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100 percent. Its like a chippy threatening to not do a job unless the customer buys them a set of power tools.

Threatening closure because they cant afford an air fence is pathetic. If you were a potential investor into the air fence and you read the press release they put out, you would stay well clear. Another prime example of why speedway isn't classed as a professional sport in the Uk by most.

I see Plymouth have got the begging bowl out stating if they dont raise 46k for a new air fence they wont be open next season! Have promotions over the years that making such threats does no good? Anyone with half a brain cell isn't going to invest in a new fence for a club that isn't financially able to afford it themselves.

CVS obviously isnt going to be interested, hes getting on in age now to say the least and has had to overcome some serious illnesses. I have seen at least 20 people on the Newport sos page saying how they miss the sport and its an outrage the council hasn't brought it back etc.. yet i didnt see them attend a Newport meeting since the Smart and Henriksson days. People come out once its too late in support but weren't there when the club needed them. I know circs are different at Wolves regarding the closure but expecting anyone to put money into a club to start again when they can see whats happening to the sport around them is insane. I am stunned Northampton happened to be honest, yes they are getting good crowds now but all new clubs do for the first season or 2. Once fans get sick of seeing a poor side they drop off thats why its crucial Northampton have a decent team next year.

There clearly isn't the demand for it back. No good sulking and stamping your feet on here. The sport is absolutely on its arse in the UK. Look at the money Workington are losing and you would imagine Northampton will be losing next season etc. The sport never moved on from years gone by and is still stuck in the 70s/80s and the people who were fans then are either too old or have passed away. The sport had the world at its feet when Sky Sports first got involved but made an absolute ballsup of that and now look at it. I loved going to Newport every week from the relaunch until its closure but realise the crowds werent there, promotion losing money etc, sometimes its best to enjoy the good memories and move on. Wolves aren't wanted at Monmore and theres no big effort to get them anywhere else, that should tell you something.

Hes also been recalled to prison twice since getting out on license and no doubt will again. Clearly hasn't learned a thing being banged up.

Garrity will be back on the crack and in prison before the end of 2026.

Garrity will be back on the crack and in prison before the end of 2026.

I think the fact Berwick have a 100 percent record at home proves fans will turn up to watch a winning side at home. Throw in a cup final after knocking out the league champions elect as well and its no wonder the crowd was big. Fans dont care about the racing on the whole , they want to see their team win. Exeter were proof of this, great spectacle of a track with you being so close to the action but mainly gate and go, heavy home wins every week and they had good crowds right up until they shut despite usually being rubbish away from home. Morris will be one of the signings of the season next year I am sure, he has been flying the second half of the season.

I think the fact Berwick have a 100 percent record at home proves fans will turn up to watch a winning side at home. Throw in a cup final after knocking out the league champions elect as well and its no wonder the crowd was big. Fans dont care about the racing on the whole , they want to see their team win. Exeter were proof of this, great spectacle of a track with you being so close to the action but mainly gate and go, heavy home wins every week and they had good crowds right up until they shut despite usually being rubbish away from home. Morris will be one of the signings of the season next year I am sure, he has been flying the second half of the season.

Berwick wont throw that away now , not a chance. Be all over by heat 7 or 8 at Plymouth. That was a pretty pathetic effort from them in all honesty and its lucky Barker had a good meeting. still not as impressive as Newport battering Glasgow , who were league champions that season, 65-25 in the first leg of the final in 2011 though. 😅

Berwick wont throw that away now , not a chance. Be all over by heat 7 or 8 at Plymouth. That was a pretty pathetic effort from them in all honesty and its lucky Barker had a good meeting. still not as impressive as Newport battering Glasgow , who were league champions that season, 65-25 in the first leg of the final in 2011 though. 😅

Whats the betting Lambert wins the final and Zmarzlik second?

That was great entertainment though if both were let at it down in the pits after there would of been only one winner and wouldnt of been Emil. Whether Cairns was right or wrong , being a knob or not, the sport desperately needs new fans and stuff like this wont do any harm.

Lynn not for the first time have a side that looks great on paper but falls short. Is Lyon a good a manager as what people say? Lets be honest, he done well with them in the old Premier League but some of the teams built it would of been hard not to do well they were that strong. Since rejoining the top division, they have been nearer the bottom than the top most of the time and mainly under Lyon's management. The sad thing is the stadium, from what I remember, was more than decent for a speedway stadium, good fanbase and large crowds. With the right management it should be a thriving club.

People need to drop the idea of hosting any important meeting at Belle Vue. I have seen people suggesting every important meeting in the British calendar should be held there. The crowds for second tier pairs, fours or riders championships there would be rubbish.

Baffling why riders don't ride as a pair sometimes in meetings like this. Seen it so many times over the years, instead of team riding and settling for a heat advantage their ego gets the better of them and they end up costing their team.

Was on SKY wasn't it? I remember Sean Wilson doing something similar to Jesper Olsen at the fours at Peterborough one year too.

The fact Harris left his comments open so long on his post about the incident allowing some of the comments to be posted is bonkers. For what its worth I don't mind either rider, looks to me as if Harris turned his bike to stop and took Barker off by mistake. Can't comment on the stamping incident as there are bikes in the way but would imagine if he did stamp on him then more Plymouth riders and officials would of been kicking off about it. Some lad claiming to be Harris' mechanic is on there posting all sorts of comical threats, threatening to rip Barkers throat out next time he sees him. He couldn't rip a sausage roll out of a greggs paperbag the absolute k**bhead.

Bang on. Drugs have been rife in the sport for decades and its only a very small minority that get caught. Same as any sport I guess though, can't tell me that all premier league footballers are squeaky clean. Garrity though is a scumbag as well as a user.

For you to call someone else a prat is absolutely comical. You are, hands down, the forums biggest idiot of the last 20 odd years. Poole have some dodgy fans, some outright dodgy, some just biased beyond belief but you are another level.

So Castanga lost Edinburgh the match because of show boating before the line? LOL. back in the day of more riders being available, Edinburgh would of sacked him on the spot for that. What a knobhead.

Makes what I heard sound true then.

I think Stevelyric is correct on this one. It was often the case years ago that riders would prefer a slick dustbowl to a nice grippy track. Tim Stone often got quizzed on why the track was always so slick every Sunday at Newport and he would always reply that riders wanted it like that. I remember one year Stonehewer nearly having a seizure when he seen the water bowser going out with the tractors. I guess its safer for riders rather than a deep, grippy track. Who knows.

After reading Lawsons statement, though, I guess the rumor going round is false? The rumor I heard was Lawson called Hurry to tell him he was going to be late and miss heat one, so Hurry called him a few expletives and Lawson turned round and went home.