Kings Lynn 2023

[LisaColette]

7 hours ago, Bald Bloke said:

Nooooo.. Not Poole 

hehehe 

6 hours ago, magnificentseven said:

I've heard rumours of Poole not operating at all

I guess a lot depends on what the council are doing with the regeneration of Poole.

6 hours ago, FromBendThree said:

I’ve heard rumours of Poole moving to Arlington. No idea if it is true but long ago Wimbledon decamped to Sussex.

Wimbledon a lot nearer to Sussex then Poole! 

3 hours ago, noaksey said:

I've heard a rumour about Poole but it's certainly not this one. 

Do tell! 

[Panther1997]

https://twitter.com/KLSpeedway/status/1669266140986593280?s=20

 

The whispers were true then. Jakobsen leaves

Edited June 15, 2023 by Panther1997

[StarBoy]

17 minutes ago, Panther1997 said:

https://twitter.com/KLSpeedway/status/1669266140986593280?s=20

 

The whispers were true then. Jakobsen leaves

Won't be long until Tarasenko leaves Peterborough as well (if he even makes it over here). Seems like the GKM Grudziadz mafia are having their way this season. Surprised they haven't stopped Fricke already as well. 

[InTheDeepStuff]

3 minutes ago, StarBoy said:

Won't be long until Tarasenko leaves Peterborough as well (if he even makes it over here). Seems like the GKM Grudziadz mafia are having their way this season. Surprised they haven't stopped Fricke already as well. 

Seems to be if you’re riding OK for Grudziadz they give you the ‘freedom’ to ride where you want, if you’re not scoring well then you’re grounded and it’s Polska only be that for training or meetings.  If they just had this sort of rule for the Poles only you’d sort of have to accept us as PZM/Ekstraliga give out the agreement to ride abroad, but should have no control on the foreigners. Suppose it just shows they pay the £££ they run the show 

[Gasser90]

Sad sad state of affairs at lynn and pboro, you can be sure that they will be the bottom two teams in the league and at this stage I would say it’s highly unlikely they will both come to the tapes next year, British speedway is slowly dying. Such a shame for the sport in east anglia 

[StarBoy]

4 minutes ago, 4BM said:

Seems to be if you’re riding OK for Grudziadz they give you the ‘freedom’ to ride where you want, if you’re not scoring well then you’re grounded and it’s Polska only be that for training or meetings.  If they just had this sort of rule for the Poles only you’d sort of have to accept us as PZM/Ekstraliga give out the agreement to ride abroad, but should have no control on the foreigners. Suppose it just shows they pay the £££ they run the show 

Just a sorry state of affairs for British speedway. I don't see riders being 'forced' to leave their Swedish commitments. Aspirations to join Poland as a leading speedway nation are just farcical

[StarBoy]

2 minutes ago, Gasser90 said:

Sad sad state of affairs at lynn and pboro, you can be sure that they will be the bottom two teams in the league and at this stage I would say it’s highly unlikely they will both come to the tapes next year, British speedway is slowly dying. Such a shame for the sport in east anglia 

I think you'll definitely see Lynn at tapes as Buster makes a small fortune as stadium owner and renting it out for Bangers/Stocks. Whether they'll be in the premiership or not is another question...

[SuperStarsFan91]

Picko obviously coming straight back in for Fred then

[Speedtiger]

What a shambles but no surprise as Chapman couldn’t run a drinks party in a brewery! I feel sorry for loyal Star fans who deserve better than this incompetent clown. He was useless at the BSPA together with the equally stupid Mr Godfrey and clearly at KL and Pboro…what a depressing state of affairs these clubs are now in, all down to Chapmans disastrous mismanagement. The sooner Chapman gets out of speedway the better. 

[JoeW436]

1 hour ago, 4BM said:

Seems to be if you’re riding OK for Grudziadz they give you the ‘freedom’ to ride where you want, if you’re not scoring well then you’re grounded and it’s Polska only be that for training or meetings.  If they just had this sort of rule for the Poles only you’d sort of have to accept us as PZM/Ekstraliga give out the agreement to ride abroad, but should have no control on the foreigners. Suppose it just shows they pay the £££ they run the show 

Unfortunately they’ve found some form and Leszno have been ravaged by injury so looks like they will survive relegation.

 

I was shocked Jakobson had an Ekstraliga ride in the first place, never rated him.

