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We can do a better list than that haha

I haven't seen it myself yet , but according to what I heard at the ice hockey last night , there's extensive work going on to improve the facilities at Ashfield at the moment . And it sounds as if we're going to have a much improved stadium to watch our speedway in next season . Exciting times ahead

Nothing is tabboo in speedway , George Stancl rode for Edinburgh a few seasons back .

The Speedway Star comes under almost weekly abuse on here , but this week it excelled itself . I cut my speedway supporting teeth at a very young age at Glasgow's White City stadium , and my love of the sport co-incided by the emergence of Jimmy McMillan as a force in the sport . I loved watching Jimmy , his gating was iffy and that made him the exciting rider he became . This week the Star done a big article on Jimmy's life and career . A wonderfully written and entertaining piece and a fitting tribute to a Scottish speedway legend . Thank you Speedway Star , I really enjoyed reading it and the memories it brought back .

And his bike catching fire at the tapes

Why does speedway need to be so ruddy complicated ?

Speedway Ninja sites on Facebook are a strange phenomenon . Grainy old photos of some New Cross second halfer from 1947 with the proud " guess the rider " declaration . Yep i'll have sleepless nights mulling that one over . But the dummy spitting followed by the two pages of " oh please don't go " after the stamping of feet and announcing " I've had enough I'm going " following some mentally challenged argument about whether Darcy Ward rides better after a session on the lager or the vodka . They are comedy gold

Even so , it would be a young British rider making strides , which we should all welcome

I had a picture of Debbie Hancock in mine , but it wasn't on page 3

He did score an Ashfield paid maximum back in his Smug days , he's a decent enough third heat leader in the Premier League . Son of God presumably has to get his Christmas commitments out the way before taking up his birthright finally . Delighted with the team . Kozza and Nick aren't liked in Smugville , so it will make a refreshing change for us to have the pantomime villians in a derby clash . Glad to have Dimitri back , though it will mean limited r/r options . James Serjeant looked to be progressing well when I watched Coventry on the telly last season , so well see how he copes with the higher level of the Premier League . And maybe Victor will be more at home starting level with everyone else and at reserve . He was put in an impossible situation last season . After a couple of poor years , we have high hopes at competing at the right end of the table in 2015 , but I'm sure there will be a few more tasty looking sides put together before the winter is out . And once the replacements for refused work permits is settled too haha

How funny would that be

So we have a bye in the KO Cup first round , then Newcastle or Scunthorpe in the quarters . Couple of good decisions coming out of the conference . Only one t/r can be used now , between heats 5 and 12 when a team is 10 or more behind . And no t/r's in any tie which is decided by aggregate . So no t/r's in the play offs . And those play offs are now quarters and semis with the top two in league straight into the semis , with 3v6 and 4v5 in the quarters . And we still have 42 and a half to try and build a competitive side with However the Dark Lord remains the Exalted Cyclops at BSPA towers for another year , so nothing will go in our favour as usual Oh and 3 points for all home wins now

The one and only Shane Parker

Out of interest , why is Cook copping flak for so called lack of ambition if he doesn't ride abroad , while British riders of equal ability like King and Barker aren't ?

£16 at most Premier tracks , £17 at some Elite League tracks - go figure

We were the only 2nd tier side to win in 1992 , beating Cradley 46-44 . We lost 42-48 to Ipswich in the next round

When they are ready to I would imagine

Maybe not , but the inter league cup ran in the early nineties , where the lower league team had guaranteed home advantage , was great entertainment

You wont hear many of us from our end of the M8 belittling Cook's achievements , we've been on the wrong end of his scoring prowess often enough to realise how good he is . We had one like him in the late 70's and all of the 80's who carved out a decent career in the 2nd tier of British speedway .

He scored about 8 at Bradford if my memory is correct . Robbie never completed 4 laps at his first visit to Powderhall and never shone there much after . At places like Sheffield and Exeter though he was terrific . Csillik never looked quick enough , I don't remember if he was in that 1991 Hungarian touring side that Nagy shone in , in their 51-39 win at Shawfield . There wasn't many tears shed at Csillik's departure though , as he was replaced by .................Shane Bowes

Good post George , but sadly the things you describe is repeated at many tracks up and down the country . I don't have the answers , but speedway needs to give itself a shake . Poorly prepared tracks in ramshackle stadiums , listening to cringing amateur presentation isn't the way to attract new sponsors and fans to the sport . The hardcore supporter is becoming an ageing , dwindling band and unless new blood can be drawn to the sport , I cant see it surviving another decade in it's present form .

Robert Nagy was awesome . Only Glasgow rider to win the riders championship , career cruelly cut short by that idiot Matuesek . Bowes was great entertainment to watch , but Nagy was the better rider

Sign the burgermuncher if you want , we don't care , we're going to be the powerhouse outfit next season anyway :-)

It's fine on here , it's when you venture into the very strange world that is the Glasgow Facebook pages , then it gets embarrassing . You get folk complaining about promoters not saying hello to them and riders not waving to the crowd . It's wonderfully cringeworthy stuff .

Maybe , but surely the lovely Debbie handing the trophy over in a bikini would have been more appropriate