old bob at herne bay

Is anyone still bovvered ? Looks like a Leicester Select side will race the Poole side on a muddy track - No mention of how many Poole riders will be on their way back to Australia come next week ?

A pragmatic solution from a neutral. Award the p off trophy jointly - with Poole holding it for the first 7 months and then Leicester the last 5 months. (as a proportion of the points scored in theonly leg completed) Come next season no one would given a fig who won it anyhow.

Fromafar yes agree with you 100%. Problem is getting anyone in "promoter land" to even acknowledge that there is a problem. Once has a conversation with a " promoter" who IMO was foolishly taking his club up to he 1st Division. " it's my club, my money and I'll run it how I want to " was his reply. Well his money run out, the foray into Division 1 was a disaster from which the club never recovered. I tar them all with the same brush with VERY FEW exceptions.

Fromafar yes agree with you 100%. Problem is getting anyone in "promoter land" to even acknowledge that there is a problem. Once has a conversation with a " promoter" who IMO was foolishly taking his club up to he 1st Division. " it's my club, my money and I'll run it how I want to " was his reply. Well his money run out, the foray into Division 1 was a disaster from which the club never recovered. I tar them all with the same brush with VERY FEW exceptions.

If no one turned up for whenever the winter p.offs were finally run, that would send the message loud and clear to the promoters that fans do not want to watch speedway in piss poor weather on a mudbath of a track. MAYBE something would then be done ?

Lots of track prep. experts now joining in on the forum :-) Lets not divert from the knub of the problem..... that the clubs' management cannot collectively agree amongst themselves to get these "finals" completed before the last day of the season in early winter. The fact that this applies to all 3 divisions shares the blame across the entire UK speedway promoters scene. They are all a little bit useless.

Fromafar - powers that be = the collective promoters at all tracks. They have no interest whatsoever in solving the problem. They are unwilling and in my opinion incapable of taking part in joined up thinking.......... AS LONG AS the supporters keep on turning up in sufficient numbers to fill their piggy banks for the p.offs and to a lesser extent the KO CUP final meetings.

Doubt it - certainly not got any better since I retired from attending meetings 3 years ago. Hottest and driest summer since 1066 and still the same old problem trying to run meetings in early winter on c****y wet tracks in c**p weather for the spectators. Never any urgency to complete the fixtures in summer - every club trots out lame excuses. No one is interested in solving the problem as the mushrooms* that are speedway supporters will turn up regardless to fill the piggy bank of the “promoters” * fed on s**t and kept in the dark.

Thanks Steve 55 , so poor fixture planning planning by Sheffield meaning loads of weeks blank Thursdayswith no fixtures………

Isn’t Thursday an alternative race night for the Ekstraliga ?

What race night are Leicester planning to use?

Speedway only allowed at Owlerton on a Thursday ??? Really need to have an alternate race night available for clubs that race on Thursdays especially if you are bottom of the priority list to run home matches on clashing Thursdays.

Although King falling in heat 1 cost the Hunters 2 points as they were on a 5-1 :-)

Sounds like King falling off on his own track and poor machine prep by S Worrall and B Cook cost Pirates a bigger winning margin. I think you will find Howarth has a Doctors note for Saturday. he uses the same Doctor as Robert Lambert. Most of the Hunters' fans are saying the weather forecast for Saturday is poor so looks like a possible facility to race in November will be needed. Any Australians got their flights booked to go back home in early November I wonder ?

In my opinion “Mike BV” posts a stupid post about PAYING DOUBLE to watch a select Belle Vue side beset by illnesses injuries ( hahaha) Think my reply was a measured response to such nonsense. Its not me who wants the sport to die….. I am just ONE disillusioned ex speedway fan. Think you need to direct your comments to the group of promoters.

Yes agreed from afar, just makes me laugh when the best “exploiters” have the tables turned on them ……..expect to hear a torrent of protests from the lovely poole supporters :-)

It’s mugs like you that keep the joke sport going .

I like this .. a lot….. Poole past masters of exploring the boundaries of the regulations, now faced with a Leicester side looking to book a “track expert” in as a gust to replace the out of form Howarth. lmao. Expect Ford Ford and Middleditch ( sound like a bunch of dodgy solicitors) to be plotting out how to prevent this happening … looks like the postponement due to a “poor weather forecast” isn’t an option. Are the stadium security staff available or are they going to a football match ?

and buy your 2023 season tickets NOW …..as demand is forecast to be high

Fans treated with contempt yet again with Belle Vue deciding to field a sub standard side. Any reason given for Lamberts(R) non appearance. Not that fans will be told the truth. Sadly people will still turn up and pay to watch any old rubbish whoever can be bothered to turn up and ride. Last we will see of R Lambert in UK speedway.

Jeez can’t we just get these p.offs over give someone a cup, report it in next weeks Speedway Star and then forget about it. Next season will see every rider riding for another club (maybe in another league ! )

Weather here has been cloudy turning bright and sunny for most of the day and very mild almost tropical. What was it like in Leicester ?

Once again speedway clubs fail to complete fixtures in a timely manner. These knockout competitions should be run to strict time limits throughout the season, clubs who fail to meet the dates should be immediately forfeit their match and the opposing team take the win. Glasgow in particular seem to be the most difficult of clubs to agree dates.

Think there are some good points being made re “post covid war” behaviour. Many older fans got used to being at home locked down and found different technology to fill their time… everything online from shopping to watching sports . Not sure that these fans will be back to stand around in the cold for 2 hours watching live speedway ……lots of sports will suffer the same problems.

Is this just a joke thread to waste bandwidth ? The reasons for Old Ford relegating his club haven’t changed ….. so he isn't likely to promote his club .. unless young Ford wants all the Supporters to change their weekly habits?