IainB

Did it rain?

... and a ticket to get in. I hope your lodgings are booked on refundable deals. I hope it comes off for you but aren't you concerned about ticket availability and capacity limits?

please elaborate

With the start of the season now a little over a month away have any clubs released plans surrounding that actual attendance of a meeting? I assume I won't be turning up to the turnstiles at 19:25, handing over my cash and heading off directly to where I always stand? I've just read on the Leicester website that Stewart Dickson is "happy with the reduced capacity we are being advised on", well I'm happy for him, what I don't know is what this means for me and other fans. Are matches going to be all ticket affairs, should I travel to an away match on the off chance of being let in. If it is all ticket how do I get a ticket, what if I don't have the internet (obviously as I've posted this I do but some won't). Is each club devising their own systems or are the governing body issuing guidelines? Anybody have any ideas?

There's a sponsor on some of the riders race suits says Argos... Is that the same as our Argos? The logos are remarkably similar

Is that people thinking about becoming lady boys? It's good to see Speedway finally encouraging LGBTQ+ participation

Or they may have decided to hike their prices... who knows?

For me it was unwatchable live anyway

Andrew Silver held quite a few at one point

I posted this a few days ago in the Speedway on the TV thread... don't know whether to go for it or not though? Have you got it? Do they show Live sport on there or re-runs of sport that they've already shown on their TV channels? If the live matches get shifted onto the Player due to the Tennis or Olympics I'd got for it, if it were just a repeats format then probably not.

This offer is back on... https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/eurosport-player-back-at-ps1999-for-a-year-3680261 I dunno if it's worth a punt? I wonder if Eurosport will live broadcast Speedway on the Player during events like the Tennis and Olympics etc. Expires 21/03/21

He can't even stay on a sledge

We, in Leicester, have been under restrictions since March of last year and even when the rest of the country "re-opened" we didn't, with reports of higher levels of vaccine hesitancy in the city I think we'll be one of the last city's to have restrictions lifted. I hope that is by the 1st of May but judging by what's happened over the last year I can't see it.

Agreed, I think it'd be more prudent for clubs to run their own regional competitions and open meetings this season, much like what happens in Australia and the USA. They don't have TV contracts to fulfil though.

I agree, makes you wonder whether British Speedway will start something they possibly can't finish then... I wonder if there's a plan?

Just heard on the radio, the government are briefing the media that fans will be allowed back to sporting events from June. I wonder if the sport will push the season back by 1 month or try and run behind closed doors for a month?

Listened to them all so far... most enjoyable, thanks!

It seems that most people on here don't have the vision of what an app could be. One should be developed and aimed at kids, not as a replacement programme for the adults. How many times have you been at a Speedway meeting and the kids (fans of tomorrow) are just disinterested in what's going on, mainly during the long gaps between races and they just charge around annoying everybody else around them. You only have to look at the success of apps like Pokemon Go and the possibilities of augmented reality. These apps can be highly addictive and what's better than having the fans of tomorrow addicted to a night at the Speedway, for whatever reason. Obviously these things don't come cheap, so it'll probably never happen unless Poland do it and it can be translated into English.

Good point... Well made, 85 then. I was at both... Distant fading memory now

1990 I think by the look of the sponsors on the boards

Steve Worral?

I think it's in the same storage unit as the roof for the Odsal superdome

Other than the thread having the word random in it I would disagree "Post a heat of speedway off YouTube etc! Doesn't have to be a clasic. Don't give away the result of that race! If we want to know, we'll have to watch it (unless obvious)."

Who's he being replaced by? David East?

Hmm... Remains to be seen if they stand up in court if challenged