longlivefrankie

I find it unbelievable this track was purpose built

Second in a world team event and some people still complaining?

For me if you top after 42 races perhaps you should be champions? And I would say that if we were second .

Lots of memories here, I started going to " the speedway" in 1965 at somerton park. Some things that stick in my mind from sixties & early seventies. Nigel Boocock " little boy blue", Garry Middleton, Reg Luckhurst, Olle Nygren, Etc, race jackets - for some reason the iconic Newcastle one, we had a few characters in our wasps team trough the period I remember vaguely a full on fight between 2 of our own riders Bill Andrew & Jon Erskine not far from where I was. The first time Ronnie Moore turned up with the Dons seemed like the return of of a King, , booing the likes of Ivan, Ole but not Briggo for some reason. I m not sure the racing was any better but I think the package was.

I'm on holiday in Cambridge this week, was going to this meeting but on hearing all the missing riders decided not too - enough said

Also from Somerton park in the sixties - have I the right , glad all over, also transports me back to the second bend and great memories

Sad news RIP Cyril, was part of the fixtures & fittings at Somerton park in the sixties and I believe involved in getting It started in the first place via mike Parker & Charles knott , but I maybe wrong. Cyril lived around corner from us for a while in Newport , I was very young but remember seeing his bike on back of a car outside his house he was always approachable. More recently a regular spectator at Hayley stadium. Many good memories. Condolences to his family.

Why not both? A classic race jacket ( eg belle vue with no advertising on) over team Kevlars with sponsors logos on ?

I remember buying a few BLRC meetings I attended durning mid seventies , what you have to remember this pre vhs etc it's all we had

Chris Colder signs for Poole

It's not really a stand as we know it though , a few of the greyhound tracks have similar buildings which is basically a restaurant with some view of the track. from this illustration it's a grey hound track with a speedway track inside it . i would not be surprised if it's not too dissimilar from illustration when (if) built

Good newport 1975 team and travelling around following them 1975 again thumping Swindon 1997 Newport reopening 1999 thumping Swindon in trophy semi finals Gote Nordin winning Internationale blrc at Bellevue in 60s & 70s funfair included & 72,75,78 finals @ wembley bad newport closing 1977 newport closing again! demise of stadium Getting beaten up at cradley in seventies current state of speedway Lawrence hare crash at Newport

Very sad, visited Brandon many times usually to see Newport get thumped from the sixties through the seventies, remember many british finals & particularly little boy blues testimonial on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Along with Hyde road was certainly one ofnthe best away trips

I remember seeing 3 Norwegians in the wasps colours ed strangleland, einar egedius & reidar eide. Ed was a entertaining rider from my memory, einar I think married a Newport girl but it was reidar who I remember most fondly he was in I believe the best team Newport ever had in 1975 he also rode in 73 & 74. One race inparticurlrly recall is a golden helmet race against ole Olsen I think in 73 where he brought the house down at Somerton park by blasting by ole to lift the helmet, great days.

We'll if the 20-20 cricket I go to is anything to go by ...anything rousing goes down well Hey Jude Hi ho silver lining Song no 2 Sweet Caroline Welcome to the jungle We will rock you Don't think age of the music has anything to do without tbh From past exeperiences.... Rocking all over the world (Newport) Are you ready - ac/DC (Newport) You stole the sun from my heart (Cardiff GP ) Beautiful day ( Cardiff GP) Monday Monday (reading) Rockin robin (Swindon)

Obscure..but "speedway" by kursaal flyers

I used to have a massive collection - programmes, badges, books, clothing, stickers, pictures, boards, etc . Sold it all when I moved Did scan all the programmes & some of the pics before they went so that's something ipunfortunatly didn't do the badges both in the thonusands Do miss them but with Newport gone (again) I gave up on collecting

Surely then there should be nobody anywhere near the stands?

On Eurosport now

Newport Wasps had a fair sprinkling of Swedish Magicians - Gote Nordin, Torbjorn Harrysson, Bengt Brannefors & Tommy Johansson at Somerton park through the sixties & seventies. Nordins battles with Briggo were the stuff legends are made of. Gote's win in the internationale prompted what would be described as a Welsh pitch invasion these days or so it seemed to a 7 year old boy at the time. Toby's style always seemed to defy gravity both piled up the points for the wasps.

Speedway really is a joke in this country ...guestsin every meeting, people riding for multiple teams

I think they should mention Doyle is best rider is the world at moment

Wolves just want it more so far , still early days, Schlein inspired

Crikey, I wish these Poole fans would stay off the topic if negatively is all you bring.

Well IMO premier got the best speedway commentator Dave Goddard, enjoyed his commentary on the Swedish play off final tonite on freesports. Very good