customhouseregularisback Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 Currently reading Andrew Edwards book,MCN Days, Speedway Nights. In his book he remembers being in the Millenium Stadium for a British GP in 1995. The stadium did not open till 1999. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 14 hours ago, customhouseregularisback said: Currently reading Andrew Edwards book,MCN Days, Speedway Nights. In his book he remembers being in the Millenium Stadium for a British GP in 1995. The stadium did not open till 1999. Don’t we all have these “moments” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdave Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 (edited) The 1995 British Speedway Grand Prix took place at Hackney. The first time the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff was used for a Speedway Grand Prix was 2001. Edited July 8 by bigdave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted Wednesday at 06:28 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 06:28 PM 21 hours ago, customhouseregularisback said: Currently reading Andrew Edwards book,MCN Days, Speedway Nights. In his book he remembers being in the Millenium Stadium for a British GP in 1995. The stadium did not open till 1999. Surely 1995 was at Wembley??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin bass Posted Thursday at 09:06 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:06 AM (edited) 14 hours ago, chunky said: Surely 1995 was at Wembley??? Thought is was held at Hackney in 95 as someone mentioned earlier on in the thread, wasn't it the meeting that Boycey laid one on Gollob. Edited Thursday at 09:09 AM by kevin bass Correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston197 Posted Thursday at 12:31 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 12:31 PM It is the unusual moments I seem to remember A certain poster on this forum's son going after an opposing rider with a marshall's shovel at a Newport Mavericks meeting Will Beveridge attacking Emil Linqvist and the subsequent fracas Scott Smiths bike ending up on the rake of the passing tractor as a celebration wheelie went wrong Least able Karlsson brother having a dust up with the start marshall Frank Smart and Robin Aspergen racing each other ( tentatively) in the opposite track direction in just boots, underpants, helmet and gloves Just hope I remembered these incidents correctly It all seems somewhat sanitised these days 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdave Posted Thursday at 01:16 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 01:16 PM (edited) 18 hours ago, chunky said: Surely 1995 was at Wembley??? No, the last speedway meeting at the old Wembley Stadium was the 1981 World Final. Edited Thursday at 01:16 PM by bigdave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted Sunday at 11:28 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 11:28 PM On 7/9/2026 at 9:16 AM, bigdave said: No, the last speedway meeting at the old Wembley Stadium was the 1981 World Final. Whoosh... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted Sunday at 11:29 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 11:29 PM On 7/9/2026 at 5:06 AM, kevin bass said: Thought is was held at Hackney in 95 as someone mentioned earlier on in the thread, wasn't it the meeting that Boycey laid one on Gollob. Whoosh... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted yesterday at 07:51 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 07:51 AM On 7/9/2026 at 1:31 PM, piston197 said: It is the unusual moments I seem to remember A certain poster on this forum's son going after an opposing rider with a marshall's shovel at a Newport Mavericks meeting Will Beveridge attacking Emil Linqvist and the subsequent fracas Scott Smiths bike ending up on the rake of the passing tractor as a celebration wheelie went wrong Least able Karlsson brother having a dust up with the start marshall Frank Smart and Robin Aspergen racing each other ( tentatively) in the opposite track direction in just boots, underpants, helmet and gloves Just hope I remembered these incidents correctly It all seems somewhat sanitised these days Not mine for once I should point out 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston197 Posted yesterday at 09:38 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:38 AM (edited) 1 hour ago, Vince said: Not mine for once I should point out 😂 Yes it was Sam ! got clattered off on bend 2 and picked up the shovel and was ready for the opposing rider when he came back round after the race was stopped . Edited yesterday at 09:40 AM by piston197 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted yesterday at 10:24 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 10:24 AM 31 minutes ago, piston197 said: Yes it was Sam ! got clattered off on bend 2 and picked up the shovel and was ready for the opposing rider when he came back round after the race was stopped . Have to say that much as he used to get angry and wait for somebody I don't remember him picking up a shovel and I just checked with him and you definitly mis- remembered that one 🤣 He was no angel for sure but don't think he needed to 'tool up'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted yesterday at 10:54 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 10:54 AM 27 minutes ago, Vince said: Have to say that much as he used to get angry and wait for somebody I don't remember him picking up a shovel and I just checked with him and you definitly mis- remembered that one 🤣 He was no angel for sure but don't think he needed to 'tool up'. The best thing Sam ever done was giving paedo Shawn a slap in the car park. Shame he didn't stamp all over his head now looking back. 