The Third Man

Yet these are the people that are ignored, it is not their fault they are staying away it is the promoters fault, give a credible sport to support and some might come back, however some are lost forever not the supporters fault but the promoters for the mess they have got speedway into

So Sheffield will be having RR for an injured rider while Leicester run it for a perfectly fit rider who wont come over for meeting, makes sense in Speedway I suppose

If its a neutral track the support would be very poor. I am sure when I started going in 1968 and for a couple of years after it was the luck of the draw. don't know when it became home and away

And Nick Morris on Wednesday

Doesnt have to be a week, it can be a month

Definitely said at Ipswich on Saturday night that the first leg at Sheffield on the 9th, 2nd leg at Leicester on the 11th

on Saturday night is was said that it is the 9th at home, 11th at Leicester

On Saturday night it was said that the first leg at Sheffield will be on the 9th with the second leg at Leicester on the 11th

Dont know where you were but he fell in front of us, and the fence wasn't touched at all, during or after the fall

bates struggles an 1 & 2 in his first ride, but after that he worked it out, didnt see much of track problem, just individual riders problems

based on last season and seeing him a few times at Sheffield this season and on TV, perhaps they were the only times this season he has done that, must have been unlucky when I have seen him, If I am wrong then so be it

Agree with this, greaves usually panics when riders go under him, he did it all last season at Sheffield, and again Thursday night when Kurtz went under him in heat six and he moved right out which caused Graj to hurt himself trying to avoid him. and greaves went no where near the fence he fell off in the middle of the straight with plenty of room to manoeuvre out of Scotts way. and about the booing, it started before heat 1 so it wasn't because of the greaves incident, it was a few Ipswich fans who didn't want him to accept a booking against them, how many fans would have turned down a pay day, or turn down the opportunity to ride in such a meeting

The other thing about Bewley everyone seems to be missing is that it made Glasgow stronger tonight. they had a capable replacement in Campton (especially as the Glasgow fans seem to think Bewley isn't trying for them) and it allowed Summer to take one of the RR rides instead of a reserve. Perhaps it wasn't BVs idea for him to miss this meeting, or is there evidence that it was

Looks like having Campton means Summers can now have RR ride, wonder whos idea it was for Bewley to be injured?

Looks like Bewley has decided he has a better chance of getting to a play off final with Belle Vue

Hopefully you have too long a tail tonight, Sheffield need to just to go for 3-3s pack the minor places

If we get through the first leg is at Sheffield on Thursday, if we don't it will be Redcar

Simple solution is just to use the cup dates for the play off final, if we get through, as the teams for the other semi final wont be sorted out this season anyway

this match needs changing to be the first leg of the playoffs if we qualify

At least it gives time for the rounds to be completed, and i missed where it was supposed to be a start of the season competition, sorry

think Sheffield have had Josh Auty, Joe Screen, Scott Smith & Max Clegg

And the referee exclude George Wood at Sheffield the other week when he ran into a rider who had already fallen, referees get it wrong

But the cup could prioritised, First round over by the end of April Second round over by the end of June Semi Finals by the end of August then the final. might need some changes in fixtures, not exactly unheard of in speedway, this gives enough time for the weather not to matter However it would need the promoters to cooperate, that's the big problem

If that is true it would mean Sheffield winning the relegation play off if they qualify because those are our two nights Other possibility is Sunday which I don't think would work

Sheffield will have completed their home matches and be up to date with cup matches as well We can't control away matches I'm afraid Sheffield will have completed their home matches and be up to date with cup matches as well We can't control away matches I'm afraid