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He had a good innings and kept the sport going at great financial cost to himself. Lived and breathed Speedway. Former Provincial league riders champion but as others have said he really came to the fore as a promoter. Inextricably linked to Hackney and Rye House, particularly the latter where the sport only existed because of him and his financial input. One of the best if not the best GB team managers in his day despite backstabbing from other promoters with half his ability. Throw in the fact that he was a top rate track curator and we see there weren’t many areas a of the sport where he was wasn’t a powerful force. The sport is now a poorer place without him

Your post sums up why so called Speedway fans will never be taken seriously. There's no fact in any of your statement. Just smacks of anti Poole and mouthing off in general.

I wonder if you would say that if you were one (Pensioner). I somehow doubt it. It is largely PENSIONERS who are keeping Speedway going in this country and have done for years. Some Pensioners ARE rich, however, a hell of a lot aren't. You need to think about that.

This forum would be f**kt without you!

The league win was won only because riders were taken out, Poole had "lost" it with the first leg fact. Now for the KO Cup Oxford riders are still ruled out thanks to Vinnie Foord & the pirates number "8" - a complete injustace! Can the SCB insure that referees have regular visits to Specsavers PLEASE.

The OAP discount needs to be abolished. Pensioners are an incredibly rich generation.

Yet you can't name any!

So much more to come from Rew. Huge talent. You have to include him if he’s open to a return.

A great summary... R.I.P. Len... The sport owes him a huge thanks for the incredibly high standards he set, and the enormous amount of effort, work and time he put in to deliver those standards that set the bar height for others to aspire to... Condolences to Andrew and all his family...

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Sad news, the sport has lost another old-school promoter & more importantly a true showman. In the mid-1980's, when the Boulevard had closed & before Craven Park opened for speedway, in between coach trips the Hull Speedway Supporters Club held regular get-togethers & often invited guest speakers; promoters, riders, team managers, etc. Len Silver was one such guest and very entertaining & interesting he was too. All were offered travel expenses most didn't accept anything, Len flatly refused to take a penny saying "save your money, put it towards a bus trip to a speedway meeting". He likely had business in the area anyway, I don't know, but it struck me that there was a guy from all the way from down south come to chat with us northerners brought together by the sport of speedway. RIP Len....

Big day for Peterborough Panthers and Speedway tomorrow were meeting at 12.30 as ITV is going to be their interviewing fans before and after the meeting. If any fans can make it please come along and shoe your support thanks

Most of the junior riders have either sold/ packed away their equipment for 2024, and taken up thier winter jobs. Doubt a ride at Wimborne Road to be knocked off by Foord is a very attractive early winter fixture ?

I think that result is probably even more of a foregone conclusion than the KO Cup final. Give it a miss, for your own sanity.

R.I.P. Uncle Len A really great character who could occasionally ruffle a few feathers with his opinions; but he always spoke from the heart about the sport that he cared so passionately about. A great promoter and the last of that generation of promoters from the 70's when I first fell in love with the sport. I was fortunate to chat with him on quite a few occasions down the years and he always had an interesting tale to tell or an opinon to give - and, even if you didn't always agree with his opinion, it was interesting to hear nontheless and always gave you something to think about. Great memories and I think I will make a point to sit down and read his book again this week. Condolences to his family and friends at this very sad time.

I have watched Speedway for61 seasons and have very little respect for promoters in general. However I have great respect for Len as.a Promoter. He was a shining light who actually PROMOTED the sport properly. His family should very proud of his achievements in the Sport

Of course, everyone takes Poole fans seriously. 😂

Current weather forecasts suggest Wednesday fixture off & Thursday fixture could go ahead. If Poole fixture is put back a week, there is a chance of Killeen being fit and being able to take part in one leg at least.

Poland are demanding that next year's wild-card slot is replaced by a permanent Polish rider. The FIM are in big trouble if they don't accept this. Poland are threatening to take the Warsaw GP off the calendar. The PZM are not messing about.

If you're about and bored then I believe that it's live streamed (Tues 15th from 1.30pm) here https://www.youtube.com/@PboroughCityCouncil/streams

Polish clubs are often refused licences. What that says to me is the clubs may not always be professionally run, but the governing body is a lot more robust.

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Not many have done more for Speedway than Uncle Len. R.I.P.

