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Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane, ain't got time to take a fast train........ Your talking fifty odd thousand fans there though. All we need is a lollipop man to get the two old guys and their dugs across the road after the meeting.

He certainly did and Aaron got a good round of applause from us when he walked the track pre match. Losing him was a mortal blow for you guys. Its not the first time this year a team has turned up at Armadale blighted by injury. A full strength Glasgow would have been a different story, but that's the way it goes sometimes. You're in with a chance, then Lady Luck boots you in the Dennis Laws. Let's hope we can all do it again next year.

More reruns than Wheeler Dealers and it's feckin' freezing. I've never been so bored since I got dragged along to see The Sound of Music. Did I mention that it's freezing?

It must be the biggest Speedway weekend ever for both sets of fans. Who'd have thought it, the two biggest teams in Scotland contesting the final. Wait a minute...........

That was epic. Had to go for a lie down when I got home. I wasn't sure Glasgow could pull it of, but they did what Somerset did to us last week, kept it close, held their nerve and edged it. How good was Summers? Not just his scoring, I could see him running about the pits between races, he never stopped. He's on a mission this year. A real captain, but everyone chipped in. Hard on Somerset to get so close, but that's the way it goes sometimes. They gave it their best shot. I've a feeling there will be more twists and turns before this is decided. Roll on the weekend.

Good result for Glasgow. We'll be through on Sunday as we don't do Peterborough for health and safety reasons. I've no problem cheering on the auld enemy. I'm just grateful to be into October and still involved and I'm sure Glasgow fans feel the same. We'd rather give them our cash.

Spot on. A match winning decision. A cup winning decision.

Well done Somerset. Didn't think eight points was enough, but they came here, kept it close and got the result. Have a few and enjoy your night.

I never mentioned another home defeat, nor did I criticise Berwick riders. I just can't believe anyone who was there thinks Cooks remarks have any relevance, when some of the antics going on during some races, which was sometimes scary, put two Berwick riders out the meeting and most likely cost them points. But never mind all that, look at what Cooks saying on Facesitter. If you weren't there, you won't know what I'm talking about. Turning right on someone on the fastest part of one of the fastest tracks in the country is something I don't want to see again. And that was just the half of it.

Cook didn't fence anyone, bring anyone down or cause any injuries. A bad loser? He was on the winning side, only lost one race and lopped a chunk off the track record, but he moans about the track, which he always does and the flaming torches and pitchforks are out. If I were a Berwick fan, Cook would be the least of my worries right now. I understand the need to lash out, but for christs sake do it in the right direction. I saw a few things in that meeting I never want to see again and none of them involved Craig Cook.

The start was delayed, but Richard was in touch and his eta was such that they couldn't wait that long. There is a curfew at Armadale. Both managements were consulted, but ultimately the decision lies with the ref. I spent two hours stuck on the City Bypass once and there's not a damn thing you can do about it. #idontknowwhatimtalkingaboutbutimgoingtosayitanyway.

Been raining all morning and is drizzle now, but is supposed to clear around 4. If that's the case, it should be OK. If the sun gets through, the track will dry quickly. Here's hoping.

12 points from r/r!! Wasn't expecting that.

Pissing with rain and the sky's as black as a prozzys heart here. Looks like the weather gods have been duped into thinking the meeting was tonight.

I've run my own company for almost thirty years, mostly good times, some bad and a few desperate. During bad times, the rule is to cut costs. That's a no brainer, but as any business owner knows, you don't compromise your product. Applied to Speedway, if people aren't flocking to watch Speedway now, are they going to come in droves to watch lesser riders on poorer equipment, which is what will happen if riders money is cut. Many riders will go elsewhere, or pack in Speedway altogether if they can't make ends meet. Riders don't make fortunes. I don't know any wealthy Speedway riders. Some may remember the interview with Jason Crumps wife a few years ago when she said the amount of money he'd made during his career, put against the entertainment he'd provided, the injuries he'd sustained and risks he'd taken, was laughable. Or words to that effect. How often have we seen teams struggling for money, build a team on a lower budget? The fans complain, the team gets gubbed every week, crowds dwindle. It's a downward spiral and given that speedway is already in a tailspin, it's the last thing we need. The riders are the product, they risk life and limb every time they take to the track for our entertainment. Whatever drives them to do it, it certainly isn't money. Cut their money and were in a race to the bottom. I don't have the answer to Speedways problems and I suspect no one else does either. Clubs need to get closer to supporters, but not too close. No club owner who's shovelling his money into a bottomless pit is going to let supporters tell him what to do.

You abused the guy publicly, why not apologise publicly. I don't see 'sorry' in any of your posts. Unfortunately the 'abuse now, find out the facts later' approach is all too prevalent among the cowards and socially challenged that haunt Facebook. If I were the rider in question, I wouldn't have invited you into the pits for a chat. I'd have been in among the crowd looking for you.

Is it too much to expect that team managers and ref turn up for a meeting with the correct averages of all fourteen riders? The latest averages are readily available. The programme is for the information of supporters, not an official document. Errors in the programme mean squat. Having your opponents correct averages is as important as having your own. Running a meeting based on what's written in the programme is laughable and unprofessional in the extreme. I don't think Gary May waited until Somerset were behind until he protested as someone suggested, I think he protested when it was pointed out to him and I'd bet a pound to a pinch of sh!t it was a supporter who brought it to his attention. Nobody comes out of this with any credit.

Jeez, that statements from the heart. I was working down that way a couple of years ago and stopped by the track to have a look, as I'd never been there before. Rob was pottering about and came over to see what I was doing. When I told him where I was from, he showed me around and made me a cup of tea and we had a good chat about Speedway. It's really sad to see him in such a position. When Scunthorpe won the league I was really pleased for him, but as we've seen elsewhere, winning the league can add to the financial pressure. After all he's put into the sport, he doesn't deserve this.

I've never been able to decide if speedway rules are meant to be ambiguous to allow for a bit of jiggery-pokery when it suits them, or if the rule makers are just downright incompetent. More likely they're incontinent with all the pish they come out with.

Exactly what I was thinking as I was watching it.

What a ride that was by Richard Hall. Awfully close to the safety fence in the second and third bends. Superb. Big balls needed for long track.

Aye and if my Gran had nuts, she'd be my Grandad.

Who made you the judge, jury and executioner? It has to be assumed that to make such a suggestion you have all the facts in front of you, so perhaps you'd like to share them with us, as were just guessing and speculating. Let's wait and see what transpires before getting the burning torches and pitchforks out.

If I could draw a cartoon it would have a couple of Australian kids surrounded by immigration heavies, twisting their arms to reveal their true averages, while in the background a squad of jihadists on their way back from training in Syria, in black masks carrying combat rifles and a couple of bags of grenades, sauntering through the nothing to declare channel. With all that's going on in the world with people trafficking and terrorism, I can't help thinking there's more important things these jobsworths could be getting on with rather than hounding a few kids with dubious ability on a speedway bike.

The clubs have been stretching the rules. They should have been complying to the letter and they've brought this shambles on themselves. However, it's reassuring that the guardians of our borders are on the ball and a minibus crammed with Aussie Speedway riders has been busted. Considering the authorities haven't a scoobie how many people are in the country illegally, it's good to know they can take time out from rounding up those countless thousands of illegals to make sure a near bankrupt sport, whose combined weekly support wouldn't fill a non league football ground isn't taking liberties with the rules. We should be thankful their priorities are in order. If I had a hat, I'd take it off to them.