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Very unlikely Swindon will finish bottom with Rosco in charge, with his superb play-off record. Will go Lynn Poole Cov Swindon BV Lakeside Leicester Wolves

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Barry Briggs

Quality

Bloody pain in the bum at Swindon...handed out free Easter eggs/air-horns to loads of kids most were a nuisance.

And Scunthorpe

Mike Hunt the Swindon clerk of the course is probably too rude for this slightly rude thread..absolutely appalling depravity from some on here, on what used to be a family forum frequented by decent god-fearing folk. Disgusting nob-old

I remember you though, wearing a trilby and crombey coat, smoking a Woodbine, drinking a bottle of Watneys. I was wearing a cubs cap and a gabardine mac, greys socks and sandals, and one of those elasticated ties. The first record was Petula Clark, the last The Beatles.

At least we still have a team(just about) Rob...miss the derbies against Oxford and Reading. Drive past the old Smallmead stadium sad to see the old remnants of thye speedway. The work has yet to begin on the new Swindon stadium next to the current one.

Can remember the old London Riders Championship at Ackney 60-80s, won by the likes of Pratty, Broady, Hedgey, Rossy, Thomas, Petersen, Thomsen, Harrfeldt, Hunter, Moore, Jansson., Jessup, Kennett.....

Sverre Harrfeldt at West Am probably the best Norwegian I saw(did well in World Final), then Berg and Eide. Odegaard, Stangeland and Gramstad were decent riders for Swindon.

New Cross -Ackney in 1963 as a 7-year-old urchin from Peckham...Jimmy Squibb was my hero down the Ole Kent Road.

You forgot Leonard Raba!...cant argue with that team with Jimmy Nilsen as number 8. Matty Zagar was superb in his season at Blunsdon in 2009, fantastic team-rider with Adams, enabling Swindon to finish top of the league.

people over 60 shouldn't be funded, they should pay their own internet subscription from their meagre pensions income. I would say at least 25% of fans are female(at Swindon anyway)

Only watched London speedway in the 60s so Briggs, Knutson, Harrfeldt, Moore, Nordin, McKinlay, Nygren, Hedge, Jansson, Hunter, Luckhurst would be up there

Decent signing in a mediocre looking league, hardly likely to get the missing hundreds to return to Blunsdon though.

I was hoping this was the case, but they are listed for demolition. I plan to organise a petition to "Save the Bogs", those famous inconveniences in darkest Wiltshire.

Good to see the club are planning a grand finale for the last ever meeting at The Abbey at the end of the season before moving to their new home in 2016. I expect the souvenir hunters will be looking for mementos from those famous back-straight bogs before they are sadly closed for good!

Disappointed that Wardy or Emil wont be the new number 1 as I was informed last week.

Bruv text me the result from Gillman, shame Doyley and North didn't sign for Swindon again!

His brothers Billy and Bobby Butterworth were more worthy of a mention, far better riders IMO.

Was chatting to a bloke today who's connected to the club and he reckons Doyley didn't sign as he wanted the same pay deal as Leigh Adams and 2 new sponsors. Makes you wonder how Leicester can afford him then.

Time flies... without doubt one of the best riders I've ever seen, tearing around Wimbledon and Swindon in the 60s. Happy Birthday Briggo.

Can only say for riders I saw mid/late 60s and the Boocock Bros. Ashby, Broady, Betts, Wilson, McKinlay, were superb British riders.