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Tough to see how you can make it work without being prepared to lose a pile of cash

He's not the first to come unstuck with the D shape down the back straight. People keep complaining about the dirt build up but that's not what caused the crash. I've seen more injuries at Scunny than at Owlerton. Personally, watching them scrape the fence looks terrifying but that's why I'd never get on a bike!

"It wasn't about the track at Sheffield, it was about the fence. I hit it with the footrest going into the third bend. The fence was not straight and that's what caused the incident. I like the track when I can ride the berm." A certain Mr E Sayfutdinov in today's Star.

Ha! Possibly. Although they were all available when I got mine at 10

Well... you're not going to be on your own!

The booking fees are always irritating. £15 a day for the car parking is a bit of a p1ss take! Booked thru an app across the road for a fiver. That'll teach 'em 😂

Maybe a bit of empathy wouldn't go amiss. I'll have a moan but we'll be there as one day my daughter might decide she's too 'cool' to come (possibly sat in your season ticket seats😂). However, I'm also aware we're in a fortunate position where we can afford to do it. There are plenty of people who have been supporters for a long time who have been completely priced out. You can surely understand that they are angry?

No idea why that posted three times 🙄

Absolutely agree. I was in no way defending the prices. I thinks it's a joke.

Absolutely agree. I was in no way defending the prices. I thinks it's a joke.

Based on the justification they gave for the SON prices last year it was £400k to put the event on at Belle Vue. I'm sure there's some savings reducing to 2 nights but it's still not going to be cheap. Sadly, my price predictions were pretty much spot on when they announced this but I still think they'll sell out. Unfortunately, they're going to annoy a lot of supporters in the process. You were shifting in the region of 30,000 tickets for Cardiff so the thinking will now be that at least a quarter of them would pay "premium" prices. 16000(ish) over 2 nights at an average of £90 a ticket is just over £1.4m. I wonder who is underwriting this if they have got it wrong?

Yep

But surely if you are picking a venue for the one British Grand Prix it's a consideration? Effectively shutting out 20k people who want to go?

I think 30% is generous from where we were sat. They would have all been under cover if someone had taken a fishing umbrella!

The cost for the SoN was around £400k wasn't it? If that's right 6000 at £50 a head doesn't break even. You'd need to sell some stack of pies and pints to fill in that shortfall. I paid £190 for me and my teenage daughter to go to the SoN. 3 of us went to Cardiff for about £60. 6000 is also only 25% of the supposedly terrible crowd at Cardiff. I think a GP at the NSS would be great but I can't see how it flies without tickets well over £75 each and a guaranteed sell out. I'd be thinking twice about putting my money in based on the SoN experience.

I decided a while ago that the track staff at Sheffield are the speedway equivalent of Schrödinger's cat. If I go to Owlerton every meeting and see people dragging the dirt back after every heat but the British Speedway Forum says they don't exist, are they really there, or are they both there, and not there simultaneously?

That's good news. I couldn't decide whether Lemon was just trying to justify the prices and get people through the gate or if he was serious. I know that area has had massive regeneration and think it's a great facility. The point is that there's not many opportunities for this to be replicated.

Exactly! You don't have to look far on the internet to find questions being asked of Manchester City Council's funding decision. Mark Lemon hinted on the British Speedway Podcast that they might not be able to stay there if they can't bring in international events. I'd be interested to know the financials of the SoN.

Phil Morris really needs to sort this out. It can't be that hard to find another 7 or 8 councils prepared to throw £10m or £15m down the drain can it?

From where we were stood on the home straight it looked like he was closing quickly on Howarth and then lost control possibly slowing to avoid hitting him. Looked like the back wheel came around and then the bike lifted and flipped/high sided. Can't be certain but I'm sure it looked awful! Jack Holder looked to be in bits walking back across the centre green as he was the first rider to him. Hope the news from Middlo is right

Funnily enough Brady went to him as they dismounted at the gate and they had a hand shake. From where we were stood you couldn't see how much room there was but it didn't look like much!

I wanted to go anyway but if Sweet are there too... Good to see those ethical Manchester hotels aren't the same as those in Cardiff https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/28/oasis-reunion-tour-profits-money-business The hotel we use for work tripled their rates when there's a big concert at the Arena.

Stood trackside ... it's pi551ng it down!

Doubt it really. Fancy Wolves in this one

Any chance you can be persuaded to pop over the Pennines to watch Belle Vue in the playoffs? We could arrange a whip round at Owlerton towards the petrol money