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The mail used to cover Mondays though.

To apply for Aussie nationality you need to be over 16 and have lived there for a certain amount of time. He doesn't qualify as he was back in the UK at 15. If his parents applied for citizenship, then they could apply for it for their child at the same time, which would have been a possible route. I've never seen it written conclusively that he has Aussie citizenship. People just seem to like to think it. I do remember there being visa problems for the Aussie GP, so my guess is that he doesn't have it - although some people came up with the theory that these might have been for the crew rather than him. At the end of the day he was born in Britain to British parents, so he is British.

Will there be any fixture clashes? Even if there isn't, Polish league can quite easily decide to do a meeting on a Thursday night and Swindon lose their number one. It seems a strange thing to do, but maybe Jason insisted on it as a condition of signing. There should be no guests for missing riders if this has been signed. R/R or nothing.

They got rid of it for the play-offs. That's all.

You have such fine lines for team building with the stupid points limits. You can't afford to choose British riders. You just have to go with the best combination of averages that fits. Don't blame the teams.

Could well have been. I'm only guessing.

I remember Michael Lee taking on Phil Crump at Swindon and he was so far in front that he began pulling wheelies down. the straights.

Pretty sure I saw him ride in a later challenge against Dave Jessup at Reading, which may have been his last ever UK meeting.

Interesting to see that the Swindon team lost at home to Oxford and finished near the bottom of the league with a very similar side to the one that became league champions 2 years later. Proper teams.

Hackney was the best track, but, oh those lamp standards!! I went there quite a few times over the years. Wimbledon used to have a great atmosphere although the track itself was a bit small for my liking. White City was a fabulous stadium but the track seemed a long way off and the sheer size of it meant there was little atmosphere for league matches. Would have loved to have seen West Ham but it closed down before I started going.

Pretty sure it was the Martin Ashby/Tommy Jansson one at Swindon. If I saw one before then, which is possible, I can't recall it.

I remember in 1975 when Swindon were losing to all and sundry at home, and actually lost more home matches than they won, yet we beat the mighty Belle Vue 40-38. It was the highlight of the season and must have been a disappointment for the Aces.

Good to see Sedgeman fixed up. He can be a bit hit or miss, but when he is on form he is excellent and I think Belle Vue will suit him. It will be interesting at the end of the year to compare the form of Justin and Bellego.

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Maybe you could suggest paying extra on your subscription for guaranteed next day delivery.

We got the tactics wrong. We thought WE only needed to get 21 points to STOP you winning the league.

All this talk about Tom Farndon being an all-time great! He got beat by Fred!

Seen Swindon thumped many times. It's all part of being a Robins fan. The one performance that stands out for me as truly dreadful is NOT losing 21-56 to home to Oxford because if I said that it would set Rob Peasley off agan. (Plus Oxford were all conquering anyway at that time so it was expected we would lose) No. The worst for me is losing the 2007 play-offs at Coventry after going into a 10 point lead with a 5-1 in the first heat. I just remember standing there towards the end watching Coventry in front time after time and wanting the ground to swallow me up.

Maybe they should flog tickets to view fron the windows of the house in the pits.

There was some speedway too I think. I'm sure Aiden Collins was involved in a race there.

Will it still be Mondays I wonder? Or will they film on normal race nights?

Good news for me as I have BT sport and not Sky so I can watch League Speedway. As for the sport itself I'm not sure because Sky has a higher profile, but good to see it will be on.

Good that they've scrapped the TR in the play-offs anyway.

I guess not, if that is indeed the case, as long as someone actually wants them.

As pointed out earlier, it would be easy for Sky to get out of their contract if they have a contract to show Elite League Speedway. In their wisdom, the BSPA have dropped the Elite League moniker. So it no longer exists. Perfect get-out if Sky need one. It's been said here that BT are showing league speedway, but I've seen no confirmation of that anywhere.