Albert

Its weeks like this I question why I follow this sport! Get well soon Ryan, no luck whatsoever....

Ryan Douglas.. Rider No14

You're right Bez...My error.. mistakenly took the averages in column C. :-)

Hope you're right, I'd worked it out as 6.3..... ?

Is there coverage of that incident? Id love to see the race again... I, like the majority of the crowd was convinced that Nielsen caused wilko to fall, looked pretty clear cut.. Any coverage?

Perhaps Josh should take him to court and claim loss of earnings...

We know you meant to say Chris Louis.. Not john... Mungo just being pedantic.

That's your opinion and your entitled to it. In my opinion, Tungate caused his own mishap, good trap out of gate one, his decision to head for no mans land out wide on bend two, in effect, he stuffed himself. He was primary cause in my eyes. Its all about opinions, agree or disagree...it happened... ref did what he thought was right... What happened afterwards was avoidable, spiteful, it ruined the match.... that said, it also added drama to what was an entertaining night on and off track.

When any rider gets the trap from gate one and rides that wide across the track he's putting himself in a vulnerable position deep on turn two, whilst at the same time he's also dictating which lines the others have to take.... Josh was only taking the natural racing line dictated to him at that given point. Can't see any reason from that angle, which is pretty similar to the refs view, why people should think josh had been wreckless causing tungate to fall....

What a load of b*****ks

The video of morris kicking out on the line ... they passed in a flash, the angle/speed and video quality just doesn't give a clear view of what happened... Im clear in my own mind, had a great view of it. Any footage of the Nielsen/Wilkinson incident?

Can't you just upload the footage on youtube... let people search for it?

I saw Josh's hand..it certainly didn't look good..all ballooned up, looked a mess to be honest.. be amazed if it ain't broken... I fear his season could be over.

Neutral!... your Nielsens No1 fan, only reason you were there.. Plus you hate all things Scunthorpe.. can't take your comments seriously, you obviously seen it with an Ipswich bias.

Ermm... hope we don't go the national league route...that'd probably finish me as a supporter. Like the idea of Sunday evening PL though.

6 years today since Kennys passing... gone but never forgotten. RIP Kenny.

We'll never forget King Kenny at Scunny... He'd sure be saddened by Scunnys current closure fears... Kenny was very much 100% committed to Scunthorpe speedway, his contribution and people skills brought supporters together and always had time for a chat. He has been sorely missed, he was that connection between club and fans. Rob was very much a man that was happy to stay in the background and let Kenny do the talking off track. Rob to his credit, certainly found his voice after Kennys passing, he now has a good rapport with the fans, and we've grown to love Robs infield antics and presentation skills..... but there was only ever one Kenny ;-) One things for sure though, bet he enjoyed looking down on the EWR last night, he'd be up there holding his Newcastle Brown aloft with such pride on what was such a grand comeback... 'It'll be rite' was one of Kennys sayings...lets hope those sentiments come true.

I spoke to the guy, he's actually from Radio 1...he's gonna be around filming a few weeks, producing something for iplayer I believe. Think he enjoyed what he saw. :-)

Like previous posters have said... wasn't looking the best of meetings from a Scunny point of view...infact, I'd resigned myself to defeat...but wow, what a comeback from the Scorps.... Superb recovery, gloom lifted!... Those last three heats will live long in the memory.

Perhaps 6 man teams, 13 heat matches is the way to go... More 4 team tournaments to boost visiting support... what cost benefit would that make to promotions? Probably too late to help Rob at Scunny, but for the good of the sport?

The local paper isn't well read these days... It used to be a blooming good daily but for the past few years has been a weekly publication full of old news, ads, car sales and estate agents...100 of pages of shyte, I don't think its got many readers nowadays. The online version isn't much better, big headlines for trivial un-newsworthy items, most people just visit to laugh at the comments.

I think Scunthorpe should've rebranded years ago and advertised to a larger audience. Renamed to something like, 'Northern Lincolnshire Lions' or 'The Humber Sea Dogs' followed by a big advertising drive in places like Grimsby, Lincoln, it may have pulled in more punters, giving them a sense of 'it's our local speedway team' not one belonging solely to Scunthorpe. The product at Scunny is fantastic, it's difficult to put a finger on why it's not better supported. I think stadia has a lot to do with it thesedays, speedway is pretty much stuck in the 70s in that regard. From what I've seen of the stock cars, their crowds aren't that good either, poor in my opinion. But, unlike speedway, the stocks carry less expenditure, I believe drivers pay to race unlike speedway where riders are paid to race....big difference. If Scunny speedway can't make it viable then there's not much hope for others up and down the country. Look at the wider picture, Scunny is perhaps the most used track in the world let alone this country...The amateur scene alone must bring in £000's...always well attended providing a good income stream... Practice sessions likewise... Not to mention the training schools/track. Add in things like rent, Scunnys stadium isn't owned by a greyhound stadium or similar, Rob doesn't have the expense of rent like a lot of tracks. Similarly, bar and cafe takings are all Robs, they aren't franchised. So if Scunny can't make it, little chance others will either. It would be a major blow to British Speedway, particularly in regards to rider development... think most teams out there must have a rider or two that's benefitted from the Scunthorpe factor... a facility like we have here would be sorely missed. I wish Rob well and hope he continues, it's far too good a product to lose.

Rugby and Cricket amongst other sports have their own version of a video referee... Could Speedway follow suit? Obviously for televised meetings only... With all the benefit of tv replays, from various cameras, could speedway introduce a video referee and give him/her the power to overturn the match referees decision? Or if the match referee is unsure on a decision, gives them chance to refer to a video ref. Also, maybe give the teams two challenges each.. ? If they think something has gone against them, use up a challenge.... I think it would add something extra to televised meetings....but would it work?

I see Rob has issued a club statement on our website... You need all the friends you can get in speedway, Promotors are always asking favours off each other, guest riders, loans etc... Maybe Glasgows new promotion should remember this, they'll need favours one day and episodes like this stick.

Nah...no bitterness from me, I didn't expect to win, I stand by my comments. It does however grind a little that the Glasgow promotion illegibly backstabbed Rob regarding a gentlemans agreement over David Howe. If as Rob suggested, he agreed to release David and let you use him against us as long as you didn't also use a guest... In hindsight, Rob should've just held the deal back a week, wouldn't of been fair on David Howe....but then again, life ain't fair. Glasgow as a team, deserved there victory, on the night Scunny didn't have the riders with any consistency to challenge Lawson, Morris and the match defining Covatti.