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That's your choice, the facts are the the British speedway public simply no longer back it being at a place like Cardiff. After that there is no better place than Belle Vue. I go for the speedway not the day out.

Rent boy?

Made me quite nostalgic for my trips to Monmore reading that. I almost miss that kind of abusive behaviour.

Listen sport... AceBelle is considerably richer than yow! 😄

Its a fair comment. It's out of the clubs control. I guess allowing guests would be a whole new issue entirely and would see clubs signing riders that have no intention to ride thus allowing guests. It really is baffling though that in 48 hours of their number one dropping out of Leicesters team this early, and with the same manager as them, that Berwick haven't released a statement giving some clarity over the situation. Has Cook just decided he wants CL racing only, has he quit both leagues, has he had a bender and sent a text in the heat of the moment and now regrets it? Who knows.

Managed to get main stand tickets. Selling well. I still think that day ticket sales will be good because Manchester is driveable on the day for so much of the country. I want this to be a success.

What a ridiculous thing to say. Just because they are being sold, doesn't mean they aren't a rip off. As far as speedway and prices go, those ticket prices are an absolute p**stake. End of story.

There was a lot of tickets blocked off which I assume will be for the one dayers next week. the £250 tickets never went on sale so they must be for the guests and hospitality and once that’s sorted will go on general sale. so while it looks like the grandstand is sold out it isn’t. But it’s sold better than I imagined it would so that good. south stand is selling very well and east is ok so far. More there than there was for son so far so that’s better.

Things are only sold at prices people can afford. That’s true of all things and has been for centuries. Nobody is being ripped off here. Looking at the sales, they could have charged more but choose not to - more fool them a Dragon would say. I use to visit other tracks to watch speedway RACING and came away feeling ripped off due to the poor product on show. I don’t visit away tracks anymore, like many many more. My biggest issue with this process is that day ticket buyers will have slim pickings once the 2-Dayers have swooped in.

correct all those fans on here should go into hiding for making pathetic posts that it would fall on it's face how stupid do they feel right now !! glad to see the true true fans have bought tickets and will no doubt witness a spectacular weekend of racing !!

Except for the whole of the 2020 season of course! ... and 4 times in 2021

The new Sheffield captain. No surprises for me Picko the man.

I think MJJ's replacement has just made himself available from Leicester today 😂👨‍🍳

Kyle should benefit from track time available at Glasgow, looks sharp in practise and seems like he's got his 2025 season head on already.

Regarding Cook: Never fear, I’m sure there’ll be an exclusive interview with ‘Lanno’ about ‘my demons’ in the Star over the next couple of weeks. With plenty of flowery language but not actually saying anything. That’s the usual sketch.

Explain

that's him all over !!

Make of this sign what you will, but to me it looks like you get 4 hours of free parking and that restrictions end after 8pm. In other words, as long as you arrive after 4pm, what's the problem? Yes, there are gates on the car park, and no they are never used. Anyone who'd been for a late-night KFC will be able to testify to that. Nandos is another place open to 10pm. The Gym at One Stop is open through the night from 8pm to 12am. So the car park has to stay open to allow for customers to access these businesses. Still, there's no commercial link-up any more so it won't be promoted. Cut off noses and spited faces spring to mind.

It's gone because the FIM have let everything revolve around Polish Speedway. British Speedway is in no real worse state than it was in 2019 when there was about 40,000 attending Cardiff... WBD take over and the rest is history I'm afraid.

Of the tickets released today there are just 171 tickets left in the south and Grandstand. 154 in the South and just 17 in the Grand Stand. 1963 tickets left in the east stand, not sure if that stand is 3k or 4k capacity (my guess is 3K). WOW.

I can and I will, it's not just about British Speedway... We've gone from Copenhagen to a track in the middle of an industrial estate, we've gone from Berlin/Gelsenkirchen to a field somewhere in Germany, we've gone from Gothenburg/Stockholm to the middle of a forest in Sweden, we've gone from Cardiff to the slums of Manchester! WBD have destroyed the SGP as a spectacle

Having it at the NSS may very well be good for the purist but as a showpiece event, the biggest Speedway meeting of the year in the UK it won't get any attention outside of the Speedway world at all, as it never did when it was held at Hackney, Bradford or Coventry WBD have absolutely run the whole event into the ground, no showpiece events anymore, except for Warsaw, a bunch of mediocre riders at a provincial stadium and costing a bloody fortune whether you decide to attend or watch it on TV. The sooner they are out of our sport the better!

