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let's hope that the next check is scheduled for September and not March this year.

20p for the use of the toilets is quite reasonable;e if KLS need to maximise their income streams. The problem is when people don't have the change and they will nip round the back of the building ( a very convenient space ) and the grandstand. It will smell as bad as the long-demolished 4th bend loos. But is that a small price to pay to see that speedway racing continues at Saddlebow Rd? Instead of a change machine that may lead to a build-up of cross-legged fans why not allow an ex-rider to sit at a table outside the toilets and take the money?

Those certainly were the days when speedway was still on the up! I was still crying in Norwich with the loss of my beloved Stars and then only 50 miles away ( along the old A47 ) there was hope! My trusty Triumph Tiger Cub carried me over to the first Saddlebow Road meetings. With the Dereham chip shop so handy at the bottom of the hill for a supper bum break. No Ove Fundin though ( but Terry Betts turned out to be a new Golden Boy )!

Could well be if the rumours about Buster's backers turn out to be true. Speedway in East Anglia would be a noTHING then.

In stits and farts or more in the mode of a blind man letting the guide dog do his talking. In trying to make two steps forward he has taken five back. And as for knowing how to make his businesses work - we have no idea of knowing how KLS has been successful as the accounts are not visible. It will be the same at his new clubs, Ipswich and Peterborough. Buster's great skill seems to be in persuading well-heeled sponsors to believe in his "vision". Not in building up the average attendance or attracting the missing new generation of supporters. Which is vital if UK speedway as a whole is to prosper or even survive.

Follows the Chapman owned and run history. "My way or the highway" has long been the accepted manner of doing things at King's Lynn.

Are you sure that RobGodfrey is aware of the difference between, freshwater fish, UK sea fish or tropical fish? An area for confusion if ever there was one were he to be asked to comment on it.

Buster hasn't bought it yet, has he?

Four out of seven and it is nowhere near March yet! Buster is expecting a substantial increase in average attendances due to his dynamic "leave 'em waiting" marketing technique. There are several weeks before opening night 2019.

Trades description problem there maybe * extreme entertainment sport "? If watching the GPs possibly.

I thought that Rob Godfrey had some "believers" who were distorting the posts with the All Our Yesterdays" posts in order to soften the criticism of his statements.

Once you are owned lock. stock and barrel by Buster Chapman, he has you over a barrel! And a Sargasso sea begins to build up so that very little information on who, what where and when seeps out. Lock it all down tight is Buster's way.

I still support the Stars and look for their results and want to gather up all the news that I can about them. I am a member of the Supporters Club ( and will re-join for 2019 ) I attend some of the matches and cheer them on but I do not like the way the club has been run over the last five years. Especially since Buster became The Main Man at the BSPA . His interest in what the broad spectrum of Star's fans think seems to have withered away ( unless you see things only through Buster coloured glasses ).

Did I miss something and Buster is intending to sell one of his clubs imminently ( or during the 2019 season)? And hopes for offers next close season on one of the remaining two? I am genuinely interested. Quite honestly I prefer it if he did own all of the "top" league clubs. It would present less uncertainty. that's for sure!

Unless .... in 2020 Buster owns 4 or 5 "top" clubs and in 2021 owns the 6, 7 or 8 of them that make up the then creme de la creme ( enough to satisfy BT which seems to be his Holy Grail ). How does he find backers for his acquisitions?

That is now the dominant feeling I have when attending Stars matches. The excitement of close racing, the possibility of passing or even some passes ( after the first half lap ) is what I crave and used to get. In the last two or three seasons that has been so eroded that if you get five minutes of pulse-raising excitement from an evening at Saddlebow Rd, you've done well. Not much of an enticement to go is it?

That was my guess after I gave up on the possibility of NKI returning. Thank you for confirming it. If the PL is a little weaker ( yet again ) the Stars may hold it's own but it's weaker unless they all can keep up their averages.

Yes please, IF you do know them all for certain, why not let us all know? Or does Buster have a gagging clause on some of his supporters?

We now have been told that we have seven super fit riders, following their training camp and that they will be having on track opportunities before the April 8th opener. But we do not know who they are. A terrific publicity machine in action. Our enthusiasm will know no bounds when finally they are all revealed!

Another problem of how the BSPA has evolved is that the better quality Promoters became disillusioned and walked away. Only the stodgy - "it's alright as it is " & " I agree with you, you are right" promoters stayed on and this is one factor in the strangulation of the sport in the UK. The Emperor's New Blazer syndrome.

Sadly my head believes you are spot on but my heart still dreams that Buster might be holding back the best until last ( early March ). Without Iversen the Stars team will not hold it's own and my enthusiasm for the upcoming season will dip further. Even more importantly I dream that the KL track would be much improved and offer up better racing ( but that is another hope from the heart ). And my hope that doubleheaders V the same team will not be seen again at Saddlebow Rd. is quite likely to be dashed ( "in the best interests of the sport" ). Not much to look forward to for me.

So 2020 is now out of the question as a stadium share, even If the necessary funds could be found to restore the Comets?

100% agree with you. Especially the conclusion as to why people don't return after being let in free ( to a taster/trial ) match. They Do Not want to but that product which they sampled. And mostly for the reasons, you have listed. It's like trying a new flavour of crisps and if a new one launched fails to sell, it's withdrawn. The tracks and modern bikes do not combine to provide much in the way of exciting racing ( on a consistent basis ) . Another alternative to improve the racing as a spectacle ( because when it's good it's very good! ) is to have standardised lower capacity bikes ( 250s are now just as powerful ). Perhaps someone more technical than myself could comment on the use of a sleeve to take current 500s to a 350?

I will be hugely surprised if there any rabbit's in hats at KLS to be pulled out for 2019. No fresh faces I feel sure. Sadly.

Sidney, you are much too revolutionary - such ideas as even contemplating taking up fans ideas ( even the inexpensive or free ones ). And we now know from Philip Rising that Chapman and Godfrey are really only "good old boys" deciding things with their speedway business pals. They are not to blame ( even after promising before they came to positions of "power" they could orchestrate a return to the glory days with their sound ideas ). Ah well, that did sound too good to be true. Only when the UK sport is prostrate ( having fallen from it's knees ) will they try one big league as many fans have proposed before Chapman & Godfrey were other than "rebel" voices inside the BSPA. Some do like to claim that no-one is too blame. Perhaps poltergeists in old stadiums?