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The fans, however they might have enjoyed it, didn't turn out in sufficient numbers and the promotion still lost a bucketload.

He was brilliant to see at Berwick, it was the first time we have had a genuine number one in the team for a while (since Adrian Rymel), but unfortunately he did not add many to the attendance, so Berwick simply couldn't afford him. I just wish we could find a sponsor or a big enough crowd to afford riders of his calibre. Unfortunately...

He cost Berwick a fortune

Out of those 3-4 weeks, one we were away to Eastbourne, one was the Saturday May Bank Holiday, when it rained all Saturday night and one clashed with the GP qualifier at Glasgow (would that have affected the attendance, given that folk often stay away to watch the GP's on the TV?).

And risk losing the money they did against Edinburgh? A fast way to go out of business. Like it or not, this is the way speedway will be run now.

Apart from last Saturday (when Edinburgh were at Eastbourne, so they couldn't come anyway and it clashed with a gp and you know fans love to use that as an excuse to stay in the house), both postponements were after those "free weeks". Last Saturday Leon was in Poland, NBJ was ill, Gary Flint was probably in Poland as well with Leon? so there's probably two guests and a new team manager you would be looking at. Cue more moaning about the use of guests in speedway.

So when do you suggest they fit the fixtures in, given there is only one spare Saturday before September? Run a double header (financial nightmare and the big risk of the second match only going ten heats) or a midweek match (guaranteed lower crowd)?

Funny because back in 2017 a lot of Berwick fans on here were saying that they were staying away because the team were poor and getting beat and the quality of racing didn't appease them. So what has changed in the track preparation, because it's the same curator? And second, what do you think can be done to improve racing? I've got no experience in preparing a track, so I don't have the answer and if they were honest, very few posters on here have. Some of the responses should be interesting.

The original argument was about the cost of getting in, nobody ever mentioned the racing.

In which case, nobody is paying £17, which was your original argument. Even with the reduced prices, £13 including your programme is still cheaper than the reduced admission. The only time it wasn't, was the one meeting against Edniburgh, which was a one-off £10. Then it was about the same.

£13 if you bought a season ticket, the cheapest of any team in the Championship, but this price is never quoted in any posts on here

Splash the cash Col mmm nice lol

Just about sums it up

You might get a vote yourself, for your services to the club through the years

The fact you're taking time and effort to comment on it

Surprised you're concerned about the team's form

and contradicted what one of them said in the programme v Leicester

Why every story starts off "sources say"

Why let the truth stand in the way of a good story though?

The raised area above the third bend must be one of the best in the country to watch racing from, you get an excellent view of riders charging into, then down the banking.

Yip, all about the opinions, every one different

I know I am going to get pelters for this, but in my opinion, you don't. I would rather see bikes flat out rather than having to scrub off all their speed at each bend. It's the same for me with all circuits inside greyhound tracks. I would rather have Shielfield, for it's drawbacks.

There are a lot of Berwick fans who's glasses are empty, have been dropped on the floor and smashed

You tell that to Razor, the hours that he spends down at Shielfield

The problem in a nutshell