Leicester Lions 2026

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1 hour ago, castrolargh said:

Of course there are enough riders. There may not be enough riders to maintain 7 man teams to a 40 point limit but there will be enough for 5 or 6 rider teams at whatever strength depending on riders available. It just needs researching properly 

There are riders available and fans will soon get use to a new normal. There will probably be a steep drop off in attendance as a £20-£25 admission charge may seem high for what’s on offer but that will be offset by the lower wage bill. More clubs will no doubt be lost to the sport as will riders who feel a big reduction in fixtures doesn’t pay well enough. We need to stop with this obsession of being better and having the best grace our tracks and just deliver a level the fans demanded and deserve and leave the cream of the sport to Poland and the other speedway nations whilst we run our semi professional events. At the end of the day it’s still four lads doing four laps. 

Connor Mountain 

Freddy Hodder 

Jake Mulford 

Jack Smith 

Sam Hagon 

Harry Fletcher

Billy Budd

 

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Jordan Jenkins 

Ace Piper 

Paul Starke 

Vinnie Ford 

Simon Lambert 

Eli Meadows

Sam Woods

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Leicester want to put on the best product that British Speedway can offer despite the financial costs involved, Respect to them.

Also I don't see any criticism on this forum in regards to Polish Clubs and Ekstraliga Speedway where certain Owners run their Clubs financially into the ground and then rely on other people to financially bail them out.

[IainB]

16 minutes ago, TTT said:

Leicester want to put on the best product that British Speedway can offer despite the financial costs involved, Respect to them.

Also I don't see any criticism on this forum in regards to Polish Clubs and Ekstraliga Speedway where certain Owners run their Clubs financially into the ground and then rely on other people to financially bail them out.

Respect to them until the ** go up and they start crowing about if you don't come you'll lose it or worse still go bust mid season, then they're left with an "asset" that nobody wants to buy... and that must sound familiar, especially to you guys currently down in Suffolk.

And you don't see much criticism of the Polish operating model on this forum as it's the British Speedway Forum and most are posting about the issues facing British clubs and not Polish ones.

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15 minutes ago, IainB said:

Respect to them until the ** go up and they start crowing about if you don't come you'll lose it or worse still go bust mid season, then they're left with an "asset" that nobody wants to buy... and that must sound familiar, especially to you guys currently down in Suffolk.

And you don't see much criticism of the Polish operating model on this forum as it's the British Speedway Forum and most are posting about the issues facing British clubs and not Polish ones.

They don't crow, They just go public with the truth when fans give up on their team after losing a few meetings and fans always say that they want to know the truth.

The Clubs put the money in before a wheel has been turned knowing that they're far more likely to make a loss than break even in order to put on the best product that British Speedway can offer in it's darkest of days.

We've got Polish threads on here but other than me, Nobody dares to speak the truth about a number of similarites to British Speedway.

[IainB]

1 minute ago, TTT said:

They don't crow, They just go public with the truth when fans give up on their team after losing a few meetings and fans always say that they want to know the truth.

The Clubs put the money in before a wheel has been turned knowing that they're far more likely to make a loss than break even in order to put on the best product that British Speedway can offer in it's darkest of days.

We've got Polish threads on here but other than me, Nobody dares to speak the truth about a number of similarites to British Speedway.

tbf I don't think anybody else is interested... we have enough of our own problems to discuss without expending energy on Poland's first world problems.

And some clubs do crow, instead of looking at themselves they reach for the gun and hold it to the fans heads, instead of running to a budget they can afford in a league that is sustainable for them on a race night that brings in their best crowd.