Belle Vue Aces 2026

[PhilTheAce]

57 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

Couldn't ever have been the case though could it?

No. Its a one horse race remember 

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3 hours ago, PhilTheAce said:

Your not even a Ipswich fan anyway. So again. Your points are pointless. 

In your opinion.

Personally I class myself as an Ipswich fan these days considering I've decided to continue attending the same local track to watch live Speedway for a few years now.

Naturally I want to see that Club (Ipswich) win every time no matter who the opposition is as it's the Club/Team that I pay money to support and watch on a regular basis.

Much like Ex-Swindon fans who attend Oxford meetings and support them on a regular basis.

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3 hours ago, Phannan said:

Don’t rope United into city’s problems in filling the emptihad. Still 76,000 turn up at OT despite the dross served up these last few years. As for the speedway you can only beat whats in front of you. Pity the rest of the league has been sub standard so the entertainment is non existent at times. 

I said that on the Ipswich v Belle Vue thread.

Not good enough for Aces fans though.

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3 hours ago, Aries said:

No idea on the circumstances around that time. Was anyone actively looking for a top heatleader at that time? And if they were, could they afford one? Not every club has the financial muscle to sign a three time world champion. 
 

Louis certainly wasn’t lazy. He was continuously knocked back, but went back to the same riders and was knocked back again. 
 

We’ll agree to disagree here. It’s incredibly lazy for shouts on here to “go and get a world class heatleader” mid-season. 

It's delusional for anyone to think that it's lazy of the Bates family for example to not get themselves in even bigger financial trouble by signing a World Class replacement for Jack Holder just to mount a title challenge on BSN.

[DaveWayne]

1 hour ago, PhilTheAce said:

No. Its a one horse race remember 

Or maybe he was alluding to the fact that those 2 teams were in the same qualifying group ?

Fact is, it wasn't a one horse race back then as Sheffield still had their full 1-7 available, and that was why you failed to make the final. The loss of Holder is what has killed the season.

I know somebody will comment about Kurtz being ill for the Owlerton leg, but the fact that you were smashed that day shows what happens when your number 1 rider is unavailable. Now try riding 2/3rds of the season like that !!