frigbo

I for one would rather the same set of riders representing a team each meeting - irrespective of nationality. Don't kid yourself that there isn't still a decent smattering of "journeyman foreigners" in our leagues and if you could point out those riders "committed to British Speedway" that would be interesting to see.

None of those doubled uo and were Swindon riders for the period they were in our team. The old shared position for doubling up was vaguely sensible in comparison to the utter farce that prevails now. I'm frankly shocked that there is a section of people on here who actually support what is virtually two leagues of the same riders mixed up and given different team names. No wonder the league gap has closed - they're almost the same blokes competing in both!

Tony O'Donnell?

Good point. If only I wasn't on me 'olidays mate!!

To be fair, the Swindon team line-up has been pretty consistent. My issue is more around the numerous select sides that have rolled up pretending to be the away team. Having said that, I do have a fundamental dislike of the concept of any rider having more than one fuĺl-time UK team place - it simply has no place in any sport in my view.

Neal Watson was also killed at King's Lynn in 1984.

Swindon v Garry May Select. Another farce of a meeting

Me for one - although it is the amount of meetings riders miss and facilities to cover that is the real issue for me

The main difference in the past is very few doubling up riders were in the declared 1-7 of both teams. I can just about stomach div 2 riders filling in for top flight teams but the current situation is nothing more than a circus of riders in a different costume as it suits their needs.

In a nutshell this captured why I no longer go. Another long term fan sick of the sport being run to suit nobody but the riders.

Horrific crash. Carter clipped Gary Chessell when he fell and basically rode straight into the fence and ended up slumped on his bike wrapped in the wire meshing - so lucky to miss the uprights.

Classic Jim Lynch. Loses his team the meeting with absolute ineptitude!!

Please someone teach Pearson the rules!

What a collection of team manager cock-ups these last few heats have been!

ok. That's the confusion. cheers

Great work from the Mighty Rosco Get well soon Dany

Andersson rode for Glasgow in 1968 I believe.

1978 and 1976 were the years that saw an influx of mediocre or 'past their best' Poles. Although his record for Swindon was woeful at the time, later form suggested Raba would have probably come good. He was a little unlucky as he got injured which meant he actually only appered in one BL heat at home, with his other four matches all being away. I would agree that Proch was the best of the '76 group by some distance.

That particular feature is desperate. I assume it's trying to portray speedway as cool by having such 'famous' followers.

Apart from obvious ones like Craven and Ronnie Moore, I would like to have seen Tadeusz Teodorowicz.

Craven (based on what I've read) Collins Lee Woffinden Loram

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1148/arnold-haley

Briggs Fundin Mauger Olsen Michanek Collins Lee Muller Gundersen Nielsen Jonsson Pwdersen Jan Havelock Ermolenko Rickardsson Hamill Hancock Crump Loram Pedersen Nicki Gollob Holder Woffinden

He had a big pile-up with Per Jonsson and Jan Andersson in the opening meeting of 1988 against Getingarna. He broke a wrist and dislocated a shoulder, it definitely made him a more circumspect rider from then on,

Jimmy was pretty raw when he first came over and was edge-of-the-seat stuff. He did become pretty dull from the late eighties onwards and was pretty reliant on his gating. He was also somewhat embarrassing to watch at Exeter (bar one standout meeting)