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Shut up faggot.!!!!

Erik for me could be in at least on the fringes but 15 is not alot eaces 1" Olsen/Nielsen are certainties Nicki P no way in the top 15.

Sorry to say Nicki.

Olsen, Nielsen, Gundersen , N. Pedersen, Knudsen. for me the first two named are in the top 15 of alltime.

I think WK - Briggs/Olsen were the two that the final should of revolved around with my bias Briggs head on he might of won it on 14 points that wrangled me for years he could of equaled Fundin's five titles but it was not to be.One thing that people forget is Briggo reached QUALIFIED??? 🤓 for 17 finals on the trott 1954/70 and reached 18 finals in 19 years with a record of 4 / 3 /3 great record.

Kings lynn i recon but it would be great to have Rohan back.

m Falcace" a couple of the Poles i saw ride Robert Slabon,Jan Zabik there aquipment looked horrendous like track spares.Also they only had a couple of shabby looking bikes looked like they had come out of a scrap yard also they had dirty looking leathers.I think alot of the Czech's, Poles,Russians had it tough and it was to there credit they were even competetive.

Trzeszkowski was recommended to Swindon by Jan Andersson he had reached the 1967 World Final Colin Pratt/Rick France also reached there one and only World Final that year to.

Really gutted there is no Boxall and the young Atkins,not to worry it should be a decent night and hopefully the crowds are good enough to be able to persist with NL racing next year.Has anyone any idea what four teams will be in the rearranged NL fours meeting at Swindon.?

1976 ? really i dont think anyone would of beaten Collins that night Simmons rode his socks off and PC picked him off.And when Collins /Mauger met it was irrelevent PC just needed to have no disasters to win the title.I would of fancied PC to beat Ivan if need be and even from the back 76 was his great day and he was unlucky in 77.

If Ivan had showed patience Steve do you think Ivan would of definitely picked Jerzy off.? in that meeting Jerzy had some horrendous rolling starts so was he lucky for me he was .Mauger looking back i felt he was lucky in 72 /77 (Collins moral winner) in 73 he was unlucky..So out of six WC wins i recon two of those 1972/77/ there was a case that Ivan might have been lucky GREAT rider and professional sports man though.Back to the Poles always felt Antoni Woryna was a class rider and later on in the early eighties Piotr Pyszny showed ability at Poole and Halifax.

Great stuff Norbold" really helped a lot , your figures did show that the spectacular Syd Edmonds was regressing a bit.

My memories are of Roman Jankowski scoring a maximum or paid ? at the Abbey and the Robins own Leonard Raba he just did not cut it.Raba was some gater but he fell off a fair bit Raba was very decent though and later on in his career 1984 maybe?? he represented Poland in a World team cup Final. Jancarz i did not see alot of but he was a class act did he win a Embassy Internationale a classic a big individual meeting Plech well was class exciting as well.

I have just read in an article that i had that in the disastrous 1935 year Wimbledon decided to split the strong Huxley/ Pymar partnership up.This was to try and change there fortunes but nothing really changed.

Thanks "Robbie!!

I have just been doing some research on the 1935 Wimbledon Dons team god they finished bottom of the league.Looking at a photograph i have which included Norman Pritchard ( manager)- Gus Kuhn - Wal Phillips - Claude Rye - Wal Morton- T.Clarke (trainer)- Geoff Pymar- Vic Huxley- Syd Edmonds_. Jack Sharp they looked a pretty good team.They won only 8 league matches out of 24 to collect the wooden spoon.Can anyone add anything to this year and team anything would be appreciated.

Collins often gets forgotten certainly the 1975 dustbowl at Wembley and in 77 he was very unlucky.Lee if you look he had chances in all of his six finals 1983 was the one that got away.One win two rostrum places and a fourth place from Lee was not bad when you look at Collins WF record now it looks like he underachieved .So false really because he was one hell of a rider in with Mauger,Olsen,Michanek as the best from 73 / 77.

As much as i liked Per i dont think when he won it it was anywhere near as tough a era as some of the others named were in.The others named even 1970/76 Sweden were very very strong indeed saying that i do believe Jonsson would of won another title.

Ray we had Mike Keen, Clive Hitch , Barry Duke none of those were world champions. But they are still remembered fondly even now they all had affinity with the fans that means something.Your club had Pete Smith Tony Lewis x2 Middleditch all Poole through and through that has gone missing in speedway now.

Loyalty works both ways remember that believe it or not some fans do have a affinity with certain riders. Obviously you have never had that so you would not understand.

I really felt he could of won in 75 but the Russian Trofimov pushed him into third place in his first ride and that scuppered his chances.I think his temperment was superb a great style and the Reading side with Michanek,Lovass Curtis in it was some team.

Really liked him "iris a real talent exciting world class when Lee had self destructed he helped Lynn in those few years to replace him.You are a longtrack buff how would you rate Michanek in that sphere.? Michanek is certainly up there in amongst the greatest riders i have ever seen underrated in my opinion.

Sjosten was a terrific rider Sjosten, Lofqvist,Nordin,Nygren, B.Jansson Persson, all deserve a mention.I saw quite alot of Jonsson he partnered Holloway at Reading at times he was a talent.Hagonshocker another forum nut 🤓 also saw alot of him he always liked him have to say at the time Jimmy Nilsen seemed to be rated higher.

Did you ever see Michanek.?

Sweden five great riders with endless other great names missing. - (no order ) Fundin. - Knutsson - Rickardsson -Michanek - T.Jansson. here goes. 1./Fundin . 2.Michanek . 3.Rickardsson. 4.Knutsson. 5.T.Jansson.