poole keith

Good post Ian,I suppose the answer would have been for the speedway promotion to have taken the long lease on the stadium when the council made it available, my understanding is that the lease was 'free' on condition that certain works were carried out(main one being the new grandstand).Unfortunately the poole promotion like most other speedway promotions lacked foresight(hats off to the facennas)and opted for the 'easy'option of renting with no thought for the future .when I read people saying poole speedway and its main sponsors will now take on the stadium! I think why didn't they do it when they had the chance??Not a criticism decisions have to be made at the time.

Certainly didn't stop very large crowds(3or 4 times speedway crowds)attending the cars and I believe motocross in the past,but seemingly a complete no go now for speedway

Oxford don't own the stadium,different company names formed for ownership but still really owned by Galliards,playing the long game

Pretty straight bloke Neil M,imagine he's been told to come out with something like that,Matt always thinking about the dollar haha

So your saying "fromafar" was wrong saying they'd go bust that mustbe good news,you do understand there's no way you would ever be privy to Matt ford's financial details or many other details!But I still say if it was common knowledge the prem wasn't a viable option for the pirates riders would have to take that into consideration

Agree better to run than go bust tho didn't realise the promotion are sailing so close to the wind,know the French gaff needs shifting but thought speedway was solid (even allowing for tenuous landlord situation)Of course if as you say they will go bust by moving up then it would be very difficult to attract riders for a Premiership team anyway now they know that

Winning in the top league against the top teams would be an even greater achievement.

Would a guest ask for a different guarantee depending on track,opposition etc ??

Like your thinking but how far can poole plan ahead!!

All BSB rounds are £47 admission covering all three days plus free parking,think that's good value.

No rider has to take a guest booking,doesn't have to explain why he declined the booking

Will he be signed by belle Vue and loaned out to the 2nd div or will poole sign him?either way brilliant work by the poole promotion.with the apparent tremendous talent he's got hell not be hanging around with poole for more than a couple of seasons but could be match winner,finish first season on 5 and second season on 8 !!!

Oxford dog meeting for today cancelled,stadium flooded apparently not just the track.

That's clive tyers for you

Clive I said the promotion would resolve it easily not me

Agree arneig,sorting cover for Ben is not going to be a problem,people making an issue of it is a nonsense, the promotion will resolve it easily

More importantly not so good for ben

Did he knock any of them off??

agree gavan the team matt ford has put together this year is by a long way the best team in the league (to date) and not to win all three competitions imo would mean the team has failed,though still magnificent team building .

Needs to watch moto gp,wsb or bsb to see how real professional motorbike racers behave in front of tv cameras.

That's really the problem this season there isn't another 2nd div team who have 3 heat leaders of similar standard to lawson,brennan and cook so it's more like a procession than a "wow".obviously the top division is better silly to say otherwise. Think for non speedway related reasons it suits the promoter at the moment to make decent relatively 'easy money " in the championship.

Probably a quick shout out in the pits ,"anybody lending vinnie a bike ??"haha

Arthur you must see the massive irony there

Another privatisation disaster,just got to hope the new Czech owner will improve things,would have preferred the Germans to own it but hoping for the best!!

Maybe oxford just aren't very good at running a speedway team,it happens