😂 Does anyone remember the 99 PLRC at Sheffield and former rider Derrol Keats glassing a fan in the bar? Sure he got banged up for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted yesterday at 10:56 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 10:56 AM 27 minutes ago, Vince said: Have to say that much as he used to get angry and wait for somebody I don't remember him picking up a shovel and I just checked with him and you definitly mis- remembered that one 🤣 He was no angel for sure but don't think he needed to 'tool up'. The best thing Sam ever done was giving paedo Shawn a slap in the car park. Shame he didn't stamp all over his head now looking back. 😂 Does anyone remember the 99 PLRC at Sheffield and former rider Derrol Keats glassing a fan in the bar? Sure he got banged up for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston197 Posted yesterday at 12:58 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 12:58 PM (edited) 2 hours ago, Vince said: Have to say that much as he used to get angry and wait for somebody I don't remember him picking up a shovel and I just checked with him and you definitly mis- remembered that one 🤣 He was no angel for sure but don't think he needed to 'tool up'. Maybe, that's what happened to me as I have got older , still think you are a youngster and can fight the world !, but will see my son on Wednesday who regularly came with me and see how he remembers it 🤔 Think the shovel was a gesture/warning and no one actually got hit with it Edited yesterday at 01:00 PM by piston197 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago (edited) 10 hours ago, piston197 said: Maybe, that's what happened to me as I have got older , still think you are a youngster and can fight the world !, but will see my son on Wednesday who regularly came with me and see how he remembers it 🤔 Think the shovel was a gesture/warning and no one actually got hit with it Sam says he never picked up a shovel in the time he rode Speedway. I can remember him kicking off against Scunthorpe when one of their lads had been instructed to turn hard right on him out of the gate and after the third time Sam kicked off and then loads of people got involved in handbags. Far as I can remember the biggest punishment ended up being for Danny Norton that day but really should have been for the bloke issuing the instructions from the safety of the pits. There was also an incident with Luke Priest where Sam waited for him after being cleaned out then hitting Lukes helmet when he told Sam it was because he was going too slow 😂. Would have all been OK 10 minutes later if it hadn't been for Dave Robinson excluding Sam from the meeting and one of the opposing teams lot running over and trying to hit Sam while everybody had hold of him. The exact opposite happened at Stoke when Sam cleaned Gary Flint out, rode round to apologise but Gary (quite rightly) had the hump and hit him. The Marshall soon broke it up, the ref didn't take any action (it was Margaret Vardy so she probably didn't see it) and 5 minutes later Gary and Sam were having a laugh about it in the pits and are friends to this day. Ms Vardy then did notice that Karlis Ezergalis had the wrong shade of yellow helmet cover and either excluded or fined him (can't remember exactly) she had a politicians sense of priorities 🤣 To this day I think that riders who are pumped up shouldn't be punished for a bit of handbags immediately after an incident, the crowd love it. However anybody except another rider hitting a rider should be banned from the pits for life, there's no excuse for it. Edited 15 hours ago by Vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston197 Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago Cheers Vince, my son also Sam, cannot recall the incident, so either he was not there or my foggy memory is passed down to the next generation, must have been some other rider, but sure it happened, just got the wrong guy ? I can remember the volunteer trying to hang on to the shovel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJC Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 4 hours ago, piston197 said: Cheers Vince, my son also Sam, cannot recall the incident, so either he was not there or my foggy memory is passed down to the next generation, must have been some other rider, but sure it happened, just got the wrong guy ? I can remember the volunteer trying to hang on to the shovel There was a shovel incident with Stoney and Anders but that was at Sheffield in the PLRC. I can remember something in a Mavericks meeting but I thought it was a broom? No idea who though. On 7/9/2026 at 1:31 PM, piston197 said: It is the unusual moments I seem to remember A certain poster on this forum's son going after an opposing rider with a marshall's shovel at a Newport Mavericks meeting Will Beveridge attacking Emil Linqvist and the subsequent fracas Scott Smiths bike ending up on the rake of the passing tractor as a celebration wheelie went wrong Least able Karlsson brother having a dust up with the start marshall Frank Smart and Robin Aspergen racing each other ( tentatively) in the opposite track direction in just boots, underpants, helmet and gloves Just hope I remembered these incidents correctly It all seems somewhat sanitised these days Some great ones there - Scotty also put his bike under the ambulance at Stoke giving it too much up the hill back to the pits after a fall in the race. That Will Beverage and Mick Powell incident was a shocker, ruined his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 3 hours ago, DJC said: There was a shovel incident with Stoney and Anders but that was at Sheffield in the PLRC. Well mis-remembered,it was a PL meeting (May 7th 1998)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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