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Ten years ago, Glasgow raced on a Sunday and you knew there would be a meeting most Sundays with an occassional blank Sunday (although usually due to the weather). Now its a case of trying to figure out which Fridays have meetings rather than which dont. You need some sort of continuity. As for those suggesting join the NDL to fill in the gaps, you can tell from the numbers that turn out to recent and previous neutral, qualifying or Junior events that the fans wont come out and support it

Possibly we didn't need a no1 to beat Edinburgh on their own track

Bloody Poole fans are like rats on this forum always infiltrating threads with their garbage …. Poole a place with nothing to do… v Manchester lol of course it’s easier to attract bigger crowds down there even though it’s accepted the track is garbage ….. As for the meeting thought it was a great watch on a proper track but Leicester need changes badly

Team line-up cost Birmingham tonight. Steve Worrall riding at No.5 again after struggling drastically all season when riding in a Heat Leader position was utter madness.

Nope. Oxford got bigger crowds in the Championship than Poole last season. And probably on a par with them this season, despite the fact they are competing in three leagues. Crowds are so good we also don't have to 'worry' about which nights we race on.

A freak result that’s made your season, bless.

We are not weekend that is our team Yes we had a good guest at the weekend who scored a lot more than celina would have But she is in the team so that's our team

She,s a world champion show her some respect !

I thought Young Killeen rode very well and did not disgrace himself. Even when he failed to score in a couple, he was on the pace. Put his senior partner to shame imo

You know full well why people don't bother with live tv meetings, there are posts in this thread to that effect, the delays are mindnumbing. You support a team with no real local sporting competition, it's either speedway or powerboat racing, that's why your crowds hold up. I just don't understand why you constantly bring up the same rubbish about crowd numbers yet virtually ignore the fact that we've just seen such a brilliant meeting on the best track in Britain.

Same old line trotted out out, that's all you've got, terrible crowd blah blah. Meanwhile you're content to watch 2nd division racing on a tinpot track, as you were. Some fantastic racing tonight, plenty of passing, well done both teams for providing great entertainment.

That’s because Poole only see a race like that once a season we see it every meeting

I think RR forToby, especially at home means everyone can take a ride. Id rather go with that than rely on 2 of your oppositions riders to perform. I know it's a risk. But i've had a few watching England play crap again.

Heat 01: Harris, Sayfutdinov, Riss, Łaguta Heat 10: Harris, King, Rew, Łaguta He couldn't even beat Riss and Rew on his home track last year...

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Got my ticket for tomorrow - much as I resent having to buy it a day in advance. It's Championship speedway, not Taylor Swift, for God's sake! Weather forecast is dry and sunny, which is a bit of a concern as that normally means a rain-off at O*ford! C'mon the Batch!!! Go Celina Go!! Girl Power!! Good grief, that's far too much speedway enthusiasm for one day.

Teams had to by the 18th June name their squad of up to 5 riders. By the 3rd July the teams have to nominate their 3 rider team- an injured rider can be changed after this date and during the comp. This rider brought in can be one not named in the orginal squad. Teams must not be announced apart from by the FIM or the SON promoter.

Oxford get bigger crowds than Poole AND better racing. But we don't bleat on about it all the time!

Sam’s mum posted this on Facebook yesterday. “He lost half a tooth and nerve exposed chipped another tooth was in the emergency dentist yesterday having teeth built back up and back at his dentist this afternoon for another check that all went ok yesterday very sore indeed.” She also confirmed that he’ll be at the meeting tomorrow.

It was a decent match to watch. Fricke was pretty sensational but the Lions are pretty woeful. The Aces got 4 points thru RR and yet the Lions still couldn’t or didn’t look likely of winning. Masters was woefully slow until his 3rd ride whilst Becker has gone backwards this season. They need another top gun to go with Fricke and sacrifice lower down or it’s a dog fight to make the top 4.

Typical reply, from a bitter sounding tier two Poole fan. I thought the racing was excellent myself, and i doubt if many would disagree, apart from some Poole fans of course.

just get him measured for a suit!

I have found from long experience of working in money and running businesses that humans can be complicated when it comes to parting with money - many will see the value in spending money on something i wouldn't even consider but baulk at the idea of speanding it on something I would happily do so. My company last year employed a young lady (17 y/o) to do some PT data entry etc she was paid a decent £11 an hour - and she would happily spend a weeks wages of that on getting her nails / eyelashes done! I used to have a perks scheme at my work where you could get a free cafe nero coffee every week or month i forget now - but to be honest i would often not use it because i was either lazy or preferred the coffee in Starbucks. I bought 4 pints for my mates (yes I have them) on friday that cost me £23 - about the same as a speedway match - i happily spend that - however i no longer go to league football as I don't consider it value for money any more at £45 or more, yet each week thousands do spend that! Oddly however when i go up to Edinburgh to see my lad I go to Tynecastle and watch Hearts as often its only £20-25 for a ticket which i consder much more reasonable to pay. Again its about the same as a speedway match Some people place great value of things that cost money - some will happily take in a free speedway match simply cos it was free but not pay if they have to - I always get slightly annoyed when people say oh its free great - nothing is free it always costs something somewhere to someone!

