Speedway 360 podcast

[SteveArena]

Cheers TDM.  Will listen to it later sounds interesting.

[IainB]

Just listened to Rob Godfrey in full...

Fair play to the host who asked all the right questions (eventually 😉) and also to Godfrey for responding to them.

That's all I'm going to say about it really as there was a lot of "there's a lot going on behind the scenes" which I've heard too many times before in this sport only for nothing to materialise. Not filled with confidence when Godfrey couldn't even remember the name of the former MP that has joined SFL and he kept referring to SFL as "them" when he's on the board! Like I've said before Godfrey does a fine job at Scunny but should be nowhere near the top table of Speedway in the UK.

[gjcone44]

11 minutes ago, IainB said:

Fair play to the host who asked all the right questions (eventually 😉)

took him 5 mins 😁 to ask his 1st question

[SteveArena]

RG was good but him and Lambert's interaction was annyoing blowing smoke up each others backsides when no one else gives a toss.

[Bagpuss]

2 hours ago, IainB said:

Just listened to Rob Godfrey in full...

Fair play to the host who asked all the right questions (eventually 😉) and also to Godfrey for responding to them.

That's all I'm going to say about it really as there was a lot of "there's a lot going on behind the scenes" which I've heard too many times before in this sport only for nothing to materialise. Not filled with confidence when Godfrey couldn't even remember the name of the former MP that has joined SFL and he kept referring to SFL as "them" when he's on the board! Like I've said before Godfrey does a fine job at Scunny but should be nowhere near the top table of Speedway in the UK.

He doesn't come across as the most professional or polished administrator does he? As you say forgetting names of key people for something which has been going on a fair while is pretty poor.

However I'm an optimist (a cautious one seeing as its British Speedway we are talking about) so my glass is half full regarding what could happen in the near future. We shall see.

[marko]

Good interview and fair play to Rob for agreeing to do it, you could tell he was not very comfortable and that's no doubt because he thinks the speedway fan base is against him.

Make no mistake about it he has made decisions before that adversely affected my club when they were around BUT i still want what is best for the sport and i want it to succeed so i want Rob and all involved in the running of it to succeed too.

Even if fans don't all agree with the way forward, we all we want the sport to grow.

[TB1]

A reasonable interview but unfortunately lacking in substance. Now that could be for contractual reasons but who knows. Either way we are all left scratching our heads I feel.

Edited 7 hours ago by TB1

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

Couple of interesting points said by Godfrey, sport England are there to help - not true don’t want anything to do with speedway and the bspl and speedway futures are here to help any track get up and running - not true don’t reply and when they finally do no help at all (individuals with the sport are helpful)and speedway futures were asked by cradley for a supporting letter signed by Redknapp to help with their dealings with the council- didnt even get a reply and as I stated on an earlier podcast that the consultants that are working with cradley to find a track said they couldn’t believe that cradley had got so far without the help of the governing body whatsoever, that statement alone speaks volumes 

Edited 7 hours ago by THE DEAN MACHINE

[IainB]

1 hour ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Couple of interesting points said by Godfrey, sport England are there to help - not true don’t want anything to do with speedway and the bspl and speedway futures are here to help any track get up and running - not true don’t reply and when they finally do no help at all (individuals with the sport are helpful)and speedway futures were asked by cradley for a supporting letter signed by Redknapp to help with their dealings with the council- didnt even get a reply and as I stated on an earlier podcast that the consultants that are working with cradley to find a track said they couldn’t believe that cradley had got so far without the help of the governing body whatsoever, that statement alone speaks volumes 

What struck me was he said if anybody came to them for help it would be forthcoming, surely the BSPL should be proactively approaching any prospective speedway operations and offering them help, they shouldn't need to be asking for it. 

Edited 5 hours ago by IainB

[TB1]

37 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Couple of interesting points said by Godfrey, sport England are there to help - not true don’t want anything to do with speedway and the bspl and speedway futures are here to help any track get up and running - not true don’t reply and when they finally do no help at all (individuals with the sport are helpful)and speedway futures were asked by cradley for a supporting letter signed by Redknapp to help with their dealings with the council- didnt even get a reply and as I stated on an earlier podcast that the consultants that are working with cradley to find a track said they couldn’t believe that cradley had got so far without the help of the governing body whatsoever, that statement alone speaks volumes 

Dean when your next on can you address the viewers with a set nail clippers close up lol 😆 

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

8 minutes ago, TB1 said:

Dean when your next on can you address the viewers with a set nail clippers close up lol 😆 

Not sure I’m going to be on anymore, I’ve spit my dummy out over not being asked on this week 😂 although I am slightly annoyed at not being asked on this week and how they went about it I’ve really had the wind knocked out of my sails over other things in speedway over the last few weeks and it’s really tested my love of the sport, I’m sure I’ll get over it at some point 

Edited 6 hours ago by THE DEAN MACHINE

[frigbo]

Started listening but got bored pretty quickly - lots of words with little substance.

