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Might have something to do with the post AGM press release last Thursday promising Fixtures, Eurosport Announcement, Teams and the suggestion of some new ideas.

Bridger said on his Facebook it's a PL Club. I did wonder if it might be Brummies as he lives close to Peter and David Surely Josh Bates is Leicester signing now Somerset not running?

call me cynical but that's what 40 continuous years of watch speedway does to you "working together" ; "this year is more about taking part" ; "it doesn't matter who wins the league" Hear it all before, many times. It's usually meaning "I've got a massive improver or two from (perm any speedway nation on the globe) who I can sneak in on a 4 point average and catch the rest cold" The more some Promoters bleat, especially the serially competitive ones (nowt wrong with that by the way) like Ford, CVS , Dickson to name but three, about winning not being important, the more you know they have something up their sleeves! Wait for the actual 1-7 or 1-6 to be declared and then comment and make you're mind up!

Agree. A successful team pulls in crowds. Compare Swindon and Peterborough last PL season 2000 at Swindon end of season about 500 at Peterborough. Look at CL where Glasgow and Leicester amongst biggest crowds. As much as people want to see Speedway when season starts, that will soon wear off when losses on track mount up. All Clubs want to be realistic some will always have bigger expectations than others and a pedigree of winning.

It's a freshly made British made biscuit for table 7 apparently.

Don't think it's Rory.

Been told there might be some exciting Brummies news very soon!

I totally support the Rye House planning appeal but doesn't the interest in that as positive as it is; hide the possible destruction of the NDL by the BSPL. At best it's been subjected to "sufferance" for far too long. Every now and again Jason Pipe pops up with positive statements, although I don't know what's positive about saying "we'll sort out the NDL when they've sorted out the PL and CL". The 54 riders he has lined up won't wait forever to know if, when,where they can race in 2021 Covid or not! Who is writing his script and pulling his strings? The NDL is vital to the future of UK Speedway should not be an afterthought! What about 3 Clubs who are NDL only, very little coming out of IOW, Mildenhall; Plymouth , have they been told not to say anything or more likely just left in limbo? There is more promotion of Speedway on the IOW than in the whole of the Management Committee those NDL Clubs are being treated very badly I think I loved my NDL at Brummies, actually miss it and preferred it to CL Don;t let it die as it's so much the life-blood of the future of the Sport.

May be best if Championship had the TV deal for 2021 if 12 teams as far more interesting and competitive league.

That figures. As I mentioned yesterday concerns over another PL Club It's only a local rumour but have heard Wolverhampton may have issues with Ladbrokes and crowds and may sit out season. Don't know if Brummies affected as not Ladbrokes. .

Would normally expect a Club to move up to make 7. Or will it be 1 Club to move out and 2 Clubs to move up to make 7 Or maybe 1 Club to move out and 1 Club to move up to make 6 Will the AGM happen this week? Who knows, crazy times!

Back in November and December weren't people being encouraged to drive hundreds of miles to ride speedway bikes round Scunthorpe? Pot kettle black!

Might be 5 by the end of the week if some rumours are true

Don't think this is directly attributable to anything other than Stadium Development being planned in summer period when Covid most likely in retreat (as it was in 2020 lets not forget) and with certainly delayed start to probably May and possibility of not being able to get enough Fixtures in. Of course music to the ears of the British Speedway is dead doom-mongers

If professional Clubs have got contracts with riders like Glasgow and Somerset have; why should they be penalised. The rest should shape up or ship out and focus on lower level or amateur racing.

Is this meant to be the Speedway version of a Fascist or Communist take over? I take your Falcon93 to indicate some link to Exeter? Aren't we all supposed to mourn dormant Clubs and be trying to revive them, rather than do a "Beeching" and close down over 60% of the 22 Clubs we have left? Baffling and surely a wind up?

Wrong, Polish Speedway is run by people who have millions of TV and State and Local Authority money to spend who like the PL Soccer in UK are living beyond their means whilst they have that spending power. British Speedway is governed by dinosaurs and masses of stupid rules that stop some Clubs from having the power to break out of the headlock they have them in.

Isn't that why Glasgow and a few others like Somerset and Eastbourne are rightly kicking off? They built their teams to the rules, got everything sorted professionally and now the lazy ones who sat back want a reduced limit to cherry pick those that have to be released?

Very good to see Rob Grant and Newcastle joining the small but increasing list of Clubs who are more independent and open and transparent IOW, Belle Vue; Glasgow, Redcar ; Eastbourne; Swindon; Edinburgh probably the most effective of this positive new trend.

Was thinking exactly the same thing. Stoke became very run down, Track was awful. Only improved when Terry the Track went and sorted the ruts and bumps out.

There was a lengthy article in the Speedway Star a while back about Connor and his family that included allegations of abuse and bad behaviour towards them and indications that was one of the reasons for moving over to the UK and basing here. I will have to check but at some point didn't Connor apply for UK citizenship based on birthplace of a parent of grand-parent? Whatever has happened it would seem that bridges have been burnt quite badly.

Is the issue at Eastbourne the same as Ipswich. Stock Car track outside the speedway track so they have to keep taking the speedway fence down and putting it back up again. There article suggest that?. Some others like Kings Lynn, Mildenhall and Scunthorpe who stage stocks on the speedway track presumably have to take air fence down too. Most other tracks simply have to deflate and inflate it. I would imagine the more static your fence can be the easier it is and more likely to have foam fence.

you'll mellow with age and stop being so needy ....happy christmas and stay safe.

Good article about the fence options in a very good and free publication. Dean Barker Feature and the look at 2021 from Andrew Skeels and 2 others was very interesting. isn't the problem they have there with having a foam fence is that they have weekly Stock meetings and not like Kings Lynn where stocks / speedway same track. I assume stock track is the concrete one outside the speedway track.

wake up That was the exact plan for the Championship in 2020. 6 in North 6 in South / Home and Away v each team and then another home and away v teams in your half then play off of top 6