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3 hours ago, weymouth alicat said:

the track is halfway between the villages of Brafield on the Green ( A428 Northampton to Bedford Rd) and Horton , 

so basically in the middle if nowhere 

For God's sake, don't mention Horton!   They're still looking to name a figurehead promoter....

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The Brafield team of the 1950's and 60's were called the Badgers. Given that Badgers are mostly seen dead on their ar$es they do share some other similarities with those who run British Speedway. They have very poor vision and they are creatures of habit who will follow the same paths for generations despite the dangers and do not adapt well to changes in their territory.   Badgers would be ideal. All we need is a Bodger to manage the mashed potatoes. 

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43 minutes ago, Dave Jones said:

How true that is  , when I took a quick glance at the post the name sent a shudder down my spine.😁

Yes . When sandhu stood down from speedway. And offered the promotion for grabs. With the hundreds who were wanting to take it on and mick Horton got the nod. How surprising. It’s almost like he was the only one who was prepared to give it a go and without him spoedway would have been all over at Coventry 

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7 hours ago, adonis said:

Yes . When sandhu stood down from speedway. And offered the promotion for grabs. With the hundreds who were wanting to take it on and mick Horton got the nod. How surprising. It’s almost like he was the only one who was prepared to give it a go and without him spoedway would have been all over at Coventry 

In effect it was , he ran a "sh*t show" & in my opinion he was a stain on the history of the club.

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2 hours ago, Dave Jones said:

In effect it was , he ran a "sh*t show" & in my opinion he was a stain on the history of the club.

ran a rubbish show when nobody else wanted to 

 

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13 hours ago, Dave Jones said:

How true that is  , when I took a quick glance at the post the name sent a shudder down my spine.😁

Wasn't there two Horton's and the other one took over Peterborough cleared the debts and led a successful era for 2-3 seasons before he got bored of underwriting the losses or was that the Frost fella ?

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1 hour ago, YeOldPitGate said:

Wasn't there two Horton's and the other one took over Peterborough cleared the debts and led a successful era for 2-3 seasons before he got bored of underwriting the losses or was that the Frost fella ?

Yes Colin Horton took over and threw money about. But allegedly made his money through insurance fraud on containers being lost at sea.  

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