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Seems to be a different understanding between Lakeside and Peterborough as to when the remaining fixtures between the clubs will be staged. Different things on each clubs websites.

One rumour I have heard is that teams will consist of only 6 riders

Hope the Ben Fund collection was a success , saw no sign of collectors anywhere near where we were sitting!!!

Any news on weather, raining here at moment?

I was fortunate to see Ronnie Moore at the start and latter stages of his career, although the Jawa was taking over he stayed loyal to the JAP throughout his career. Undoubtedly one of the greatest riders of all time. Being a Wembley supporter I recall that BBC Sportsview sent cameras to Wembley for a match v Wimbledon specifically to show one heat between Brian Crutcher and Tommy Price for Wembley and Ronnie Moore and Barry Briggs for the Dons.

Any news on when Rigsby's forum will come out of maintenance mode?

Credit to Berwick but a shameful effort by Panthers Scott excepted

As Ric Frost once said BSPA are not capable of even operating a Burger Van successfully.

Was fortunate to see Ronnie Moore at the beginning of his career and saw him twice win World Final at Wembley

IMO Scott Nicholls has looked nowhere near a number 1 all season.

Seems this man has all the necessary credentials to be co-opted on to BSPA Management committee

The signs are there, thought the agreement was that new stadium built first

Spivs and wide boys

Game set and match to the developers then!!! Never had any intention to build new stadium and probably this would mean total demise of Swindon Speedway

But then Troy is never happy and never misses an opportunity to pass and unpleasant remark

The problem will soon be resolved as in the near future total crowd is likely to be less than 250

There are a multitude of reasons but one of the major factors is imo there are no Stars any more. In days gone by many would go to a meeting because a Star name was riding, and each team had at least one. It is a long time since we have anything like that situation.

Can there be anymore of a bizarre situation than when the mafia ( possibly the dynamic duo) are being roundly condemned by fans , press and riders but they still sit tight with two fingers up to their critics.

The BSPA itself in its present form was created so promoters were in control of the sport and could perpetuate their narrow self interest It is naïve to think it will ever be any different. They resent anything or anybody not part of the clique and drive out those that they perceive as a threat or threaten the status quo. Chapman stated last year that Rathbone had sold British Speedway down the river when in fact the BS PA have been doing it for years

I have heard the expression "fans" said a member of BSPA but am not quite certain what it means

There never has been much passing in Speedway even going back to fourties and fifties. Now and again a rider comes on the scene who had that ability but they were/are few and far between. Peter Collins and Chris Harris come to mind

.Plenty of space and room despite closure of either end of stand. This by the way was a restriction imposed by EOES not Peterborough Speedway.

Poor racing probably but the close score kept my interest until the end

Brian retired early as he I believe lost a bit of interest as he also had by that time a car business which was doing well. Although he subsequently rode for Southampton he was later to claim that his interest began to wane when Wembley closed.