[Mimmo]

25 minutes ago, Speedtiger said:

What a shambles but no surprise as Chapman couldn’t run a drinks party in a brewery! I feel sorry for loyal Star fans who deserve better than this incompetent clown. He was useless at the BSPA together with the equally stupid Mr Godfrey and clearly at KL and Pboro…what a depressing state of affairs these clubs are now in, all down to Chapmans disastrous mismanagement. The sooner Chapman gets out of speedway the better. 

If it hadn't been for Buster saving the club back in the 90's, we might not have had speedway in Norfolk since that time. So we've got a lot to thank him for.

[Noodles]

39 minutes ago, Speedtiger said:

What a shambles but no surprise as Chapman couldn’t run a drinks party in a brewery! I feel sorry for loyal Star fans who deserve better than this incompetent clown. He was useless at the BSPA together with the equally stupid Mr Godfrey and clearly at KL and Pboro…what a depressing state of affairs these clubs are now in, all down to Chapmans disastrous mismanagement. The sooner Chapman gets out of speedway the better. 

Peterborough yes but King's Lynn's mess is down to Alex and Dale.

[Speedtiger]

34 minutes ago, Noodles said:

Peterborough yes but King's Lynn's mess is down to Alex and Dale.

Chapman owns the clubs and he is responsible full stop. 

[Bagpuss]

1 hour ago, Speedtiger said:

What a shambles but no surprise as Chapman couldn’t run a drinks party in a brewery! I feel sorry for loyal Star fans who deserve better than this incompetent clown. He was useless at the BSPA together with the equally stupid Mr Godfrey and clearly at KL and Pboro…what a depressing state of affairs these clubs are now in, all down to Chapmans disastrous mismanagement. The sooner Chapman gets out of speedway the better. 

With all due respect you are clueless. Mr Chapman isn't particularly my cup of tea and I fully understand why you and others dislike him, however he essentially saved the club in 1992, 1996, 2003 and again in 2023. The club could have been long extinct but for him. 

[Speedtiger]

49 minutes ago, Mimmo said:

If it hadn't been for Buster saving the club back in the 90's, we might not have had speedway in Norfolk since that time. So we've got a lot to thank him for.

That’s all well and good but that doesn’t excuse Chapman for his total incompetence in overseeing the demise of speedway during his time at BSPA and with what is happening at KL and Boro now! He’s is utterly useless and true fans will realise that… they are not stupid. 

[Bagpuss]

1 minute ago, Speedtiger said:

That’s all well and good but that doesn’t excuse Chapman for his total incompetence in overseeing the demise of speedway during his time at BSPA and with what is happening at KL and Boro now! He’s is utterly useless and true fans will realise that… they are not stupid. 

So you think Alex Brady left King's Lynn because of Keith Chapman? Like I said you are clueless.

[Speedtiger]

39 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

So you think Alex Brady left King's Lynn because of Keith Chapman? Like I said you are clueless.

I didn’t suggest that at all. I understand Brady left for “personal” reasons. What I do say is Chapman owns KL and as such he can not avoid his responsibilities. 

[TTT]

3 hours ago, Gasser90 said:

Sad sad state of affairs at lynn and pboro, you can be sure that they will be the bottom two teams in the league and at this stage I would say it’s highly unlikely they will both come to the tapes next year, British speedway is slowly dying. Such a shame for the sport in east anglia 

I agree.

[DizzAssStar]

4 hours ago, Gasser90 said:

 British speedway is slowly dying. Such a shame for the sport in east anglia 

Slowly dying ..... yes absolutely, but not just over the last 5 - 10 years as many now seem to think ! 

Take a look at how many teams were competing in DIv 1 and 2 around 30 - 40 years ago ....... British Speeday had its "time in the sun" during the 70's - 90's and has unfortunately been in a state of decline ever since,  soon to be nothing other than an amateur sport in UK.

[Daniel Smith]

1 minute ago, DizzAssStar said:

Slowly dying ..... yes absolutely, but not just over the last 5 - 10 years as many now seem to think ! 

Take a look at how many teams were competing in DIv 1 and 2 around 30 - 40 years ago ....... British Speeday had its "time in the sun" during the 70's - 90's and has unfortunately been in a state of decline ever since,  soon to be nothing other than an amateur sport in UK.

Absolutely this. The demise I'd exactly pinpoint to when SkySports came on board. No blame at all is to be put on them by the way, it was the promoters just totally mismanaged the whole thing, over paying rider's, not securing their own stadia etc. Zero future planning went in to the sport to which it really should have hit it's peak.

Current 80's standard stadia conditions, mismanagement etc the sport remains as a £10-£15 sport but due to economics the price has to be higher. 

British Speedway is now in a rock n' a hard place in balancing VFM & unfortunately, it's no longer in the favour of the fan.