Godfrey was far from convincing.

[Racin Jason 72]

On 1/24/2026 at 10:18 AM, IainB said:

Just listened to Rob Godfrey in full...

Fair play to the host who asked all the right questions (eventually 😉) and also to Godfrey for responding to them.

That's all I'm going to say about it really as there was a lot of "there's a lot going on behind the scenes" which I've heard too many times before in this sport only for nothing to materialise. Not filled with confidence when Godfrey couldn't even remember the name of the former MP that has joined SFL and he kept referring to SFL as "them" when he's on the board! Like I've said before Godfrey does a fine job at Scunny but should be nowhere near the top table of Speedway in the UK.

Spot on ! 
my worry is that the strategy for SFL is to find a wealthy fool and in exchange for his or her money we will change the sport to their wishes   
surely put a credible two league structure in place with promotion and relegation.  Play offs to decide who gets promoted in championship. And play offs in premiership to decide who gets relegated. 
who comes top wins the league in both divisions. 
begin to phase out doubling up by only allowing riders who are living in the uk to double up. 
once you achieve this you can then get tv interested again with lots of meaningful fixtures 

[IainB]

1 hour ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

Spot on ! 
my worry is that the strategy for SFL is to find a wealthy fool and in exchange for his or her money we will change the sport to their wishes   
surely put a credible two league structure in place with promotion and relegation.  Play offs to decide who gets promoted in championship. And play offs in premiership to decide who gets relegated. 
who comes top wins the league in both divisions. 
begin to phase out doubling up by only allowing riders who are living in the uk to double up. 
once you achieve this you can then get tv interested again with lots of meaningful fixtures 

Godfrey said doubling up was here to stay and he could never see it ending... just the kind of vision you want from your leader 😂

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

Godfrey gave the forum a mention anyway even if it not in a good way but then again why would someone who runs a sport be interested in anything the people who pay for it have to say 

[mikebv]

4 hours ago, IainB said:

What struck me was he said if anybody came to them for help it would be forthcoming, surely the BSPL should be proactively approaching any prospective speedway operations and offering them help, they shouldn't need to be asking for it. 

It's an "umbrella" organisation that isn't...

Far too many vested interests, far too much self policing, far too much "what about me?", far too many disparate businesses, wanting far too many disparate things from their sport..

Any leadership of any sport should be independent, and given powers by the stakeholders to run the thing, after consultation which sets, and agrees, the business and operating plan.

The independent body/person then just implements the policies agreed..

UK Speedway cannot move on when so much is diluted, fudged, and changed to suit disaffected individuals who want adhoc changes made due to circumstances, just to suit their own agenda..

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

5 minutes ago, mikebv said:

It's an "umbrella" organisation that isn't...

Far too many vested interests, far too much self policing, far too much "what about me?", far too many disparate businesses, wanting far too many disparate things from their sport..

Any leadership of any sport should be independent, and given powers by the stakeholders to run the thing, after consultation which sets, and agrees, the business and operating plan.

The independent body/person then just implements the policies agreed..

UK Speedway cannot move on when so much is diluted, fudged, and changed to suit disaffected individuals who want adhoc changes made due to circumstances, just to suit their own agenda..

But as Godfrey says speedway futures are the completely independent organisation who will be running the sport going forward and they are completely independent with only Godfrey and lemon in it who are not independent 

[mikebv]

18 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

But as Godfrey says speedway futures are the completely independent organisation who will be running the sport going forward and they are completely independent with only Godfrey and lemon in it who are not independent 

Like Triggers brush...

He used exactly the same one for 20 years..

Except for the 14 replacement handles and 17 replacement heads..

[Racin Jason 72]

2 hours ago, IainB said:

Godfrey said doubling up was here to stay and he could never see it ending... just the kind of vision you want from your leader 😂

And we don’t need more fixtures because I’ve filled my calendar with stock car meetings which would have been staged at Bradford. Sorry I mean because the second time teams came our crowds were down. 
which had nothing to do with us being bottom of the league 

[mikebv]

2 hours ago, IainB said:

Godfrey said doubling up was here to stay and he could never see it ending... just the kind of vision you want from your leader 😂

I think I, and countless others, can ultimately see it ending....