foamfence

These days a lot of tracks aren't accessible by public transport, we used to have loads around Yorkshire and Lancashire, you could visit several meetings every week.

Well good luck to you, many of us aren't so fortunate.

He's still a speedway hero, whatever he did and why he did it, he was still magic on a bike, while I accept your views, what happened was tragic, why it happened and all the circumstances, we'll never know. Personally I also liked Garrity as well, he was a great entertainer and despite his many shortcomings, I liked Ward, I've been involved since the early 50s and I still think Darcy was one of the best two or three riders I ever saw. This is a speedway forum and great moments will always be remembered, no matter who created them.

Night blindness is a common side-effect of diabetes, I have it and I certainly wouldn't trust myself to drive after dark, but how many will admit that?

Which means it's even less of a sporting contest with support, erm... Not working is it?

Away tracks booed anyone who was brilliant and not theirs.

Apart from some rather dubious birth qualifications, they stick to their national side, rather than playing for all of them during the course of the season.

Speedway fans can hire a megaphone to chat to the nearest person.

Nicholls and Harris are the Morton and Pymar of the modern era.

I thought FGM involved rusty razor blades and a good deal of screaming.

A one-off is OK but a season of them, no.

Well he left Redcar with no warning and then after they signed a replacement, asked for his job back!

The majority of Odsal support came from outside Bradford, places such as Halifax (a short drive away) and further afield. You also have to consider that the Boomerangs, Tudors, Panthers, Northern, Barons and Dukes were all Bradford clubs and all of them closed down. Having said that, good luck to anyone who tries it.

Crowd full of Asians is it?

An extremely low number, there are Asian and Muslim footballers.

You have no chance, they won't make hero's of other races or religions, believe me I live there.

Nothing obvious about it, I stand by what I wrote, they've let people down.

They've taken their ball home, I'm glad I'm not one of their supporters.

Very well done Newcastle, hopefully more clubs will follow this example.

Farrell was an Aussie who rode for Exeter.

Personally I see it as a single maybe ten club league or totally amateur and based around weekends and bank holidays, there's too much dead wood dragging it down.

Then again, if it wasn't for them there wouldn't be any (so called) sport.

Bring Speedway back to Bradford | Facebook

Indeed they could but they're more costly. Meanwhile this 'Foamfence' who lives quite near the track, probably won't be going, even after seeing every meeting there since the mid 1950s (had enough).