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This point was made when we were approached by security after we heckled Lee and Ben Trigger by the pits to which security were reluctant and I could understand their reasons but they kept a close eye on him all evening

I can categorically assure you 100% this was none of us plymouth fans. We were shouting to Lee Trigger who was by the pits. Said individual who I referred to yesterday who tried to create a problem was using that word in gesture format towards us

On the Poole Pirates facebook, the situation has been explained as it happened with input from someone who was working in the area of the incident and it all just stemmed from some confusion and mis-understanding. It was nothing more than petty words. I'm not going to say anymore because it takes away from the meeting itself and how proud we were to get behind the group. We certainly weren't being abusive and most certainly wouldn't look to cause hassle or trouble. I'd strongly disagree with the fact our supporters embarrassed ourselves last night. Sure the group like to drink and enjoy their evening but as I stress, we are respectful and just want to have a good time with fans of our side and the opposition. This is one of the reasons we all like speedway because it doesn't have the 'yob' like culture of football.

Just en-route to Berkshire so I thought I would give my thoughts on last night's action. Bar the one incident mentioned above clarifying what happened as we entered the stadium it was a fun evening for us 'Bar Bandits' and 'Gladiators on tour'. The simple fact of the matter was Poole gated in every heat and we didn't and that was the difference. We thoroughly enjoyed Aaron Summers' heat win in 14 and duly celebrated as if we won the match! To be fair to the whole team, everyone gave 100% but sadly we came up against a fired up Pirates side who outclassed us on the night and gave a masterclass in gating. My views on the entertainment differ slightly to Steve's view in the fact other than Summers, there was very little passing and plenty FTG (Which Plymouth get pelters for every week...). On the whole, we came, we made a lot of noise (Respectfully), we had plenty of fun and laughs and we'd like to think the home fans enjoyed our visit. We certainly got a lot of smiles and claps as we gave off our renditions of: "Three Little Birds... Garry don't worry...about a thing... Every little thing... is gonna be alright..." and finally as we left the stadium.. "61-29 we're gonna win 61-29..." on our way out of the stadium to make our way home. All we are, before people get the wrong impression are a group of 12-15 people who love sport and are passionate about the side, yes we like a drink but we know our limits and we don't ever want to cross the line, we don't seek to cause offence or to make any fellow speedway supporter uncomfortable, hence why we tailor our songs to be family friendly and to get a few laughs. We promised to be loud and proud and we were. There was a lovely gesture from Garry and the boys to come over to us at the end and thank us for our support. We will still be there on Tuesday night getting behind the team. Over turning a 30 point disadvantage will almost be a tad tricky but we will try our best and end the season on a positive note.

Hi Lisa, I feel like I should just clarify this before wires get crossed. The 'Bar Bandits' stood on bend two all evening amongst Poole fans and just around from the NID gang by the pits and there were no issues whatsoever and plenty of laughs/banter were had. On entry to the stadium, our group were challenged by a member of the home support as they were allowed to take drinks around to our position instead of walking all the way around the track. Our group did nothing to provoke any violence bar one small, ill-advised comment which was never intended to cause any harm or offence but there was quite a hostile approach taken by said individual who was spoken to by security for his behaviour. We were also spoken to by the security team just to clarify the position and other than this one rather unsavoury incident, there were no such thing as trying to start fights and everyone enjoyed themselves whilst being respectful. (I can 100% confirm this as due to not feeling on top form, I was free from alcohol last night haha!)

According to the club’s Facebook - Tuesday 20th

Meeting OFF. Rescheduled for Tuesday 20th

They speak very fondly of their visit to Berwick. We are looking forward to supporting the team this week

Delighted to say that I’m making my first trip (for speedway) to Wimborne Road on Wednesday evening with the rest of the Bar Bandits from Plymouth, minibus of us coming up to Dorset for what should be a good meeting. Can’t promise we won’t make noise though

Depending on how Redcar get on, Could Kerr guest for MPT?

It’s my understanding that they would become available. Gladiators will be paying close attention to both of these fixtures I suggest

I agree Alfie. Passions have run high these past few weeks, let’s all just take a few minutes and just go back to getting behind our respective clubs who do great work and have had great seasons

MPT won’t be back I don’t think

Skidder has got us started on the second leg so why not get this going for the first leg eh? Hans hopefully back, Nicholls available again, find out tomorrow reference Barker…

Sorry Lisa, I should’ve worked that out

What’s SM?

Everyone wants the best for their team and they are entitled to defend their club. There’s obviously the element of freedom of speech which should be maintained however there’s also a line which I feel shouldn’t be crossed and when emotions run high, as they have done recently with everything that is getting thrown around, sadly one or two posts seem to be crossing that line and that’s what I referred to earlier which is a shame.

Fingers crossed for better weather Mike, that’s all we can wish for at this stage I think.

I’d just like to point out, in the interest of fairness, we aren’t all showing animosity on this forum. I for one, wouldn’t do that, I’m happy to defend my club and offer my opinion on something but I won’t ever show animosity

Already confirmed via Poole’s Facebook that the meeting will now be held next Wednesday (14th). All pre-booked tickets will be automatically refunded

As I’ve mentioned in my post a little earlier, it’s very sad to see such animosity on here. Both clubs are very well supported by some excellent fans and whilst we are all partisan and want our team to succeed, it’s a shame to see people act in this way

He was due to guest for us against Glasgow at home. I’d suggest it’s a case of him managing his workload having heard an interview from him last week

Yeah so next Tuesday is likely to be a 12,000+ crowd at the Football but I’d still be confident if the weather holds out there’ll be a good crowd at the Colosseum just sadly I won’t be there Hans should be back, Nicholls will be utilised I’d imagine then it all depends on the barker situation, find out tomorrow I guess

I’ve sat back and observed what’s been said on this thread and similar things sad on the one for last night and it’s a shame really. Both clubs have had excellent season but there’s so much animosity. I didn’t comment on the Gladiators side tonight because I just wanted all the riders to get back safe. I was relieved that we were even able to get 6 riders let alone their ability! It’s a shame tonight’s meeting is now off. I know there were quite a few Gladiator’s who were either already in Poole or well on their way there. These things happen unfortunately and I hope they all get home safely, same goes for the Pirate fans who are travelling around in that horrible weather. Time to rest up and get ready for next Tuesday, sadly I’ll be missing it due to an already arranged prior engagement at Argyle v Oxford United although, the seven day forecast leaves a lot to be desired once again. Let’s see what the weekend brings us.

Does this mean we are going to have a third thread open before we get a first leg staged in this fixture?