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We have brought the situation on ourselves,year after year Promotions being allowed to do what they like regarding fixtures and rain off’s.Even at the stage now where our 2nd strings in Championships have fixure clashes here and abroad.Teams have an alternative race day they have to be told to re-arrange the fixture within a scheduled time frame or concede the match ,that would solve the fixture backlog.This seasons fixture list is just a total shambles.IMO.

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No different to when he rode for Sheffield etc. Busters vendetta is pathetic - time he grew up!

It's always bad luck though to be honest, maybe the team just isn't very good to be honest.

Unlucky loss for the Bandits.

I'm sure he can, but I think the rule is written very poorly!

Hang on a minute, let’s not start taking the moral high ground about loyalty when UK sides are happy to slash riders from their line ups whenever they wish, move then on during the winter and frankly change riders at the drop of a hat when something better comes along. That’s no different to Woffinden, when he went off fully committed to Poland. Let’s not start pretending the UK teams are fully of loyalists.

Absolutely. But if you have an extra meeting per week here, you might drop one other country where you ride. And if overall you ride in fewer places, it would help with scheduling a little.

That might encourage them to make more effort to get the fixture on at times .There has alway been a few dodgy call offs because the riders know they will still get a pay night when it is rescheduled.No rescheduled match means no money.

Lucky home win.

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Looking back over the predictions thread and the vast majority had Berwick in the bottom two. Have to admit that i didn't see as many poor home defeats coming but it was an uninspiring team when built and not sure if the changes have added any strength at all.

Depends on the 1st leg score, maybe??? If Poole win big, then the second leg might take months to arrange, if it's close then it might be arranged quicker LOL.....

There has never been a rivalry with Poole in all my years following Glasgow. Don't know we’re you get this idea from ?.

Just a bit of bad luck tonight to be honest, can’t fault any of the lads efforts to be honest. Really enjoyed the meeting after as-well, surely Owen Booth is knocking on the door of the bullets? He seems a great young rider!

Just recieved my copy of the book...looks to be a fascinating read with not only speedway but the football team and memories of Roker Park and life generally in Sunderand.

As fans of speedway we were all wanting and screaming for 2 home/2 away this season which would've been 32 league matches. But how in the world would we've have dealt with a single rain off???? Glasgow Vs Oxford was scheduled for the 6th May. Almost 2 months later and we still don't have a date........ The reason I have heard on the terraces is that riders riding in multiple foreign leagues for both teams can't fit in the proposed dates. Granted their would've been no BSN league but including the finals that's only 8 matches. Minus the league matches we have this year that leaves an extra 8 meetings to fit in. Surely the BSPL or whoever is in charge has to come out with a clear "must be rescheduled before dates" ruling or otherwise we'll end up with the same as last year where we have league meetings taking place after the playoffs

I remember the days when riders had a full calender of meetings in the UK...League, Cup, 4TT, Best Pairs, Individual, Test Matches, Second Halves etc but apathy amongst the promoters, riders and fans who turned their back on such meetings has gone a long way in providing the state that the sport now finds itself in. I recall Macolm Simmons in his book saying that he used to have a full quota of engagements by riding in the UK alone.

he hasn't had his supper yet

Great to see Artem has got better and managed to make it...

That's what we do Last year there were supposedly no tickets available on the day, I think that and the train strike contributed to the low crowd. Still got our tickets on the day.

Disaster for Kent in front of a decent crowd. Mwssing with the track a few days before a meeting and chucking down shale just because they have been donated it is madness. Losing a rider through injury is always dissapointing but losing the faith of loyal paying fans is even worse.

King's Lynn can't maintain their position at the top table with their current support either. There's going to be a huge shift in British Speedway during the winter if Peterborough & Wolverhampton disappear anyway so none of us can call it right now, even the owners.

Our Redcar rematch was a Tuesday, so it might make sense to do it again. Not sure which nights are better for the gate.

Maybe waiting for the dates for the 2022 final so there's not a fixture clash lol!

