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Sheffield -V- Belle Vue POF Leg 1 Thursday 8th October


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8 hours ago, Col said:

Holy Christ, that wouldn't have got the occasional fan to turn up if it was.  They were proper intimidating on a Bank Holiday Monday.

Sam Ermolenko couldn't ride Cradley until 91 when he became almost unbeatable around Dudley Wood until closed, Simon Cross broke his back in 90, he was never quite the same after that.  Both at their peak would have been duel.  In the mid 90's when time Hamill & Hancock were at the top of their game, Cradley were better at Monmore v/s Wolves than they were at Dudley Wood.  Andy's Philips & Graham were also tidier around Monmore than Dudley Wood and Scott Smith would inadvertently take some Wolves rider out at some point so going around him wasn't an option, not that overtaking him on the inside was difficult.

Great times Simon Cross was developing into a real top line rider before his accident and as you say never the same when he came back. Do you remember Andy Graham when he rode for Oxford was bang average everywhere but electric around Cradley.

I was going through world championship results the other night and saw Gert Handberg finished third one year he was just starting at the point when I was getting more interested in nightclubs never struck me in his early days as one who would get on the rostrom but he must have turned out half decent ?

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9 hours ago, Col said:

Holy Christ, that wouldn't have got the occasional fan to turn up if it was.  They were proper intimidating on a Bank Holiday Monday.

 

I started going to Football in the early 80s ( my old man used to stand on the chicken run at West ham) so speedway was tame in comparison! I still look back very fondly on the Wolves v Cradley and Cradley V Wolves matches I attended.

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9 hours ago, Col said:

Holy Christ, that wouldn't have got the occasional fan to turn up if it was.  They were proper intimidating on a Bank Holiday Monday.

 

I started going to Football in the early 80s ( my old man used to stand on the chicken run at West ham) so speedway was tame in comparison! I still look back very fondly on the Wolves v Cradley and Cradley V Wolves matches I attended.

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