What about Keynan Rew?

one of the very few things you are right about i have to agree with you're original post about the tickets they were always going sell

To add a bit more context and comparison to another GP I'm attending this year. Block C Seats for the 2-night package at the NSS are £215. So, £107.50 for each GP. I was bought a ticket as a Christmas present for the Wroclaw GP on 30 August. It is Sektor V1 in the Main Grandstand at the Olympic Stadium. This is pretty much the equivalent position between the starting gate and the first bend. Face value of the Wroclaw ticket is 499PLN - almost exactly £100 depending on the exchange rate at the time of purchase. Their equivalent back straight tickets (and seated too) could be cheaper than those in the South Stand at the NSS, but from where my tickets are located at both venues it's not too much different.

Not from an Ipswich point of view or Dan's as he has progressed more by having better riders around him

12th of July

That's one way of making sure your season extends beyond the first week of August I suppose 😂

Powerhouse of a team when you look at it like that. That engine room of Ellis and Brennan looks as though it could be fruitful. Strong at reserve also. If it stays injury free I can’t see anyone to touch it.

This is why I work in the City of London.

Must admit I found the move to race suits very good - it not like they are charging £200 quid for replica race suits for the fans is it!

North stand sorted

The booking fees are always irritating. £15 a day for the car parking is a bit of a p1ss take! Booked thru an app across the road for a fiver. That'll teach 'em 😂

Maybe he went down the route of many others and spent his lockdown partying and hasn't shrugged it off. Either way, regardless of the excuses he comes out with, he is a waste of time in this sport and a continual let down. Fancy doing this on the eve of the season. Should be a lesson learnt for other clubs to steer clear now. Let him go and get a job in the real world although with his brains I wouldn't bank on it. If you put his brain in a hazlenut shell it would still rattle.

Pre Covid he was quite a rider, post Covid he isn’t His GSA all Premiership 2011 - 4.81 2012 - 5.52 2013 - 7.40 2014 - 6.21 2015 - 7.29 2016 - 7.37 2017 - 8.45 2018 - 7.73 2019 - 7.78 2021 - 6.98 2022 - 5.05 2023 - 4.39 2024 - 4.97

They don't tend to say anything until they have a replacement lined up. Was the same when Rory pulled out as well.

Madness! Bit like the town playing in blue every year! 🙃

Guest facility until nick Morris available.

Have you finished? We have a saying in the Black Country and it's "Yowma C U N T"

Slim pickings then lol

Maybe a bit of empathy wouldn't go amiss. I'll have a moan but we'll be there as one day my daughter might decide she's too 'cool' to come (possibly sat in your season ticket seats😂). However, I'm also aware we're in a fortunate position where we can afford to do it. There are plenty of people who have been supporters for a long time who have been completely priced out. You can surely understand that they are angry?

It is well known Cook has had a long battle with his mental health. In these days we try hard to make it noticed as a serious illness. Yet there is not one thought or consideration about how he is. Only assumptions regarding letting another team down. It’s a horrible place to be, I’ve seen it many times. One week you’re on top of the World and looking forward to the future. It can suddenly change over night to not want to even leave your house. It’s quite obvious he’s faced some demons but FFS, let’s take a step back, then judge in sickness or health.

Reading the replies its a wonder the sport has survived the 30 years since I last went 😅 Very briefly in the early 90s I helped a guy out at Belle Vue, pretty sure he was the centre green presenter, we used to take a few of the Colts [Clegg brothers etc] to Scout Groups in the evening, some shopping centres at the weekend complete with bikes to try and drum up support, always seemed to go well, no idea if it helped as Mr Perrin didn’t like it and it got binned. I’ll have another go at attending this time at Plymouth but it’s still a 140 mile round trip! Midweek is a no no so the fact they moved to Saturdays is brilliant. Not quite worked out how I’m going to explain the lack of British riders or doubling up yet to my 2 newcomers 🤣

Cookie to win it 😂

If Birmingham are banking on decent crowds they'll need to find some parking from somewhere otherwise people won't bother Perhaps another discussion with the One Stop Centre?

He's probably due a testimonial he must have signed for Leicester at least 10 times during his Speedway career (so far) 😂

Waste of money. Riders have their own sponsors on them, I get that, but it's now a club/sponsor expense rather than the riders' responsibility. Much prefer a race jacket and suits which show the individuality of the riders.

But they wouldn’t be “forced” to ride somewhere they didn’t want to be if they opted out of being a rising star 🤷🏻‍♂️ if you choose to carry on as a rising star then you should expect to go anywhere in my opinion

The real winners today though… the tractor racing fans