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Good to hear Coleman addressing the supporters at the end as well. Again dangling the carrot of things being much better next year and exciting times ahead at Foxhall. He can certainly talk the talk, and he deserves the chance to walk the walk. Grateful that he stepped in personally and gave us speedway again this year.

The meeting the other week against Sheffield was very good, some excellent racing with lots of passing. But most of the riders were having a whinge on both sides that the track was “tricky to ride” and they were struggling a bit with it. Tonight most of the riders were praising the track because it was smooth and easy to ride, but was serving up next to no entertainment to the supporters. Give me the track like it was against Sheffield and tell them to get on with it!

After giving Leicester the 💷 to throw a meeting it nice to see Belle Vue bury the old hags in embarrassing style 😛

He thanked the supporters & the sponsors for sticking by them this year. After the take over they asked for people to stick by them & not judge them on 26. He thanked everyone from the bottom of his heart for doing that. acknowledged that the performance last night wasn’t good good enough but he would avenge that next year. Exciting plans are in place for next season however as yet he isn’t able to share & they have been working on those plans for some time. Thats what I like about him several times this year he has publicly engaged with the supporters. The guy is a breath of fresh air. Personally as for next year I’d take Toby back in two minds about Tom part of me thinks he is a bargain on his average, the other parts isn’t so sure. As for Danny again on the fence had a very good season however could be a risk on his average if the league is stronger. If the points limit stays the same again his average might go against him. Id also personally try & get scott involved as team manager.

Mayfield should test the waters with Freddie Lindgren. Swedish tyre situation and the possibility of no GP's could open up an opportunity imo.

Wasn't always going to win it. Didn't see anyone put belle vue as winning the whole thing. No one expected tate and norick to improve, also peter done way more than expected.

When he rode for the Aces, I always had a "Steve Worrall" feeling to Tom.. ie There is a very good rider in there, but "something" will prevent him consistently reaching that international level... The pressure to perform when he has to step up seems to be the challenge for him... Birmingham had pretty much zero pressure given they were so poor, which I think reflected in his riding.... And at both the Aces and at Ipswich he has had two genuine World Class riders keeping pressure off him.. I watched him in Sweden last season against the larger number of top riders over there, and he definitely started to look more aggressive on the bike, and in one race pushed Zmarzlik out of contention in a race with a very robust manoeuvre.. Then he got badly injured pre season which I think has (as you could expect), dropped him back a bit this year... A big season for him next I would suggest as an indicator as to how his career will progress.. Will he just end up a solid UK rider, with maybe a 2nd or 3rd tier contract in Poland? Or will he become a consistent SEC or even GP performer over the next few years, with a top tier Polish contract..?. I think any team would want him if they can get two top level riders at One and Five, and Ipswich should be in the box seat for that, given they will want to take advantage of this seasons average..

I saw some of the action from the Sheffield meeting in Luke Killeen's Vlog, and it was clear you couldn't just "howl" into the bends at full gas, sideways blocking the track, meaning the rider behind couldn't pass, but just did the same thing... Meaning, as often happens at most tracks, four riders in procession, equidistant apart... From the action I watched in the Sheffield match, the riders had to go around the bends more circumspect given the level of grip they were getting, hence more mistakes and opportunities were available to be had... Hence, the racing was decent... With so little actually riding on the outcome of a any UK Speedway meeting, you would think the promoters would 100% focus on ensuring that the actual entertainment level, both on and off track, encourages people to keep attending wouldn't you...?

And their in lies the problem, one of the commentators made me laugh late on when he said one of the riders was moving out into the deep stuff to try and make a pass, what deep stuff, it was as slick as it could be, even Doyle said it was really smooth, all you had to do was make a start. A complete and utter pants of a meeting.

I believe we have had 14 meetings this season. Quite shocking when we used to have nearly 30. What I want to know is with all these defunct teams wanting to come back, where are we getting the riders from? And even if we get riders from abroad, how the hell are most clubs going to pay them on pitiful gates.

Allen blocks Scott, costing him second. Edwards gets in Wright’s way, delaying him having any impact on the Pirates in heat 13 and in heat 14, Lambert failing miserably to pass Newman who was essentially standing still, having already gone from second and on a 5-1 to last in his previous heat. Self-harming from Redcar here.

And given how good he was around Monmore, he would revel at Ipswich.

Poole have said they are 'hopeful' that Slater is fit to return for the 2nd leg! Personally, if the badly-gashed hand is bad enough to keep him out tonight then I can't see it improving sufficiently for him to be fit tomorrow?! But we'll see..........

Sorry, that's not really the true facts. Referee's report said "Medical Officer's clarification to referee, as helmet was cracked: Lightcap showed no signs of concussion" So if he recovers from the reported finger injury .......

I think Mike makes a very good point here. Tom's best seasons have come when he's had no pressure on him. It was the same when he first joined Ipswich, We had Emil and Doyley taking the pressure off everyone else in the side.

I 100% would stick by Brennan. He was a massive part of our premiership winning team in 2025. He had the 13th best average in the 2nd polish league in 2025 (just under 8.00). He scored 10 points in the European championship round 2 this year. Beating Dudek, Jepsen Jensen and Michelsen at points in the night. His situation this year was difficult, pushed into number 1 at Ipswich and being dumped from Bydgoszcz after scoring 9+1, 6, 6+1 in his first 3 rounds. Also some riders just have bad seasons every now and then. He's still got 2-3 years before most riders reach their prime, he comes in on a nice average and has experience of racing against top riders. Finally, letting a rider go to a direct rival on a nice average is really not a good idea. I don't want to see him score big in the 2027 playoffs for Belle Vue.

This is a familiar tale in speedway unfortunately. The best racing is often when riders have no idea which line is fastest or the track takes a bit of thought to ride and of course riders generally dont like that.

