GeneralMelchett

Naturally home support massively overestimate the crowd 😜 viz a viz the discussion about Ipswich the other week! good to see however BH were always speedway days in years gone by with home and away double headers always a highlight! a larger win than I expected so the playoff picture just opened up

One of the best meetings I ever went to was Wolves v Cradley either 1988 or 1989 - was a 45-45 draw - Wolves we’re patched up somewhat as Sam and Ronnie C were injured and has Kelvin Tatum and Andrew Silver guesting - we were on holiday in Shropshire that year and drove across for it - as a kid seeing the top riders on show was a thrill as Arena were firmly a NL mid to lower table outfit!

Which is last years score - my first ever visit to the NSS was Aug BH and it was 48/42 - great meeting seem to recall Anti Voulas scored really well for you - am tempted to come across again as weather set fair

Well Maybe… but the interview suggested differently! What do I believe …not sure I really am that bothered

Agree but no I denying it’s been a bad year for him!

You would have thought Lampart, Pawliki and Milik would have taught him not to sign Poles (and Czechs) - I agree Tobi M has been a flop! I had my doubts in the first meeting at Sheffield when he mustered 3 from 4 starts on one of his former home tracks! ATleast he is now attractive to any club for 2026. Of course the real shame was Jensen bailing when he did!

Part of his issue would have been the stadium rent, he even considered (for a bit) continuing to be the single leaseholder if i understood what he said correctly. If you take places like Plymouth / Workington / Scunthorpe I can only assume there model is that they are not constrained by large rents to a landlord? ergo they have a bit more budget for riders etc, or it helps stem losses. This goes back to a guy who was a chartered surveryor who many years back wrote on here and in the star about many clubs being hampered by renting - the future he argued was owning your won stadium etc. I caught a bt of the marketing from Plymouth on facebook and they seem to be doing the kids races like up in Glasgow. On that note the Glasgow promotion -have proved that perhaps you can attract a decent (ish) crowd in a large City? In the same star as the Tolley interview there is a decent bit on Glagow and their ambition - they get 1500+ crowds - the type that Tolley would have loved to get!

This is the result I expected in the KO cup match! Good to see Tom hitting form and better results of Dan, seems that despite the poor R/R score the rest of the team just did the jobs expected, curious on the crowd as it as good as last week?

yes like Mercenary footballers 😆 Whilst to us and speedway in general these are big losses / donations etc its small fry - the reason so many football clubs are in financial trouble is the old school traditional English / or Scottish cairman is long gone as so many no longer have the fortunes required to keep up! As you suggest mercenary speedway riders have largely been the benefit as are mercenary footballers - but in some respects fans ourselves are part of the issue - certainly in football always wanting bigger teams and to play at a higher level, its all part of the circle!

Luckily I didn’t hear that otherwise I suspect words would have been exchanged - like you say great servant sadly you have your Wallopers!

He certainly was drawn towards it - just pipped his opponent by a nose!

Enjoyed this also - the tone was set on heat one with the 5-1 - another decent opening ride from Anders Rowe! Leicester huffed and puffed a bit and they didn’t have the needed backup for Douglas and Fricke - got to commend Jack H for his heat 6 last lap overtake of Sam Masters - Likewise the impressive Morris who never gave up in heat 14 to claim 2nd in the line by fractions of a second! Heat 15 saw a good battle at Fricke tried to reel in JackH just failing - just one more lap and he might have but that’s ‘if yer Aunty had balls territory’!

Naughty! 😏

The Adam of last week would be a huge miss as he top scored ? Plus pulled off a great ride in heat 15! witches still should win but…..

Planning to be there for this one - Leicester certainly do well at Owlerton of late so should be a good meeting - I think the Tigers will break the Leicester thing this time and claim a win about 47/43 or 48/42

I wasn't really commenting on that - the curse referred to the fact every time Emil was out in heat one he never won the race!!

heat 1 curse! last year and this heat 1 is not a good one for him.

When my old man passed away in 2022 I found a load of old camera slides of meetings we had attended in the late 80s and early 90s - it brought back memories for sure! One thing that stood out was just how much more packed the terraces were!

enjoy I was there for that sat in the grandstand

another great memory foor me was my first visit to Foxhall in 1988 for the England v Denmark test match against expectation England won 47-43, Silver top scoring from reserve and old Kelvin T holding off Hans Nielsen in one heat with his loose race jacket flapping round his face!!

I would certainly describe the racing as frantic at times particulary in the latter stages of the meeting, as for actual passing you may well be right BUT - one of my abiding memories of Brandon is Jason Lyons (always one of my favourites) passing Rickardson on the final bend of a heat in the SGP at Coventry in 2000! Fantastic bit of never give up riding!

I've only been to Kings Lynn twice - once was to a British semi final i think about 1989ish and then a BH Monday clash between the Stars and Bradfrod from May 1990 - both times place was packed out.

Happy Days - the final of the british final this year was agreat race imagine that at Brandon in fromt of 12k+

I went 87-90 and they were sunday afternoons - full house event 12k+ in attendance - I have a picture of the full stadium for one of them - sadly the Gps reduced the british Final to a bit of a rump competetion. I also went to the British GP at Brandon in 2000 - again sold out etc - great event - Martin Dugard the wildcard won it!

The British finals were for me not to be missed - sundays - packed out and some frantic racing!