Maybe if there were more fixtures in the league, riders wouldn't feel the need to ride in quite so many different places? That's part of the issue. You can't make a living on one meeting a week, and let's be honest, it's barely that over a season right now.

Only if he's been on the baked beans

Smashing.

I created it this morning when I was thinking very creatively. I often do that

Looking forward to this big clash in the BSN Final, don't come much bigger than this with our old rivals Glasgow. No matter who has done what in recent results when it comes to a final anything can happen although being on board the Pirate Ship I think we can edge out a 12 point lead to take up to Scotland for the 2nd leg whenever that may be. Yes, any news on a 2nd leg date would be most welcome. Got about 16 weeks to fit it in!

While I appreciate your acknowledgment of Poole's strength, Shaleshifter is simply paying respect to the opposition!

From being there a couple of times and watching a fair few on tv, passes all night will likely be absent after the second bend. If we dont trap we dont stand a chance.

Wow , you are really trying to make this a “tough match “ the reality is POOLE are too strong , it will be a high scoring home match again with only harris trying to make a couple of passes all night .

There seem to be a lot of lucky Teams in the League.!!!!!!

It's always bad luck for the Bullets and Bandits actually thought the meeting was very boring.

Apart from a stripped back wheel spindle tonight what brought owens night to a end but thanks for the nice comments for my son

I've nearly finished my book...a good and informative read!

Like Bandits at home Bullets beaten badly.

I've ordered my copy from e-bay.

One more go TB?

Tai is doing a DJ set at a festival in Poland this weekend, and good luck to him. He may never be World Champion again, but he'd still be a quality 8 pointer in British Speedway at the moment. Having said that, with the possible merging of leagues he might have to come in as a 12 pointer instead!

Meeting of the British Speedway season - will be hard to top. Close meeting, superb racing and it came down to a Superheat. British Speedway bosses are often criticised, but this is a great innovation - and gives fans an extra exciting race for their money. Who would complain about that?

Thank you both for your kind comments. '50 Days of Speedway, Sunderland in 1964' by Keith Corns and Georgia Smithson is available from various outlets in Sunderland, or via Speedway PMB (https://speedway-pmb.webador.co.uk/)

Totally agree old bob. More tracks need to invest the time and expertise in preparing a good track from the orf. Plenty of dirt, soaked in moisture and well packed. Far too often the meeting is nearly over before any worthwhile racing is seen.

Because most of the tractor drivers are arrogant people who dont give a flying fig about the paying public and jsut enjoy their own little bit of glory driving thier tractors round and round and round. In the days when there was dirt on the tracks , one lap after each was deemed sufficient. Nowadays lap after lap polishing the turd every 4 heats (sometimes less) ifs somehow required. Fits in withe DELAY culture now prevalent in 21st century speedway.

You're very welcome. I am a nerd. I'm happy to own up to that well known fact. But my interest is during the meeting itself rather than preserving some sort of historic record. I like to get some view of a winning race time to assess later clashes in the meeting. It adds to my enjoyment but I don't expect everyone (anyone?) to share my view. This extends to other features such as gate stats. Last night's meeting was a particular case in point. The race wins and points scored from each gate is of interest to me and last night this played a significant part in the latter heats. Given that teams were permitted to swap gates between their allotted gates, and two gates were statistically were advantageous (3&4) both the pair of gate chosen and who started in which was of some importance. If you're really interested I can tell you who started in which gate in all races. And there speaks a proud nerd! P.S. it's "dawn", the time of day, not "Dawn", the girl's name. Sorry, I'm a pedant as well

I think a blind person could offer the Eurosport Speedway editor advice on which camera to show. Why show the rider 40 metres in the lead when you could "throw an Army blanket" over the other three Completely clueless.

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Hypothetically if a 15 year old attacks the referee because he disagreed with him, are you saying he can't be banned?

Not a bad article, good coverage for some sponsors,BUT how come it ends on how good am I the local MP !!!