Sidney the robin

If Iversen had comeback fit and rearing to go what a difference he would of made to the 2019 King's Lynn line up.

Worrying that City heartbreaking really, how is your superb racejacket collection coming along.??

No you just have your head in the clouds, blinkered to the odvious that the sport in this country is in big trouble.Also the Lynn fans who moan and air there views are people who are passionate about there club but they can see the bigger picture can you.?

Are you saying that people should not be worried and not be entitled to air there views.??? All i will say and predict is if Swindon speedway is aloud to go down the swanny the sport and. certainly the Premiership league is doomed for good.

Good point City but the new stadium was going to be only a spit away anyway so what is the difference.? 2 hrs twice a month Speedway running is that a hardship to be honest most of the complaints i have heard about is more to do with the dog racing.

Ronnie had the break from Wimbledon in 1964 after a badly broken leg( did he do car racing???) and he did not comeback until 1969.So his WF record was still very good in very strong era's winnner ( 2) and World number 2 (3 times) a great rider rode great racing lines.I only see Ronnie ride four times but what a class act he was i still keep his prized autograph with pride and i still put him in the same bracket as Barry/Ivan.

And they can breathe in the fumes if they want to they should have NO say anyway they knew what they were buying and most are commuters anyway.

Make the most of it because before long you might be watching your old DVDS.

No certainly not the problems we have now we had years ago the difference was the crowds then were very much better.Look the sport is on its knees in the U.K yet i see no real leadership and a certain togetherness and everyone pulling in the same direction.

You could well be right such a shame because the sport can improve in the UK if everyone pulled in the same direction.

Or was Jonathan seen as a threat and was never aloud to implement his own ideas.? I dont know anything at all about the bloke but i have only heard good things about him .We have a guy at Swindon Lee Kilby who is of the same ilk as Jonathan a modern time guy who has time to listen to people and Swindon are lucky to have him on board.

Briggo was a big guy and had quite a awkward riding style not the best technical rider not by a long chalk.As Norbold said he was well beatable there but i often think that one year riding there taught him one hell of alot and helped him prolong his career and stay world class until 1972.When i think of small track riders i always think of Gordon Kennett he left a small track and conquered White City.Then i feel he should of moved to Swindon rather than go back to Eastbourne riding a technical track then going to a racey track is very difficult.

Any news on the pressday IF??? it is on maybe on Thursday 24th March or Thursday 4th April.?

I agree with that totally, and that is what is disappointing bigcatdiary. Sometimes you have to change and agree to something that maybe you don't agree with to help push the sport forward

But like him or loathe him you cannot deny that he has done some good thing's over the years which has enabled him to survive the test of time in speedway.Speedway has failed mainly in this Country because people do not work together to much self interest gets in the way.

The Katowice 1976 PC winning year was a huge crowd and also was the Penhall 1981 year crowd figure accurate or were the figures rigged.??

The biggest difference is the crowds were alot bigger then it didnt matter so much if fans missed the odd match.Now there are even some of the diehards missing some meetings because they have found other stuff to do.

The reality is some of the fans are pretty fickle and winning is everything there are a percentage of fans now who will just pick and choose there meetings.

I cant quite get my head around that people are prepared to watch crap racing and be happy as long as they win.At Swindon my biggest gripe over the last five years or longer is that the entertainment element has been generally poor.The tinkering of rules and averages (ect) out weigh the responsibility of putting on a good show and making fans feel they have had a good evening.Some weeks i have gone home and thought to myself god i really enjoyed that other weeks i could not wait to get home.For me the ENTERTAINMENT aspect is the most important thing without that what have you got.

Some really interesting views there the four riders that i think could make or break a teams fortunes are Morris- Holder-Kurtz- Lidsey and the four riders i think could be vulnerable are Proctor- Wells- Barker- K.Andersen.

The old one City???

I think there will be changes in this team maybe Puk might comeback later in the season.

A big leap topsoil to replace who?.... now i would say Uk speedway is in the worst state ever in my lifetime..

Barry Bishop might not have all the answers but his attitude is a breath of fresh air this guy has terrific man management skills.His interaction with the fans is top notch and he could do great things for British speedway.I posted once that i wanted to go the Isle of Wight at some stage this year and it was difficult for me to get a late train back to Swindon from Southampton.He got back to me straight away give me times and advice on what to do and even offered to let me watch a race from the middle of the track.I was absolutely flabbergasted on how helpful and genuine he is and i really hope the Isle of Wight go on and get stronger as a club I would love them to go in the Prem at some stage.

I think Toft is only a reserve and i feel he is decent but know more than that can he move up to replace Kerr in the top five No in my opinion.