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If what someone said is "twoddle", then what you said must have been twaddle too, because he was agreeing with you!

No doubt, GB's win will be all over the BBC Sports News later and will feature heavily in their Sports Personality of the Year programme……

Er….no….

I think you couldn't have chosen a worse moment to say that!

No. The other team win 5-4.

What??? It doesn't matter what the head to head is, a race win in the final will win it. That's why it's the final.

Great night for Dad's Army. But also a great night for speedway.

Great time for the helmet cam…….

Why haven't Nigel or Kelvin mentioned that Palm Toft has broken fingers?

Scotty & Bomber for our SoN team this week?

Not a rugby league fan then?

I remember you. You were the one throwing darts at my programme board weren't you?

My trusty programme tells me he won four races and had one third.

Yes, I was there as well! You could have just asked me to move instead of hitting me over the head with your umbrella though, BOBBATH!

I was indeed there, Split. It was the only time I ever saw Southampton. I still have the programme (of course!)

Yes, very sad news. Colin gave so much to speedway not just as a rider, manager and promoter but also, after he retired, through the World Speedway Riders' Association, of which he was president in 2011. I used to see him every week at Hackney of course and then met him several times at various WSRA functions. But perhaps our strangest meeting was when I just happened to bump into him at Liverpool Street Underground Station and we travelled as far as Tottenham Court Road together. This was the first time I actually met him and he must have wondered who this strange person was who suddenly accosted him to talk about Hackney speedway!

So, a Poland v. Russia final - forerunner of the SoN? Sadly not, of course.

What a way to win! Wow!

Yes, very sad news. Colin gave so much to speedway not just as a rider, manager and promoter but also, after he retired, through the World Speedway Riders' Association, of which he was president in 2011. I used to see him every week at Hackney of course and then met him several times at various WSRA functions. But perhaps our strangest meeting was when I just happened to bump into him at Liverpool Street Underground Station and we travelled as far as Tottenham Court Road together. This was the first time I actually met him and he must have wondered who this strange person was who suddenly accosted him to talk about Hackney speedway!

As everyone keeps saying, these first 20 heats are meaningless…..er…..

Mick the Muppet? Our old friend, John Hyam?

A great year, 1965. The year West Ham won the treble, captained by former Coventry Bee, the only and only Hurri-Ken.

Plus the two Ukrainians lightning gates...er...

Wow! Shock! Horror! Who'd have thought it? Poland, Sweden and Denmark qualify. Surely no-one could have predicted that before the meeting….

You did pick Gooch! But, yes, the essence of your point is correct. If you're limited to five then there's bound to be some favourites you leave out. For me this meant riders like Knutson, Norman Hunter, Eric Williams, Waterman and Aub Lawson. Then there's Simmons, Sweetman, Harrfeldt, Jack Young, Brian Leonard…. This could go on for a long time………