Birmingham v Leicester Mon 25th August PL2

[stevebrum]

A loose sold out announcement was an even bigger catastrophe.

Not being able to say goodbye to my local club I won’t forget for those responsible.

[Beowulf]

I was there at 7:00 pm and programmes were sold out. Who would have thought that there would be increased demand for this meeting ?😲

Having said that they were giving out free racecards so kudos for that.

I hope every Brummie fan that wanted a programme, got one. As a Wolves fan I'm not too fussed.

The West Midlands is now a speedway desert. Who could have imagined that back in the 80's/90's ? Perhaps there is a glimmer of hope in that tracks like Leicester, Oxford and Workington have made a come back.

 

[P T Preece]

Well that is that, another team bites the dust. Its a shame we couldent have got a better result, Rew, Paco getting a win  each was nice, as always Paco the king of Perry barr what a perfct team man.

Musielak scum, the crowd, leaches come out to play where were you when we needed you, rot in hell the lot of you.

 

[cowboy cookie returns?]

7 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

No excuse for that performance tonight, it was woeful but it kind of didn’t matter in the grand scheme of things,the council again proving they are tossers, shutting the doors and turning people away after 1500 fans, saw lots of old faces there tonight, where have you been all year ? Really felt like where do we go from here as a sport ? And at this point I don’t know and I don’t have the faith in the people running it either, it really felt like a funeral tonight and not just for Birmingham speedway 

Unfortunately Dean I think you are right. The writing is on the wall for the whole of uk speedway. 
 

A very sad state of affairs that the sport finds its self in. A shadow of its former self & light years away from the Torun v Wroclaw match on Sunday.

I really hope that a way can be found to turn the fortunes but I believe it’s to late.

 

[Col]

On 8/26/2025 at 12:58 AM, Beowulf said:

I was there at 7:00 pm

I thought you maybe there and kept a look out but I didn't see you.  Fairly dismal dusty affair, no sign of a water bowser perhaps it has been flogged along with photos at the top of stairs and the screens in the bar which were absent on Monday.
Two passes I can think of.  Zagar in heat 4 blasting around the outside of a Lions reserve and Hagon yielding first place meekly to Becker in heat 8 after he'd done well to hold his ground entering the first turn being the meat in a sandwich and shoving Becker wide.
In fairness to Musielak he tried absolutely everything to get past Howarth in heat 9/10 inside, outside, cut back but the track was so dry & dusty he just couldn't find a way past.
I'll not shed any tears over the loss of Perry Barr, any affection I had for it was 20ish years ago in the time of Lyons & Mole.  The track hasn't been the same in the past 6 years, almost always dusty without much passing, the terracing is not steep enough so the view is limited and that 'Bus Stop' that has been erected next to the gate makes viewing even more difficult.  But the fact that Cradley, Coventry, Wolves & Brummies are no longer operating means my nearest track is Leicester which is an hours drive away only if traffic obliges.  Sheffield & Belle Vue and to a lesser extent Oxford are do-able there and back in a day but that's all.  Sad times for the West Midlands.
 

[kitten2502]

1 hour ago, Col said:

 perhaps it has been flogged along with photos at the top of stairs 

 

My understanding is the photos were taken down and have been/will be handed to the riders/family.