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There's one or two on here that will be more in the know with the Old Firm ticket side of things, incl The Scotsman.

Cat... pigeons... hope all goes well Speedball

I remember when a round of drinks cost only a tenner, I bought a round last week I got some change from forty quid. Speedway admission prices have been in the teens for what seems like forever, in this day and age that really is cheap as chips.

You have my sympathy Whippy, I've had similarly bad luck at Scunthorpe - I seem to turn up on its off days. Seems every track has its good and not so good days. Probably worth you having another visit to Ashfield sometime and me giving Scunny yet another try - knowing my luck it will be one of the EWR's off days right enough.

I didn't say it was walking distance, I said its "almost" walking distance and advised to use a taxi that would only be 2 mins. More accurately 5 minutes by taxi as "Premier Inn, Bathgate, EH48 1LL" to "Armadale Stadium, Bathgate Road, EH48 2PD" is, according to AA route planner, 4.8 miles. So yeah would be a long walk.

The whole lot of them are cheap as chips if you ask me. We are well into the 21st century, a quid is worth about 30p these days, so in real terms about a fiver. Great value.

Nothing much to bear in mind really, I take it you've seen Armadump

Premier Inn at Bathgate is well placed for Armadale, think its the one that used to be a Holiday Inn Express. Its almost within walking distance of Armadale and on the side of Armadale that the track is. So a taxi would be 2 mins. Wouldn't trail back into Edinburgh personally when its only 2 mins by taxi to the Prem Inn Bathgate. Sounds like you've got the Glasgow travel and accommodation options sussed.

Haha good one, but to be fair I like Ryan Douglas, always seems to put 100% effort in, I think there's more to come from him

No been a few times since then, I don't drink when I'm driving so tend not to use a bar even when its there.

Good point Tony. The bar/veranda wasn't there when I last visited, sounds like the place to be. Cheers

By all reports track prep affected by sustained rain through the week leading up to the meeting. As for the EWR its a track that's let me down on my visits with processional follow my leader non-racing and added to that the viewing has been poor being far too low down. In my opinion a vastly over-rated track that simply hasn't delivered when I've visited and why I've no great wish to return there.

On this clip (from the Glasgow Tigers website), Josh A's gating looks awful: http://www.glasgowtigers.co/video/glasgow-tigers-vs-scunthorpe-scorpions-pl-heat-11/

Thanks, haven't found that one yet. Have you seen these? (on the official Glasgow Tigers website): http://www.glasgowtigers.co/video/glasgow-tigers-vs-newcastle-diamonds-koc-heat-13/ http://www.glasgowtigers.co/video/glasgow-tigers-v-somerset-rebels-lc-heat-3/ http://www.glasgowtigers.co/video/glasgow-tigers-vs-somerset-rebels-ko-heat-10/ http://www.glasgowtigers.co/video/glasgow-tigers-vs-workington-comets/ http://www.glasgowtigers.co/video/glasgow-tigers-vs-scunthorpe-scorpions-pl-heat-11/ http://www.glasgowtigers.co/video/glasgow-tigers-vs-plymouth-devils-pl-heat-10-2/ The above were just vid clips taken at random, there's loads of others on the Glasgow Tigers website and there may well be better ones on there.

Josh A: Agreed, I've said that for a while. Not sure what you mean. I always prefer close matches and good racing.

I've never liked Peterborough as a race track, as did a certain S.Lawson from memory. Conversely I do like the viewing side of it at Peterborough, but not keen on the viewing at the EWR which to me is a bit too low down and not the best viewing which doesn't help. As Neck Brace Tony said its whatever floats your boat, and the EWR doesn't do it for me.

I don't doubt it has its good days - so do most tracks. But any time I've been to the EWR its been very processional with no passing - I can only speak from my own experience. I didn't go last year, as I was put off from previous visits when the "racing" has been processional. Sounds like they've corrected whatever was causing it to be that way, so worth another visit to see what the fuss is about but really I was put off by how it was before.

No it is NOT a windup. And advisable not to put yourself on a pedestal when - in fact - any time I've been (7 or 8 times the last few years) the "racing" has been pathetic and a complete "yawnfest", processional with no passing - that's the fact of it, it may be unpalatable to you but that's how it's been any time I've visited the EWR and the reason why I've no great wish to return there any time soon. By contrast I've found Ashfield to be a real racers track, and far better than the EWR which I've found to be way, way, WAY over-rated and processional with no passing any time I've been to the EWR. I can only speak from my own experience.

You say Scorpions have an "experience" advantage. Yeah they had so much "experience" the same Scunthorpe septet were annihilated 71-19 at the same track last season. They were woeful. By contrast, and contrary to your post, Lunna has plenty of experience of Ashfield, in fact far and away more experience of Ashfield. Tom Perry also has had good performances at Ashfield, as has Dan Bewley with heat wins to his name at Ashfield. And then there's the heat leader trio of Lawson/Summers/Worrall which speaks for itself. So your claim that Scunthorpe have "experience advantage" is not so much kicked into touch but right out of the stadium and into the stratosphere. The only one to really have less experience of Ashfield than Scunthorpe is Jack Smith but who boasts a solid pedigree and has plenty of potential. So, I disagree with your premise that Scunthorpe have experience advantage over Glasgow for this Ashfield fixture. At the EWR yes, but not at Ashfield. Hope its a good meeting. At least there's plenty of passing at Ashfield, whereas I've never seen any passing at the EWR its always processional any time I've been.

Probably, or maybe the lunatic asylums in Edinburgh have shut early or are full this week

What are you on about?

Exactly. Once a cheat/thief always a cheat/thief.

No, you get a grip. A disgrace to the sport, of course he should be banned.

By rights he should be banned from the sport and a hefty fine imposed to deter other riders from following his poor example. By contrast the likes of Les Collins was a gentleman of the sport and well respected by all. The same cannot be said for Herr Wolbert. Just sayin.

Better still, annul all of his scores occurring after the 2014 season and retrospectively amend/correct all team scores, results and all records, And ban him from the sport. It happens to cheats in cycling and Olympics events so why not.