mikebv Posted Monday at 06:59 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 06:59 PM 41 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said: Shame Oxford didn’t choose to run in the PL and NDL …….. I think the fact they didn't speaks volumes.... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted yesterday at 06:47 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 06:47 AM (edited) 11 hours ago, mikebv said: I think the fact they didn't speaks volumes.... No, I think it's more about riders progressing from one team to the other as it's less of a jump. This may encourage fans to watch both. Edited yesterday at 06:49 AM by SPEEDY69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago On 12/22/2025 at 11:58 AM, TTT said: Cool heads needed. I agree. The signs being put out by the other 4 clubs (although BV seem to have been a bit quiet) indicate the 5-team league will go ahead. But there's clearly still not 100% resolution with "Team 5" that would enable BSPL to make the announcement they'd otherwise like to have made by now. Its hard to think that Team 5 could be anything other than Ipswich, but of course you cant be certain until its announced. Personally im in the "one league" camp and highly skeptical about the Premier league being viable, but the BSPL have made their decision for 2026 and so all we can now do, is to hope their plans and efforts succeed. It could be that anything more definite won't be announced until the AGM. But they must get their collective backsides in gear asap to develop a new plan for 2027 otherwise the whole circus will disappear over the cliff edge it's currently clinging onto 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted 17 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 17 hours ago (edited) 2 hours ago, Hamish McRaker said: I agree. The signs being put out by the other 4 clubs (although BV seem to have been a bit quiet) indicate the 5-team league will go ahead. But there's clearly still not 100% resolution with "Team 5" that would enable BSPL to make the announcement they'd otherwise like to have made by now. Its hard to think that Team 5 could be anything other than Ipswich, but of course you cant be certain until its announced. Personally im in the "one league" camp and highly skeptical about the Premier league being viable, but the BSPL have made their decision for 2026 and so all we can now do, is to hope their plans and efforts succeed. It could be that anything more definite won't be announced until the AGM. But they must get their collective backsides in gear asap to develop a new plan for 2027 otherwise the whole circus will disappear over the cliff edge it's currently clinging onto My logic is, The BSPL wouldn't confirm a minimum 5 Team PREM without having 5 PREM Teams 100% confirmed. We know the 5th Team isn't a current CHAMP Team as they're continuing with CHAMP signing announcements. The BSPL can't class Northampton as the 5th Team because you've got to wait until a deal has 100% been done with all the paperwork signed off. (Maybe it will, Maybe it won't) So realistically the mystery 5th Team is either Ipswich or a Current/Previous NDL Team and if it was the latter then the NDL Club would've been confirmed by now imo instead of dragging this out even longer. I've heard that Ipswich are more OUT than IN at this point but every day is different so who knows what will happen on a day to day basis. Edited 17 hours ago by TTT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago 10 minutes ago, TTT said: My logic is, The BSPL wouldn't confirm a minimum 5 Team PREM without having 5 PREM Teams 100% confirmed. We know the 5th Team isn't a current CHAMP Team as they're continuing with CHAMP signing announcements. The BSPL can't class Northampton as the 5th Team because you've got to wait until a deal has 100% been done with all the paperwork signed off. (Maybe it will, Maybe it won't) So realistically the mystery 5th Team is either Ipswich or an NDL Team and if it was the latter then the NDL Club would've been confirmed by now imo instead of dragging this out even longer. I've heard that Ipswich are more OUT than IN at this point but every day is different so who knows what will happen on a day to day basis. Has C. Louis emigrated to Oz or is it a holiday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky_Mark Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago 17 minutes ago, TTT said: My logic is, The BSPL wouldn't confirm a minimum 5 Team PREM without having 5 PREM Teams 100% confirmed. We know the 5th Team isn't a current CHAMP Team as they're continuing with CHAMP signing announcements. The BSPL can't class Northampton as the 5th Team because you've got to wait until a deal has 100% been done with all the paperwork signed off. (Maybe it will, Maybe it won't) So realistically the mystery 5th Team is either Ipswich or a Current/Previous NDL Team and if it was the latter then the