Mr Bump

Now we know Hemsley is not involved in speedway affairs any more, plus gobbie Allan is out of the picture too, this is surely a small cause for celebration. Potentially a decent new team & manager to be revealed next week, not all bad, for once. Nothing about race night yet though.

No more Norrie Allan! Hallelujah

Absolutely. Surely nobody can look back at 3 years of scratching around to field a vaguely competitive elite team on a Saturday night and call it a success so far. Got to be worth trying something different?

Biggest crowd I can remember since we joined the elite league was for a Monday night match. Admittedly it was a televised meeting and only a fiver to get in, however it shows that there's plenty of Leicester people out there willing to come along on a school night, not just a Saturday.

According to the radio interview, Chapman said everything regarding speedway has been taken over. Parking facilities, track, fencing etc. David Hemsley is left with the responsibility of developing extra leisure facilities over the whole site, something I believe that was part of the original blueprints . So maybe after all they'll be improvements to the track shape. Fingers crossed.

Keith Chapman due on BBC Radio Leicester tomorrow morning at 8.30

Phew!

Spot on. Anyways, back to Leicester. Our future could be secured this week if all goes well, according to speedwayGB Twitter feed. Cripes.

Carry on up the Khyber may well provide no less of a laugh than following Leicester at this rate

I agree it was. I had to have a sit down after the Kings Lynn meeting, such was the amount of overtaking going on

I've got a shed full of inflatable cushions that I'd be willing to hire out or sell for a reasonable fee.....guaranteed to stay inflated for at least as long as your average speedway meeting....

Are we not still in the 80's? Shame. John Titman was in the country last week, could still probably do a job for us at no.1...

Nice one. I'll bring me old Honda C50 too, just in case we're short of a rider or two, or maybe more..

Cool. Always wanted to watch him at work on his tractor anyways

Agree with that. Lions fan since 77, through thin, thinner and now waffer bleedin thin. If by chance we do have a team running next year, it already looks like being a side composed of riders nobody else wants. Meaning probably even lower attendances and more grief for all concerned. It's not looking too great. Having said that like a fool I'll still be there.

All premiership and championship teams must have a minimum of 2 British riders in their team in 2017. Blimey

Have a look at the SpeedwayGB twitter feed. All is revealed on there....

The "odd football club"? Ahem. Only the home of the current Premier League champions so we are 😆

Reckon you're right there. We haven't had a team in the elite,as yet, that can win it's home matches on a regular basis. Just not been competitive. If we can manage to field a stronger outfit, combined with a stronger promotion & presence, I reckon we'll see healthier crowds. Worth a go.

Happy enough with that. Would prefer premier on a Saturday night, but if its got to be Elite, then midweek it has to be. As it should have been when we first moved up.

Let's hope so. The mantra from Mr.Darcy is certainly to wait till after the Annual General Muppetry, sorry Meeting, has solved all the problems of British speedway. Magic.

Nope. Apparently there will be speedway at Leicester next season, and it will be in the 'Elite' league. Blimey

Well that's something to be positive about at least. As long as it's not on a Saturday night again.

As of now not sure a Leicester Lions 2017 thread has any validity to it. Very disheartening for all supporters of Leicester speedway. Bugger.

Leicester have certainly in the past not posted their line-up at all before some meetings. Funnily enough its usually the season-ending one too!