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Had none for years Steve. Complete, Mickey Mouse, contrived nonsense.. (But given the operating model they have devised, that's the best they can offer)...

Due to how long Kenny was sat waiting at Brussels Airport for his flight, it gave him time to remember he was injured....

Is there time for a flood? Kennys condition must have deteriorated significantly after taking that photo at Brussels airport this afternoon.. To be honest, GB Speedway should start using those airlines that Poland use... Amazingly given the UK problems, all the riders seem to land in plenty of time over there....

In my role I do quite a few appeals on disciplinary matters which involve dismissal, and spend quite a lot of my time reviewing the process followed before either over turning or up holding the decision made.. It does appear something quite obvious may have happened/been missed, for him to a) not get banned soon after the incident like the others and b) not get banned after the appeal hearing when all the facts had been reviewed.. What obviously appeared to be an 'open and shut case' in the 'trial by social media' looks like it wasn't quite what it seemed.. As you say, maybe someone should be now getting some 'feedback'...

Agreed,. I haven't been to an Aces meeting all season as given up Mickey Mouse domestic top two leagues Speedway, (been to a few Colts matches though and they have been spot on), however if I had been attending all year then I would have gone tonight.. Just because it would seem a bit OTT to make a stand against the promoters, and decide not to go to the last match of the season, when you've been all year.. I reckon 1200 to 1400 or so will still be in attendance especially as Swindon are taking a good few.. And if they get that many it won't be a bad crowd I would suggest.. Edit : just read the info re Kenny... If he doesn't make it then maybe s few might get knocked off the attendance..

For one so young and still very early in his career, he does seem to have more than his fair share of "issues" when it comes to attending all his scheduled Speedway meetings in the UK doesn't he? Must be just unlucky...

I think most will not really be bothered either way.. British Speedway can get you like that.. Good luck to Craig, if the system allows it then fair play to him for escaping a ban.. It certainly won't resonate outside of the tiny GB Speedway bubble so no harm done to the Sport..

At last... Justice has been done... Everyone move along please, there's nothing to see here, mind you don't trip on that carpet we've lifted up to brush under on your way out.. Hope Craig sets up a 'just giving' page to help with the fine.. British Speedway

Or short circuit bike racing people...?

A toxic brand sadly BM... You only have to look at many of the TV matches... Rows and rows of empty seats, standing areas bereft of anyone actually stood there.. Companies want only positive brand association, as their name will resonate in the sub conscious of those watching.. Add also the fact that a company could sponsor a team with a significant sum of money and then find that their support will be rewarded by their number one rider (who will invariably be the chief beneficiary of their patronage), being actively allowed to destroy his own team's chances of winning the league by riding for any other team in the league, and you really have a hard sell to persuade any self respecting nationally known business to come on board..

But having a fan base like that would help any application for being allowed to move elsewhere within the same area... Sadly as it stands now, it would be difficult at most venues to make out to the local councils that the loss of them would have a huge impact on too many people...

He best not ever go to NK then as Kim is the only one allowed to have that particular 'style'..

All clear and obvious points and opportunities.. But as you say, no chance of anything changing... I do actually think that they probably do realise that their operating model and business plan is crap, but, bless them, they are simply incapable of doing anything about it to radically develop the sport... Hence we will have the same old, same old next season, and the season after, and the season after etc etc, until it all eventually becomes not worth doing as one by one the tracks disappear.. It has simply two clear options.. One. To do a 'Poland' and go balls out to attract the best in the hope fans will come back to the sport. (personally not a chance in hell they could deliver this).. Or Two. Set clear demarcation between two leagues where reaching the highest level is aspirational, with one being a mix of a few professional (but in the main), semi professional competitors, and the other being very much a development league to help supply the top tier over the long term. With all meetings ran when punters can get there not around when riders can fit it in their non UK schedule.. To keep doing the same thing again though surely isn't an option even to those currently doing it?

