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Seems like it is falling apart for the Witches. Oh well they always have Thursday.

He claims not to know what a red card is, how the hell will he know what speedway is or does he think it is a drug you can get high on very quickly😄 We will find out when he hit the hotline to Phil. Until then let’s just see how this national league match turns out.

A great afternoon of speedway over the four matches. Good entertainment and thanks to all involved including those providing the links so that we get to see the meetings live. If only a UK broadcaster picked up on this and even showed highlights. I guess we can dream on.

Tried and and unfortunately it doesn’t but thanks anyway, appreciate the response 👍

The links seem to be intermittent anyone got a better idea/option. Shame because this was a decent meeting.

Didn’t bother me either and anyway poodles are probably a lot more loyal and friendly than the pootling throttle jockeys. I wonder if they know they pootling around the track.

Spell check preferred the original version, who am I to argue😄

Agree and he is going through a difficult patch but on his day he can give most a run for their money. Maybe a change of riding order but you cannot lose the faith in an accomplished competitor going through a purple patch. He will come good. Stick with him, he has talent.

Yep and so are most participants who ply their trade in UK speedway so nothing new. That is why the sport is a pastime that few punters care or are interested in and until it has a total revamp with people who have vision, it will continue to be a sh.t show. No regular fixtures, shared riders, no legitimate reason to win a meeting and journeymen who use UK speedway and in part the fans entrance fee to a meeting to top up the pension pot. They take few or no risks and pootle round a track and protect the revenue stream from riding in Poland but at all costs ensure no risks are taken to jeopardise the income and do the bare minimum and the punters in the UK accept the morsels on offer. That sums up most of the riders contribution to league racing in the UK and the racing on offer. Take it or leave it. The sport will never get back to its halcyon days.

Top scorer at Leicester at the moment. Iversen on 2 and Klindt his usual self in this country.

It use to happen way back but times have changed and to even think you could replicate in the uk the Polish phenomenon of crowds and excitement is today a pipe dream. You have no publicity at national level (mainstream broadcasters could not give a fig about speedway, it ranks alongside tiddlywinks) and those who are in charge of the sport fail to dial in to the younger generation. Add to this the fact that you no longer have a cost effective entry to the sport which puts many off and hence the younger generation are no engaged. Those in charge have failed to sell the spectacle that it can be and now grass root change is needed but you have dinosaurs running the shop and until they are ousted you will have the status quo.

Yep and just watching it on a stream you get drawn in. I can remember back in the 70s at Rayleigh on a Saturday night, the enthusiasm and the waiting for the results from the other Saturday night tracks. Sadly the UK scene is a pale shadow of what use to be but this meeting tonight gives you hope as to what could be with a number of factors coming into play. Until then we rely on Poland.

That was good and had everything. What a finish and thanks to all the riders. My only concern is Doyle, just how many scrapes can he endure, apart from that nip and tuck and a great evenings racing with an enthusiastic crowd.

Politically incorrect but who gives a s..😁

Coverage on Anglia local news on ITV was a top up to the other media coverage around the region and can only raise interest with the clip from the Polish league. Well done to all at Foxhall doing the utmost to get the sport in front of more potential punters and just imagine Polish supporters coming across to Ipswich for pre season challenge matches. Onwards and upwards.