Albert

I went to the meeting not particularly bothered on the outcome of the match... win and great, always good to see your team win...lose, Ipswich made to suffer, I could've settled for that following what happened earlier in the season. As it turned out, was a fine meeting, very entertaining and a good win for Scunny ... i'll take that, given the antics and sore loser syndrome as witnessed from the Plymouth lot tonight! Good all round effort from Scunny, it was looking all over after 4 heats...then BANG...Have it! :-) Devils crumbled, Devils Lost it, Devils Cried.... That said...still hope Plymouth go to Rye and get the 4 pointer they require. A fine meeting to end a mediocre, injury plagued season (worst in my living memory).... We've seen some fantastic racing this year though, absolutely top drawer...hopefully (fingers crossed) we'll be back for more next year.

Wasn't pretty early doors, so credit to both sides for riding through those tricky conditions, particularly in those earlier heats. As the track dried, the quality of racing did improve greatly. Garrity and Bellego certainly provided the entertainment for the visitors...whilst all the Scunny boys all rode pretty well, I guess the contribution by the experienced pair of Lanham and Pijper was worthy of added praise. I thought after Tigers 5-1 in heat 12 that they would most likely go on and win it...but fair play to the Scorpions, they came good just when we needed them to. The MLRC was ridden in far better conditions... thoroughly enjoyable meeting, those kids were a credit to the MDL. Congratulations to Jack Parkinson Blackburn on his hard earned win.

That was no EWR classic..but one or two insane races made it an enjoyable meeting nonetheless. Alex Davies was the standout Scorpion, fantastic performance from him. Andreas Lyager stormed to victory on his first ever race on Scunny shale....he impressed, looks more than a decent prospect. For Berwick, Jorgensen scored well, as one would expect on his 'home' track.... but perhaps rider of the meeting was Ryan Fisher, blistering form tonight, certainly mastered the bend two slingshot! Heat 8 is definitely worthy of a mention... incredible race, how many passes?...I lost count...take a bow messers Pijper, Lunna, Garcia & Hall that was worth the admission money alone.

Scunthorpe is a relatively small town, it's been through the mill several times... Lack of major investment and jobs throughout the years, people simply haven't got the money....unless you're one of the few steelworkers left employed in the town. Shame to say it as its my home town, but Scunthorpe is a fairly deprived northern outpost. Recent years has however seen the population swell. It's quite a multicultural town thesedays, thousands upon thousands, mainly Eastern Europeans descended upon us....but try as we might, they ain't interested in speedway. It's not just speedway that struggles for crowds, you've only got to look at the football team...huge investment inplace at the moment, new stadium about to be built, plenty money spent on the team, 1st division club...crowds struggling around the 4000 mark. There is no doubt in my mind the racing at Scunny is as good as you'll find anywhere in this county, it would be a travesty if it is lost to the sport. Scunthorpe speedway has many advantages that other clubs don't enjoy ie, training schools, practices, amateur scene, no curfew, it owns the bar, the cafe...and the land is leased off the council, it's not being fleeced by eg, a greyhound company. Factor in the revenue from those and then compare that to other clubs expenditures, I'm sure there's likely to be other clubs with similar financial worries. Perhaps given Scunnys incoming revenues, a lower attendance level can be tolerated...trouble is we've probably dipped below what the promotion now consider a tolerable level. It's hard to attract new supporters, but we are trying and we'll keep on trying to the end. We are seeing a few new supporters coming in, people are always introducing newbies....we need to look after these and hope they too can spread the word. The promotion are also trying, the product is brilliant, it deserves to be better supported.

