What will 2026 UK speedway bring?

[1 valve]

4 hours ago, ouch said:

Poole finished with one rider over 8 this year so aside from the decades used points limit, they will done nothing to share out league strength. 

And he doubled up with a Prem team this year, who apparently he is leaving for 2026 and currently looking for another Prem team...so it will be interesting to see who he actually rides for if one league comes to fruition

[Weeyin]

14 hours ago, TTT said:

Grading system doesn't protect them either.

The best riders on 8+, 7+ and 6+ GSA's will still all be signed up by the PREM Clubs.

 

Just throwing something together as an example say 1 Rider on 8+, 7+ and 6+ Per Team.

KING'S LYNN We'll have Harris, Rowe and Kerr

IPSWICH We'll have King, Nicholls and Jenkins

LEICESTER We'll have D. Thompson, Howarth and N. Morris

 

That's the problem here, A handful of Teams will be struggling to put a side together that's anywhere near satisfactory.

Bottom line is.....Too Many Teams and Not Enough Good Riders to go around.

I think you would find that Harris would choose Glasgow

[TTT]

31 minutes ago, Weeyin said:

I think you would find that Harris would choose Glasgow

That's the mentaility all Poole and Glasgow fans will have when it comes to their riders because they've gotten their own way with other CHAMP Clubs in the 2nd Tier for a good few years.

Riders will ride for whoever offers them the most money as they'll have no choice but to maximise income especially someone of Bomber Harris' age who'd be losing Thousands of Pounds by being put out of a PREM Place due to One Big League.

Bomber Harris is pencilled in for a PREM place at King's Lynn so if Buster want's him in One Big League then Buster will have him as he'll be saving a fortune on rumoured riders like Fricke and Kvech.

PREM Clubs will have so many funds freed up to use on the Best of British and this is where the knock on effect comes into play for CHAMP Clubs if the PREM collapses.

Edited 8 hours ago by TTT

[TB1]

1 hour ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Couldn’t care less what Harris or king or any rider thinks he needs, this is about the future of speedway, its currently is broke, can’t pay its debts off and if it carry’s on the same path Harris and the rest will have to get a job in B&M  or Asda let alone have to reduce their income,it’s a tough old world out there and it’s time the riders started to feel it 

Dean Machine needs the world's biggest megaphone as people then may take note of what he's saying!

[TTT]

14 minutes ago, TB1 said:

Dean Machine needs the world's biggest megaphone as people then may take note of what he's saying!

Just take the Rory Schlein / Berwick situation last winter as a prime example to see how it will end.

Push riders like Danny King and Kyle Howarth away then it really is game over.

[Weeyin]

23 minutes ago, TTT said:

That's the mentaility all Poole and Glasgow fans will have when it comes to their riders because they've gotten their own way with other CHAMP Clubs in the 2nd Tier for a good few years.

Riders will ride for whoever offers them the most money as they'll have no choice but to maximise income especially someone of Bomber Harris' age who'd be losing Thousands of Pounds by being put out of a PREM Place due to One Big League.

Bomber Harris is pencilled in for a PREM place at King's Lynn so if Buster want's him in One Big League then Buster will have him as he'll be saving a fortune on rumoured riders like Fricke and Kvech.

PREM Clubs will have so many funds freed up to use on the Best of British and this is where the knock on effect comes into play for CHAMP Clubs if the PREM collapses.

You really are deluded. Bomber would always choose Glasgow first and as for finances,the Facennas have spent millions on Glasgow speedway, totally renovated the stadium, they sponsor team GB and other areas of speedway, they are planning another stand and hope to be able to get a GP at Glasgow. We have a young crowd with hundreds of kids each meeting. Yes we have the facilities for premiership speedway but will not change from a Friday night. We are now starting to make money which will be ploughed back into the club.

[TTT]

17 minutes ago, Weeyin said:

You really are deluded. Bomber would always choose Glasgow first and as for finances,the Facennas have spent millions on Glasgow speedway, totally renovated the stadium, they sponsor team GB and other areas of speedway, they are planning another stand and hope to be able to get a GP at Glasgow. We have a young crowd with hundreds of kids each meeting. Yes we have the facilities for premiership speedway but will not change from a Friday night. We are now starting to make money which will be ploughed back into the club.

