you never know!

The BBC is the worst weather forecast you could possibly look at, very very seldom get it even close,

100% agree, but.. The tipping point has well passed.. A rudderless ship for decades, ran by collectively making things up on the spur of the moment, with zero clear direction of travel and standards governance, has driven thousands away who still passionately follow the sport via other various media, but dont attend their local tracks regularly.. Which is a shame given the on track entertainment which is as good as in, if not better, any era I have watched.. If all the surrounding negative issues matched the actual product, the sport would be flying, instead they undermine it appallingly..

Every Peterborough fan already knew who Buster was when he took over. You'd seen the bargain teams put together at King's Lynn, why anyone would expect different at Peterborough is unbelievable & stupid. He'd saved you from early closure & won a title on a shoestring. MT has to take blame for making promises he couldn't deliver on. Buster works to a very strict budget & it's always been that way. Most outsider's would see what he's done in his short tenure as an excellent job. Us at King's Lynn have never seen a top flight title, Buster delivered one almost immediately, we should be the immensely bitter ones to be fair.

Now now at his age he doesn't get excited very often I don't suppose lol.

At youth levels Kyle Bickley won just about everything there was to win and looked a real prospect. Sadly for him since he took the step up to senior league racing he has went pretty much nowhere either with Workington, Glasgow, Berwick and now Edinburgh. Certainly looks the part, well turned out, good equipment but just lacking the necessaries to make the step up.

Spot on.I’ been saying this for weeks…

Poor night at the office. Well done Bandits though - strong all through the team. Watch BSN stream for a change. Greg Blair was fantastic - such a natural at the job!! Interesting he talked to Jacob Hook about the split start & finish lines and about it being stressed to the riders not to shut off too early. So what does Paco do.................?!! (Well it looked like that to me.)

just like edinburghwas last night

The way I saw it is mark Phillips made the right call with regards to the track prep, whether it was luck or not it was correct!

It does seem strange having a NL team, and not using these riders to cover missing reserves.

Excellent entertainment, well done Gorzow..

Great speedway match- had everything !!

4 QF`s this Wednesday April 26th - 1 meeting is live on Motowizja/Sabmar TV Lista startowa 1. ćwierćfinału IMP - Rawicz:1. Damian Drożdż2. Kacper Pludra3. Nikodem Bartoch4. Wiktor Jasiński5. Kacper Grzelak6. Marcin Nowak7. Sebastian Szostak8. Tobiasz Musielak9. Norbert Kościuch10. Jakub Miśkowiak11. Daniel Kaczmarek12. Maksym Drabik13. Damian Ratajczak14. Piotr Pawlicki15. Hubert Jabłoński16. Przemysław PawlickiR1. Tomasz OrwatR2. Antoni MencelAwans: 4+1 Lista startowa 2. ćwierćfinału IMP - Rybnik:1. Krystian Pieszczek2. Mateusz Cierniak3. Patryk Wojdyło4. Ernest Koza5. Grzegorz Zengota6. Jakub Krawczyk7. Kacper Łobodziński8. Jakub Poczta9. Jakub Jamróg10. Oskar Bober11. Wiktor Lampart12. Krzysztof Buczkowski13. Tomasz Gapiński14. Mateusz Tudzież15. Mateusz Szczepaniak16. Rafał KarczmarzR1. Piotr PióroR2. -Awans: 4+1 Lista startowa 1. ćwierćfinału IMP - Bydgoszcz:1. Daniel Jeleniewski2. Wiktor Przyjemski3. Denis Zieliński4. Szymon Szlauderbach5. Adrian Gała6. Franciszek Karczewski7. Marcin Jędrzejewski8. Artur Mroczka9. Szymon Woźniak10. Kacper Gomólski11. Norbert Krakowiak12. Zbigniew Sucheci13. Gleb Czugunow14. Paweł Przedpełski15. Jarosław Hampel16. Krzysztof LewandowskiR1. Wiktor RafalskiR2. Miłosz WysockiAwans: 4 Lista startowa 4. ćwierćfinału IMP - Opole:1. Oskar Polis2. Oskar Fajfer3. Robert Chmiel4. Mateusz Bartkowiak5. Kajetan Kupiec6. Krzysztof Kasprzak7. Kacper Woryna8. Maksym Borowiak9. Bartłomiej Kowalski10. Mateusz Tonder11. Patryk Rolnicki12. Grzegorz Walasek13. Bartosz Smektała14. Adrian Cyfer15. Hubert Łęgowik16. Kevin FajferR1. Mateusz PaniczR2. Piotr GryszpińskiAwans: 4

I've lost count the number of people I used to take or introduce to the sport but most lost interest or moved on to other things over time.

Historic results doesn't seem to have been migrated (yet?) but will hopefully be found below "Historiska resultat" and "Välj ett årtal".

Berwick was the same when I used to come up on Rockets Northern tours in the 2000’s. Track was bumpy as hell. No visiting sides enjoyed coming up here. Now it’s super smooth and a lot more inviting

Is there a lot of hate? A few people are disappointed and are looking for a target. The BSF is like Twitter, not the real world. MT set himself up to being that target by communicating with seemingly unresolved issues still hanging around. A shrewd businessman he may be but that's usually a negative where speedway is concerned as you delve in to the shark infested custard of speedway promotion and its owners. It's a steep learning cure.

