Daniel Smith

I would be happy with all kinds of match fixing as long as King's Lynn finally manage to break it's top league duck, crowds double, it looks like a well run professional outfit. A bit of fraud & scandal has never really done any other sport harm.

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Swings & roundabouts. Since Speedways inception the UK had the stranglehold over everyone. Raced every day of the week, asset system etc. From the mid 2000's Poland came in to some serious money and have built a product and rocketed past the UK, Sweden & Denmark & left them all for dead. For me, as the Ekstraliga has all the 💰 available, it has every right to dictate. BUT........... The UK just needs to sit tight for a bit, as the bubble is slowly deflating in Poland too. Some clubs are really struggling with their numbers over the last couple of years

Surely not - Ipswich 'Houghton Hams Ltd' Silver Machine

Keep the insults coming, love these 😘 True though what I've said isn't it?!? Sheffield & Ipswich are almost a parallel over the last few years with the same sponsor but different owners.

Do I seriously have to answer this?? Seeing as you asked, Guy Nicholls is a local business owner with a multi millions turnover, who is/was a fan of the sport/club. He chose Ipswich because that's where he's from. Zero to do with Ipswich being 'well-run'. I hear you ask, why did he sponsor King's Lynn & then Sheffield?? Because it was his best route to try & expand he brand, who are also located in Loughborough. The same questions can be asked of Sheffield, it's no coincidence with the standard of rider's signed under the TruPlant sponsorship. Without them, Sheffield could never afford both Holder's & Woffinden. Sheffield was well-backed, not well-run. Nicholls pulls his sponsorship, then all of a sudden Sheffield is up for sale. Could be coincidence but is it though?? Ipswich are not the Real Madrid of British Speedway. Ipswich are (to a point Sheffield) lucky feckers to have TruPlant around. If Guy Nicholls wasn’t a fan of the sport/club, the size of his business would go nowhere near it.

Again, it's nothing to do with how Louis, Hawkins & others work for Ipswich Speedway. They have done what needs to be done, they all worked bloody hard. That's not in dispute. The issue for me is this belief (mainly by the fans) that it's 'well run', rather than the actual fact that Ipswich is fortunate to be 'well backed'. They're not one & the same, especially in British Speedway.

That highlighted part, but sorry 🤣🤣 I suppose it's great to know that Jason & Emil put themselves out for £20 per point then because they were ravaged with their treatment 🤣🤣 In terms of sponsorship in more professional sports, it cannot be compared as these sponsors are getting something back from it. 99% of British Speedway sponsors are throwing money away because they're fans & no they'll get nothing in return. It is not the same at all.

Jealousy of what exactly. There's nothing in British Speedway to be jealous of. Hate towards Louis?? Nobody is hating on Louis, Hawkins, Nicholls or Ipswich as a whole. People are just highlighting the delusions of Ipswich fans, believing that Ipswich is well-run, where, in fact, it's just well-backed. How do we know it's about backing rather than the running of the club?!? Seeing as you asked, here's some basic maths to wrap your head around. Let's say Ipswich has around 1400 through the gate every meeting. 700 at full (£24), 600 at concession (£22), 100 at child (£1). That's £30,100 per home meeting. Half that to also cover the away fixtures (£15,050). What's the chances that Sayfutdinov & Doyle almost swallowed that up between them?? Highly likely isn't it?? Now it's about guesstimating the costs of Brennan, King, Ellis, Thompson & Edwards. Would £10,000 seem a fair guess for those 5?!? That's a basic 30% needing to be covered by sponsorship in salaries. None of the above has taken in to consideration the costs of medical cover, insurance, track materials, staff etc, all the costs outside of the septet. When 30%-40% of expenditure needs to be covered by Sponsorship, that's not a well run club, that's a well backed club. I'll say it again. It's in no way "Chris Louis hate", it's just to highlight this best-run, well-run nonsense. It is absolutely fact, Ipswich would be also-rans (like King's Lynn) without TruPlant.

With the help of deep pockets from Guy Nicholls. There's a lot of delusion as to how well run Ipswich is. Without TruPlant, Ipswich would be also-rans alongside King's Lynn. Absolutely no chance Doyle & Sayfutdinov would be in the team. Louis himself has said Nicholls has done way way more than people know.

Which, as we've all said many times about Promoters, it's 'all about me' & never what's best for British Speedway. Louis could well be right about the direction the sport should go, but he's been part of the collective that's taken this sport down with the Titanic for decades. Here's the thing. Why should any other p promoter trust him? Why should any promoter trust Lemon? Why should any other promoter trust Ford? That's it, they all can't trust each other because they've no interest in British Speedway, just self serving. The only way this sport can be saved is a totally independent body. Doesn't matter the route that gets taken without that, as has continually happened over many decades, the sport is just going to continue to devour itself.

There is not 1 Speedway Club not for sale. The problem is, there are no buyers.

As Speedworth owns the stadium, you'd be mad to spend £1000s you'd never get back for fresh air. Buy or rent, you need millions in your back pocket.

His money was keeping the club afloat, running a club is a totally different thing. No ordinary businessman is buying a Speedway club in 2025. You'll need a guy with a £10m+ bank account without care for their finances to be in this sport. British Speedway is absolutely in the sh!te.

How about this for an "Outside The Box" idea. Premiership continues with 5 teams, home & away twice. 2 Championship clubs have a 2nd team on a Monday or Thursday were they just have 1 round of fixtures except against each other, allowing them to put their feelers out with their supporters as to whether they go Premiership in 2027 or 2028. Could Championship clubs like Glasgow & Poole finance just 10 extra fixtures??