Believe in what you want to believe. At the end of the day, Reality will just hit even harder.

Bomber will be out of pocket by Thousands of Pounds and he'll need to find a way to recoup that Money.

 

Example.

Buster to Bomber......I need a No.1, Here's an extra £1,500 a Night which would translate into £39,000 over 26 League Fixtures (1 H & 1 A in a 14 Team League) Earnings would see a further increase once you add on Cup Fixtures.

You really think he's going to say no when he's got a Family and a Retirement plan to think about?

 

Edited 7 hours ago by TTT

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

53 minutes ago, TB1 said:

Dean Machine needs the world's biggest megaphone as people then may take note of what he's saying!

I’ve got a big enough gob, so I’m told 😂

[poole keith]

Slightly pains me to admit how slow I've been to finally realise that TTT is the greatest wind-up merchant on the forum to keep this post going so actively is amazing,driving a losing argument for days is outstanding, well done.It also pains me to admit you've outgunned our own wind-up champion Mr shovvy

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

34 minutes ago, TTT said:

Just take the Rory Schlein / Berwick situation last winter as a prime example to see how it will end.

Push riders like Danny King and Kyle Howarth away then it really is game over.

No rider is bigger than the sport 

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

1 minute ago, poole keith said:

Slightly pains me to admit how slow I've been to finally realise that TTT is the greatest wind-up merchant on the forum to keep this post going so actively is amazing,driving a losing argument for days is outstanding, well done.It also pains me to admit you've outgunned our own wind-up champion Mr shovvy

TNT’s biggest problem is he struggles to think outside of foxhall heath 

[TTT]

7 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

No rider is bigger than the sport 

The Sport doesn't exist without Riders.

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

3 minutes ago, TTT said:

The Sport doesn't exist without Riders.

No what you mean is the sport doesn’t exist without the riders you want,There will always be riders, if the sport survives our next great rider might not even be born yet, riders come and go the only constant is the sport

[TTT]

9 minutes ago, poole keith said:

Slightly pains me to admit how slow I've been to finally realise that TTT is the greatest wind-up merchant on the forum to keep this post going so actively is amazing,driving a losing argument for days is outstanding, well done.It also pains me to admit you've outgunned our own wind-up champion Mr shovvy

I'm just being honest, Still if you believe in......

That One Big League will work when the Numbers clearly don't add up when it comes to Heat Leaders then so be it.

That PREM Clubs will play second fiddle to CHAMP Clubs by putting out teams with Craig Cook and Troy Batchelor @ No.1 then so be it.

[TTT]

10 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

No what you mean is the sport doesn’t exist without the riders you want,There will always be riders, if the sport survives our next great rider might not even be born yet, riders come and go the only constant is the sport

Got no chance of surviving tbh even I'll admit that.

Other than some of the British Youngsters that we've seen as part of the RS scheme at PREM level our last chance is Will Cairns and possibly Cooper Rushen.

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

2 minutes ago, TTT said:

Got no chance of surviving tbh even I'll admit that 

That’s the spirit 

[Aries]

Jesus H Christ. 
 

See you in January ffs 🙄

[Cross Roads]

Me to you me to you. Can The Governing body of this sport not see that they need a public statement ASAP high level summarising the challenges they are working through with other promotors and options they are finalising for next season and 2027 with the already widely commented Polish rules. 
 

God forbid they want to loose any more fans or entice new people with out of the box new ideas… farcical 

[TTT]

1 minute ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

That’s the spirit 

I don't like saying it, I'd love nothing more than to see it thriving again as it's the Best Sport in the World.

But as we all know, We live in a World where everything revolves around Money.

We need Barry Hearn or the Saudi's to help us out and neither of those are realistic.

[YeOldPitGate]

5 hours ago, Fortythirtyeight said:

No wind up, that’s it, TOTAL, TV money died with Sky.

If thats the case then maybe the loss of the tv deal is a nothing burger given its buttons.