Not sure Redcar, will win all their home meetings in the BSN series. Scunthorpe will be a stern test of that on Friday.

Common sense and speedway don't go together, everyone should know that by now

Live VK link here: https://vk.com/video-19139906_456240095

I don't really understand this idea that British speedway could become semi professional or be at a lower championship standard. I feel many won't turn up anymore if there's no Doyle, holder, Bewley or Fricke. As an Ipswich fan I feel I've seen an increase in fans with Doyle coming in and the increase in entertainment he and Sayfutinov have brought is fantastic. They can miss the gate and still make their way to the front with some great passes. Maybe we will have to go to a 5 team league to keep the big names and make sure the top young UK talent we have can keeps developing with the hope Glasgow/Oxford/Poole/Workington make the step up in future. I feel social media is the issue. British Speedway have no TikTok account and whilst the Instagram is better I feel it is more information based so is only interesting for established fans.

I think Buster gave up last year tbh, He was making changes at KL by signing Klindt and Jakobsen but at Peterborough we got lumbered with guests and R/R throughout the entire season whilst watching us take a battering every week. From a fan perspective I just can't imagine any other Speedway owner sitting back watching his club lose at Home on a regular basis and not do anything about it, Only someone who doesn't care anymore would sit back and do nothing imo. As for Mick he's a solid guy for sure and he's got the best interests of the club at heart.

See what happens Col69 when you get behind the lads…

Gets underway a week on Tuesday May 2, 2023 (Tuesday – Round 1) Indianerna – Piraterna Vastervik – Lejonen Rospiggarna – Smederna

In this case it wouldn't be so bad, as long as Glasgow beat Berwick at home they will qualify, so Ace racing for Berwick isn't an issue. It was worse with Edwards helping Scunny to a win at Birmingham, that could certainly hinder Redcar's progress! However it would have been a very simple rule to implement, you can't guest for another team in your group!

What a shame oh well never mind.

And the cord snaps back! I'm not sponsored by Bratters by the way but what goes around comes around as our captain once said - and from a over a decade ago when it took real effort without electronic assistance : Bratters' final Panthers blog on "Lovespeedway24" During my time at Peterborough, I have done everything humanly possible to attract newcomers to our sport and all I might add on little or no budget. I have presented to over 2500 kids in various schools road show initiatives, I have invited and hosted whole organisations along for free and whole streets along for free. I have put up banners and posters, I have given away 1000’s of (sponsored) car stickers and more kids goodie bags than you can shake a stick at. I have offered free admission to members of the thriving local Polish club (one person came – once), 2 for 1 offers, Kids for a quid and Kids for free. We have on occasions been overrun by hundreds of Scout groups and I have undertaken umpteen radio interviews and quite a few local TV vox pops. I have put leaflets in newspapers, I have put leaflets through letterboxes, I have handed leaflets out in shopping malls and I have put 1000’s of leaflets on cars (with apologies to the owner of the Blue Vauxhall Astra in the Peterborough Railway Station Car Park in September 2007, honestly, it really did come off in my hand, so it must have already been broken). You name it and I’ve pretty much done it and all the time, our attendances have remained constant. Constantly poor. It should be noted though that Panthers crowds now usually look fairly decent considering and have held up well, although not sure that will last in 2023 without a no1?

I know what both of you were eluding to but, as a lot of posters have said, on Wednesday Poole's track was gate & go. Then after mid meeting, when Plymouth got sorted, Poole riders started going out wide but the dirt wasn't there so made no impression. The last 6 heats were 17-19.

Got me on that one too as I thought if a rider started a race, it was classed as a ride, similar to a tape offence. So Speedway fan is saying that he did not officially start the race. Missing the 2 minutes is not a ride.

I'm glad to hear that the Panthers will be seeking to make sure the requirements of the Local Plan are enforced. I do believe it would be beneficial for the Club to make a statement to that effect, so that all supporters know what is happening. There is a danger otherwise that supporters will just drift away, and the Club will not be able to say it is a viable option. On a wider point it demonstrates that the BSPL and all clubs should be working with local Councils to make sure that the Local Plan includes protection against venues being lost to development without a suitable replacement

Really gutted for Pontus, he had something really good going.

What a great shame He kept showing signs of being world class, but injuries kept getting in the way, best of luck to him.

so as it stands 5 prem teams left still standing and likely only 8 sides from the championship 13, so would leave 2 leagues as currently with 6 sides if say Oxford went up and 7 sides in the prem I think now is the time to completely gut British speedway and focus on the development of British and Commonwealth riders. British League North Belle Vue Sheffield Berwick Glasgow Redcar Scunthorpe Workington?? British League South Ipswich Kings Lynn Oxford Plymouth Poole Birmingham Leicester Run from May - September Home & Away twice in the league declaring Northern & Southern Champions Those clubs then compete Home and Away for British champion status An Open British League cup between all sides Introduce a British Grand Prix series to replace the current one-off final and any ££££ put that into this series as prize money, gives youngsters something to aim for coming through the sport, and rewards the riders not quite good enough to earn big money in Poland The odd rider here or there who comes through with something special about them, they get waved off to the polish top flight not to be seen again