Are you crowd mad or something this now and b/vue saddo

Fingers crossed Adam is OK after his off guesting for KL last night

Steve does better at 2,being at 5 in premiership is not his level, TM tactics lost brum the match imo

They had a meeting last Wednesday at Oxford. They would be hosting their KO Cup semi final this Wednesday but Scunthorpe refused the fixture, hence hosting the NLDRC instead. Edinburgh next Weds at home.

Yes the racing was good tonight. Just a shame the promotion forgot to open the gates.

Some decent races tonight, it has to be in the interest of speedway to find a way to get the crowd in for free on television meetings, it’s been a good sporting watch tonight but the crowd is embarrassing and unfortunately visual is everything

If you’re planning your home meetings based on using a tac sub in heats 12 and 14, then you may aswell not bother at all.

Hardly a novelty meeting ! The FIM for 2 days in Teterow held a Women’s academy with tuition from Greg Hancock. Ok there was only 11 riders of the required standard to take part in the Gold Trophy but iis it’s 1st year, so hopefully 16 riders will take part in 2025.

Eh? He was a SPEEDWAY rider. Committed s crime and was released on license. Was back riding SPEEDWAY at Scunthorpe in amateur meetings. How is that not relevant to a SPEEDWAY discussion?

good people will always try to find the best in people, no idea if this is true but keep being like the rest of us, a good solid person..

Fell off at Redcar landed on shoulder looked painful, but maybe strengthens Oxford especially at home, Roynon was on borrowed gear at Redcar

Whilst the BSN streams (which as you say are very good) may impact attendances, what about the people following the away team who purchase the stream? Away supporters at most tracks are in the minority and I would expect that a sizeable proportion of stream subscribers are following the away team. The purchase of a stream is approximately half the cost of attending a meeting. I don’t know what percentage of the stream fee finds its way to the club, but they will be getting money from people who would never have attended. Whilst we don’t have access to figures, look at the turnstile revenue shortfall on a streamed meeting and compare it with money received from the stream. Bottom line - is there a significant net loss or profit, which is more important than the number of people in attendance on the night?

Decent afternoon for two Glasgow riders in Poland today, Leon Flint scored 7+1 and James Pearson scored 13 in Czestochwa`s 54-36 home win against Leszno.

Maybe former Coventry and Newcastle rider David Clarke could make a comeback to challenge Celina ?

Brum is a very unsettled club that needs quite a bit of fixing if the club were to stick with the same 1-7. 1. Tolley needs to try and tempt Pete Adams to Brum again to work alongside Chris, Sudden Sam is basically the Joe Biden of Speedway Managers. 2. Need to settle on a riding order and stick with it unless forced into changing it instead of chopping and changing every meeting. 3. Tolley needs to stop putting too much pressure on his riders pre-meeting, You hear comments from Woffinden and Blodorn about how laid back they're feeling in British Speedway whilst having a good laugh with team mates and opposition riders prior to Heat 1, At Birmingham it just seems like the riders are under constant pressure, First it was the Lindgren situation where everyone was riding for their jobs, Now Tolley is coming out with unrealistic expectations about winning the bonus point against KL last night when even a win on the night would've been an achievement in itself.

Be great on the smaller tracks but in the play off's, we will ride at one of the bigger tracks Scott himself admits that the featherweights have an advantage.

What the new ladles speedway world champion

Can’t as Zack Cook’s average is higher than Mountain’s and BV have no points to play with

Even if that's true, it's up to the team manager to pick the riding order, not the riders.

Ticket sales have passed 14,000

We love a cheap option, that is why we've used bachelor as a guest, more cheap options to follow.

just got back very good meeting close racing classic between Fricke and Bewley, Luke Killeen put a lot of effort in to more than i could say about Craig cook. i got my £24 worth. was sad to see stadium that sparse, but this generation of brits do like their settees, will always prefer to watch live than sat in house.

Great meeting.

Arena Essex did this and the stadium was packed but unless you get the ‘tribal support’ like you have in Poland it is just not going to happen. We all know that the sport can be fast and exciting and if sold as one of the most dangerous two wheeled sports with riders powered by 500 cc bikes with no brakes (simple as it sounds but who outside speedway knows this fact) it is not going to appeal, it needs dressing up from a media perspective and you need to fill stadia or get one of the Sky channels to show Polish speedway be it Dave or one of the others. Surely with the right medium the sport can make progress in the UK. It has all the ingredients but not necessarily in the right order.

I have an amazing idea they can use, it’s called television camera. It’s on a fixed point with an experienced operator pointing it at the action.

Helmet camera - aaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!

Always worth holding it when we are there