Sadly failing to adapt and move with the times has pretty much delivered its own demise.. If tracks could generate great crowds and thus deliver lots of rent money then maybe they would have had a chance.. Or better still, used these great crowd levels to lever a 'place of their own', somewhere in the locale , which reflected the local counciil's environmental plans but also provided the club with no rent to pay but all the income to use.. However. It must be hard to convince a local council that you are a much needed leisure pursuit, and an integral part of the community, when the crowd levels suggest very much the opposite... Woolworths, BHS, House Of Frazer, Debenhams, etc etc have all been established businesses that have failed to follow trend and move with the times, hence they are either no more, or hanging on by a thread.. Speedway, Stock Cars and Greyhounds are very much of the same ilk.. If no one uses your services then sadly there really is no need for your existence.. And if some landowner can earn so much more by selling up now than they can ever hope to receive over say the next ten years or so, then why would they not do so..? Speedway (in the UK), sadly isn't relevant anymore, with much of this irrelevance directly down to the lack of leadership, vision and capability of its custodians, many of whom have simply fiddled for years whilst Rome has burned around them... Who will be next to get engulfed by the flames?

If you have a crap haircut I believe there is now a little known rule that says no barber necessarily needs to be criticised for it...

When the Aces rode Friday at the old place, myself and a couple of mates went to Stoke most Saturday's making a Speedway weekend of it... Great entertainment... Bootsy and Crabtree in particular led the entertainment package both on the bikes and off.. Characters... Sadly now missing from the sport... Hence we are where we are as a sport collectively..

Stox get circa 4000 at the old track, around 10 times a season, so get at least as many, and probably more fans over a season than the Speedway at the NSS.. Losing both Stoke and BV will be a huge blow to the sport.. And may have an impact on Sheffield looking at the press release.. (?) Will 11 Stock Car meetings mean the Speedway gets restricted time on a Sunday? Again, more fans will attend the Stox each meeting than attend each Speedway match so more money to be gained from food and drink etc for the owners....

4G Football/American Football pitch in the middle of the track will prevent stox I would think.. Costs a fortune to put one of those in so they won't want 20 F1 stox potentially ripping it up...

Maybe those who shout this down would prefer a no league structure over a one league structure? The one positive of all these tracks closing over the past three years is that eventually we will get one league and a supply of riders that exceeds demand as places will be scarce. Meaning salaries will start to reflect the sports' actual level not the fantasy level it seems to try and pretend it is at.. No need for guests either when so many subs are sat waiting for their chance.. Survival of the fittest always includes a cull of the weakest for the species to survive, strengthen, and evolve.. Let's hope there's enough of the fittest left to move it forward..

Run it like a proper team sport with credibility? Run it to a budget that makes it sustainable for you rather than reflecting the costs your employees stump up? (Often to assist funding their own individual aspirations) Run it on nights when your customers tell you they can get there, not when your employees tell you they can get there.? Stop sharing employees who see you as the lowest paying employer out of the three they have..? Set an admission fee reflective of what you offer to the public, not one which needs to try and cover ridiculous salary levels which are far in excess of what a sport with such a poor following can ever hope to maintain.. ? A few starters for ten...

Helmet colour changes will be a priority I would imagine.. And also what biscuits will be available to have with their tea and coffee..

"What in earth is happening?" Years and years of promoters ignoring the feedback from disenfranchised and disillusioned fans is 'happening' so British Speedway continues to reap what it has sowed.. Be interesting to see if those left finally change a wholly unfit for purpose operating model before any more tracks close...? Somehow I doubt it as surely they would have done so over the last decade or so, when it was clear year on year it wasn't working...

Don't get many Cockney Reds at our teams' matches...

It is worth reminding ourselves that this is the highest level of the sport in the UK... How many there? 400? At best? If its true that any entity is only as strong as its weakest link then it's got some real problems Speedway in the UK, hasn't it. ?

Could you get Tai in to replace him.? MUST be a rule somewhere that can get found?