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Apologise if I missed it, but having visited the SGP site I'd have expected an apology from them.

NHL and British ice hockey on Premier Sports, some football other sports dip in and out.

Hans was tremendous - the number one Swindon don't have. Well done to the ref for cracking on, and I got home before 10 - more like this please. And Rosco is still hopeless tactically - Blackbird should have gone in Heat 9 and had five rides. Probably cost Swindon the third point, a real howler.

Now that is a good idea. Having lost my Racers and Oxford leaves Swindon as my only real semi-regular option. But the bar prices are sky high, almost no seating...and the meetings do drag on, and though I liked 80's music it won't attract many youngsters. And the crowds have not been good there. We have 14 intervals anyway!

Was it a decent crowd?

I used to really like him but for too long his GP performances are just an embarrassment. Whether he was top British rider pre-Tai is nether here nor there. Finger out time Bomber, you are well past 30 now, you don't look fit and your bikes dont look competitive. As I hear you are far from cheap to employ - why?

Dont knock Reading, it was built on a rubbish tip that hadn't settled. At least it has about 500 seats under cover, try getting a seat at Swindon! It also saw 3 Division 1 titles 1980, 1990 and 1992, Division 2 title in 1997. World Champion Per Jonsson. The best two announcers in Big H and Bob Radford. SCB saw a new stadium at Newport but after a good start everyone thought it would be good if Tim Stone wasn't running t - and look what happened after his death. As for Swindon dont believe you are getting a new stadium until you see it going up - Clarke Osbourne has form and it isnt good.

Arne Pander of Oxford and Belle Vue's Dick Fisher were two very good riders that never seem to be covered Tony.

This govt is crap - end of politics. David Milliband or Blair v Boris - you may hate them but 3 top politicians. But that has little to do with it as bankers stay out of jail. I am going the cinema, very comfortable seat tomorrow = £5.72 Ice hockey season ticket £7.033 per game, good seat Neither get rained off, both have reasonable or comfortable seats. Speedway at £17 - forget it

Excellent interview in Speedway Star with former Racers team manager and announcer Bob Radford, who like Phil Crump who was always one of my favourite riders, are battling prostate cancer. I wish them both well in their battles ahead and Bob's openness has given at least two men the incentive to get tested and join Men United in the fight against this under publicised cancer that hits so many men.

So many riders and officials spoke so highly of him. I'd love Speedway Star to do a piece on him, I gather his short speedway career was lively but short though he loved the sport. On the grass he was really special. RIP lovely man.

Speedway has additional problems - 1) Work permit was granted to a club for an individual. He then goes on to possibly guest or double up, that has always effectively illegal hence the Jason Doyle position last year.. Speedway riders are self employed and there is no employer responsibility to collect national insurance and tax. 2) The BSPA collectively have a soft spot for Australians and in earlier years New Zealanders. Talk of sn election on May 7 is irrelevant. People generally are disenchanted by both Conservative and Labour governments, even more so with the Liberal Democrats. Hence the rise of UKIP, the Greens and for other reasons the Scottish Nationalists and Palid Cyrmru. Chances are it may take three parties to form a coalition government. It was Edward Heath who took us into the EU in 1973 on bad terms. Two years later Harold Wilson called a referendum with slightly improved terms for us and NZ and Margaret Thatcher sharing the vote yes platform. For those who want out as a non EU Norwegian the price for their trade membership only. It costs them almost as much money, they have no vote and have to accept immigrants. No leader of the big three parties has ever wanted to come out. Be real - what chance does speedway have of bucking all of this? Since Sweden, Poland and several other countries joined the EU there are enough riders. Any government of the day We are a very badly run small minority sport. It is up to the BSPA to get the generous criteria right and apply it.

That needed saying, well done.

Think it has to Mr Rising, a weekly cant compete with the internet with local news, and only ever had a small chance against the local rag, many of these papers are going weekly anyway.

No never met him. I know he jumps into photo opportunities, writes about himself and has been 'involved' with more tracks(and they've closed or he has moved on) than most of us have visited! I know people more involved who think Rodgers he is an ego driven twit who will hitch his old arse to any wagon rolling by.

If you rely n that ego merchant twerp you have no hope - no money, limited brain, max self publicity. Worse than his sister. If you Lawrence Rodgers are involved no bloody chance and another ego trip Not if Rodgers is invovled, helped kill Newport with the Mallets.

Wasn't Gareth Rodgers loking at a Heads of the Valleys site 15-20 years ago?

Per Jonsson and Dave Mullett at Reading.

I thought it was marvellous.

Spot on Mr Rising, a different level, superb GP

What a shame to read this, Plymouth is a big city and the venue one of my favourites. To lose speedway and the Devils would be a tragedy.

Lemon was pretty awful for Reading way back in our final season, 2008. Always appeared he was on a guaranteed income rather than point money. Cant believe he still finds a club 6 years on.

Eurosport seem pleased with their speedway coverage. Asked Premier Sports if they would be overing it in 2014 and gort this reply - Thank you for contacting Premiersports – Channel 428. Unfortunately we have no plan in showing the Swedish speedway this year on the channel. It appears that Euro sport has taken on the right to show it this year and onward. Please do let us know if you still need additional info by replying to the same email.

I would have thought Cardiff and Swansea are the only Welsh cities that might support speedway, given the fate of Newport. For all his critics Tim Stone built a decent stadium and track shape but after three years it never got the crowds. Isn't there an old athletics stadium on the way into Cardiff City Centre? That might have been Cardiff's fourth venue pre-WW2 SCB?

Well with a passport and NI number that should not take you 5 minutes. It suggests your employer does not pay below the minimum wage and does pay, at least some, UK tax. Perhaps you should also visit Australia and see the restrictions put on YOU. I feel UKIP are where half the Tories would like to be, but value their MP salary and expenses too much. One concession, I would have a pint with Mr Farage, and I dont think he'd give an honour to a hairdresser who attempts to cover his bald spot!