Surprised at the field, thought Woffy would've used his "celebrity status" to bring some top riders over, especially ones who don't race in GB to boost the crowd?

The first thing we need to sort out in 2027 is we need to get the fun factor back into British speedway, it is sadly lacking in modern speedway and fans (those left ) feel it

Probably, makes no difference to the crowd. Most people will probably watch the GP's on demand anyways these days. The only time over the last 27 years we've avoided running alongside the GP's was when we had a rider in it. Running up against Workington Reds/Town at 3pm on Saturday/Sunday, is a far bigger issue in the Town IMO.

Some big decisions re wild cards next year given the injuries to "regulars"... And, as we know, there is the political angle too, to ensure more "eyeballs" are on the series.. If Poland allow "Sweden plus one" then it could be a bun fight for Freddie... Denmark, logistically, will have the advantage, but maybe double the meetings over here would sway his decision?...

Agree, I think we'll see him in the UK in 2027 if he doesn't get the final wildcard for the GP's tbh (Assume Bewley and J. Holder are two of the three)

Not sure Redcar would allow that!!

Yep

Nope, has always been open to riding again next season, depends how he feels at the end of this one.

Not Fricke not a fan of his & does tend to go missing at vital times. I wouldn’t bet against a return for Emil at this stage 😉

🤣🤣🤣 TTT , Knows a thing or too about speedway.😆😆

So that should be the 9 day concussion full applied. Don't know how Poole are expecting him being fit for Wednesday 🤔

I know a lot of folk are keen to see Brennan go on his way, but after persevering with him all season, surely Ipswich will want to be the ones to reap the benefit of his reduced average

Draw for Pardubice:

Stal asked Kevin Fajfer to meet them in Gorzow today to potentially sign for them sue to their injury crisis. Paluch and Bednar are both ruled out for the first leg at Poznan. Kordun is undergoing surgery this week on his broken finger.

In the recent interview with Mr.Bain, he states that the floodlights will be hopefully going in this winter and next season will be 7pm starts.

The 2nd leg is like Ronnie Russell and Tony Rickardsson fighting over a comb. Witches fans should not bother wasting time and money to go to Manchester.

Coleman to buy Foxhall, and put a belle Vue copy track in.

I don't think he has an 'ego'. I applaud any rider who tries to better themselves by dropping easy money in our Championship and trying to crack the much harder Polish leagues.....unfortunately it didn't work out for Tom this year and he appears to have regressed. A season in the Championship might be sensible if he cant get a Polish gig but I wouldn't give up on that avenue if I was him.

If I was Richard Coleman I would be really embarrassed after tonight,not only for teams performance but for the quality of the product on show, it was a tough watch

If I was in Richard's shoes then I'd be asking Scotty Nicholls if he'd be interested in becoming Team Manager in 2027.

The best team won no complaints. Given the lateness we were confirmed as starting to get in to the play offs is a result. I still believe Mayfield & Coleman are both good for Ipswich & uk speedway looking forward to 2027. Interesting comments by Coleman after heat 14 role on 2027

Tbf Aces fans rarely turn up any week, The NSS is like the Etihad Stadium of British Speedway which both just so happen to be based in Manchester.

The Aces deserve the win, the Witches are a shadow of what they used to be and this is not what the play offs were meant to be about, the climax to an exciting campaign of racing but not what you have on show today. No wonder the punters have left in droves and thankfully terrestrial t v is not showing this live or otherwise. Excuses will be forthcoming but frankly memories of what use to be far outweigh what is served up now with a piss poor league and too many outside factors influencing the quality of league racing. It is not entertainment it is an endurance test.

Referee has no discipline on the start line, Doyle rolling in both rides

Photo on the wall of a new wetherspoon at Manchester airport called the belle Vue, just opened 😄🏁

I wasn't there but saw it on World of Sport. I have never seen a replay of it, although I did see an advert for a DVD on 70s speedway and it showed about 2 seconds of it. Even that traumatised me!

RHAG are pleased to announce that the Planning Inspector has agreed to our application for formal Appeal Party status (Rule 6 Party) and to change the nature of the Appeal to a Hybrid Appeal – a hearing on 21 October 2026 followed by two days as a Planning Inquiry on 22–23 October 2026. This is an important development, as the Planning Inquiry will provide a formal opportunity for RHAG to present evidence and make the case for the future of Speedway at Rye House. We are asking supporters and the wider community to sign the petition and submit their objections at https://www.ryehouse.racing/. All submissions will be passed on to the Planning Inspector and will help demonstrate the strength and depth of community interest in the future of Rye House Stadium.

That's great. It also explains why everyone thinks that BV are going to win the play offs. They put 3 riders out in each race!

Everyone wants to be at Poole MF has tabled an AGM motion for 50 man teams 😉

It was the same guy last year calling Glasgow all sorts for not moving up and giving it laldy about how Ipswich were going to take all the riders for themselves to punish all the clubs that don't want to race Premiership. And that Glasgow should get banned from riding in the Championship because they don't want to go Premiership. Words like eejit were invented for people like him. I respect that people have different opinions, and I only referred to him as an eejit as that is my opinion of him.

Personally if I was them I wouldn't do it, its not that long ago they were hanging on themselves they now seem to have steadied the ship and are making progress would be mad to risk it all financially by moving up. The dream (it won't happen) would be if Cradley were back next season with Tolley ready to chuck £100-£200k at it.

What is wrong with people?? Some seriously weird behaviour. Wishing the Premiership dead, hoping the Championship will suffer etc. These people are basically hoping for the suffering of clubs and their fans. What kind of psychopathic mentality are these people on???

Agree Neil,you could have 50,000 signatures.no money no speedway, or just 10 signatures but pay the man tomorrow and you got speedway