Poole v Glasgow, 15/10/25, Glasgow v Poole, 17/10/25 Championship Final

[Neila]

27 minutes ago, snapper said:

What was the reason for the extra £2 on admission prices last night 

Greed but it's not only Poole who do it 

[Robinh88]

5 hours ago, foreverblue said:

What occasion was this then? Dont remember him ever doing that. 

Totally agree he was a pleasure to watch.

On tv he refused to be interview when he off

[foreverblue]

5 minutes ago, Robinh88 said:

On tv he refused to be interview when he off

Not sure I understand unless you mean when he left due to personal reasons, having problems at home, nothing to do with the Poole track.

[SteveLyric2]

39 minutes ago, snapper said:

What was the reason for the extra £2 on admission prices last night 

Maybe to break even on the season and/or help towards the new airfence for 2026.

[foreverblue]

10 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Maybe to break even on the season and/or help towards the new airfence for 2026.

Personally I dont see any problem with paying extra for a grand final, I am sure many clubs fans would only be too happy to pay extra for a grand final.

[Youhave2minutes]

17 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Personally I dont see any problem with paying extra for a grand final, I am sure many clubs fans would only be too happy to pay extra for a grand final.

Rip off

[Gazc]

1 hour ago, snapper said:

What was the reason for the extra £2 on admission prices last night 

Shale is expensive.

[SteelShoe]

1 hour ago, SteveLyric2 said:

A Wembley football final is a neutral venue.

In a 2-legged speedway final, the 2nd leg track has an advantage if it goes to a Superheat so the 1st leg track will do what is best for its riders to gain as big a points advantage as it can.!

Perhaps a neutral venue for the league final playoff over one meeting with a pre determined number of heats should be a consideration. It would certainly help ameliorate the situation when one of the teams has a much larger home advantage.

A Superheat is not a good way to decide a league title in my opinion.

[JanAndersen]

Glasgow fans moaning about another track? Well i never. However did the sport cope until the panacea racetrack at Springburn was born?
 

Some of the Tigers -appear to have become the self-appointed protectors of ‘proper speedway’. They need to get over themselves a bit. 

[LisaColette]

With all this breathtaking speedway will there be anyone conscience to see who wins? 👀🤷‍♀️

 

 

[damosuzuki]

Both stands sold out, I'm buzzing. Arrived early and you should be able to get a seat on the back straight cos it's gonna be mobbed. Hopefully the racing shows everyone how it's done.

[SharpenRake]

1 hour ago, JanAndersen said:

Glasgow fans moaning about another track? Well i never. However did the sport cope until the panacea racetrack at Springburn was born?
 

Some of the Tigers -appear to have become the self-appointed protectors of ‘proper speedway’. They need to get over themselves a bit. 

The only other track I've heard Glasgow fans moan about is Armadale and they've been moaning about it for years win, lose or draw. To be fair many still go to support the team even though they know its not proper speedway

[Gazc]

16 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

With all this breathtaking speedway will there be anyone conscience to see who wins? 👀🤷‍♀️

 

9 hours ago, LisaColette said:

With all this breathtaking speedway will there be anyone conscience to see who wins? 👀🤷‍♀️

 

 

That would be conscious Lisa.

[SharpenRake]

Was lucky enough to be at a recording of the new Mastermind series. Clive Myrie ( question master): What can't speedway riders do at Poole Speedway? Contestant: Pass. Clive Myrie: correct.

[SJA]

13 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Not for us Poole fans, who were the paying customers last night. As I said earlier, I doubt a Poole fan left the stadium last night disappointed in the racing.  It’s a final. It’s all about winning.

And this makes my point perfectly that the Poole Promotion prepare a track to give their fans what they want which in turn maximises their gate revenue.

[Wee Eck]

The anti-Poole rhetoric on here is as predictable as it is disappointing. The Poole management put together a team, and a track, designed to provide their loyal supporters with a winning team, but not just at home but away. 
I first went to Poole maybe 25 years ago and thought the racing was largely processional then but realised that, as long as it was Poole riders leading the procession, then the home support was happy.

Matt Ford has a winning mentality and that shows through with both team and business success. His only year of losses was when he was forced to run on Thursdays and he found the resolution to that. He has proved he is not afraid to run in the top league. And often win it, so the decision to drop a league was sensible not cowardly. 
 

For too long, British speedway has supported the weakest teams and where has that got us? Dwindling crowds, fewer tracks and increased prices. The sport needs more teams like Poole who will improve the product not keep reducing what’s on offer. 
 

Which brings us to Glasgow, the only other team in the league who sees the sport from a business perspective. Their route has been to improve the customer experience by investing in the stadium, the team, the track. They must have the lowest average age of supporter though there’s still plenty of room for the long term fan. With the number of children attending, I’d guess the average age is closer to 40 rather than 60+ at many tracks. And that approach is paying off with the team consistently towards the top in performance. And, in my view, if you had to rank what is important to a regular supporter, then performance beats racing. I don’t support those that say they only want to see good racing - not if it means your team is regularly beaten you don’t! You only need to look at the crowd levels this year at tracks perceived as providing good racing but who’ve regularly lost at home. 
 

From a neutral’s perspective, these are the two teams that deserve to be admired, maybe even envied rather than being attacked. Both provide a product their supporters want and both see dividends through the turnstiles. If only there were more like them
 

 

[SteveLyric2]

13 hours ago, Youhave2minutes said:

Rip off

What? Like Glasgow's usual prices for a seat!?😉

And they own their own stadium so get ALL the income!!

