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Unfortunately - "going back" is not an option for UK speedway. The shape of racing in the future here is going to be an entirely new one IF there is a future for it.

Asa Cummin bor, blas that is - as we say in deepest, sunniest Norfolk .

That ultra careful fixture planning needs to include the use of track covers to save meetings whenever possible. The number of usable dates will quickly diminish with rain-offs. PPPPPP. If in fact such a move to their preferred race night proves possible. And as MattK says Why then can't other teams?

Unless you are posting rather "tongue in cheek"? The FRN was poorly thought through ( or did the Premiership teams capitulate on which nights they could use? Were they outvoted? ) by promoters and fans if they believed all clubs could pull in a "decent" crowd on a different night - especially on a Monday, because the sport was so enticing and irresistible. There are no other nights available after taking in Poland, Sweden, Denmark and the FIM events, so it seems like it was a calculated gamble by the BPSA. And one that went so very wrong. I think we will just about get what the punters want and will "buy", when we give up using those riders in demand elsewhere IF there is still an appetite for speedway racing in the UK.

There is no problem in my opinion with fans voicing ( or typing ) their thoughts on here as the forum is not so different as a group of fans sitting around in the pub. Ideas, rumours, theories always come up. Why should it be any different on here? Fans of speedway are interested in just about everything that happens within their ever-shrinking UK sport. Whether it is the bending of the rules on averages or something else "in the best interests of the sport". Or indeed the sudden cancellation or postponement of a fixture without any known and obvious reason. The potential loss of any club due to a drop-off in attendances remains, naturally, high on the OMG scale of interest. That's life and there is nothing wrong with it. You get speculation in the mainstream news media ( and fake news too). In fact, the news is increasingly about "what might happen tomorrow" than it is about reporting the facts of what has taken place!

Summoning up the ghost of Jeremy Thorpe.

There is no way it was ever inspected this season by the Health & Safety Executive as it could not have passed. Was it inspected and given a licence this year?

We'll get to know at the AGM of the BSPA. Well, most of what went on.

So the story goes.... the real culprit was never prosecuted. "The money was left in a bag on the patio because it was a hot day" Bill later said.

Got to be the ONLY way to a brighter UK speedway future. If JC can get some financial backing, this could be the blueprint for the continued existence of speedway here on a viable footing.

We must not forget that the current stadium is redundant and will soon be replaced with the new, ultra-modern version in a seamless mid-season operation. We have seen the pictures so it cannot be fake news. Can it?

IF the promotion has any pretence of being "professional" there should be an unambiguous statement within 24 hours of the "cancellation" ( and if it was merely a postponement ). Are they closing down in mid-season ( not unheard of in speedway history )? Or are they going to try to run at weekends? Or most likely have they sold up the speedway rights to c/o the BSPA or Buster Chapman? There are very few other options I would have thought. Does the BT deal depend on a minimum number of Premier League clubs?

I genuinely suspect that there is no answer. Nothing that will bring in adequate numbers of new fans. It is being rejected by current fans who do not want what is on offer. What is there to change?

I think it has already killed off the sport in the UK, as who can really go on with crowds that rarely top 1,000 and may be as low as 300? What is there to attract new fans? Even if they have BT and caught the meeting last Monday I can't see them rushing out to a track near them. It confirmed that first away invariably wins and that there was an enormous skill gap between the riders, several of whom had problems lapping at speed. And if their local track does not run on a day they prefer, they just "leave it". Without Tatum & Pearson building up each race ( ie watching with the sound off ) it was comical.

My posting was a tongue in cheek knock of the BSPA at the kind of press release they might make about the situation. I do not personally regard the loss of any club as "unfortunate", it is a tragedy for supporters when their local track closes IF this happens. The FRN is yet another BSPA cock up and they will ultimately force clubs out of financial viability. My apologies if you thought otherwise. I have lost two clubs, one permanently and one temporarily in the past.

I hope that this Final Final will be televised.

I can only pray that someone at BSPA does take a look at this thread, even if no other one's appeal to them. There is much on this thread that offers quality feedback to all UK promoters. Most of it is well thought out and offered up as something which could help improve the sport in the UK.

It certainly looks like the worst stadium, as seen on TV. I have not visited it since the change of promotion but the motocross course looks terrible unless it does bring in a new income stream/ fans. On TV the stadium it looks as if some awful natural disaster has recently taken place there. It reminds me of King's Lynn in the early 1980s before major work took place.

Experiments of any kind by the BSPA, in it's enormous, far-reaching efforts to re-build UK speedway are always for one whole season and I think the effects of FRNs will be carefully dissected and examined at the annual conference, before the 2019 plan will be put into place. Should there be any club casualties along the way that would be deemed to be unfortunate.

Yes, there should be but with Buster at the helm of the BSPA and with his record for "offs" of all miscellaneous kinds, it could be for almost any reason ( or none at all )

Let's hope that it is something beyond the control of BMR and NOT any kind of "cease trading" notice from them. Odd.

The TV match at Wolverhampton V Leicester showed that dumbing down on talent is already well advanced in the Premier League. Yes I know it's a tight technical track but if riding in the top tier all riders should be capable of turning ( even at a lower speed ).

As it will before much longer. Tracks without owners with substantial wealth or sponsors with deep pockets may go at the end of this year. Crowds of 500 to 800 ( or less in some places ) means it is a hand to mouth existence for some promotions.

Thanks, Niels, back to your best. Class is permanent and form is temporary. Imperious maximum. Good all round team effort.

What was very clear is that the standard of the Premier League is where the Championship was three years ago. Mediocre 2nd strings on view and some very poor reserves on show. Some riders clearly not competent on that track. The huge gap of ability was on show in a grand way. When watching the Polish & Swedish matches on Freeview, the UK's "top offering" looks ridiculous and tells you what the true level of league speedway has fallen to.