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


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Berwick wont throw that away now , not a chance. Be all over by heat 7 or 8 at Plymouth. That was a pretty pathetic effort from them in all honesty and its lucky Barker had a good meeting. 
 

still not as impressive as Newport battering Glasgow , who were league champions that season, 65-25 in the first leg of the final in 2011 though. 😅

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Berwick wont throw that away now , not a chance. Be all over by heat 7 or 8 at Plymouth. That was a pretty pathetic effort from them in all honesty and its lucky Barker had a good meeting. 
 

still not as impressive as Newport battering Glasgow , who were league champions that season, 65-25 in the first leg of the final in 2011 though. 😅

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1 hour ago, Pinny said:

Berwick wont throw that away now , not a chance. Be all over by heat 7 or 8 at Plymouth. That was a pretty pathetic effort from them in all honesty and its lucky Barker had a good meeting. 
 

still not as impressive as Newport battering Glasgow , who were league champions that season, 65-25 in the first leg of the final in 2011 though. 😅

Barker was giving it 110% fair play to him .Would give Joe Thompson pass marks too.

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Well done Bandits. What a performance.

Kildemand and Morris were outstanding, as was Battye. The latter two returning next season is massive for Berwick. If they recruit wisely, they could make a serious title challenge next season.

Gutted for the travelling Plymouth fans. Several Gladiators should be embarrassed by their performance.

Took this screenshot last night. What a crowd. I’ve been to Shielfield Park many times, but never have I saw the first bend this packed. Great to see.

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4 hours ago, Fromafar said:

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

Did Shielfield host a GP Challenge?

Only returned to the sport in recent times, so wasn’t aware.

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3 hours ago, Pinny said:

Berwick wont throw that away now , not a chance. Be all over by heat 7 or 8 at Plymouth. That was a pretty pathetic effort from them in all honesty and its lucky Barker had a good meeting. 
 

still not as impressive as Newport battering Glasgow , who were league champions that season, 65-25 in the first leg of the final in 2011 though. 😅

Joe who ?

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5 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said:

 

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

And the rest, mate!

The main stand holds over a thousand and was very nearly full.   And folk all around the terraces.   A superb turn-out, from a town with a population of about 12,000.....

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33 minutes ago, crescent girl said:

And the rest, mate!

The main stand holds over a thousand and was very nearly full.   And folk all around the terraces.   A superb turn-out, from a town with a population of about 12,000.....

It's winning that keeps 'em coming back!

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Comfortably 2,000 imo, probably 2.5, although kids go free of which there is always a lot at Shielfield.

No words re last night, great set of fans Plymouth have too, brilliant.

Shielfield was electric all night, from the second Morris got announced for 27, to the riders going round on the victory parade, if speedway was like that every week, there would be no problems across the sport.

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4 hours ago, Pinny said:

Berwick wont throw that away now , not a chance. Be all over by heat 7 or 8 at Plymouth. That was a pretty pathetic effort from them in all honesty and its lucky Barker had a good meeting. 
 

still not as impressive as Newport battering Glasgow , who were league champions that season, 65-25 in the first leg of the final in 2011 though. 😅

What a team Newport ended that season with. We stumbled over the line a little after losing Josh at Plymouth. 

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4 hours ago, Pinny said:

Berwick wont throw that away now , not a chance. Be all over by heat 7 or 8 at Plymouth. That was a pretty pathetic effort from them in all honesty and its lucky Barker had a good meeting. 
 

still not as impressive as Newport battering Glasgow , who were league champions that season, 65-25 in the first leg of the final in 2011 though. 😅

Is that the Newport team that got Charlie Gjedde from Berwick.

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1 hour ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said:

Comfortably 2,000 imo, probably 2.5, although kids go free of which there is always a lot at Shielfield.

No words re last night, great set of fans Plymouth have too, brilliant.

Shielfield was electric all night, from the second Morris got announced for 27, to the riders going round on the victory parade, if speedway was like that every week, there would be no problems across the sport.

As is often said...

The size of the crowd makes the atmosphere....

Which then ensures memories of the event are good ones...

A very ordinary event can live long in the memory when you were part of something with great audience numbers and participation ..

Baffling why so many promoters don't seem to understand that and make kids their target market, and let them in for free...

Hopefully there will be a knock on early next season and crowds will see more yearly growth...

Such a small town should have some kind of "civic event" if (when) they win the cup, that would bring some great publicity.   

 

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