Daniel Smith

True & absolutely not true. BSN is just 'preaching to the already converted' & won't add anything in growing the sport. At the same time, Sky & BT/TNT added absolutely nothing to attendances for British Speedway too. Even with these "Mainstream" channels, British Speedway has continually declined & clubs disappeared. There is only one last step for British Speedway to attempt, almost everyone's favorite platform, YouTube. Free to all, the largest viewing platform & a potential global audience. If the BSPL don't want to offer the product 'free to air', have Live meetings on YouTube under "Members Only" at £10 a month, then release the meetings to all a week later. British Speedway needs to look at a 10 year growth plan rather than just looking at the now, chasing whomever will pay up the biggest bucks. YouTube is THE biggest growth plan the BSPL could use & it's cheap

Have to chuckle sometimes, how much longer are King's Lynn fans going to keep making excuses that "Strength in Depth" is the right way 🤣 The only time it's ever worked is when the big guns are restricted/banned/leave. If the big guns are back for 2026, King's Lynn will be, yet again, Premiership Deadingtons.

I'll always fall back to the guy that made me love this game: Henka Gustafsson Close calls were: Mark Loram & Bo Brhel.

Douglas wouldn't shock me, that's about the only level King's Lynn ever signs as a No1. That would be another season propping up the league. Can this club just 'Have A Go' for a change?? If the club can't be bothered with winning titles, the fans will eventually not bother also.

Don't read anything in to it. He didn't want King's Lynn in 25 but we were the only space available in the end. Can't rule out King's Lynn as an option unless they're dropping down or they've got proper heatleaders (🤞🏻) signed up

Make that the "1 Big League" then. Leave Belle Vue, Ipswich, Sheffield, Leicester & King's Lynn to come up with their own NEW format for a potential "Super League." What I would like, it's inventive:- 5 man teams for the regular season, home & away x2. Now, the invention 😬 An "All Team Tournament" x2 at each stadium, where a 'World Cup' style format can be used & the points also count towards the league table. Points can be standardised, like: Regular League: Win 3pts, Draw 1pt, Lose 0pts ATT: 1st 6pts, 2nd 4pts, 3rd 3pts, 4th 2pts, 5th 0pts

1 league would see a good chunk of rider's knocked off that list as they'd be unavailable due to Swedish and Polish demands, maybe also Germany & Denmark. I personally feel 1 league will be disastrous

Is Sheffield sustainable for a new promoter to pay out for?? There's been some very public issues for other sports at the venue in recent history, being kicked out. Are the current promotion aware the stadium owners have other plans for the near future?? Going Down the Coventry route, possibly?? "Money not object" owners, for the whole of Speedway in general, is the only way to save this sport. Every single club that doesn't own their own Arena is at serious serious risk. Isn't Poole also on the chopping block?? One of British Speedway's "richest" clubs?? ____________________________ Year after year we think this sport has possibly hit 'rock bottom' but the bad news just keeps coming. Don't know how it could possibly happen, but we really could do with some of that Middle Eastern Oil money right now.

It was the F1 Stockcar World Final. The spectator numbers ain't that much higher than when SWC/SON meetings were held there. A normal Stockcar weekend is still 2-3x that of Speedway

Exactly. It read like AI had written it. We had the "0-60 faster than an F1 car" line. "No brakes, risking life & limbs" line etc. The idea is to increase a more youthful culture within the sport. Yet, here we are again, wheeling out a near 80 year old where anyone under 25 probably only knows this guy for 'I'm A Celebrity'. Surely, surely, surely, there must be recently retired football players / managers out there that have some spare cash to throw about? We've tried Celebrities in the recent past & it didn’t even create a ripple. Keith Flint (rip fella) & Mark Webber. Also John McGuinness & Carl Fogerty from the biker world, not a ripple to help the sport. It could be a foot in the door to Premier League Football but I'm not convinced his contacts would be recent enough. We absolutely need to try & get our fingers in to Football, Formula 1 & Pop Music, absolutely First & foremost, British Speedway is absolutely desperate for modern facilities but, even looking at Belle Vue's, the numbers coming in are terrible considering their location & upturn over the last couple of decades of inner city upgrades. The toughest thing for Speedway is, that absolutely everyone don't know what they want. From promoters to still attending fans, most have zero will &/or ideas to move this sport forward in this country.

Major controversy incoming for the Play-Offs. Again, Belle Vue have instructed their solicitors vs the BSPL, who have notified the remainder of the league of the circumstances. Before a wheel was turned in March, Belle Vue had instructed their Play-Offs opposition which had been verbally agreed by the Chaiman of the BSPL. So, following the agreement made in March the Play-Offs will be as followed........ Semi Final 1: Belle Vue vs Birmingham - 1st leg NSS / 2nd leg NSS Final: Belle Vue vs Oxford - 1st leg at NSS / 2nd leg NSS Semi Final 2: Ipswich vs Sheffield - Postponed Leicester: Withdrawn from the Play-Offs due to to many illegal immigrants in the City. Of course, this is absolutely, 100% (not) fact & know how Belle Vue & some fans like to cry about the injustice they suffer & highlight how great they are. Even with all this, Leicester still win the league 😛😛

If King's Lynn can get a win vs Sheffield (weather pending) I think, overall, the club can hold it's head up high to finish on 30 points. When you look at the Belle Vue septet, it's not a bad effort. The difference between the 2 clubs is clearly heatleaders. If the Premiership survive for 2026, it's an absolute must King's Lynn employs an 8.00+ No1

Promoters can't win can they?!? King's Lynn get blasted for calling off the day before based on a forecast, Sheffield get blasted for trying to get a meeting on. I know which situation is far worse by the way, it's not calling it off the day before. Just saying 👍🏻

Comfortable home win. 52-38. King's Lynn's draw in the Cup was an exceptional result. It was well celebrated, but overall, it was just a draw at the end of the day. Ipswich won't allow that to happen this time for sure.

Sheffield won't finish top so have no choice. Ipswich will 100% pick Belle Vue