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Head-to-head in league matches since the beginning of 2012 is now: Scunthorpe 7 Sheffield 0 All the best Rob

Good three points for Scorpions who move up to second place in PL table. All the best Rob

1976. Another team who ran away with everything. All the best Rob

Good luck tonight Scorpions! All the best Rob

Which is why I said around that time.... All the best Rob

Armando Castagna and David Steen. Can't remember who it was chasing them, but after they both lost control on the fourth bend at Oxford at the same time while team riding, went flying towards each other, missed each other, but ending up swapping postions, the rider behind them thought "Stuff this" and tootled around making no attempt to go near the two mad men in front of him. All the best Rob

Or dodgy burger, maybe. There was a lot of them about around that time, I seem to recall. All the best Rob

Speedway needs to shed a lot of its "old" image. Maybe it should look at its current World Champion, who does appeal to the young. All the best Rob

I do wonder sometimes if bike technology has overtaken some of the tracks, with Brough Park being an example. The bikes have got faster and have become more difficult things to control (e.g. lay downs are much more powerful than uprights); while the older tracks have stayed the same. Apart from everyone going back to Jawa 2-value engines from 1970, I'm not sure how you resolve this, because you can't do a lot to change tracks within stadiums which are not owned by the speedway. All the best Rob

His rolling average is around twice a meeting. All the best Rob

However, if the fixture was raced in 1982, then Newcastle would destroy a 2014 Edinburgh side who are still twinkles in the milkman’s eye. All the best Rob

Al Stewart, I think you've hit the nail on the head there. I didn't identify Edinburgh as the team to beat this year; I thought keeping Cookie had left you too top heavy. You're not got a powerhouse team who everyone predicted to win the league before the start of the season, in contrast to e.g. Newcastle in 1982 (that was the year Joe Owen and Bobby Beaton came in on 7.50 assessed averages, despite the fact Joe had a 7.00+ BL average in 1981!!). There's several times where you've come within a few races of being beaten, only to pull it out of the fire. It's why I also think the Premier League isn't over yet this year, especially when it comes to the play-offs. Edinburgh aren't that much stronger than everyone else. They can be beaten. For me, Newcastle '82 will remain the strongest side put together at this level. But it will be interesting to see how far the unbeaten run of the 2014 Monarchs can be stretched. All the best Rob

He could be right, though. The '82 Diamonds were monsters at home, they won the home leg of the cup final against a good Ellesmere Port team by something like 73-23! All the best Rob

Another thing to point out is that the Newcastle '82 team completed the clean sweep... league, cup, Supernational and fours. And Joe Owen won the NLRC as a bonus. In 1991, Arena Essex missed out on a trophy... the Gold Cup. All the best Rob

Paul, I've reserve my judgement until the season is over, Edinburgh have yet to win a single trophy after all. I think the strongest team I've ever seen at second tier level were the 1982 Newcastle Diamonds. Six heat leaders, while Joe Owen was probably better than Craig Cook. All the best Rob

Well done to Glasgow for regaining some pride this afternoon, by pushing the Monarchs all the way. Meanwhile,both the Edinburgh juggernaut and the smugness rolls on.... I wonder what Blobby will count on now he's run out of fingers and toes All the best Rob

What are you talking about - Shadders is a hardcore fan, he follows the Rockets across the country. He pays his admission fee - he is entitled to an opinion. All the best Rob

It is getting tough for the poor lambs. Now they've reached 22, they've run out of both fingers and toes. Best you beat them today to put them out of their misery. All the best Rob

Who's Stuart Dixon? You're excelled yourself there, getting both names wrong. Of the 14 letters in his name, you've only got 8 right. I'm afraid that's a F. All the best Rob

Good luck to the Tigers this afternoon. Hope it's like the end of "Return Of The Jedi", when good triumphs over the forces of evil All the best Rob

SCORPIONS QUICK TO RE-ARRANGE SHEFFIELD CLASH FLUIDAIR POWER Scunthorpe Scorpions have arranged for last night’s (Friday) rained off clash with local rivals Sheffield Tigers to be restaged at the Eddie Wright Raceway next Wednesday (July 9th, 7.30pm). With an ominous looking weather forecast, yesterday’s meeting was called off at around 11am. It proved the right call, as Scunthorpe was hit by heavy rain in early evening. Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey said: “The forecast was spot on. We simply wouldn’t have got the meeting on. “Thank you to the Sheffield promotion for their co-operation in agreeing to the new date. With no home meeting next Friday due to the Premier League Pairs, we’d have been left with a three week gap between home meetings, had we not managed to re-stage this meeting within that gap. “The weather is due to improve before next Wednesday. It should be a real cracker between two sides looking for local supremacy.”

Blimey, the Monarchs fans are running scared. They're trawling through the rulebook, trying to find ways to stop a Tigers victory on Sunday. Come on Glasgow. If for no other reason than to stop Mr Blobby posting 22, 23, 24, etc on threads. I think Blobby has been possessed by Count Von Count from Seasame Street. All the best Rob

I think Peterborough are now in a much better financial position, now that they're out of the Elite League. All the best Rob

Couldn't see how it was going to be on, with that forecast. Big band of heavy rain due. Thankful of the early call off, before I tried to negotiate a different route up, due to the A43 being closed due to Silverstone. All the best Rob

Two things: 1. Everyone is well aware that Edinburgh are still unbeaten 2. We can count Come on the Weegies on Sunday... sort out Mr Blobby and his smug pals All the best Rob