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Better race track then Leicester for certain. Have spoken with Jason earlier in the year, and track availability or the rent for southern tracks isn't great.i fully understand his options are little to none. But still find it frustrating the distances southern fans have to trouble for shared events. Hopefully Lynn or Mildenhall can be used next year as at least that's only a 4hr rnd trip.

For anyone interested on Sunday there is a massive unlimited banger farewell meeting before the track gets destroyed and turned into housing, this is supported by brisca stock cars so there will be some racing amongst the crashing.

That will probably force the hands of stand alone clubs IOW, Kent and Mildenhall to do likewise or fold i would suspect?

We actually have permission tobring Monday- friday 1 night per week. Although the 6.30 start stands on all nights. I believe There was a admenment added for a 7pm start 9pm curfew to run in the TOP flight only on fridays. Further restrictions of availability are the dog meetings but ad Roger owns both sports in the stadium I would imagine that, that is not an insurmountable problem. To clarify my earlier post under the 2 main leagues I see an mdl standard of league but probably run to current NL format or even a 13 heat format. And ran solely on weekends.

When Kent joined the league, Cradley would travel everywhere in numbers, big numbers. And were often many clubs book balancer when Cradley were in town. This season there were a handful at best. The big support must still be there somewhere, and with that fanbase I am convinced most decent business could take the club on and make it work EVEN as a nomadic club.And i dont think there are many other clubs if any that could say the same* (*re the nomadic bit)

Think it's pretty clear we will be a 2 tier sport next year. How that pans out i dont know, but I imagine something like below. I have been told a few times by people high up in the sport that the top flight has to be a ten 10 league for a least 2 broadcasters that may take on the rights. 10 in top flight 14-16 in second And mdl below that Basically if we push all riders on a 6 point NL average up a league, it would eradicate doubling up and throw out the nonsense that gets rolled out about rider shortages. Water down the 2nd tier so it's not so close to the top flight and therefore hopefully reduce costs.

Didnt robbo produce an email from the local council saying that the current owners did not want to or were unable to get thier own land if the council found some? Something in my head is saying so. Some Cradley fans in Prince of Wales yesterday were jeering NP, which shows something is going seriously amiss within what was once a great club.

I think if everyone turns up, there are enough people in there to take point each other that 12 or 13 points may take the title this year.

I think the main reason the NL fixture is not representative of the potential support for it was, challenge matches dont get people excited for thier own riders, barring Anders Rowe the rest of the sprocket team was a select side.

The train station is heavily policed after the GP, so getting back onto a train may actually delay you more then driving out of cardiff.

Think Spencer had another big crash in the mdl match at perry Barr last week.

Glad it was well supported, such a shame. Being the eternal optimist I hope it's not the end but fear the worst.

Looking ahead could be a tense week for Warriors,Heathens and Fen Tiger fans all vying for that 4th spot. Deserves more coverage then it's getting to be honest. These end of season showdowns have the potential to have inflated crowd sizes if the significance was a bit more pushed inside the sports media, and also the local press.

Jason pipe did say at the NL pairs other then Sheffield being hosts, kent had the biggest contingent there, despite arguably the longest journey.

One of the best things I ve seen live tbh, think I had the pleasure of updating the meeting as well.

Do you have a link, would love to have a go myself, some awesome little grounds I ve done following non league football over the years.

Blimey done all those myself. Plus Upton park and rubbishe hart lane,If you want to stretch the london boundaries a bit Erith and Beleverdere as well. Just off the top of my head.

I think stoke going, and Cradley in doubt I am pretty certain there will just be 2 bigger leagues with an mdl running beneath it.

It certainly would be fitting to squeeze in a Championship level individual after the play offs to give it a fitting send off meeting. Many top names have graced the track. Surely a last potential payday in it, if other tracks farewell meetings are anything to go by.

For many speedway fans it is irellivant and they will just watch both happily, but to give in this case Kent fans a chance to get an early get away and not require 2 days of work is a bonus (I ve seen people ask how you police it, well simply charge the full price on entry and give them 7 quid back at the turnstiles if they leave before heat 1 of meeting 2.) And also allows those Colts fans unable to leave work early the chance to come knowing thier meeting wont start till 8.45 ish and they too dont have to pay to see a match against Kent that is meaningless to them.

Only 30 odd years, so have a vague idea. What you tend to get now is 1 full meeting, and a rushed 10 heats to follow. (Last year at stoke we were treated to a ten heat meeting followed by a 15 heat meeting which was a strange way to do it) Usually the 2nd meeting will feature 2 or 3 riders from the away team in the first meeting as guests for either side in the 2nd match. Coventry always offered split admission for Storm double headers and I recall in the past various meetings I ve attended as a neutral at different tracks offering away fans similar deals. Just because something is the norm, speedway not offering VFM in this case, it doesn't make it correct and doesn't mean it cant be changed.

Away fans, especially Kent get a kick in the nuts. 20 quid to watch 2 away wins when your only interested in 1. And kent season ticket holders lose a home match too. Should ar least offer what Coventry used too, and that's half price admission for away fans wishing to watch 1 match in a double header. Most will undoubtedly watch both meetings anyway, having travelled up, but be nice to offer the option in my opinion. That all said it is of course the right thing for clubs to be flexible this time of the year, as the riders and supporters dont deserve to miss out on a chance to qualify because the management couldn't arrange seven meetings earlier in the dry summer.

Bottom 2 scorers were costly for me. Bread and water for 2 weeks in teaboy towers

Kolodziej 75 more Lambert 75 more.

With lot of grumbles about the copy and pasting between all the programmes he does, and his speedway vocabulary very much limited compared to a few years ago, and his seeming fading interest in the Heathens would suggest the fire in the belly for the sport has gone and it's become more of a job with a few european trips thrown in as a perk. That's not criticising him, everyone has to earn a living. I feel with Tatum he is a speedway man, and still involved behind the scenes and knows what goes on, and does a good job. I think sat next to a passionate speedway fan who is also an accomplished commentator (and doing the job with no wing man, or studio to cut back too) like Dave Goddard would make an ideal pairing worthy of the World Feed and domestic coverage.