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Surely Barcelona don't have the same appeal as Aaron Summers

3 local Rugby teams if rumours are to be believed

Only my opinion. I watch every Swedish speedway match on freesport and every home meeting at the NSS but despite all the big name riders in the Swedish league the racing in most of the meetings I see is not a patch on the racing i see at the NSS with so called lesser riders.Is it just me or does anyone agree ?.

It depends which Terry Russell you believe. This one from the 26th September 2018: https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/16903310.swindon-robins-to-rip-up-abbey-stadium-track-this-winter/ Or this one, from the 23rd January: https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/17377892.swindon-robins-chairman-terry-russell-plans-to-start-work-on-improved-abbey-stadium-race-track-layout-next-month/ Swindon's new track has had more false starts than a heat featuring James Sarjeant.

Surely if a fanbase is so low - the only way it can go is up?! or so Yazz says.......

Are mummy and daddy still his UK pit crew ?

Peterborough City Council should increase Niels' council rate band.

Sounded more like a sarcastic remark, but if his parents are still his pit crew them i have to say they are doing a bloody good job of it

Sounds a very bad decision.

He averaged more than harris last season, so it wouldn't stun me

Whats the point of banning a. winning riders and b. any riders at all since there’s not enoughof them anyway. This had to be a joke?

Promoters on the Continent don’t seem to pay Cook what he thinks he worth either.Cook needs a reality check on himself IMO .

Speedway has its problems, don't really think anyone on a speedway forum needs you to spell it out 1. What do you get out of posting on here anyway ? go wield your inflammatory pen on a forum of the more professional sports you purport to watch.

So the name of the horse was ...................... knobhead?

Anything for a scrum down.

Nice picture and good to see it covered. Just a pity that the picture on the front is Daniil Ivanov on an ice speedway bike

Plus he is a virtual nobody abroad, it’s about time clubs weren’t held to ransom by the demand of the greedy few.

Not me I'm afraid. Some might but I'm one of those strange fans who prefer to see some good racing rather than winning by 20 or 30 plus points. As a Coventry fan I got used to close results, last heat deciders or, heaven forbid, actually losing.

Just to qualify one of your points......Swindon speedway do not own the Abbey, Stadia UK do. The ''pre-built grandstand'' you mentioned is owned by Stadia UK, not Swindon, they are the ones who have stated that the prebuilt grandstand is in storage in Wales. The Speedway club (and even the local media) can only provide information which is given to them by Stadia UK. This is also the reason the track reshape hasn't started until a few weeks back, the landlord has to grant permission. I hope this clears a few of your points up.

Looks like being a real battle between the heat leaders on Saturday. Covatti may struggle as I believe it is his first visit to the track but Harris and Schlein really go well here and with the Home trio looking good there should be some very interesting heats. Eagles should win by about 10 as their reserves were way ahead last year and Somerset's '2nd strings' are also new to the track. Good opportunity for Bowtell to get a few points and I have a feeling Brennan will get paid 10.

Speedway in this country must stop being dictated to by Poland.If it is to survive,the best race nights for family's are Friday and Saturday with Sunday early starts. My team Belle Vue have never had Monday as a regular race night in all the years i have followed them.Just tell all riders to decide were they want to ride Poland or Britain so we can still have speedway there will be a watered down league standard because riders will have to be moved up into higher leagues to fill any gaps.But i would rather have that situation than no speedway.Three clubs have gone from last year how many more from this year,we cant let the current situation carry on or soon there wont be any clubs left.

Agree. I think we can carry him at the NSS, he will always be good for 2-4 points.

Better shape, think you are confused ,don’t think you would get many agreeing with that theory.IMO It is crying out for Independant body to run the sport though,not many takers on that front .Imo

Yes Jack Holder and Covatti don’t know the Poole track lol. That’s the same Nico Covatti who got paid 8 points twice last season from number 3 yet is now a reserve ..... can’t see him struggling. Poole to hit 60 or they won’t be as good as Ipswich

Heard this evening that Panthers asked KK to take the spot but their “offer” was politely refused......twice. They also asked Woryna and got the same response.

What does Jordan Jenkins, Nathan Stoneman, Richard Andrews, Luke Harris, Rob Shuttleworth (If still riding?) or heck even David Wallinger do on Sunday afternoons like? All would be an improvement... Sorry Danny, all of this can't be doing you much good either... Can't fault your effort or commitment though... Whatever happened to us and another north east team having a NL team then? Any other team changes people may be thinking about... It's a bit early I think, don't over react, Thomas Jorgensen, Lasse Bjerre, Matthew Wethers and Steve Worrall are all too good not to improve on their early season start... Thomas and Lasse are still basically away riders at the minute... The first in particular... As he made it VERY hard for himself on Sunday night, some of the lines he was taking were questionable... Give him time and he'll come good... Also Simon Lambert? Can't fault his effort either, but Brough Park is just not his track... Let's give him a few weeks chance though... Max, you're doing great (Bar Berwick away) Very impressive at home last Sunday

Those lamp posts dont look six ft from fence !

Blimey !!! now looks like leicester- hope it doesn`t ride like it !!!!!

That's a very childish remark

Mr Dishington needs to have a word with his tutor Mr McGregor then,As I believe he taught him all he knows.

