The White Knight

No real villains either. :sad:

I never knew that......................... :shock:

Cheers oldtimer. :)

I'm sorry robert72 - but that is rubbish in my opinion.

To some of us - it is. I simply cannot understand what was wrong with Great Britain. It served us well for years and then some idiot on the Speedway hierarchy decided to call us TeamGB, a total bloody nonsense. Absolutely no sense of History or Tradition.

It was Great Britain. It is TeamGB. Why the hell did they change it in the first place? :mad: Change for change sake is never a good idea.

WHOOOSH!! Haha - did you not see my Smileys BW. :rofl: I was joking. :rofl:

Hell's teeth - when I saw 'Celtic Warrior' - I thought we were talking WWE. Thankfully I was wrong.

Forgive me, but are you implying that top Premier League Riders should move up to the Elite League against their wishes? You are right, of course, that it may lead to an improvement, but I am not sure if the Riders would be too happy with that situation. IF that is what you are implying ch958.

Paulco - are you standing in for Dantodan? :o :o

Well said CHR. Of course you are right.

Newcastle and Redcar could try it?

Yes - it was a very sad day for all of Speedway. R.I.P. + Tommy.

HYPOCRITE!!!!! :o

Oooops!!! - sorry - I will amend that. EDIT: Thanks CHR - Job done.

He certainly did a good job there.........................

True - if a trifle pedantic. I think you know what I meant. I still 'Liked' your Post though.

I was hesitant about opening this Thread when I saw the Title. Sometimes one can get simply too much information. :shock: Obviously I couldn't resist the temptation - but it's fine. Nothing to worry about then. :rofl:

I've never watched Swedish Speedway. If this is true I may well adopt a Team and follow it in the Swedish League. Definitely worth consideration. Glad you mentioned that oldtimer. Thank you.

Glad you asked that. Tradition, a thing that seems to be abandoned far too easily in Speedway, does actually count for something. Belle Vue has been called Belle Vue from the beginning. Rightly, in my opinion - it has maintained the Tradition. The same could, and should apply to the name of our National Team. We were Great Britain in the past, traditionally we should be Great Britain into the foreseeable future. Oh! Just because the Olympic Team calls itself TeamGB doesn't mean Speedway has to follow suit, and more importantly, nor does it make it right.

You are right. It seems pretty unequivocal to me. Ah!!! But will it be the end of it on here? I somehow doubt it.

Not often I don't agree with you E I Addio but I do here. I have given the matter some thought as you put it. As a result of those thoughts I believe that the 'TeamGB' name is inappropriate. Great Britain was good enough for years but, in order to become 'fashionable', we change our National Team's name. Oddly enough, I live in a Country called Great Britain as do most on this Forum, nowhere can I find the word 'Team' mentioned. Our Speedway Team, and other Sporting Teams as well, are supposed to be representing our Country, our National Identity if you like, hence my reference to the Flag in my original Post. Ergo I believe Great Britain to be the correct name for our Speedway Team. Now I know from what you have Posted that you do not agree with me, that is your opinion and your privilege. I also have the right to disagree with you in this instance - and I do. Hoping I don't get the unnecessary heart attack you mention.

So that's it then - - - for now.

A terrific idea. Anything that helps Teams to add to their crowd levels has to be beneficial to Supporters and Speedway alike.. A very big WELL DONE to Scottish Speedway.

Fair enough.