Noodles

Great to see the Laguta brothers committing to the World Cup. What chance Emil being fit and riding also?

Paid £25 for both matches - now that's a bargain. Grandstand & south terrace sold out. They are now selling tickets for West terrace on bend 1 - annoying really as I'd have preferred those to the south stand but they weren't on sale before. Just need the Russians to join the party.

I've never had any BT product, including broadband and it worked for me. Maybe I got lucky and benefited from a glitch they've now fixed?

Yep - all cache, cookies & history cleared

All very odd as I have tried the link myself again today and it is still showing £9.99 for me. I have tried the link on various devices, in various locations on various Wi-FI - £9.99 everytime and has never shown anything but. Hopefully still working for me in 3 months time so I can do it all again http://www.broadband.bt.com/bt-sport-on-sky-only-winback/

Source?

Idiots even managed to fook that up. Whose idea was it to promote Peterborough to the final? Panther's fans now have no incentive to buy a weekend ticket and will just go Sunday. If they were there Saturday most would have bought a weekend ticket in the hope of seeing them both days. All immaterial now, they can swivel if they think I am supporting any BSPA event.

Or a Sunday afternoon team

I will be boycotting the 4's, I will not be supporting any BSPA events.

A petition has been started http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/CraigCookSpeedway

So you agree it's personal and the judgment isn't based on any rule? Hopefully Sheffield will recieve the same then if they need to make changes this year.

Peterborough would have to go with a NL rider whilst two Brits needlessly sit on the sidelines. Panther's would get fined for fielding a under strength team, the attendance will be poor & the future of Speedway in Peterborough plunged in to doubt again....... ... but all in the best interests of British speedway of course.

They clearly like blocking things

I hope Ged considers his sponsorship of the british youngsters. What's the point of it all if British riders get blocked from joining British teams?

OFFICIAL STATEMENT Friday May 06, 2016 DISILLUSIONED Peterborough promoter Ged Rathbone is considering his future in the sport after seeing a high-profile capture of Great Britain star Craig Cook blocked. The British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA) management committee have incredibly ruled that the 'T Balfe Construction' Panthers cannot complete a double-change that would have seen top talent Cook and fellow British rider Tom Stokes replace two Danes, Nicklas Porsing and Michael Palm Toft, in their team. Rathbone has been informed the decision was made In line with rule 16.3.5 of the 2016 Speedway Regulations, which states that the BSPA management committee monitors all proposed moves and has the sole responsibility to approve all (re-)declared team line-ups having been satisfied they are in the best interests of the sport. That conclusion appears to have been reached by the governing body even though Peterborough want to hand jobs to two British riders. It is a setback which has left Rathbone questioning whether he can continue in speedway beyond the club's next two Premier League meetings - a trip to Plymouth tonight (Friday) and a home clash against Sheffield on Sunday, when the new-look team was due to take to the East of England Showground track. A shocked Rathbone said: "The BSPA have told me it is not in the best interests of the sport to allow our signing of two British riders to go through - and that is something I find completely and utterly staggering. "I'm completely disillusioned as to how we can be blocked from bringing one of the finest British riders in Craig Cook and an up-and-coming British talent in Tom Stokes into a British team in a British league when we have broken no rules. "There is absolutely nothing in the sport's rulebook to suggest that this move cannot happen and the BSPA have failed to prove otherwise by providing me with such a ruling. I'm told the management committee do not want a rider to double-up between two teams with the same race-night either - even though we have only a handful of Friday fixtures and there were only three clashes between ourselves and Craig's Elite League club, Belle Vue. "Using a guest on those three occasions was a perfectly acceptable scenario for both ourselves and Craig, who had jumped at the chance to return to racing in the Premier League. He is already in the process of having equipment brought back to the UK from Poland to facilitate this move. "I've also been informed that Belle Vue were not in a position to give us permission to speak to the rider - something they did grant to my co-promoter Trevor Swales when he made contact with them. "I've had messages of support from other Premier League promoters telling us what a great move we have made - not just for Peterborough but for the whole of British speedway by bringing Craig back into the league - yet now we find our plans scuppered. Craig was runner-up in the British Final last summer and would have won the title had the final race not been stopped. With champion Tai Woffinden choosing not to ride in this country, Craig is now technically the best Brit actually racing in Britain. He wants to compete in the top two British leagues, but is being prevented from doing that. What sort of message does that sound out to other British riders? "I've worked tirelessly since late in 2014 to bring stability and success to Peterborough. I cannot contemplate being in a position where our crowd levels drop, something I believe could happen after our poor recent form. "That is why I decided to act and make the exciting changes to create what we all want and what our paying supporters expect - a winning team. "At this moment in time, I'm committed to completing our away meeting at Plymouth and the home fixture against Sheffield, but I will be seriously considering my future in the sport beyond that. "The way I feel right now, Sunday may well be a farewell from me should our appeal over this decision not be successful.

Weird, I don't understand why you are seeing different to me? I have checked the link again & it is still showing the very same deal I took out days ago - BT Sport HD £9.99 a month, no connection fee, 30 day rolling contract. You do not need to have an existing BT product to take up the offer, I don't. Try going via this instead http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/get-bt-sport-sky-no-activation-fee-9-99-a-month-for-3-months-1-month-rolling-contract-2416401

Rules don't allow you to do that

How will we cope without his usual 5 point return? A devastating loss.

Yes I've heard they'll offer 12 months HD for £9.99. Personally I don't want it for 12 months & don't want a 12 month contract so will just be doing 2 x 3 months which will take me to just after Aussie GP.

No it hasn't?

I thought this deal might be of interest for those without BT broadband but looking to add BT Sport to their Sky TV platform: http://www.broadband.bt.com/bt-sport-on-sky-only-winback/?s_cid=con_cic_aff_affwin_vidAJM_broadband&vendorid=AJM&utm_source=Affwin&utm_medium=Ref&utm_campaign=Affiliate&awc=3041_1461828068_250df613015ed0b34df63855ce30433f&dclid=CP71i_blsMwCFU2bFgodBesImA It's a 30 day rolling contract and you will be charged full price after month 3 so make sure you call and give notice to cancel in month 2. However once you call to cancel they will throw offers at you so a good time to negotiate a deal to carry on. Personally I am going to see if this deal will work again for me when mine expires in July. Another 3 months would take me to just after the Australian SGP.

We've got to do something, because Sheffield was bad enough but yesterday's performance was simply diabolical and totally unacceptable. Dale seems to want to keep reminding everyone that he was heavily involved in the team building - well he can take some of the blame for the two home defeats because we have looked very much like a team built without a number 1 & nearly two points under the points limit. Rene Bach for MPT would fit nicely.

Morning rain has cleared and it's brightened up.

Rained a lot yesterday and raining again now.

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