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Think you answered your own question there, all reliant on technology and a fully charged phone, in my world a £20 note trumps all of that, especially when internet signal is poor. My wallet is a battered old leather one and always easy to find, don't need to go scrolling through my pockets to find it . If I go into any establishment or car park and it is digital or card payment only, I vote with my feet. None of these systems were brought in to aid the public, they were foisted onto us by the banks and technology platforms ( Apple, Google, Paypal, Klarna) to skim profits off every transaction

Richard ‘Dick’ Lawson . Unbelievable attitude to the sport

Never liked his attitude, he’s all self

I think I've spotted it on Google Street View...

We are talking about them guesting for danny at Oxford so the extra % doesn't apply

We'll do what we want!... We'll do what we waaaaaaaant!... We're doubling up heat leaders... We'll do what we want!!!....

I thought that when a rider was suspended that his racing licence was suspended for whatever period of time, obviously not though is Lawson has ridden in Denmark, why would you just suspend a rider from British Speedway? ... ah yes, because it's British Speedway!

Looks like BSPL have followed the rulebook in putting together the line-up this time around. For the original staging, they didn't, hence the real reason for the postponement.

You only have to sit out 7 days for a non speedway injury and where you were replaced by a facility Simply still not fit

I don't think the WiFi signal is great at The Coliseum either for these systems to work efficiently. The people on the gate (I drive in and park at stadium so pay in car) struggled early season to scan multiple tickets I had purchased on my phone so I always try to have the right amount of cash ready for those travelling in my car that day. It does tend to be much quicker this way and less stressful for the gate staff which is appreciated by them too.

Is Mr Lawson the new Craig Cook of Ipswich and Poole 🤔🤔😜

See, you have to remember that a huge amount of the regular posters were "seniors", and sadly, old age has taken it's toll. Thing is, everybody was knowledgeable, everybody wanted to learn, and everybody wanted to "discuss" things in a reasonable and friendly manner. There has been an increased number of younger members who have come on board, and love to bitch about us old'uns living in the past. Same as speedway in general, I suppose? Those of us who are still hanging on have become disenchanted by all the crap and insults posted on here. The Years Gone By section was an incredibly active section of the forum, and that's what kept a lot of us going. Now, nobody seems interested in that, which is heartbreaking. Not only is speedway history such a big part of the sport, but we can learn from the past, instead of rolling on relentlessly, repeating the same mistakes that are/were never going to work. British speedway is NOT dead. It still has a future, yet judging by the majority of comments you see on the BSF and Facebook groups, you'd think that it was dead and buried years ago. No, that was just the civility and respect that we had on this forum years ago...

If Douglas rides can only see a Leicester victory. Poor choice getting in Palm-Toft, Oscar Berwick would have more chance of scoring some points😀

Sorry just re read the team and it's RR for Lawson

That would help everyone, losing yet another team.

Another one from the Kings Lynn book of excuses

What is the 10% for?

Cook is nothing to be sniffed at.

Probably because everywhere else you don't get punished for being ill lol.

Early doors but shaping up that this could be an absolute hiding which is never good for the sport.

Me too

Lawson is riding in Denmark this evening. Scored 4 from four outings so probably won't be asking him back.

Are you sure? i can't believe he come out with that, makes OFAH Trigger look intelligent.

0.70p … remember 30% is now Wroclaw 😆😀

How much do the volunteers get paid Lewy?

Confirmed line-ups and live updates Brovst v Fjelsted. https://rs.dmusport.dk/loeb/7451

Since when do volunteers get paid?

I've never seen them win here and I go back to the 80's! They did get a draw in 2006 in the Prem League and 2007 in the Prem Trophy.

Dougie is down to ride according to the Lions website. They will never have a better chance of winning at Foxhall than tomorrow.

Holder qualified from Glasgow so it’s likely to be Janowski as he was beaten in the run-off by Harris and Jakobsen.

