THE DEAN MACHINE

I don’t believe that, British speedway does have a place in modern society it just we don’t see it and we apologise and make excuses for what we can’t achieve and never think what we can achieve and that in the main is down to the personal running the sport, something that really gets me at the moment and I’ve spoken to a lot of people within the sport about this is not one person has a vison of where do we go from here ? Yes there is a plaster here and a bandage there but nobody has a plan or a vison or anything of any hope and that really bothers me

I believe the BV riders have this written in their contract which imo is a good thing and shame other clubs don’t do it, I heard one promoter say he wasn’t interested in it when it was put to him as an idea, absolutely everything should be pushed by the clubs to forge that bond with the fans and club, riders on the whole are pretty easy going and will do such things if asked but if you don’t encourage they will just get in their vans and drive off

The councils giving money to polish clubs doesn’t make the clubs successful, the clubs being successful make the council money in tourism, speculate to accumulate, it’s happens in this country with anything successful, it’s just speedway isn’t, Does anyone who lives outside say zielona gora visit that town for any other reason than its speedway ? So how do the council attract visitors to spend their time and money in their town ?

That is a very good post, in this country we don’t address the differences we make excuses why we can’t do them

Except at football where all ages wear their teams shirts even the women

It may well be the best but it’s only a fraction of the crowd, Birmingham had virtually non that’s my point, im not having a go at BV this is about British speedway, all fans need to wearing their own brands ,I’m going to Ipswich tonight and I will see how many wear their attire

The standing one whichever that is

Maybe, I’m not blaming the people I’m just saying this should be a thing that needs to be addressed and pressed

When I was there a few weeks back I think I saw around 10 including my son, me and the Mrs were talking about how nobody was wearing them

Ffs 🙄 I’m not comparing the two I’m pointing out that merchandise is and should be a must for all team sports including speedway in Poland the uk or on the moon, it’s branding and branding generates publicity and awareness but for whatever the reason we don’t seem to push it, so get off your high horse and actually get the point

No it doesn’t, how much merch is seen worn inside the stadium ? Very little, I’m not having a dig at BV this is every track, it doesn’t have a brand or an identity, my son has a belle vue shirt and he is one of the very few who wear them on race night, the brand is what sells the team

No it doesn’t, how much merch is seen worn inside the stadium ? Very little, I’m not having a dig at BV this is every track, it doesn’t have a brand or an identity, my son has a belle vue shirt and he is one of the very few who wear them on race night, the brand is what sells the team

How many belle vue tee shirts,scarfs and hoodies etc did the belle vue track shop sell Monday night or any race night for that matter ? Something I witnessed last week at zielona gora and gorzow was just how many fans brought the merch from the club stores, there were que’s out the doors, team shirts and scarfs were sold in huge quantities generating substantial income for the clubs and it seemed no matter what you wanted they had it with their logo on it

And I believe the car park price too

Maybe but I paid £12 for zielona gora on Friday, I think it’s around £15

Looks like the poles have seen the success that is British speedway and put the prices for the final up to £28 and up, that doesn’t sound a lot to us but it is in Poland, remember I paid £8 last week to watch Gorzow v Częstochowa

If BV get of to a decent start they can rattle Ipswich and hold them,if they don’t Ipswich will walk over them, that’s how psychology works in sport

I think Ipswich need a 5-1 here because I think belle vue can get at least a draw at foxhall

Putting the price up £2, when will British speedway learn

Is this the first year in a long time that there are no guest riders in all 4 teams in play offs

What the hell was Gary may thinking there ? Replacing his top scorer bowtel with Nichols on a tactical sub ride ?

Klindt is re writing the meaning of the word professional tonight

Rybnik are awful

Gorzow on a mission tonight

Should be close this one, I think rybnik will do enough over 2 legs but hoping gorzow do it because I think they bring more to the extraleague then rybnik but saying that I would rather have Bydgoszcz than both