Tough week injury wise .. I found it particularly hard to get enthused for tonights meeting, didn't think we'd stand much chance without Ryan (btw, get well soon buddy)....But...To the Scorpions credit, they did the business. Lots to be pleased about...certainly lifted a bit of doom n gloom. Pijper, probably put in his best performance for Scunny..Alex Davies in fine form, chipped in with a few wins.. Wilko very impressive..Lunna did more than ok.. Special mentions for guest Josh Bates and new signing Zdenek Holub.. Josh 110% effort, that pass on Lindgren was pure class, this kid has come on brilliantly in the last year or so. Holub, looks like a real find, great effort for his first time round Scunny... much more to come hopefully. Newcastle, Lindgren apart, were pretty mediocre tonight... Perhaps understandably given they were also missing Lewis Kerr (wishing him all the best)....Great to see Tero, not only get up from that horrendous crash but to come out and win heat 14.. heroic.

Its weeks like this I question why I follow this sport! Get well soon Ryan, no luck whatsoever....

Ryan Douglas.. Rider No14

You're right Bez...My error.. mistakenly took the averages in column C. :-)

Hope you're right, I'd worked it out as 6.3..... ?

Is there coverage of that incident? Id love to see the race again... I, like the majority of the crowd was convinced that Nielsen caused wilko to fall, looked pretty clear cut.. Any coverage?

Perhaps Josh should take him to court and claim loss of earnings...

We know you meant to say Chris Louis.. Not john... Mungo just being pedantic.

That's your opinion and your entitled to it. In my opinion, Tungate caused his own mishap, good trap out of gate one, his decision to head for no mans land out wide on bend two, in effect, he stuffed himself. He was primary cause in my eyes. Its all about opinions, agree or disagree...it happened... ref did what he thought was right... What happened afterwards was avoidable, spiteful, it ruined the match.... that said, it also added drama to what was an entertaining night on and off track.

When any rider gets the trap from gate one and rides that wide across the track he's putting himself in a vulnerable position deep on turn two, whilst at the same time he's also dictating which lines the others have to take.... Josh was only taking the natural racing line dictated to him at that given point. Can't see any reason from that angle, which is pretty similar to the refs view, why people should think josh had been wreckless causing tungate to fall....

What a load of b*****ks

The video of morris kicking out on the line ... they passed in a flash, the angle/speed and video quality just doesn't give a clear view of what happened... Im clear in my own mind, had a great view of it. Any footage of the Nielsen/Wilkinson incident?

Can't you just upload the footage on youtube... let people search for it?

I saw Josh's hand..it certainly didn't look good..all ballooned up, looked a mess to be honest.. be amazed if it ain't broken... I fear his season could be over.

Neutral!... your Nielsens No1 fan, only reason you were there.. Plus you hate all things Scunthorpe.. can't take your comments seriously, you obviously seen it with an Ipswich bias.

Ermm... hope we don't go the national league route...that'd probably finish me as a supporter. Like the idea of Sunday evening PL though.

6 years today since Kennys passing... gone but never forgotten. RIP Kenny.

We'll never forget King Kenny at Scunny... He'd sure be saddened by Scunnys current closure fears... Kenny was very much 100% committed to Scunthorpe speedway, his contribution and people skills brought supporters together and always had time for a chat. He has been sorely missed, he was that connection between club and fans. Rob was very much a man that was happy to stay in the background and let Kenny do the talking off track. Rob to his credit, certainly found his voice after Kennys passing, he now has a good rapport with the fans, and we've grown to love Robs infield antics and presentation skills..... but there was only ever one Kenny ;-) One things for sure though, bet he enjoyed looking down on the EWR last night, he'd be up there holding his Newcastle Brown aloft with such pride on what was such a grand comeback... 'It'll be rite' was one of Kennys sayings...lets hope those sentiments come true.

I spoke to the guy, he's actually from Radio 1...he's gonna be around filming a few weeks, producing something for iplayer I believe. Think he enjoyed what he saw. :-)

Like previous posters have said... wasn't looking the best of meetings from a Scunny point of view...infact, I'd resigned myself to defeat...but wow, what a comeback from the Scorps.... Superb recovery, gloom lifted!... Those last three heats will live long in the memory.

Perhaps 6 man teams, 13 heat matches is the way to go... More 4 team tournaments to boost visiting support... what cost benefit would that make to promotions? Probably too late to help Rob at Scunny, but for the good of the sport?