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The Dean Machine .... theres a common theme here with Speedway being kicked out of stadia, whilst the stadia continue operating other sports be it greyhounds stock cars etc. Do I sense that speedway racing and all its baggage is just too much hassle for stadia owners.

A few weeks back me and another person contacted entain via monmore green to see if there was any chance of getting wolves back at monmore,nothing to do with the previous promotion, there was a plan on the email which I won’t go into but we spoke to the manager at the stadium who told us it wasn’t the stadium who kicked the speedway out it was entain themselves, he told us to write an email to entain and he would forward it to the relevant people for us, we had a reply today from entain via the stadium manager and it’s a NO 🥲 at this present time, sorry wolves fans, never give up

Leicester was but the BSPL statement was the day after me and I don’t care if it was me or not the point being its disrespectful from the bspl

I think it was longer ago than that Mike in my view it started when Penhall retired, then Lee went off the rails, followed by the sad losses of Carter and Sanders in fairly short succession you had four of the biggest names gone in a few years and it just seemed to be the start of the downhill slide. I was speaking to one of my oldest friends the other day and we were talking about the year when Lynn had Bob Schwartz leading us and I don't think we won a match all year as we were so weak but like now no help was given to strengthen up. New greats did appear in Crump and T Rick and the Sky millions as we all know that was the golden opportunity to reset and stop the rot but was wasted by the short sightedness of those at the top who thought the golden goose would last forever and the number one's at the time hoovering the trough clean and once said trough was empty most left the UK for the new full trough of Poland. I would love to see a new crop of young Americans come through in the Penhall, Moran's. King, Hancock and Hamill mould the test match's against the USA were brilliant back in the day but sadly other than Steve Evans efforts the USA are in an even worse place than us which really does take some effort to achieve.

The Spires won't be back... ...although I do keep hearing rumours of other teams trying to run at Sandy Lane. Madness if you ask me, but stranger things have happened.

Don't think you will find to many crowing over Laguta in the UK Dean.

As was always going to be the ultimate outcome from around two decades ago... Short term decision making , after short term decision making, after short term decision making... Years of.... No Leadership, No Strategy, No Vision, and No Growth Plan.... A perfect scenario to deliver precisely what we have today... No surprises though, as what we have today has been called out as the only outcome possible, on here, for years.... You can only presume therefore, that the Promoters didn't see the obvious only outcome of their year on year actions..? Which, given they are the ones trying to sort out the current self inflicted situation, doesn't exactly fill you with confidence does it?

And even a huge influx of cash will only delay the inevitable. we need a independent body with a long term plan. Two divisions of similar size with promotion and relegation. two of British speedways successes are Team GB and BSN. Both nothing to do with current promotions.

By jove... I think he's got it 😂

I'm not sure all of those were in the entertainment industry, went to prison for a crime and then returned to the entertainment industry. And even for those that did 2026 is a very different time to when those in your list served their time in today's age it's quite a rarity. I'm comparing Garrity to Rolf Harris in as much as he was an entertainer and went to prison and never returned to the industry.

Not wishing to rain on your parade but surely the BSPL statement was the result of Leicester breaking ranks and issuing a statement.

From a brief Google search. Tim Allen - Hollywood actor Robert Downey jr Kiefer Sutherland George Michael Mark Wahlberg Stephen Fry Ozzy Osbourne (Burglary!) Leslie Grantham Jeffrey Archer Johnny Vaughan Finally, are you seriously comparing him to Rolf Harris? At least try and think before you post!

So basically we are headed for (at best) a semi professional set up I the UK See above - if that is true and we can't even attract and afford up and coming U21 riders what chance those in the category you mention I'm coming to the conclusion that there will not be any common ground between enough clubs to be able to get ANYTHING agreed let alone work UK Speedway is f@c£Ed barring a miracle influx of cash from a currently unforseen siurce

Just to 'muddy the waters' a little more, CL's old pal Matt Ford is moving back to UK after 7 years living in France!!!!😉

It's very rare for released prisoners to reappear in the entertainment industry once they've served their sentence, in fact I can't think of a single one. Of course there are those that had previously served time and then gone on to better things, Stephen Fry, David Dickinson, Gino di Campo. But could you imagine Rolf Harris reappearing after he got released?

Nope .... sorry they would have to "buy" the club from Christopher Louis. Not sure that would ever happen.

If they wanted to run a BSPL sponsored side surely running one at Ipswich would be in the best interests? At least it wouldn’t make a loss.

That is probably very close to the truth?

Think the BSPL have a cunning plan. The clue was in their statement " a league of at least 5 teams" Come the AGM they have either Ippo sale confirmed and ready to go OR they have jointly agreed that they will run Oxford stadium as a BSPL "sponsored" track with a team in the PL. So at least 5 teams whatever happens to Ippo. Hopefully this has been signalled to Christopher Louis , who can either sell the club for 5 shillings or not at all and receive sod all. Either way the BSPL will run a PL in 2026.

It’s simple, riders ambitions are not centred on a career in UK Speedway nowadays as compared to the Past.

Let's just hope he grasps the opportunity he's been presented with. Having Wilson & Havelock backing him can only because good thing. The argument he should find work elsewhere, when has has proven ability at speedway & no legal bar to do it doesn't seem especially bright. As to his future when he eventually retires, well that's purely up to him. Hopefully a good few years racing will lead him down a path that sees him stay clean. Once again, one person drug free & contributing has to be better than the alternative for everyone from JG to every tax payer in the country.

Oh for sure mate! An injury free season for Cook and he takes his average from 6.39 up to at least 7 in my opinion

A couple of things that I have been mulling over the last couple of weeks is, there has been no official statement from TNT discovery saying they are not covering league speedway and on there FB page TNT bikes they showed a bit of footage from kings Lynn on the 21st dec and the lack of communication from the BSPL to the fans has been appalling and disrespectful and yes this is blowing my own trumpet but I believe the only reason they put out a statement a couple of weeks back was because I called them out for it on the speedway 360 podcast which I know they watch and the next day they put a statement out saying nothing really but it the silence has been disrespectful to the fans at best

Bit like when the Titanic sank the passengers in 3rd class knew the ship was sinking way before those in 1st class as they sipped champagne and ate caviar.

I agree it doesn't sound great but then again in the 1970's and 80's when speedway was in a healthier state many tracks wern't confirmed as running until as late as March and Peterborough's first season in 1970 at their home track didn't start until May of that season! Lets hope we have a pleasant surprise in the new year with Ipswich confirmed as running and a former track reopening!