Joseq7

I'm not doubting what you're saying. I myself haven't travelled with Glasgow for about 4 seasons. I would regularly travel away to Edinburgh, Berwick, Newcastle and Workington. Perhaps that there is an obvious reason why attendances have dropped significantly. Less away fans, even within our "northern" neighbours. IIRC didn't the Facennas, or perhaps it was Dick/Dickson/Pairman promotion, who stated a break-even figure of around 750? As has been speculated by fellow posters, we must be averaging about half that.

The attendance levels at Glasgow cannot be sustainable. I don't have access to the figures obviously but we must be losing a fortune every meeting. When they said that the attendance at the GP Challenge was c2000 IIRC I remember thinking this looks multiple multiple times what we get on a weekly basis. Four times, five times? There's got to come a point when a generous benefactor will not risk their children's inheritance. It's happened in other sports. We've seen, in the last couple of weeks, two top division English rugby union teams fold, one of them, Wasps, a hugely successful (on the field) club. Whilst expenditure running a speedway team isn't comparable it must be relatively comparable. Flying in guys from the continent, at short notice, must cost an unsustainable amount of money.

Are we actually running a meeting here?

Whether he wants to or not Tom Brennan should not be allowed back out. I'm thirty feet away and he can't walk a straight line.

Called it! Oh they've changed their minds!

Very pleasant evening. Very poor crowd at ten to six. I wonder if the low sun might be a problem. "Sun off" before anyone says......

Oh right.... YET..... why didn't you say that.

.....And he rides abroad in Poland. Blobby is denying facts, to suit his own anti Glasgow agenda.

No you said he's not good enough to ride in the Premiership or abroad when he's literally doing that already. It's not a question of your opinion, it's a fact. Do keep up.

He's literally riding in the Premiership and abroad, in Poland already. What are you jabbering about now?

Jeezo we'll need a lot more than 8-12 points.

Transfer the franchise to Ashfield and resurrect the Giants....? To be honest this is a big concern of mine too. There is precious little encouraging pathway for junior Scottish speedway talent. In the NDL crowd levels are a secondary concern.

Rain?

Let's not call a spade a gardening implement. Home team A wants to run 15 heats to theoretically build up as much of a lead as possible. Away team B wants as few heats ran to theoretically limit their deficit. You can put any and all teams in the league for A and B. Each and every one of them. Fact. It's not cheating it's professionalism. It's naive to call it anything else.

I was at the track and can confirm it was dusty right from the off. To be fair I've been at Ashfield when it's been dustier. I'm 100% convinced that if the meeting had been squeezed to Heat 10 then Poole would have wanted it called.

Generally I would agree but all visiting riders and visiting fans will be well on their way I think we'll only call it off at 6 or even a bit after. I think I read all our riders were having a team bonding meal last night and everyone was staying over.

According to update on FB and twitter the meeting is on at the mo.

It's a shame this won't happen. It would be fine for me, preferable in fact, but they won't make this change at this short notice. This is looking very unlikely.......

As a Glasgow fan I am very sorry to see the Edinburgh score. Not a worthy way to bow out of Armadale, with its vast vast history of success. When I think back to my first visits to Armadale I think of the imperious Peter Carr. Hopefully they do have a future, the promotion and fans are out of the top drawer!

Definitely have him back next year IMO.

Ah right fair enough. I lived in Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire from 1990-2007 and was a regular at Armadale until I saw the light

Totally left field but.......... Corbiewood just outside Stirling? I know it's been nibbled at in the past. Believe that last nibble was a demo event in 2002, to check noise levels.....?

Ah ha that clarifies it. Cheers, wee bit confusing!

Is Ben Basso now in the main 16? I saw he posted a time in qualifying, and only 16 names listed, why would he "qualify" if he's still the track reserve?

I've never seen any Polis at either Edinburgh, or Glasgow or Berwick.