No he will be no 8 and take his rides. All a tactical move.

Geoff is as thick as a plank it seems.

If your No 1 and leader is going well it inspires confidence. It also allows him to perhaps spend more time encouraging and passing tips on to other riders. If things are going badly, he'll have his own problems to deal with and the rest of the team can be somewhat rudderless. That's basics surely!

It was reported that Belle Vue released Craig for similar. GP rider demands for a bang average rider. He also publicly slated Belle Vue's management. So Craig has pretty much left himself with Championship Glasgow or Premiership's Swindon and Wolverhampton. Neither of the Premiership clubs management teams would be stupid enough to pay what his "Speedway Superstar" wages.

Which is quite ridiculous. Of course, it was all down to money, but why not just say that? To put him into a bracket of non heat leader is just really, really stupid. Given that he quite clearly is in this horrific standard of league. Craig has pissed his chips a bit, but a part of me believes he just didn't want to ride for him and for that I have no grudge with it.

I stand by it. The No 1 is the leader. If he is under performing it effects the whole side. If he's doing his job it can lift the rest of the team.

ridiculous for a lot of reasons.

Who could really blame Robert if he's using the UK for extra spending money abroad. This year I'm sure he'll be pushing for SGP 2020 qualification, SEC to compete in, Ekstraliga and Elitserien. Plus no doubt Bundesliga is on his fixture list, possibly Metal Speedway League too. He's a very busy boy in 2019

Thought you weren't attending bandit meetings this season?

At yesterday's Ashfield practice Rasmus looked very fast and confident, Claus equally so. Was impressed with Aaron's speed at the Bordernapolis, Coty the same when in front. Leon looked confident and he knows Ashfield well enough. This is a tough opener for the Tigers, we might even look back later on and realise it's been our biggest test of the season.

Not quite. starting marshall gets riders to the tapes, green light on, STARTING MARSHALL WALKS TO THE REAR OF THE BIKES, then tapes up and go. This means that there should be a delay of at least 5 to 10 seconds after the green light come on before the tape are lifted. if the rule is not followed and the tapes are lifted immediately green light is illuminated then riders are unprepared as they are expecting a delay.

Of course not .whoever heard of a promoter putting there bank balance first over rider safely .its already been pointed out on here on how little you understand how the sport runs .

Will the Panthers have a competitive team by then

Geoffrey. FFS. You do come across on here as an idiot. Yet in real life ur a decent bloke. You should know all to well as a fellow aces fan that risking an opening meeting on a track that's not ready is not what Swindon or the sport needs delaying it a week is a great idea. One which belle vue management at the time should have done. It has been stated that they really wanted to get the track work done sooner but they couldn't untill they had the say so. It was out of Swindon speedways hands. So good luck to Swindon in your opening ceremony so to speak next week against your nearest rivals. And let's hope it's a success because it's not only good for Swindon but more importantly for the sport as a whole

Common sense to not to run the meeting but questions have no be asked why it took so long to start the work in the first place leaving such a tight deadline .

I think you've rather mixed up your words, auntie He would have been world champion knobhead, one of the biggest knobheads ever seen in Swindon . . . . .

Damned if they do and damned if they don't.. I remember being in a crowd once, a crowd full of anticipation to see a new track, (maybe you were there too?), and coming away thinking "Speedway! No matter how many times you give it another go, it will always be a Mickey Mouse amateur shambles"... At least this time a couple of thousand fans (including Aces supporters again no doubt), won't have yet another reason to feel so peed off with the way the Sport is ran once more... And no need for humble pie either, as with any Speedway meeting, the track may have been absolutely perfect on the day but the heavens might have opened so no meeting would have taken place anyway... The season finishes many months from now, so better to wait and do something properly, than rush things through half arsed and spectacularly fail... Especially when you are in Swindons unique position where they will want to be seen as ultra professional in the eyes of the public and local officials, given the challenges they are facing with their new home.. A brand damaging opening night farce could have been a disaster that they just may have struggled to recover from..

Fantastic speedway rider but an utterly dreadful human being. Way too much ego and opinion without even an average intellect with which to deliver it Traits which are sadly common in many modern day riders and promoters alike.

Sportowefakty reporting 55812 fans watched the 4 1st round Extraleague matches at the weekend- a truly amazing figure.

We move on to this weekend coming for the Extraleague round 2 and the Nice Polska league round 3. It`s a mirror image of the weekend just gone 6 matches live over 3 happy days !!!! ( If Rybnik hadn`t ball$ed up their track it would have been !!)- all times UK times Friday April 12th Extraleague Gorzow v lublin Eleven Sport 1 programme starts 4.30pm 1st race 5pm Friday April 12th Extraleague Grudziadz v Czestochowa Eleven sport 1 programme starts 7.15pm 1st race 7.30pm Saturday April 13th Nice Polska league Tarnow v Ostrow Eleven sport 2 programme starts 7pm 1st race 7.15pm Sunday April 14th Nice Polska league Gniezno v Rybnik Polsat sport programme starts 1.45pm Sunday April 14th Extraleague Torun v Leszno N Sport programme starts 2.30pm 1st race 3pm Sunday April 14th Extraleague Wroclaw v Zielona Gora N Sport programme starts 5.30pm 1st race 6pm