Steve Shovlar

Really looking forward to Good Friday. If the weather is decent we can expect two monster crowds. Somerset fans will pour into Dorset for the chance to see their team ride against the biggest club in British speedway, and I should imagine we could have hundreds of Poole fans heading the other way for the evening meeting. Could be one of the biggest crowds Somerset have ever had.

People could of course watch the sgp on youtube by simply downloading a free vpn from the app store, chosing a server in the usa, log into youtube and watch no problem, using chromecast to watch it on tv in hd. Simple. I use vpn all the time as all music content blocked inthe uk but available in other countries suddenly becomes available to me. As for the Saturday 3pm kickoffs, they are in hd, and no I am not ripping off any uk company as they don't broadcast them!

If the stadium is used for storing cars, then its a change of usage and the company would have to apply to the council for planning permission for this, surely.

https://youtu.be/1Q1YkR9afaU One of these is what you want. I have an almost identical one. Excellent. Plus the sportsmania plugin.

What utter nonsense. So you are saying no one should watch Polish speedway in this country unless they splash out on a motorised dish then try and trace where they can buy a legit card? I must be a right criminal as I watch the 3 pm Saturday football kickoffs as well. Guess the old bill will smash my door down in a dawn raid. Think I can safely sleep in my bed without that happening. You stick to your morally high ground and leave watching the Polish speedway on Sunday afternoon to me.

Tell me where I can pay to watch live Extra league Polish Speedway on TV. There is no facility.

Yes that would be fun to go every week but I watch it anyway.

Horton could organise a coach from Brandon for those that don't have a car.

Clearly the reason Leicesters team has not been announced is because if Coventry don't, the team will relocate to Leicester. The news that Lawson is not wanted shows that things have moved on out of the public domain. Moving the whole Coventry 1-7 to Leicester makes business sense. Leicester get their team, which would be better than the teams they have had to put up with in recent seasons, and Coventry fans can make the short trip up the road to watch what would effectively have been the same 1-7 they would have supported at Brandon. Clearly it would not be called Leicester Bees, as Leicester fans would certainly not want that, but it would solve the problem as to where the riders will go and give them employment. There would be other issues. If Coventry don't run, would the riders registration go over to the BSPA, or would the Coventry promotion be in a position to "loan" them to Leicester. Or, would Horton muscle Dave Darcy out of the way ( or would Darcy move aside) to move the Coventry promotion lock, stock and barrel up the road. Whatever way its looked at, there's no getting away from the fact that it will be viewed by all speedway fans as a disaster for the sport. Most of all the loss of a speedway club, which given the current circumstances has very little to no chance of returning in future years. The Coventry fans have been treated abysmally throughout this whole sorry escapade. The silence throughout "delicate nogotiations" makes very little sense. Whilst the public may not be privvy to the ins and outs of every detail, I have never experienced the complete lack of communication between a sports club and its beleaguered supporters. Negative rumours abounded this morning about the club moving lock stock and barrel to Leicester. I for one hope the rumours turn out to be false and that somehow, at the very last moment, Coventry Speedway can somehow be saved. And I am sure everyone feels the same.

Well weeks from now is no good for anyone. The fixture list is due to be published and riders need to know what is going on. While fans can wait, riders cannot. Time for a statement from the BSPA. I have never known any club in any sport run in such an appalling manner.

Ye gads it's quiet on this thread. Should be getting the fixture list very soon so we can start planning our trips this summer. Looking forward to visiting Somerset. Should be a great day out. And with Belle Vue running lets hope we don't have to wait until over half way through the season before we visit! Will be my first ever visits to Rye which should be fun. Just 8 weeks until Darcy's big meeting, with what looks like is going to be a superb lineup. Great meeting to start the season and let's hope the weather is kind and we get a big crowd.

Then you don't know me at all. Stop having a go at people on here and aim your venom at the people who have caused this carnage. There are some very big rumours going around this morning from different sources.

You might well not be happy with the idea but have no choice. Of course Leicester is only a short distance away so easy to get to if the latest rumours have any weight. I hope they are not and Poole can come up and kick your arse again.

It's not good news I fear. Leicester Bees? The Coventry fans have suffered enough over this. Time to spill the news

Clearly theres a lot more to this than we are privvy to. The fact that the deadline to declare has come and gone with not a peep from the Coventry promotion means things are entrenched and there's no easy fix here. Perhaps it does need a new face to head the Coventry club for things to thaw out and get the team back on track. Would Horton step aside for the good of the club, and if so, is there anyone willing to step forward to take over what seems is a poisoned chalice? Fingers crossed this can somehow be resolved.

Done out of spite because he lost the lease to Horton and didn't like to have stock car lease terms dictated to him. Vandalism to stuff Horton right up. Has Bates ever done well at Poole?

No one with any type of business brain would have signed that lease after the place was vandalised. It would have been a recipe for disaster. I hope the council grow a pair if speedway doesn't run and throw out any opportunity of building houses on this site for the forseeable future.

Not sure why things have to be dragged out to the nth degree before some type of news is issued. Clearly by now everything has been sorted one way or another and its just a case of releasing the news. Talk about taking the P out of the poor fans.

I stand corrected all week I have been a day out. Fingers crossed for good news.

Seems ridiculous that talks have to come down to the wire. The bspa offices close at 5 so three hours of intense negotiations still to continue before something is announced one way or the other. Bit like transfer deadline day when signings have come into the FA before midnight. But they have had a whole month to sign said player. Hope some news comes along today one way or the other. No point dragging it out even longer.

I heard its all change at BV with a completely new face. A proper businessman with a proven track record running major companies.

Yes I couldn't understand that bit. Poole are likely to give Belle Vue the toughest of tests.

Anneka? Jerry?Lol!

And every other team would be missing a couple of riders. Definately a no go.

Its called a similar situation and what happens to people all the time. The new Leicester promotion think they are saving money using the other guy and kicked the better guy into touch. Its false economy and could well come back to bite them on the arse, as it did with my experience.