NDL Club would've been confirmed by now imo instead of dragging this out even longer. I've heard that Ipswich are more OUT than IN at this point but every day is different so who knows what will happen on a day to day basis. Unless it’s a champ team that’s thinking of running 2 teams like Oxford did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted 17 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 17 hours ago 7 minutes ago, Hamish McRaker said: Has C. Louis emigrated to Oz or is it a holiday? Who knows what's happening at this point lol. What will be, Will be as the saying goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago 30 minutes ago, Hamish McRaker said: Has C. Louis emigrated to Oz or is it a holiday? He's back on Jan 7th... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago 2 hours ago, TTT said: Who knows what's happening at this point lol. What will be, Will be as the saying goes. Sometimes holidays give the chance to reflect on decisions and get a different perspective, especially to knee-jerk and emotive ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TB1 Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago On 12/22/2025 at 11:58 AM, TTT said: Cool heads needed. How about some sensible heads. It might help British Speedway survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago 5 hours ago, Marky_Mark said: Unless it’s a champ team that’s thinking of running 2 teams like Oxford did Should be one (or more) of the Prem teams to run a second side! Why should a Championship club take the financial risk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago (edited) 17 hours ago, TTT said: My logic is, The BSPL wouldn't confirm a minimum 5 Team PREM without having 5 PREM Teams 100% confirmed. We know the 5th Team isn't a current CHAMP Team as they're continuing with CHAMP signing announcements. The BSPL can't class Northampton as the 5th Team because you've got to wait until a deal has 100% been done with all the paperwork signed off. (Maybe it will, Maybe it won't) So realistically the mystery 5th Team is either Ipswich or an NDL Team and if it was the latter then the NDL Club would've been confirmed by now imo instead of dragging this out even longer. I've heard that Ipswich are more OUT than IN at this point but every day is different so who knows what will happen on a day to day basis. Could still be the "Mother" of all 4 Team Tournaments ahead then? 12 meetings at home for each of the four teams.. Five riders per team, which includes a reserve.. With, to add variety, the teams change helmet colours meeting by meeting.. ie, over the first segment of four matches, the home teams start with Red, but by their fourth meeting at home, they are riding in Yellow, having gone through Blue and White in the second and third matches at their track... This means every team has equal gate positions over a 48 match season.. Sounds exciting I know, but, even better than that. The top four qualify for a Final held at every track... With the top team over the season starting the final with three points, second two and third with one.. (Otherwise all the Qualifiers could be seen as meaningless if no reward for finishing top, and we wouldn't want that would we?) Sounds good doesn't it? Loads of meeting for riders... Loads of exciting helmet colour changes for the fans to follow.. Three lots of away fans at each venue (maybe even double figure numbers attending from at least one of them), and possibly a taxi full from the other two tracks, (not a seven seater one obviously).. And, (and this is the winner for me), you can flog "Quarter n Quarter n Quarter n Quarter" scarves, so lots of merchandising opportunities.. Charge around thirty quid a ticket, running on those hotbed of entertainment nights of Monday and Thursday, plus, (most importantly of all of course, riders can still then double up), and, I think we can all agree, the sport would be on to a winning formula... Maybe they could get a betting company involved to sponsor the league and, every meeting, they could run a book on "Who will Bomber ride for tonight?".. It could be a bit like the Masked Singer, whereby he stands on the centre green in a Wulf Sport Jacket, and the crowd shout "Take It Off! Take It Off'!, and as the crowd reach fever pitch he unzips the jacket to reveal his kevlars... Imagine the scenes?..... Making Speedway Great Again.. Ho! Ho! Ho! Happy Christmas All... It’s a time for miracles so lets hope those in charge can come up with one now, and a few more over the next few seasons.. Edited 42 minutes ago by mikebv 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted 35 minutes ago Author Report Share Posted 35 minutes ago 12 hours ago, TB1 said: How about some sensible heads. It might help British Speedway survive. We've needed that for a few years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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