singy13

Yep.....could, maybeeeeeeeeee, see such as Mildenhall, Eastbourne or Birmingham step up.....??????

Therein is the most important issue to sort first for 2019................who/where will be enjoying Speedway 2019.....18 Prem and Champ clubs as of now...BUT will they all re-appear for another season...I think it's highly unlikely....I still hope some new clubs could be formed...?

And am I right in reading previously that you use a laptop at work........if so gizza job marra.... Oh and have you included race nights in the above.....heads done in too much to read it again....good tho ...give you that.(Mind you have put fr instead of 'for' on line 3..lol)

One league is certainly gonna see off many veterans. Must be an awful decision to make having enjoyed the thrills of such a dangerous sport........could always get a job with Deliveroo though - express service guaranteed.

Some riders can't see the wood for the trees though.....and that's awful of the famous Bomber if indeed he was an influence in Rye's closure.

You still interested........having finished two months ago lol..???

Welcome back THJ..........you make good reading....or there again it's scary stuff for us Comets devotees. Three finals with no time to arrange them all.....with important team members not going to be available? It should never be like this............but speedway is in a league of it's own when it comes to self destruction.

I was wondering what's happened to Totally Honest John........only to see headline re Thj and Vetlanda...so guess he's in Abbaland..??? Just needing an update re Comets fixtures/averages etc as per Thj style.

Carlisle would be good..........don't knock all the west Cumbrians mind....some, but not enough granted, do love the Comets.

Surely there are towns...cities even... where it's still possible to open some new tracks? (where are the promoters willing to gamble?) Ok maybe the sport is in terminal decline but if new areas could be introduced the influx of new fans would help all concerned....or is speedway nowadays just an alien sports product?

Last Saturday spent hours at Seascale beach with Son and Granddaughter kicking stones......dying to be hit by some flying shale....now all I can hear is 'anti-speedway stuff' battering the house windows...it's just not fair (pardon pun)..

I'm pleased to see the Comets doing so well in 2018 AD (after Dan)

Looks like Ty suffered a painful hand injury tonight......hope he doesn't have to bail out or we are sunk.

Remember being at Newcastle when Comets were there, with Howarth then a Comet, my mate and I got talking to a young girl standing next to us ..who was on her own. We said we had been Comets fans for many moons.......she said she was Howarths' girlfriend........she added - so you might have heard of my Dad then ?.....he's Neil Middleditch. Sincere apologies if that is no longer the case mind (regarding Howarth that is..)....but we both told her we had indeed heard of her Dad... lol...........

I'm sure the venue I've compared populous with .i.e. Peterborough will also house many close-by laal villages, with the odd Panthers residing there....even with the 'jameaters' (me) and Scaryport included there wont be anywhere near 200,000+ within the Comets catchment. ) Strange kind of 'moth' you mention THJ....lol

It's a continuing mystery where the majority have gone marra..............but Speedway always attracts their best crowd on an opening day for new club.. Workington crowds, for all three clubs, do not seem so bad considering the population of the laal town is only 25,000.......compare that to the Peterborough populous of 198,000 and it doesn't seem so bad does it? Good travelling fans too from Worky.

Yeah not good.....it was on being told about new stadium that I started Derwent Park thread last month...speedway seems out of the plans. Although some latest comments seem to be fuelling hope that the 'new stadium' isn't gonna be built as soon as first envisaged. Towns' crowds are currently biggest of the three sports........

What has always intrigued me about Derwent Park...a stadium completed in 1956....is the fact that the terracing was built in an oval shape. Why?.....did the original planners foresee speedway eventually taking place at the stadium, or perhaps greyhound racing was to be accomodated?.......... Anyone know?

The 'Reds' have always used Borough Park.....and the capacity was usually around the 20,000 mark.... But nowadays there is no longer a Main Grandstand, think it might have been taken down due to the Bradford episode..there are a few seats now placed on the 'popular side..ok must be approx 500 if it says so somewhere....(but I've counted them..ha) anyway their placement does considerably take away the standing room on pop side..therefore reducing the overall capacity of the stadium. Back in the day Reds had crowds of five figures versus Carlisle in the league, Notts Forest in FA cup, Chelsea in League Cup..don't recall the Newcastle friendly at all.... .And Worky Town pulled in similar crowds (20,000+) at Borough Park for cup ties versus St.Helens and Warrington. The Derwent Park record is as you say 17,741 (I was there)....even the grassed area of the third and fourth speedway bends was packed...wish we could see similar at DP, for both sports, again.....dream on eh!!!!!!!!!

Great idea......

What assets are included in the sale please?

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Are you ok now THJ having got that out of your system.....bet you are having a well earned cuppa? Oh and didn't see any Toon players in that Carlisle Utd. line up......? Are you feeling ok THJ, having got that out of your system? Bet you are having a well earned cuppa? Didn't see any Toon player in the Carlisle FC upsurge?

Hyde Road crowds superb...used to try and get there - from Cumbria - as often as poss...never been to dog track. Did visit NSS on non meeting day - hoping to see 'brick' I paid £50 for...but not possible as they are in locked foyer section (i.e. locked on non speedway day drat)......nice stadium though.

Oh such happy days, with the sport booming. If only there was a simple solution to regaining such appeal for Speedway. The product still can provide 'magic'...as per Monday nights finale at Poole......and my brilliant Comets last Saturday...great stuff. But Joe Public who followed the sport many moons ago is a hard nut to crack regarding joining the turnstile queues again...............(hopefully some still read the SS though)