RobMcCaffery

It cannot be watched legally in the UK without BT. There are always plenty of illicit streams for GPs.

Financial irregularities in Poland? Whatever next! </irony>

Spain doesn't have a TV deal for speedway so you should be able to watch the official SGP You Tube channel. The link will be on the SGP website on Saturday. For the benefit of others this feed isn't available legally in the UK, Poland or Sweden but most others will be fine unless a local channel has the rights - there won't be that many. http://www.speedwaygp.com/live_stream

As if the Gulls haven't gone through enough..... Thanks for those additional case studies.

Anyone got a friend with a few spare buses and an operator's licence?

I also spent 2000 announcing for Boston at King's Lynn. You may recall that they were at that time called the Barracuda Braves. Yes I did do war-cries. Yes they did go C-U-D-A-S - CUDAS! Well if it was good enough for Gordon Parkins.....

Who is saying they're that close? I don't remember seeing any. Of course they're not and any fool can see that. PL sides are assembled on a sensible budget to compete with each other, not with EL sides. I think most PL fans don't give a damn whether their sides would be beaten by EL teams. They're just happy enough having regular speedway with a reasonably sensible set-up. It's not just about how strong your side is but how strong your league is. The opening of the NSS should not mask the serious problems that afflict the rest of the EL. Taking consolation that your team's bigger than the PL team might make a few happy, but not those with common sense.

I'd suggest that the good councillor gets the council planning department to update its website if everything is ready to go.

Like I said, reputation. It's all part of the mystique.

Guess who managed to foul up a war cry at Eastbourne I managed to lose count of the Es. It wouldn't have been so bad if I wasn't the announcer.

Probably. It's called marketing. At the very least it protects their reputation as high-end manufacturers. I doubt very much that they invest out of the kindness of their hearts.

Some things are worth fighting for, surely? This is the second time you've made a stupid contribution to this conversation. The last time you accused me of wanting the new track to fail. I won't bother asking what 'idiotin' means but I suggest you hear the word idiot frequently. Straight to ignore list. Bye. Now, back to the grown-ups.

Polish speedway is impressive but let down appallingly by some of its 'supporters'. But what would I know after 45 years as a supporter, commentator, announcer, presenter, writer...? Obviously a childish nutter knows more. Here we can watch speedway almost every night of the week from March to October and many supporters watch up to 100 meetings a season. How much better to watch 14-20 meetings a year in Poland eh?

Glad to hear about the centre green. I have seen back up documents to the application laying down quite stringent requirements for substantial increases in the percentage of fans travelling by car share. You do wonder how they would propose to police it.

Right off to rebuild my video collection. Close match but never seemed to quite catch fire.

While he's scoring I don't think we're seeing the real Emil yet. More like it in heat 15.

Effective though. Yes, it was pretty ruthless.

Definitely. Helps when it's the official one. Spent most of the day busy downloading my work from You Tube after someone's lead so speedway video's been very much on my mind today. Reminded how the first encounter between these two teams I was aware of was at Halifax in the International Series in 1973. One Sport's policy is now to take their events mainly to minor speedway nations or the lower league in Poland so they get crowds that are grateful to see top-line riders. The pay-off is that the organising tracks might not have the same level of professionalism. Krakow is definitely low key compared to the likes of Torun or Gorzow. 3,500 people there according to SF. Wonderful tram riding by the Lagutas in heat 7!

I'm here. Thanks for the link. I tried the TVP3 locals but they were geo-blocked. Forgot to try TVP Sport. Daft graphics, leaving the helmet colours off.

Yes, that's the one they've been using over there for the past couple of years for these extra matches. Just wondering if the EL were using it in their tests too.

SF reports that the Leszno doctor has told Piotr Pawlicki to rest today after Friday night's battering so that he would be fit for tomorrow so it looks like there'll be another change. I wonder if this particular 6 man format is the one that the EL are trialling?

Superb! Many thanks, Pawel, an excellent story.

Certainly was. You can see the effects of sleeping in the Rye House car park then - all those ripples were me, not the knackered tape. There is some confusion since my namesake also worked in sport TV for Granada and Sky. I think he got my tax bill though. Thanks for the link - that's another one for the collection.

My family had the appalling timing of moving to the West Midlands just as Rye House developed into a rather good team (Infradex etc). This was then compounded by my starting university in Liverpool. So there I was, a teenager and relatively impoverished student supposed to be making a new start away from the south east and going to Cradley for my speedway instead. I signed up for their supporters club and started going on the away coach trips. I lasted about two months before I started sneaking south on Sundays, all of my spare cash going on fuel and admission. When there was an away match at Canterbury on the Saturday, not an uncommon event for the Rockets back then, there was no question of paying for accommodation, but there was no way having gone through the agony of losing the Rayleigh Rockets to Rye House just a few years before I was missing out on the glory days. I'd paid my 'dues'. Okay, there was a woman involved as well but could I entice her into the car? Believe me, being given a free breakfast by my first speedway hero (well, he was in 1971 and I was only 13..) was not the priority although they were my first experiences of being on the other side of the fence, before people foolishly started asking me to write and talk.

Well, of course the requirement is that the stadium owners/users encourage car sharing amongst their supporters and arrange for a bus service, presumably at their risk, from a park and ride site to the stadium. There is still as lack of clarity whether the centre green is still being considered as part of the car park. This really is a case of fact overtaking fiction.