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Small steps, but progress is being made. Like many other Aces fans, I have left my comments with the council and would urge all speedway supporters who would like the stadium to see the light of day to do the same. National Speedway Stadium and Academy. We will seek planning permission for a brand-new 6,000-capacity stadium, including a 1,800-seater grandstand, with built-in noise-reduction measures, built to elite-league standard. The Belle Vue Aces (BVA) will use it as they continue their long-standing commitment to the area by establishing a Speedway Academy, coaching young children to adults. Manchester College students will work with BVA on mechanical and engineering training around speedway racing. You can comment on the plans at the below link to the council's website: https://secure.manchester.gov.uk/for...lage_proposals

Their biggest mistake was giving out (unrealistic) dates in the first place. When something, such as this project, is so much out of your influence, let alone control, the last thing you do is set expectation levels that haven't got a prayer of being met, which is what Gordon and Morton did. What they should have done, like any successful business person would, is to set low expectation levels and look to better them. Sadly, this doesn't appear to have been their strategy and as a consequence they have been on the back foot ever since.

Only problem was the audio. Picture was very clear and Wolves -6 was a steal

Ah the good old days of "Rolling" Reg Wilson and Doug "Flyer" Wyer are long gone.

Would love to know Mort's definition of "just ahead of". It implies a degree of immediacy, but the history of this project would suggest otherwise.

I've kept my receipt just in case. I believe that there are two discrete companies for the current operation and the stadium, so I would hope that the brick money is held by the company for the stadium.

Think you'll find it was Galliard who were behind the redevelopment of Highbury

Perhaps wrong to speak ill about the dead, but it has to be the late Kenny Carter. Watching him race, he had no regard for fellow riders and engaged in truly dangerous moves, often going for "gaps" which didn't exist.

For me and in no particular order: Peter Collins Peter Craven Jason Crump Kelly Moran Thankfully all have graced the red, white and black race jacket.

Perhaps you should address that question to Matt Ford, unless he is now subject to some form of gagging order?

All the Stretford fans disappear when they get beat TWK. It's one of the wonders of the world how mobile phone signals disappear from their phones after a defeat. The biggest loss for Man Ure last night was 40 mins prime selling time at the club shop, as the way things turned out they would have been better off had the Little Pea not scored at the death. Would have been great to have announced the Sky deal just after the match yesterday, perhaps as a fill-in for the Moyes interview!! With the nation waiting for his words of wisdom, we could have spread the message to millions.

Why? It's a foregone conclusion that Labour will remain in power. In many constituences in M/Cr, you could put a monkey up as a Labour candidate and it would get elected. In fact it would most probably do a better job than most of them, especially Brother Karney the commisar for the City Centre.

Only to find that New Liebour beat him to it.

Ford lie? Surely not!!!

Locally, Hyde Road, The Shay and Rochdale. Further afield, Reading, Oxford and Milton Keynes

No - it's far better to lose a race to qualify for a golden double!!

If Orient succeed with the ground share deal with WHU at the olympic stadium, it might present a start point. Taking the GP back to London might provide a start point. On revenue share, basically it's no different in principle to what the BSPA has in place with Go Speed for TV rights negotiation.

Unless invited by the BSPA to promote the sport on a revenue share deal.

Well, the answer is in your question - it's the "p" word. If Barry Hearn was involved in speedway, you could be assured that the sport would be promoted in the true sense of the word. Instead, we have to satisfy ourselves with the BSPA, masters of promoting self-interest. No way would the BSPA cede their power to an outsider.

Delighted for Panthers fans and really pleased to see Ulrich fixed up with a team.

As many of us pointed out last year and the year before and the year before that, there is a simple equation for what has happened and continues to happen to what is, or rather should be a great sport: Lower standards + increased admission charges = reduced crowds Unless promoters reduce their admission charges to reflect the dilution of the product, we will all be sat here again next year wondering why speedway in the UK is going down the pan.

Spot on - it's a real pain when I get back home to find say three editions of The Star waiting for me with another in the post. Invariably, I don't ending reading them all, but an on-line version of a magazine I've subscribed to would be most welcome and would get read.

For a variety of reasons. But for anyone living overseas, an on-line version takes away the cost of distribution and the time lag. Nowadays some people prefer to download and read on the go, e.g. Kindle users. Not my cup of tea, but very popular nonetheless. Having an on-linr presence also demonstartes that the magazine is in the 21st century and if it can be readily accessed, can also be readily ordered. Do you need any more?

Philip, I have a subscription to the Speedway Star, but do spend a fair bit of time out of the country and it would be great to be able to access the magazine on-line, whilst away. Will you be making the on-line version available to existing subscribers of the paper-based product? After all, what we have paid for is the Star and I would hope that it would/could include the on-line format as well.