remembertheracers

I was trying to get you to mobilise action and opinion but if I cant give my opinion and state fears then I wont post again on the subject. My apologies if I've upset you and as you are a touch rude I'd trade Racers record of 5 league titles and World Champions against yours over the years any day of the week. I want Swindon Speedway to surviive too Mr Roundabout!

In my opinion NO unless someone built it for them and paid for everything. If they dodge and swerve again in my opinion there will be more than enough to pay off the orange man too. Please organise all the locals you can quickly, lobby the MP,the newspaper, take banners to the farewell meeting etc etc.

Not really practical as I live in Calcot on the west side of Reading and not Swindon. Believe me Reading council were every bit as supportive as Swindon's with all party support. and look at the result. Casino operators and the banking crash were blamed here, you have the threat of really local residents and that land for a new stadium being worth so much more to Mr Osbourn and the developers than dogs and speedway could ever be. Also I think until the closure greyhounds were more viable at Smallmead than Blunsdon, except for the BAGS contract, which could be switched to Poole which they only lease. Mr O could move into Sandbanks with Harry Redknapp then! Sorry if you think I am being negative but with no Reading or Oxford the only viable speedway for me is Blunsdon. But YES Buzz I do agree that locals should lobby the MP and the council and waste no time in doing it.

There is NO chance a new stadium will be ready from scratch between October 11, 2015 and April 2016. IF there is speedway in Swindon next year it will be several months at (Sh)Abbey Stadium. All Reading fans would warn you not to believe Mr Osbourn - after all he wanted you to race Robins home matches at Smallmead in 2006/7.

Too late - and by many years!

A wise decision, all the best.

Do the local press and internet media not have the b....s to start asking questions on this? People far more in the know than me say they will believe a new Swindon Stadium when they see it. Wake up and start fighting Swindon fans!

But when is building going to start? Cant realistically be ready for March/April even if it is built. Also is it true that North Swindon MP Tomlinson has quit the all party House of Commons speedway group?

To hold any parade with the threat of rain is ludicrous. Speedway meetings should start on time - in reality few do, and I hold my hands up and say Reading and Swindon are/were bad on this. No other sport delays starts regularly, Poole did tonight with a few dozen late AND an above average crowd. That is rude to those who get there in good time. And though he is from Reading David Robinson should be dropped from the referee;s panel. He is hopeless, vindictive and incompetent

Thanks for that Rob, I wish you and Oxford speedway every success.On for the days of Reading, Oxford and Swindon!

Something seems very wrong there, especially given the experience of promoter CVS and TM Peter Adams.

Rosco has always been hopeless with switching reserves around. A great motivator but a bad reader of the programme. Nonetheless a night to celebrate!

The plot thickens and clearly this does not bode well for the future of speedway in Swindon. Another great club under serious threat it seems.

The silence in terms of no replies suggests that all is lost at Oxford.

Time to lobby your MP's and council and get it in the press? Put pressure on Osbourne and company. It is currently (Sh)Abbey Stadium, cant pass health and safey for long surely?

On my visits to Blunsdon I've noticed the houses are going up but see no sign of work starting on the proposed new stadium? It had been reported work would start in May, but unless locals can advise otherwise I see no signs of it. Given Gaming International's record, in their many guises over the years, and their record at Reading I fear for the future. So no chance of it being up and ready for March 2016 surely? If the BAGS meetings were switched to Poole, the current (Sh)Abbey Stadium would be unviable. The owners could then close it, sit for a few years and build even more.houses. Be very afraid Swindon fans given the owners previous record. Clarke Osbourne must be nearly 70 now, another factor?

The old thread seems to have disappeared, is there any news or movement on Oxford?

Yes he should, he isnt out on the pop and more like Muddlo. Woffy and boy Lambert are the only Brits doing anything - Bummer is sad, Nicholls has had the grace to leave, Danny K aint hard enough even though I like Kyle H, Cookstar needs to gate and hug the inside. End of.....

Bandits hugely let down by Edberg, and by Hall whoF seems to have lost the racing instinct he once had. Look at the reserve scores!

If I ever see crap like that again, it will be my last visit to speedway. All rather contrived but Swindon need a #1. Can Middlo make Darcy's Swindon parties as an OAP guest s he is usually there...

Swindon's admin not up to the job it seems. However now Doyley is riding I'm heading down the M4. Bad for credibliity but I get to see a favourite rider.

Stark, stunning and accurate observational post.

Can I ask if the crowds at Monmore Green are matched at Perry Barr please? I imagine Cradley get more than the Brummies?

Can I ask what the crowd level was like, was it down after the Warsaw shambles or perhaps that Swindon don't have a strong team this year, on paper at east. Not a great score for Harris was it?

At 20/20 cricket at Trent Bridge it was Beggin by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, time and time again, slightly revamped but not a huge 1960's hit! Ice hockey tends to get the music right but then often it is short snatches when the play and clock stops for a few seconds.