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Quite the right thing to do KLS and promptly done too. Keep the customer satisfied ( well as much as possible ).

I agree, so HOW do we organise a national petition of fans who support a NO Confidence motion in Keith Chapman as Chairperson of the BSPA? I have organised paper ones but not online digital ones. Anyone can help us? And let's hear from others re a Thumbs Up OR a Thumbs Down on the idea.

We are boringly and regularly told that the BSPA can internally vote for XYZ idea or person and bring about changes quite easily but I really don't believe that it is so straightforward or changes for the better would have been made long before this. No group of business men & women could be so stupid as to watch for over 10 years while their business melted away. Could they?

It's about how the fans are treated by KLS ( and that Is Buster ) I will happily give 50% of my refund to Lewis. How much will I be donating Buster?

Most of the blame for what went wrong everywhere Horton promoted was his fault. A Buster Jr. wannabe.

3x or 4x the number of fans through the gates, who didn't much care how the sport was run IF the racing was decent.

Well as the current Chairperson of the BSPA that must be him. I think that like many others, he thought he knew best, only to find it turn to ashes in his hands. The only true Top Man, of course, is God the Father ( assuming He does have a gender tag ) and even Buster cannot believe that he aspires to reach that highly?

OK R&R tell us how you did it? Is there something like Photoshop for video? Are the riders in Poland controlled by the team manager with a remote control ( as in Scalectrix )? Is there some magic material on the track surface to encourage and permit passing? Can this incredible speedway only be done on Polish tracks? Are the bikes in the UK too fast for the tracks? Or is is correct that the £1,000 per point in Poland is a Big motivating factor? THIS is proper speedway as somebody once said! More like this would have fans flocking to the tracks over here! I have not seen such good races over the 2017 season here ( and including the first few of 2018 ) but this match had more! Now I know why I fell in love with the sport in the first place. To anyone who can watch it -the build up on this thread by R&R IS true!

If the match goes to penalties I don't think England's luck will hold. And I am not confident that England can win in open play.

Is there no-one else at KLS who can agree on a quote and Tweet it or add two lines to the website? I don't expect Buster to handle every single thing at KLS ( NOT even he could do that! ). But there are more than a few clustered around him, acolyte style, some of them being paid. What exactly does the new co-promoter do?

That's the point - it IS struggling as it is. No -one is prepared to pay for the GP stars to return ( at £500 to £1,000 a point ) and it can't survive now, as it is. The only way is a lower overall calibre of rider. "Stars" will emerge from that level and you would want to see them race. That is what happens in the NL. Drew Kemp is a superstar at that level. When they get to an even higher level then Poland and Sweden are the places for them to earn a crust.

But he does not seem to want to make any public announcement via any kind of media about what kind of refund he is willing to make. Why? For those fans who say there should be no clamour for refunds, that's OK throw away your ticket stubs ( perhaps you already have ) for those like me who feel cheated ( again ) by Buster, do want to know what kind of gesture he will make. Please tell us even if it is to confirm what is in the programme. I don't know because I can't afford to buy one and waste the money on a programme.

Many King's Lynn fans are appalled at what has happened at their club since Keith Chapman attained his lifetime ambition to "do things his way" not just at one club, but at them all. Your's as well as mine. And not merely do things his way but " it's my way or the highway" without listening to you or being concerned about the effect of his decisions on fans ( backed up by the others who must be hypnotised and are now a secretive gang ). It's really not unlike post-war Russia in the 1950's. Thankfully their policies have not killed anyone, only killed off the sport. Only the Top Man knows all and is never wrong.

That is how I feel too. It's a dive in nosebag of cash ( instead of oats ) for riders of whom there will soon be more than fans. There are about 50 fans for each rider in a match. At some clubs less than that. Do the maths of the finances. Doesn't add up at all. All of us hope that the slide can be halted, but hope will not carry us any nearer that happening. There will be a few "black" tracks operating outside of anything like the BSPA within 5 years - running Open meetings. Only someone with vision ( perhaps J Chapman ) and matched with someone with serious money could pull together the best remnants of what we have at the moment. Nothing else will do it.

STEVEHOLS54 wrote this " There are enough successful business heads within the BSPA but they have to find common ground on a way forward in a format all can ultimately live with. Its either that or the sport is doomed in its current format. If it also means more flexibility on race nights even if it does mean some of the top riders pass on UK then so be it but for sure something has to be done." This is the best comment on the state of speedway in the Uk I have read. We need to encourage the BSPA to go with this.

Oh NO you didn't but I can't find it in print. Can anyone else? For example the promotion?

Great, Robert Lambert and 6 Danes ( or is one of them Swedish? ). Some Weds. KL would need 7 guests ( that's OK as it's all in the best interest of the sport )

That's right I blame the fans too! They could have all taken the Promoters advice and brought a new friend every week ( sometimes two ) or over the last few years eagerly paid, say £25 or even £30 to get in. That would have given riders a much better living ( no mortgages ) and promoters far fewer headaches and financial stresses. Fans should all be castigated and any over 65 should really pay more, not less. With 2,000people per match at Rye House even BMR would have made it a roaring success.

And Joe Dimagio would have been a great attraction at any speedway meeting.

The proof of that pudding will be judged by future turnstile takings.

Clubs closing in midseason have always seemed to have been run by promoters who are new to the sport and underfunded with delusions of being able to do much better than anyone before them.

I am stunned that such a section in a rule exists " take all necessary steps to safeguard, at all times, the interests and welfare of all riders, Officials and Spectators during a Meeting," it has been almost totally ignored over the last few years at KLS, just as it was yesterday evening. Very little thought or concern was given to the 1,000+ people who had paid to come in. That rule was not penned by Buster I feel sure. Nigel Pearson perhaps?

This has gone beyond being acceptable with NO information about whether re-admission tickets can be used. Fans have been mugged unless the club does this - regardless of Heat 6 being reached. The reason it did not go the distance Is down to Buster cutting corners yet again. There WERE always two ambulances and a paramedic plus a named doctor and if a medical room ( to the accepted standard once existed - where is it now?) Yes, it is a budget sport and are promoters everywhere now doing the same? I can no longer get to away tracks to compare. As a budget sport, why is it not £10 to get in? The crowd was up - at least 1200 maybe more - the track was excellent but all let down by inadequate backup facilities which seem unsafe for riders anyway. Is that correct? What Health and Safety laws exist for putting on motorsport and admitting the paying public? As ever at KLS there are many questions to be answered but no-one in the "management" prepared to answer them. Same old, same old mess. I for one will test in law the validity of whether a refund or a re-admission ticket is due to supporters who paid if nothing is forthcoming. It's time somebody did.

Doesn't Falcao have motor racing brother? He could be persuaded to give the shale a try. And the scramble to the ref's box would make great TV! The problem with the Nicaraguan riders is they like to be based at home and the travel costs and flight schedules would be a huge headache for the Manager.

Isn't that enough time to put in the Lego Stadium? We might be in for a pleasant surprise. Let's ask one of the new house owners to check and see if anything has just popped up.