The White Knight

This a superb Service Andrew - THANK YOU very much.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm - Custard. :approve:

Reading most of the Reviews - it looks pretty poor to me.

Then perhaps Carling should............................................. :party:

Still is to me!!! :approve:

I wonder if Stewart Goodall is any relation to John Goodall N.Z. who rode for Sunderland for half a Season in 1971. He had the makings of a really good Rider - but left Sunderland under something of a cloud.

Oh no your not. Myself and Stuart Robson would be on your side too. :approve:

No Doc you are wrong. People who come on here to deliberately have a go at other Posters are TROLLS in my book. Gustix isn't - he just has to put up with unpleasant invective from you most of the time. If you don't like what he Posts - stick him an ignore - and then the rest of us won't have to read all of your unpleasant comments. I enjoy your Posts most of the time - but this vendetta against Gustix is going too far. Thank you. Ian.

Excluded - I much prefer that word.

Yes, they were important. You may scoff - but it made towards the ENTERTAINMENT. Perhaps that is a dirty word these days. Have you got Colour TV yet - it's GREAT - it has various Colours on it. :lol:

NEVER - Miles to the Gallon is the only way for a Briton. We have got far too much foreign crap over here as it is - without changing everything for them. Apparently there are more French living in London, I believe, than live in some French Cities. THIS is GREAT BRITAIN - we need to remember that. :approve:

But NOT that type of noise. Airhorns are an aberration. Why do you think we have these ridiculous Silencers on the Bike these days? It is in order to lessen the noise and make the Sport more acceptable to the General Public. I would love to go back to the days of open exhausts, but if we want to keep Tracks open we can't. Anything that increases the noise these days is a 'no no' in my opinion.

Fair enough - but I don't intend to try to explain myself any further on this, I have done my best. I think MOST people will understand what I am getting at - whether they agree with me or not.

Probably by 'old fogies' like Me. :approve: I strongly supported the 'Metric Martyr', Steve Thoburn in his campaign to keep Imperial Weights and Measures. I STILL shop for my Fruit in his Shop today. Sadly Steve Thoburn passed away a few years ago - the Shop, though, is still in the Family.

No - but WHAT a figure.

I think you are being deliberately provocative. Any colour = Kevlar/Leathers. Team Identity = Race Jacket + Emblem. It is the Race Jackets that should be the same in my view. Get it!!!

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I can't prove my case - but - I do believe, in this case, I am right.

But they all wear exactly the same Race Jackets (apart from the Number on the back) - THAT is my point - THAT is their TEAM identity. Different coloured Leathers/Kevlars would add some colour to proceedings.

It doesn't make him wrong though......................................................................... does it?

Fair comment. We will have to agree to differ on this matter. I would just add that IDENTITY is important to youngsters - it is part of what attracts them to a Team. Speedway Teams no longer has that Identity and, as I said in my previous Post - a small part of Speedway's drop in Attendances may be down to this. Just look at Team Colours in Football, Rugby etc. all of these have their Colours prominently displayed - so should Speedway.

I thought he had been refused a Visa. Has something changed?

That is where I am going BW regarding Kevlars/Leathers - it should be up to the individual which combination of colours they should wear. Regarding the Emblem being on the FRONT of the Race Jacket - THAT, in my opinion should be where the avid Supporter could PLAINLY see for which Team the Rider was racing. All of Teams today have emblems 'somewhere' on their Kevlars - but sometimes you cannot make out where the Team Emblem is situated on the Leathers/Kevlars. In the GPs, for example, the Riders have a tiny little National Flag on their shoulder. People should be PROUD of their Team/Country. In the UKs case - what was so wrong with the Union Flag displayed BOLDLY on the front of the Rider. Same with the Club, a big Witch, Ace of Clubs, Star, Bear, Bandit or for my Team the Big White Diamond. Let's face it - the main name, surely, is the Club Name not the Sponsor's ie Newcastle 'Diamonds' - the Club's Crest should be the main identifying feature to which Supporters can relate. Pick up any 'old' 'Speedway Star' and you can immediately identify to which Club the Rider on the Photograph belongs as the Emblem jumps out at you - nowadays you can hardly tell what is what and who is who. IF all of the changes from the 'old' ways of doing things were for the benefit of the Sport - how come Crowds are dropping so alarmingly? I would suggest that perhaps a small part of the problem is that the Teams have lost touch with their Supporters and the area to which the Team belongs. People, Supporters particularly like to IDENTIFY with their Team hence some of the big badge collections worn by Supporters long ago - you never see that now - perhaps that is because the Identity has been swallowed up in the search for Sponsor's names. I hope that explains where I am coming from BW. Something is missing from Speedway these days, it's colour, flair, individuality and Team identity is not what it used to be.

The Emblem - in our case is one BIG White Diamond. If you couldn't see that you would be blind. Sponsors names on the front these days are largely unseen anyway.

You can see the names when the Riders are on the Track racing though. You can't see the front - unless it was something BIG like the Team Emblem. We want to see more people attending our Sport don't we? It would be good to have something to relate to.