Edited 12 hours ago by SteveLyric2

[scunny1]

16 minutes ago, Wee Eck said:

The anti-Poole rhetoric on here is as predictable as it is disappointing. The Poole management put together a team, and a track, designed to provide their loyal supporters with a winning team, but not just at home but away. 
I first went to Poole maybe 25 years ago and thought the racing was largely processional then but realised that, as long as it was Poole riders leading the procession, then the home support was happy.

Matt Ford has a winning mentality and that shows through with both team and business success. His only year of losses was when he was forced to run on Thursdays and he found the resolution to that. He has proved he is not afraid to run in the top league. And often win it, so the decision to drop a league was sensible not cowardly. 
 

For too long, British speedway has supported the weakest teams and where has that got us? Dwindling crowds, fewer tracks and increased prices. The sport needs more teams like Poole who will improve the product not keep reducing what’s on offer. 
 

Which brings us to Glasgow, the only other team in the league who sees the sport from a business perspective. Their route has been to improve the customer experience by investing in the stadium, the team, the track. They must have the lowest average age of supporter though there’s still plenty of room for the long term fan. With the number of children attending, I’d guess the average age is closer to 40 rather than 60+ at many tracks. And that approach is paying off with the team consistently towards the top in performance. And, in my view, if you had to rank what is important to a regular supporter, then performance beats racing. I don’t support those that say they only want to see good racing - not if it means your team is regularly beaten you don’t! You only need to look at the crowd levels this year at tracks perceived as providing good racing but who’ve regularly lost at home. 
 

From a neutral’s perspective, these are the two teams that deserve to be admired, maybe even envied rather than being attacked. Both provide a product their supporters want and both see dividends through the turnstiles. If only there were more like them
 

 

So one club is in middle of a huge city with a massive population and the other is a tourist town with 3 million visitors a year. Compare those to decimated towns like Redcar, Scunthorpe, Workington  and the clubs do not have the wealthy backers, or the  cash positive population.

If I won the lottery, I would put money into my club and attract the best riders, as it is I'm envious of the top two teams success, but win or lose, I will still be standing on the freezing terraces watching my team.

[Bagpuss]

21 minutes ago, Wee Eck said:

The anti-Poole rhetoric on here is as predictable as it is disappointing. The Poole management put together a team, and a track, designed to provide their loyal supporters with a winning team, but not just at home but away. 
I first went to Poole maybe 25 years ago and thought the racing was largely processional then but realised that, as long as it was Poole riders leading the procession, then the home support was happy.

Matt Ford has a winning mentality and that shows through with both team and business success. His only year of losses was when he was forced to run on Thursdays and he found the resolution to that. He has proved he is not afraid to run in the top league. And often win it, so the decision to drop a league was sensible not cowardly. 
 

For too long, British speedway has supported the weakest teams and where has that got us? Dwindling crowds, fewer tracks and increased prices. The sport needs more teams like Poole who will improve the product not keep reducing what’s on offer. 
 

Which brings us to Glasgow, the only other team in the league who sees the sport from a business perspective. Their route has been to improve the customer experience by investing in the stadium, the team, the track. They must have the lowest average age of supporter though there’s still plenty of room for the long term fan. With the number of children attending, I’d guess the average age is closer to 40 rather than 60+ at many tracks. And that approach is paying off with the team consistently towards the top in performance. And, in my view, if you had to rank what is important to a regular supporter, then performance beats racing. I don’t support those that say they only want to see good racing - not if it means your team is regularly beaten you don’t! You only need to look at the crowd levels this year at tracks perceived as providing good racing but who’ve regularly lost at home. 
 

From a neutral’s perspective, these are the two teams that deserve to be admired, maybe even envied rather than being attacked. Both provide a product their supporters want and both see dividends through the turnstiles. If only there were more like them
 

 

Maybe its an anti crap speedway rhetoric. In my expereince that happens on here whatever the track if a meeting has been broadcast and its not good.

8 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

What? Like Glasgow's usual prices for a seat!?😉

And they own their own stadium so get ALL the income!!

Which is completely different to charging more than you usually would for the other dozen or so meetungd if the season. Bit of a kick in the teeth IMO.

[Fromafar]

38 minutes ago, Wee Eck said:

The anti-Poole rhetoric on here is as predictable as it is disappointing. The Poole management put together a team, and a track, designed to provide their loyal supporters with a winning team, but not just at home but away. 
I first went to Poole maybe 25 years ago and thought the racing was largely processional then but realised that, as long as it was Poole riders leading the procession, then the home support was happy.

Matt Ford has a winning mentality and that shows through with both team and business success. His only year of losses was when he was forced to run on Thursdays and he found the resolution to that. He has proved he is not afraid to run in the top league. And often win it, so the decision to drop a league was sensible not cowardly. 
 

For too long, British speedway has supported the weakest teams and where has that got us? Dwindling crowds, fewer tracks and increased prices. The sport needs more teams like Poole who will improve the product not keep reducing what’s on offer. 
 

Which brings us to Glasgow, the only other team in the league who sees the sport from a business perspective. Their route has been to improve the customer experience by investing in the stadium, the team, the track. They must have the lowest average age of supporter though there’s still plenty of room for the long term fan. With the number of children attending, I’d guess the average age is closer to 40 rather than 60+ at many tracks. And that approach is paying off with the team consistently towards the top in performance. And, in my view, if you had to rank what is important to a regular supporter, then performance beats racing. I don’t support those that say they only want to see good racing - not if it means your team is regularly beaten you don’t! You only need to look at the crowd levels this year at tracks perceived as providing good racing but who’ve regularly lost at home. 
 

From a neutral’s perspective, these are the two teams that deserve to be admired, maybe even envied rather than being attacked. Both provide a product their supporters want and both see dividends through the turnstiles. If only there were more like them
 

 

Well said.