IainB Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago 4 minutes ago, TB1 said: Steady on Iain! Too many questions causes confusion lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago 2 hours ago, IainB said: Was he asked about Northampton? Or Ipswich? Or tv coverage? Or SFL? Or why the NDL has been stripped back to bare bones? Personally I found it a hard watch, the interviewer rambles a bit, only got about 12 minutes in, but Godfrey did say a deal for Northampton was 90% done 😗 unless I picked it up wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago 2 hours ago, Bagpuss said: I think all of that was covered in various detail. He spoke mostly about Speedway Futures and the high hopes he has for it. Worth a listen. If those hopes came from anybody else other than the person that has led us to where we are today I'd be a bit more enthused... forgive me if I'm not 😢 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitch Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago 2 hours ago, therefused said: Would disagree with that, production is always fairly poor if you ask me Fair enough, which ones are better please. I will have to watch them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitch Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago 2 hours ago, IainB said: Was he asked about Northampton? Or Ipswich? Or tv coverage? Or SFL? Or why the NDL has been stripped back to bare bones? I think he was saying Northampton happening 90% Ipswich happening 99% Yes lost TV Coverage but should get it back in future, probably TNT again. SFL is looking very promising, goal is to get to Poland Levels. NDL 6 teams is about right for the amount of riders available. Should be 6 good teams. Disclaimer: This is what I interpreted he was saying. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chun Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago All about logistics isn’t it? Getting riders into and out of cheap airports. Northampton is well served in that regard and has a decent speedway catchment…pboro Coventry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago Is Brady Kurtz being held back for Northampton? If they do run they will need some "name" to try and generate some interest... A world No2 may just get that publicity... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago 3 hours ago, IainB said: Our main weapon is surprise!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 8 hours ago, mikebv said: Is Brady Kurtz being held back for Northampton? If they do run they will need some "name" to try and generate some interest... A world No2 may just get that publicity... Who else though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcone44 Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 8 hours ago, mikebv said: Is Brady Kurtz being held back for Northampton? If they do run they will need some "name" to try and generate some interest... A world No2 may just get that publicity... i hope not i like watching Kurtz round Bellevue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 9 hours ago, mikebv said: Is Brady Kurtz being held back for Northampton? If they do run they will need some "name" to try and generate some interest... A world No2 may just get that publicity... I thought that a while back but didn’t wanna be seen as ruffling a few Belle Vue feathers 😂 Perhaps there’s an agreement between all parties including Brady himself, that IF Northampton joined the party, he’d go there to give them the star name to start off with, otherwise if it didn’t come off he’d stay at Belle Vue. Could explain why Brady hasn’t been announced, and why they’ve held two places back until they know how many points left they’ll have to play with. Could be way off of course and he signed ages ago and they’re just dragging the announcement out! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Lidsey confirmed that he's been released by Belle Vue and he would've been a 100% certainty for Belle Vue if Brady Kurtz was leaving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellevueace Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 13 hours ago, Ray Stadia said: Mind you, lets face it, once you announce there will be no more speedway, attendance will understandably tail off. I remember the last season at Rayleigh, the gate was awful! Its ironic that when tracks host their last ever meeting the fans come out in force, i remember going to the last ever meeting at Stoke where the crowd packed it out the situation there was different but other tracks that have shut up shop probably wouldnt have if the last night crowd had been replicated on a more consistent basis. Be interesting to see if Northampton as a town get behind this new venture, maybe it might have a novelty appeal at first, its a huge investment to just bring in a team to make up the numbers this season. Out of interest did Rayleigh draw a crowd for their last ever meeting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted 55 minutes ago Report Share Posted 55 minutes ago 1 hour ago, bellevueace said: Its ironic that when tracks host their last ever meeting the fans come out in force, i remember going to the last ever meeting at Stoke where the crowd packed it out the situation there was different but other tracks that have shut up shop probably wouldnt have if the last night crowd had been replicated on a more consistent basis. Be interesting to see if Northampton as a town get behind this new venture, maybe it might have a novelty appeal at first, its a huge investment to just bring in a team to make up the numbers this season. Out of interest did Rayleigh draw a crowd for their last ever meeting? Yes Rayleigh did but the club was always well supported with the main stand usually full and the stand on the back straight had a good few with the 1st 2nd and 3rd bend embankments having a good smattering of supporters. Back in the day the local rivalries with Romford, Eastbourne, Canterbury, Crayford and Ipswich always guaranteed bumper crowds and on bank holidays whoever were the opponents you got good crowds. I still have some news paper cuttings with pictures of the action and the stands looking packed. I think back then because so many teams had characters riding you always looked forward to a protagonist visiting like Jack Milne, Brian Foote, Ted Hubbard, the Kennet brothers, Arthur Price and many more and that also tended to boost support. Probably a bit more tribal back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted 19 minutes ago Report Share Posted 19 minutes ago Northampton Nomads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted 3 minutes ago Report Share Posted 3 minutes ago (edited) 20 hours ago, topaz325 said: In Rob Godfrey latest interview he said some big surprises to come soon , Phil Morris working very hard behind the scenes a good interview on 360 speedway Only 15 minutes in and he’s comparing speedway to potentially doing something similar to Wrexham football club. The amount of delusion is absurd, I have no faith in anyone currently in position to get the sport out of the mess it finds itself in Edited 2 minutes ago by therefused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted 1 minute ago Report Share Posted 1 minute ago 16 minutes ago, Youhave2minutes said: Northampton Nomads. Based on predicted attendances…….Northampton Nomates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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