Fortythirtyeight Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 2 hours ago, IainB said: I'm pretty sure Monday's and Thursday's were introduced to allow riders to double up and not to attract the star riders... as proven by their absences throughout the season. You only have to go into a boozer in town on a Monday night to see how dead the place is. Wrong. Monday & Thursday were dictated by the BSPA to placate Poland and the riders who wished to race there and the UK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 2 hours ago, Paul Johnson said: The more kids involved the better the crowd will be, give them something to want to go for....and it makes me laugh when i read"but its a school day tomorrow" but will quite happily take them to football which can finish past 10pm Spot on. “Tomorrow’s a school day” by and large an excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, Fortythirtyeight said: Wrong. Monday & Thursday were dictated by the BSPA to placate Poland and the riders who wished to race there and the UK. Wrong. https://www.acu.org.uk/news/2017/11/british-speedway-announce-major-moves/ Although the switch to Thursday may have been done to placate Denmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 3 minutes ago, IainB said: Wrong. https://www.acu.org.uk/news/2017/11/british-speedway-announce-major-moves/ Although the switch to Thursday may have been done to placate Denmark and that’s WRONG as they changed to Monday and THURSDAY as Poland took up a tv contract to show live matches, but what’s in another inaccurate speedway press release.😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Fortythirtyeight said: and that’s WRONG as they changed to Monday and THURSDAY as Poland took up a tv contract to show live matches, but what’s in another inaccurate speedway press release.😊 Wasn't the Thursday changed so Sheffield came up, and Swindon were also pretty much Thursday only? And Poole dropped out as Wednesdays were no longer part of the UK's 2 priority days? Given Denmark had that day... (Even though the UK initially went with 3 days, not 2 ).. One thing is for sure... Those nights perfectly fitted around the 2nd tier who ran Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat and Sunday.. (And did one (not Sheffield), race on a Thursday and have to change their night? However it certainly perfectly fitted many of the riders need for two incomes... With each league helping to subsidise the other as these riders had two salaries, and, as they couldn't be in two places at once, it was a perfect scenario to allow clubs to share them... Everyone was happy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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