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Are we talking about the former Premier League Riders Champion, James Wright? Last time I can recall a rider coming in out of the cold after a long lay off like this was Andrew Silver at Rye House in 2009. If I recall, he ended up with an average well above 4.00 and he wasn't half the rider that James Wright was. If "Rizzla" Wright has been allocated a 4.00 average then that's a bargain.

Meanwhile, Kent fans can put the kettle on and make everyone else a cup of tea.

You have to love speedway for the competitions that the sport and its fans come up with that are only fair to half the teams taking part. And then we get the nose thumbing from a fan of a team that was in the 2nd tier for all 10 years but that's now gone top tier. Of the 12 teams in the league, only 7 have been 2nd tier (whatever the league is called) for all 10 years. How many years worth of riders have Eastbourne got to choose from in order to compete fairly with a team that can pick the best rider over 10 years? Mind you, nice to see something unfair to Poole Pirates innit? :-)

I'd like to see the accounts that show that a 40% full Principality Stadium can possibly be more money than "spin".

Well done Dave. Well deserved, and hopefully a stepping stone to greater things and maybe even a gig on a mainstream TV station that some of the older generation with their vacuum tube powered black & white televisions can then also enjoy.

Greyhoundp - would you prefer the Labour alternative? Salma Yaqoob - who famously turned her back on British soldiers parading through Birmingham before leaving the Labour Party to join George Galloway's Respect Party?

Lets get a few facts straight... Birmingham is run by a Labour council, whose decision it was to demolish the flyover in Perry Barr. The driving force were Councillors from wards far away from Perry Barr, who paid no regard to the Liberal Councillors of Perry Barr or to the people of Perry Barr, nor to the objections of Walsall or Sandwell Councils. Such is democracy in a Socialist controlled City. Andy Street is a Tory Mayor of the WEST MIDLANDS, i.e. NOT Birmingham, He has no jurisdiction over Birmingham as was shown by the fact that his opposition to the demolition of the flyover counted for nothing. Labour policy is one of "the motorist is the enemy" and people need to be coerced into using more public transport in order to save the world, or at least to improve the air quality in the inner city where most Labour voters live. As has been said, it's going to be 25 months of hell in Perry Barr, the price that has to be paid for a better future.

Joke about it by all means...that really will solve the problem. Funny that at an event I went to in the Summer, even hotdog vans were accepting "tap & go" payments. So a hotdog seller can afford the costs of business in the 21st Century, but a Speedway club can't??? Great.

Well, congratulations. I didn't see that on this thread, and I'm not going looking for it as quite frankly I don't give a toss. If scoring points in this one-upmanship fashion makes you feel big, or "da man" then fill your boots. I'm sure everyone else is in awe and admiration of your extra-worldly wisdom. I'm outta here.

Could be part of a great weekend of Speedway. Leszno v Rybnik on the Friday, Wrocław SGP on the Saturday and Stal Gorzów v Falubaz Zielona Gora on the Sunday.

Might need to turn the paraffin lamps up (or have they been upgraded to town gas yet?) to be able to read what it says.

https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/858829/zuzel-grand-prix-w-togliatti-pod-znakiem-zapytania-mistrzowie-z-rosji-pojada-pod

Wow, how 1970's is that? No PayPal, no Apple Pay, No Google Pay, no credit cards, no chip'n'pin, no bank transfers. I wonder if the season tickets will be properly laminated or just given a coating of "sticky backed plastic" in true Valerie Singleton/John Noakes/Peter Purvis, Blue Peter style? No wonder young fans aren't attracted when speedway continues to pander to a bygone age.

"Russia" hasn't and couldn't compete as a team under a neutral flag. Individual Russian athletes, who had proven themselves to be "clean" did compete though, as individuals, with all reference to their country of origin removed (as far as possible)

"Russia has been handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada)." So the question is...Is speedway, especially the SGP, SEC and SON counted as major sporting events that the ban applies to? Will Emil, the Laguta's etc be banned from international competitions and what will be the impact on the sport? Like most, I guess, I associated WADA's activities with Athletics, but the way that this article reads, ALL "major" sports are affected. I would imagine that speedway coming under the auspices of an international governing body (FIM) could be classified as a "major sport" (despite what some here may argue) and therefore the Russian competitors could come a cropper here, possibly? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/50710598

Godfrey said: “One message which has come out very strongly from supporters is that they don’t want things tinkered with, and we’ve taken that on board So there you go. If there isn't enough in the action plan to save the sport, it's YOUR fault.

So you'll be right in the road works and diversion area when the flyover is demolished and the new road alignment is constructed. Plenty of time to come up with a Plan B if that area is shut off from the public. I use the bus stop there, and am resigned to having to walk an extra mile to the other side of the roadworks, in order to catch a bus that's fought its way through the delays and snarl-ups rather than getting on a bus that's got all the road works ahead of it. The point is, how things were, won't be how they will be. Might be wise to have a few alternatives planned and ready to use.

The compulsory purchase order notices have been posted. A corner of the stadium car park will be needed for adjacent road widening, so next year the stadium car parking capacity will be much reduced. On-Street in the area will also be curtailed due to road works relating to the building of transport links for the Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, adjacent to the stadium. So, like it or lump it, the One Shop Stopping Centre car park will be one of the even fewer options available to you next year.

Does speedway still claim to be the 3rd largest spectator sport in the country?

Just after those days when Ivan Mauger and Barry Briggs were "British" too?

Right in Jeremy Corbyn's firing line then

That was my first impression when I saw the video. Stuff like that Dynamic Balancing Machine will have cost a pretty penny, which has to be made to pay for itself, somehow. A lot of people think that engine tuning is all about a man in a shed, using "rule of thumb" a spanner and a hammer, doing what a rider doesn't know how to or can't be bothered to do for himself. It ain't that at all. And for as long as a speedway engine can't last more than half a dozen meetings without "going off" these guys will be needed.

And the latest signing is.... ...A new landlord https://www.arenaracingcompany.co.uk/media-centre/news/greyhounds/arc-acquire-perry-barr-and-belle-vue-greyhound-stadia Thank you GRA, it was nice knowing you.

Nah, but the right shade of purple, and you might....er because the speedway viewing public is of that chocolate eating age, innit? Perhaps a beige helmet colour to attract Horlicks over as sponsors, maybe?

1. An Electrician 2. Another Electrician, in case the first one is too busy wiring up a plug in Denmark 3. A Spin Doctor to explain why the electricians haven't done their jobs 4. A new team manager 5. A Rain Maker, in case the new spin doctor struggles to excuse the inefficient electricians 6. Arthur Browning - keeping things "in-generation" with the current fan-base 7. Who cares? He'll probably "take a break from the sport" before you've had a chance to learn how to spell his name.