Phannan

I find it unbelievable that a professional sport isn’t ran in a professional manner with promotion and relegation etc. Every meeting will then more or less have something riding on it . That’s got to provide better racing. Which may attract bigger crowds. None of these going through the motions meetings. And none of these so called top level clubs and we know who they are , dictating to the sport, when where and what level they’re only prepared to race at . I keep seeing people saying that no rider is bigger than the sport. Well I reckon certain clubs definitely think they are , dictating the terms. It’s a joke. And any sport allowing this certainly looks like one from outsiders as well as those that have an interest in it.

January 6th. That’s very decisive of them to set the date. Why did we ever doubt them 🙄

It really does feel like doomsday what with the threat of a joke of a 5 team league. Imagine being second last then winning the playoffs to be crowned champions. Unbelievable, except in our beloved sport. Forget speedway everyone. Take up Padel . It’s the future… apparently.

Wouldn’t that be good. Imagine the clubhouse after every home meeting with woffy on the decks banging the tunes and the f bombs out 😁

Top man Chris Louis. Used to love watching his dad take on my beloved Bradford in the 70s and then support him for Halifax alongside Kenny and Doug etc

Promotion and relegation. That’s the answer imo. That way nobody gets to choose what league they want to operate in . The premiership and the championship should be embroiled together in that way. Yet it feels like a them and us narrative now. One league’s supporters looking down at the other. It would stop the big fish in a small pond problem too. But I suppose football, cricket, rugby etc have always done it wrong whereas the brilliantly run speedway has the answers.

Him ? Or me ? Or both ?

Suppose that depends on who your 1 to 7 is really. As well as injuries etc. Hopefully one day you’ll work out that you can’t predict results more than 6 months in advance.

A 5 team league? Will the fans of the team who tops the other 4 seriously celebrate it as a wonderful achievement? It’s embarrassing if you think about it. What a shame its sank to this.

Kenny Carter

The original tassel boy. Doug flyer Wyer .

What happens if Sheffield don’t run ? No league meetings. Just straight to the play offs ? Maybe the 4 remaining clubs in the prem should do a Poole and insist on only running in the championship. One big league. Yippee. What a shambles our sport has become.

Great post. That’s it in a nutshell. There has to be motivation to reach higher levels in any sport as well as life in general. This choosing what league they will race in makes a shambles of the sport and goes against everything that sport should represent.

The Polish league have got it right. Promotion and relegation from all 3 divisions. Ambition shown by all teams year in year out. None of this deciding what league they will only race in bollox.. The only team sport in this country that puts up with that crap . It’s only a matter of time before it all goes to the wall . On the plus side United beat the scousers 👍

While continuing to dominate that second rate league 👍.

Kenny Carter used to ride Cradley well didn’t he. Bet he got plenty of stick there too because of his clashes with Bruce .

The team that started my love of speedway was Bradford Northern at Odsal stadium. My dad used to take me from the age of 6 onwards. We used to stand on the first bend and got splattered by the shale on every lap. And that smell !!! Nothing like it . My team included Alan Knapkin, Dave Baugh , Alf Wells . Robin Adlington , Dave Schofield, Alan Bridgett, Sid Sheldrick ( in his white leathers) as well as others . Also the mercurial and sadly missed Gary Petersen. Wonderful days that started it off. Still love the sport now though that’s tested a lot more these days but that’s a different discussion.

Bradford has got the crowd capacity with over 25,000 . The stadium is right alongside motorway network . The track I agree would cost money to upgrade as well as Installing a new safety fence.However Cardiff must have cost a fortune to install the track etc . Manchester must cost plenty to install the extra capacity. Yes everything would be costly. But just imagine a 20 odd thousand crowd at a speedway meeting in this country again and best of all, outdoors. It certainly tops hard to get to Ipswich. If it’s true there was around 10,000 there the other night and the atmosphere was apparently amazing, then almost treble that and you’d have Odsal on gp night.

There’s talk of another Uk venue holding a GP other than Manchester. Ipswich has been mentioned. There’s the infrastructure which they don’t have . Not the easiest of places to get to. Then the all important track that has to produce exciting racing. Which again, they don’t have. Granted the odd exciting race but doesn’t everywhere else. Odsal , Bradford would have both those things. And is tried and tested too. If we’re looking at regular racetracks then I’d look at Glasgow.

Well Tai says he’ll be there or thereabouts if he stays fit . So there you have it woffy doubters….. .

Ipswich have been the best team from day one . They’ve carried nobody. Belle Vue and Sheffield may have the top gp riders but they’ve been let down in other areas. Same with Leicester. They will be deserved champions. But then surprises do sometimes happen. Can’t see it in this case though.

Don’t get too carried away though. You only had to get the better of 3 other teams as I’m sure you’ll agree, the rest were crap. But congratulations. You did the job last night.

Where’s Herne Bay Bob ? Probably watching eastenders and blue lights

Bet they’re all getting on like an house on fire eh . With their half and half scarves on . Needs a few Sheffield and Belle Vue fans down there to liven it up a bit 😁

3 Aussies then 😁