Staff are sick of loading the poly foam fence onto lorries late on a Wednesday night to get it to Northampton for Thursday 🤪

Well Ipswich did visit last week........🦠

Now it makes sense Their all related & live together

probably got fed up with the online service provider taking a cut out of the price ? bad enough with cards, but some of these "booking agents" really take the pi$$h, if you give someone a tenner, you are a tenner down and they are a tenner up, if you pay them by Paypal or similar either it costs you more than a tenner, or the recipient gets less than a tenner !

I wasn't at the match, but considering Lidsey beat Klindt in heat 13 & had scored 10 points, I wouldn't call it a strange decision. Sounds like the had a choice of 3 options, none of them wrong.

Seven day ban for the member of staff?..

It always happens once a rider even contemplates retiring they seem to have fall away quite quickly ,the CL is a possibility next season but IMO now he should make this his last season as a rider .

I agree about Nicholls sadly - even his home form is a shadow of what it was in 2024 guesting for Doyle. As far a a replacement goes, Nicholls is still on a quite inflated rolling average, and Rew might just fit, I would like to see him back. Not sure about dropping Lawson - he is a solid rider everywhere but recently admitted he's a one-man band. Maybe organising some off track help for him is a better answer.

I certainly remember Antoni Woryna back in the 60’s. Yes, I am getting old, started watching speedway in 1960.

It took that contagious to come up with a new excuse..

I would love to come, Chris. However, I am unable to travel far these days. It is with regret I won't be able to attend. I do , however, send my very best wishes for the success of your endeavours.

Your argument fails as in the first sentence you mention old ladies fumbling for change, but cash is quicker than scanning a ticket. All it needs is online bookings being able to be added to Apple, Google and any other wallet available, so not reliant on data or WiFi signal. Though the scanner probably needs a data or WiFi signal. Also the fast moving cash only entrance gets held up by those fannying about for money and awaiting change.

Not in my life 😃 the more plastic/ phones are used the more traceable your life / spendings are

Doyle should've been back hence why I was very vocal when he joined Belle Vue. It wasn't even a difficult decision to fit him back in, Easy three picks to release at the time, Lawson (Attitude), Nicholls (Ineffective around Play-Off tracks) and Hellstrom-Bangs (On and Off Track Struggles) Mayfield simply have to get it right in 2027, Paul Hurry's Mate's rates cannot be a factor under any circumstances, Loyal Club Riders like Danny King cannot become a factor either if he ends up on a 7+ GSA.

Years ago you got held up at queues while little old ladies fumbled in their purses for small change, only getting their purses out after they had packed all of their goods, now you get held up by 30 year olds fumbling with their phone trying to find their credit card, "E" ticket, loyalty card etc, just handing over a £20 note is actually quicker , especially if you have the foresight to have the money ready !

Sack him off now, Richard Coleman hinted they weren't happy with riders being late, missing track walks, wrong kit & missing parade truck (all done by Lawson) and he doesn't fit the team ethos they seem to be trying to install.

And what happened to Speedway Futures?

And the nonsense of the pre season will not have helped.. I truly have never seen any business or entity commit so much Harikiri on itself as Speedway in the UK has done, particularly over the past 20 years as the digital age has boomed.. Year after year they have made poor decisions which have just compounded the poor decisions from the previous years... Normally a business would fix its issues, even more so when they are so glaring and obvious, and their customers either tell them publicly, or tell them by no longer attending, but still closely following the sport.. I truly would love to know what the promoters vision for the sport is, and where they aspire to take it... As all it currently looks like is this... "Make it to the end of this season, do exactly the same thing next, then rinse and repeat ad infinitum"...

Of course the sport is on its knees here, just look at this forum, a live meeting used to attract a lot of comments because quite a few would see it, now most threads are only two or three pages, and clubs like Plymouth sometimes don’t even have a thread for a home match. And only recently there was a match between Kent and the Thurrock Hammers, no mention of it at all on here and in fact I only found out about it on the day through seeing a post on twitter, I saw nothing in advance anywhere advertising it which is terrible, I probably would have gone if I had known about it. The sport just keep limping along almost begging for it to be put list of its misery.

Stoney's visit to Workington on Saturday raised a fantastic £1819.49 for the Ben Fund.