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THE BIG ONE! KO CUP FINAL (BANDITS v GLADIATORS) Saturday 26th, 7pm


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30 minutes ago, lukeellis said:

King disappears in big meetings,unless it’s Ipswich’s Did it all the time at Redcar!

Form massively dipped for Gladiators in their few matches. Shame he was having a really good season.

58 should be more than enough for Berwick. Great to see a different winner especially after being the shafted in the winter ref team selection.

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Excellent performance from Berwick and some decent racing, that’s a bigger lead than I expected, gonna take really big effort from The Gladiators in the second leg to turn this around. 
Really pleased to hear that Nick Morris is coming back next season, that capped off what was a really good way to end the season at Shielfield , here’s to next year 

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7 hours ago, DSC67 said:

Excellent performance from Berwick and some decent racing, that’s a bigger lead than I expected, gonna take really big effort from The Gladiators in the second leg to turn this around. 
Really pleased to hear that Nick Morris is coming back next season, that capped off what was a really good way to end the season at Shielfield , here’s to next year 

Agreed the 3 signings so far are a great base to start from,can Dick find a new Reid in Australia this winter?

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This result was always likely to happen. Put a small track team with ageing riders against a big track team dialled in and it was pretty obvious what would be the likely outcome. King Barker and Nicholls are closer to their pensions than the start of their career in speedway. Reserves never stood much of a sniff against Battye who is dialled in like a heat leader. 

A shame the gap is that wide as it’s now a foregone conclusion and makes the second leg meaningless.

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5 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

This result was always likely to happen. Put a small track team with ageing riders against a big track team dialled in and it was pretty obvious what would be the likely outcome. King Barker and Nicholls are closer to their pensions than the start of their career in speedway. Reserves never stood much of a sniff against Battye who is dialled in like a heat leader. 

A shame the gap is that wide as it’s now a foregone conclusion and makes the second leg meaningless.

Not meaningless if your a Bandits supporter,still have it to do.Anything can happen in Speedway.Bandits are certainly in a strong position though.King and Nichols were hugely disappointing considering there previous form around Shielfield where they we practically unbeatable.

 

 

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20 minutes ago, Bandit59 said:

Sure I seen somewhere Jye was coming back 

That was my guess, all three of them live together so it makes sense 

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12 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

This result was always likely to happen. Put a small track team with ageing riders against a big track team dialled in and it was pretty obvious what would be the likely outcome. King Barker and Nicholls are closer to their pensions than the start of their career in speedway. Reserves never stood much of a sniff against Battye who is dialled in like a heat leader. 

A shame the gap is that wide as it’s now a foregone conclusion and makes the second leg meaningless.

Would it have hurt you to congratulate Berwick on their win or are you still grumpy because the Bandits defeated the Pirates on the way to the final ? 

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33 minutes ago, DSC67 said:

Would it have hurt you to congratulate Berwick on their win or are you still grumpy because the Bandits defeated the Pirates on the way to the final ? 

Neutral supporters always want a close result in the first leg, similar to BSN final as sets up second leg perfectly. 

Hope it doesn't affect Plymouth's crowd size too much. Though with it being final meeting, might be okay. 

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Anyone have any figures on the crowd? Looked huge on BSN and from photos I’ve seen. When a crowd is that big, I’d have the number plastered all over the place!

Well done to Berwick! Thought it would be a lot closer than that. Just hope Plymouth’s crowd in a couple of weeks isn’t put off because of it 

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10 minutes ago, WeymouthPirate said:

Anyone have any figures on the crowd? Looked huge on BSN and from photos I’ve seen. When a crowd is that big, I’d have the number plastered all over the place!

Well done to Berwick! Thought it would be a lot closer than that. Just hope Plymouth’s crowd in a couple of weeks isn’t put off because of it 

Certainly the biggest crowd for many years ,possibly since GP challenge with Zmarslik.Dont think Promotion will publish any figures though😂

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1 hour ago, DSC67 said:

Would it have hurt you to congratulate Berwick on their win or are you still grumpy because the Bandits defeated the Pirates on the way to the final ? 

As a neutral I don’t give two tosses who wins the cup. I wanted an 8-10 point Berwick win to set it up nicely for the second leg. The fact that the meeting was poor entertainment with a drag race to the first bend made for finger in the fast forward button. For neutrals it doesn’t float our boats.

As for the crowd it was good to see a decent crowd at Berwick. Must have been a thousand there at least.

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10 hours ago, crescent girl said:

A really huge crowd tonight -- FIM events apart, surely the biggest since coming back to Shielfield Park?

Full marks to the promotion for marketing their product so well 

It'll be the FREE CAR PARK that would have swung it !! 😜😂

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