2026 Premiership is Go! - At least 5 teams

[RS50]

Is there a deadline for a decision on team 6?

I presume no Premier fixtures can be done until this happens.

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

58 minutes ago, RS50 said:

Is there a deadline for a decision on team 6?

I presume no Premier fixtures can be done until this happens.

Perhaps they going to introduce the 6th team in the playoff like the joker, who knows at this point ?

[Daniel Smith]

1 hour ago, RS50 said:

Is there a deadline for a decision on team 6?

I presume no Premier fixtures can be done until this happens.

Still waiting for team 5 to be officially sorted. There's still just 4 teams in the Premiership 

 

[szkocjasid]

On 1/19/2026 at 3:03 PM, RS50 said:

Is there a deadline for a decision on team 6?

I presume no Premier fixtures can be done until this happens.

Could just do the fixtures now with 5 teams. Every Monday & Thursday there will always be at least one team not racing, they could race the 6th team on that date if needed?

[JamesHarris]

On 1/19/2026 at 4:02 PM, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Perhaps they going to introduce the 6th team in the playoff like the joker, who knows at this point ?

There's plenty of Jokers running the British League without doing that although you do have a good point. You never know - Redknapp's Wild Card (Poole Pirates) seeded straight to the final 

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

I’m beginning to wonder if this 6th team talk is a smoke screen to deflect from they haven’t secured the 5th team yet and it stops people talking about the Ipswich situation until it is resolved,,if it was a done deal they would surely be able to release fixtures by now, so clearly all is not sorted 

Edited 20 hours ago by THE DEAN MACHINE

[mikebv]

13 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

Could just do the fixtures now with 5 teams. Every Monday & Thursday there will always be at least one team not racing, they could race the 6th team on that date if needed?

Indeed....

You would just inform the club missing out to be on "standby" and put TBA on the weeks they are the fifth team...

Of course, running six teams does mean at least two will still need to miss out each week so their riders can guest....

Edited 14 hours ago by mikebv

[Racin Jason 72]

7 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

I’m beginning to wonder if this 6th team talk is a smoke screen to deflect from they haven’t secured the 5th team yet and it stops people talking about the Ipswich situation until it is resolved,,if it was a done deal they would surely be able to release fixtures by now, so clearly all is not sorted 

I think you are giving the BSPL too much credit Dean. They wouldn’t think of that !!!

imo the 6th team is just a pipe dream. If they had acted sooner it could have been achieved but Godfreys head was too deep in the sand. 

[SteveLyric2]

32 minutes ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

I think you are giving the BSPL too much credit Dean. They wouldn’t think of that !!!

imo the 6th team is just a pipe dream. If they had acted sooner it could have been achieved but Godfreys head was too deep in the sand. 

Why Godfrey's head? Phil Morris is the Premiership Chief Executive!!

[Racin Jason 72]

8 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Why Godfrey's head? Phil Morris is the Premiership Chief Executive!!

Doesn’t  Phil Morris answer to Godfrey ?

[Bagpuss]

Morris has been heavily involved in trying to get Northampton off the ground for many months I believe. Hopefully it comes to fruition.

[SteveArena]

He used to come on here and provide updates but seems to have knocked it on the head.

[YeOldPitGate]

3 hours ago, SteveArena said:

He used to come on here and provide updates but seems to have knocked it on the head.

To be fair there's only thirty or so of us on here now, flip side I guess is we are still 70% of the total speedway audience these days with an average age of 79.

[Marky_Mark]

There is still a possibility of a 6th team running. I know I get shot down in flames every time I say this and don’t mention the team name, but I respect people when I’m told something in strictest confidence. Still lots of work going on in the background to make this happen and the clubs won’t release their fixtures until this is a yes or a no. 

[szkocjasid]

1 minute ago, Marky_Mark said:

There is still a possibility of a 6th team running. I know I get shot down in flames every time I say this and don’t mention the team name, but I respect people when I’m told something in strictest confidence. Still lots of work going on in the background to make this happen and the clubs won’t release their fixtures until this is a yes or a no. 

It seems Kent are not running in the development league due to not being able to commit when the NL meeting was on, maybe didn't have permission to use the track? (This is all guesswork).

If that's true how can the BSPL leave a space open for a Premiership side but not a development league side? Surely there's much less of a rush to get the NL sorted than the Prem?