OveFundinFan

I was simply defending the area around Belle Vue, that it is not a dump. My views on Cardiff as home for the British Gran Prix I have made known numerous occasions.

I wasn’t suggesting fans “want to walk around houses”. I was making reference to your derogatory comment when you said Belle Vue is in a dump area.

Perhaps Rocket87 should have said “Belle Vue can showcase speedway racing in a way Cardiff can only dream of”. That would be true. To say Belle Vue is in a dump area, I reckon more then a few local residents would have a lot to say about that. A lot of new housing development in the immediate area, with schools etc very close by to them (and the stadium).

Re Odsal, does the geographic area support speedway? Bradford itself could be said to be predominantly Asian population. Leeds, as far as I know has not been a speedway area, Halifax has, but what support is there now for regular speedway. It’s no good having track but no regular supporters to finance it.

Are you serious - speedway at Wembley! Pinch yourself and wake up! All us older ones have beautiful dreams, but they are not reality. Many years ago Speedway was kicked out of Wembley by football. I don’t think they going to disturb Wembley turf anytime soon. And actually, to be honest, not all the racing at Wembley was good, just like not all racing at Cardiff is good. Wembley, though, had an atmosphere like no other. But some posters recently have said they been to the new Wembley for a match and the atmosphere of old is not there - it’s like a railway station, one poster said. It’s been sanitised, it’s not there anymore. Cardiff has the magic of being in the centre of a major city, where sport is encouraged, it’s alive with everything to sustain it - hotels, shops, bars, parks, communication links, crowd capacity, weatherproofing. As much as many dislike the place.....it’s got a lot going for it that I don’t think any other place in place in Britain has at the moment, or I can see in the foreseeable future.

But Wales is part of Britain, and it’s a British Gran Prix. Sorted.

That worries me a bit. BTSport is not too expensive, I also with BT for superfast fibre, obviously I would think that stays with BT, but what will the new charge be and for what service. Will all come out in the wash, when "they" ready to let us know.

So, you pay for the full sky sports package and within that you now get Eurosport. Might give it a try, even though I don’t have Sky sport.

When did your contract start? I had Eurosport 1& 2 until my contract ended Jan 2021 and I had to start a new contract.

Thanks Grachan, Thing is, I pay for BT Sport, but I only watch SpeedwayGP and MotoGP,1and2. Not interested in football, Rugby, boxing, cycling etc. So BT get enough out of my pension and can’t justify anymore. 2 year contract started this January, they wouldn’t do less then 2 year. I just hope by next year BT and Eurosport are friendly again and I will get SpeedwayGP on BT. Otherwise it is MotoGP only.

I with BT sport so I get Speedway GP and Moto Gp, but they don’t do Eurosport this year. Any way of getting Euro sport without paying an arm and leg.

You know what I meant.

Cardiff - It’s a meeting guaranteed.

Seems to me it’s a big dream to think Odsal could be the venue for a world speedway Gp one off meeting in 2021, 2022 or any other year unless a lot of money is thrown at it. Who has got the money and the inclination to fulfill the dreams of a few fans.

That is really sad news. Being in the Manchester league Mid-late 1960’s, I raced against Derek many times (losing the majority of them). A good team man who will have helped many younger riders to fulfil their ambitions, he was that sort of guy. A brilliant individual rider as well, must have won almost everything in his time. Any one know when Derek finally retired? Or did he.

I seen some excellent races and good meetings at Cardiff, live and on tv. The atmosphere was up there with Wembley.

I know it was popular last year with fans having 2 rounds Fri/Sat, but I can see that wasn’t favourable with all the riders. So, what I think should be happening is getting the individual rounds started earlier. That should have been pre planned as option 2. Two early dates now been cancelled, plan2 should have swung into action to cover, maybe not the exact same dates but fill the void maybe so there is a gp one weekend after another.

Maybe o money to fund it without fans, maybe riders etc need to isolate going in and/or coming out of Germany. Just guessing, but 2 cancellations now.

What’s the odds on 8 rounds in Poland, maybe behind closed doors. Europe has massive COVID problems.

and I another one who doe not post, not done for a few months, in fact today is the first time I have spent more then a couple minutes, and that was the moto gp section. Not worth the hassle.

Remember him riding for Belle Vue. A good clean rider who was populalr with the fans. Nothing written about him on Wikipedia - a chance there for someone who knows how to do it and with some knowledge of Gote.

Nice

Having meetings at the weekend ie Friday, Saturday, Sunday should be able to attract a younger generation which is much needed, that is youngsters. School the next day must rob a load of youngsters from midweek meetings. Worth a shot. To encourage newcomers, give them a chance in a second half, no points or start money, it’s at their expense to get the experience, perhaps methanol provided foc.

Surely there has to be a chance of British speedway tracks returning to a Saturday fixture day, now no international star rider will be riding in the Britain, the time has to be right. Any rider who does progress to the point he deems himself at the point he needs international experience to progress to “greatness” ,well, he will just have to leave Britain to make that progress. It get Saturday racing back if that’s what the need is for British speedway to prosper again. I always uses to go to BV on a Saturday, never been when it was a Friday.

I can just about remember seeing Ken ride. Another sad loss.