Ipswich Witches vs Leicester Lions 9th July

[ShanoXtra]

Team line ups from Witches website:

IPSWICH TRU7 GROUP WITCHES: 1. Tom Brennan, 2. Rider Replacement – Richard Lawson, 3. Michael Palm Toft (guest), 4. Scott Nicholls (captain), 5. Tobiasz Musielak, 6. Kevin Juhl Pedersen, 7. Jason Edwards.

LEICESTER LIONS: 1. Ryan Douglas, 2. Kyle Howarth or Rider Replacement, 3. Nick Morris, 4. Dan Thompson, 5. Sam Masters (captain), 6. Drew Kemp, 7. Joe Thompson

 

[szkocjasid]

Leicester have a good chance here

[InTheDeepStuff]

Will Ryan Douglas be back for this one as that was a big off he had in Poland at the weekend?  Can’t see Kyle Howarth being fit to ride either as still suffering with the re-occurrence of his ankle injury form his spill last week, Dickson will be hoping Douglas rides as if not it’ll be R/R for him and a non premiership contracted rider as guest for Howarth (not much depth left in Championship to choose from as per Ipswich having to use MPT) which will put Leicester in a weakened position than him being available or runnIng R/R. 

[Roger Jacobs]

Palm Toft ?!   🤣

[MP78]

Ipswich definitely in trouble tomorrow, but with all the Prem teams in action, not a lot they can do sadly.  

[tocha]

I wonder if they asked Lewis Kerr first.

[Aries]

Christ 😂

[Neila]

Will Lawson be riding, thought after missing Monday's meeting at the last minute being "I I'll " would have a 7 day ban for being unavailable with a non speedway injury 🤔

[Neila]

Just now, Neila said:

Will Lawson be riding, thought after missing Monday's meeting at the last minute being "I I'll " would have a 7 day ban for being unavailable with a non speedway injury 🤔

 Sorry just re read the team and it's RR for Lawson 

[GeneralMelchett]

Big night needed from the reserves and Scott! King has been great so far in 2026 so he will be a hard replace and Palm Toft will give it a go but i wont expect too much from him but lets hope he surprises me!

Lets hope Tom is back to form too!

[SPEEDY69]

Could be a home loss incoming.  Tocha said on another thread that King was suspended until the end of this week but there's been no mention of that anywhere else I can see? 

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

34 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said:

Could be a home loss incoming.  Tocha said on another thread that King was suspended until the end of this week but there's been no mention of that anywhere else I can see? 

You only have to sit out 7 days for a non speedway injury and where you were replaced by a facility

Simply still not fit

[Aries]

Expect we’ll see the lowest attendance for many a year unfortunately. 
 

Pedersen needs to hit the ground running, Edwards needs to have his best meeting, Nicholls needs to do better than he’s managed so far, Tom needs to regain his best form and Tobi needs to maintain his. 
 

An awful lot needs to fall in to place to stop a first home defeat. Can’t see it personally but we’ll see. 

[SPEEDY69]

29 minutes ago, Aries said:

Expect we’ll see the lowest attendance for many a year unfortunately. 
 

Pedersen needs to hit the ground running, Edwards needs to have his best meeting, Nicholls needs to do better than he’s managed so far, Tom needs to regain his best form and Tobi needs to maintain his. 
 

An awful lot needs to fall in to place to stop a first home defeat. Can’t see it personally but we’ll see. 

Chin up!  At the F2F event with Richard Coleman he said the team were undefeated at home and more than one person responded "until tomorrow", meaning the meeting against Belle Vue - it didn't happen though did it, so let's wait and see, although Palm Toft is a wildcard choice 🙂

[Siggytastic]

46 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

You only have to sit out 7 days for a non speedway injury and where you were replaced by a facility

Simply still not fit

I was under the impression that King hurt his ribs when He fell in heat 11 at Kings Lynn so is therefore a speedway related injury.

[Bash]

If Douglas rides can only see a Leicester victory. Poor choice getting in Palm-Toft, Oscar Berwick would have more chance of scoring some points😀

[TTT]

Could easily be Musielak vs. Leicester tomorrow night.

Not bothered about the result because it really doesn't matter if we miss out on 4th place tbh, Witches season is all about the KO CUP Final.

Lions win at a canter if Douglas rides because Ipswich have only been winning at Home against King's Lynn and Northampton due to King, Lawson and Musielak's scoring power.

[Mr Blobby]

Another fine recovery from Lawson, managed to make it to Denmark tonight 😁

[RS50]

49 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said:

Another fine recovery from Lawson, managed to make it to Denmark tonight 😁

But not fit for tomorrow?

[YeOldPitGate]

Can't see many turning up for this one, if Mayfield realise the sport is unviable I could see a situation where Louis comes back and buys the club for a £1