Sending my condolences to Andrew and the family. Such a Great Promotor at all his clubs.Such a lovely man. To only think he was at Oxford last week watching the first leg of the cab direct championship final. Such sad news and what a great age.

It's actually quite mind boggling that the planning department and case officer thought that they could take this forward given that AEPG have failed on every metric within the NPPF & Peterborough Local Plan. I kept reading agenda pack thinking that Butterfield & co must have given their eviction of Peterborough Speedway some thought and consideration at some point? He and they clearly never did but now they have their self imposed timeline to meet & the EEAS whining (read the planning portal comments) about wanting their money. They have to throw the dice now and can't undo their incompetence. I'm sure that the Peterborough City Council Planning and Environmental Protection Committee are looking forward to looking at and justifying a decision on this mess?

Very sad news. I would like to thank Len for the many happy memories during his time at Sunderland Speedway. Like others on here I did not have a lot of time for some Promotors, however, Len was different, he inspired me to love the Sport. I respected him immensely. R.I.P. + Len. My condolences to his Family and Friends.

Are trainers or Plimsoles allowed

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Don’t see crowd levels rising in significant numbers nowadays whatever they charge.Streaming and BSN seem to be the way forward to generate more income .Fuel and travel costs make it more unaffordable to a lot of fans.Climate plays apart too,fans prefer to stay away if dodgy weather nowadays.(or at least I do).

Well according to LIEbour's own internal report the ending of the Winter Fuel allowance will kill off around 4000 of 'em. Then again it's cheaper than the Tory option of using Midazolam. As for incredibly rich generation?

I know it doesn’t solve the heat leader back up but can see Kyle Howarth being surplus to requirements at Sheffield (ridiculous if what I’ve heard is correct as nobody better on a 5.05 average around Owlerton) and becoming the number 6 for Leicester in 2025. Definitely an improvement on what’s been there in 2024 and had plenty laps around there when captain in the Championship

I thought riders were contracted to 31st October each year?

Hawkins said similar recently didn’t he. Was tipping him to be the next in line to follow Bewley and Robert Lambert on the GP scene. If Bewley is off to pastures new as rumoured, perhaps Belle Vue will have room to bring him back..

If Poole let Oxford use a rider up to 5, Poole win by 20 on aggregate instead of 30, but would probably make for better racing over the 2 legs. Can't happen but can only see a very one sided final.

He signed on a 4.00 average when he came over, if he was a British would have been on a 2.00. Just as well he didn't score.

Sorry to see this, great character and father of my all time speedway hero Andrew! He was always in the pits at Arena when Andrew was a Hammer! Thanks for everything Len!

With Thompson being 3.1 I believe this adds up to 39.91

Sad to hear about this. RIP Len. A fantastic servant to the sport over the decades.

How very sad. Len was one of the true PROMOTERS of speedway. A decent rider in his younger days - Provincial League Riders Champion - injury meant Len taking up the Promoter reins at Hackney. As a PROMOTER he had no equal, and we will not see his like again in the sport. He always put 100% into PROMOTING his clubs from his early days at Hackney through to his construction and Promotion at Sittingbourne. R.I.P. Leapin' Len and Thank You for providing me with some great Speedway Entertainment over the past 60 + years.

God help him Hancocks ruined janowski and now wozniak.

One of speedways great characters. RIP Uncle Len

Does anyone know how much Einstein Ermolenko was paid for his valuable contribution...

Rugby planning officers recommended approval of the Brandon estates plans before the Council rejected them.

I’m not his biggest fan ,but it scandalous that Madsen did not get a wild card.

It's like school sports day, everyone's a winner and everybody gets a prize.

Bumpity bump... Just gone past 2,000 today

And that had nothing to do with Vinnie taking out Killeen and then celebrating in front of the Oxford fans as the ambulance was coming out on the track. It set the tone for the whole evening, absolutely classless, and the atmosphere would have been totally different. What did you expect the Oxford fans to do? Say: "jolly good old chap, what a great a show you're putting on."

Neither Cardiff or Belle Vue are close to me but hope it's a success. I'll stick to the guarantee of it being on, at Cardiff and watch BV on TV.

For me the best news about that, is it means there will be a NDL next season.

One of the beat & most exciting rider's to ever grace the sport. No shame for Nicki P to feel.