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A meeting between 2 legends... Or as you eloquently put it a few pages back 'leg-ends' How I would have loved to have been a fly on that wall... Wonder what was said... It's a damn shame that 'numpty' turned down the help of Dalbers... Probably no one better for the job of giving advice when it comes to Newcastle speedway... Would you and Andrew be willing to help support a fan run venture (advice and guidance rather than money, which understandably you're sick of wasting) When it comes to the money discussion on the last page, 'finding 600 to pay £10 a week for 28 weeks'... and the counter argument of it will be impossible to find 600 people who are willing to pay £300... I'm sure some of them 600 would be willing to pay more than that... I would happily and the more who do that, the less people who are relied on... I was not willing to part way with anymore money while Rob Grant was in charge of the club, because I knew fine well what a crook he was... But if there was an actual 'fan ran club' where the fans who put the money in have their say and one individual is in charge... A reasonable person... Perhaps someone like Dalbers or THJ... I could happily part with £250-£300 a month during the season and pay for my entrance weekly too (which I know is absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things, but it's better than £10 a week) And I'm sure there would be people who are willing to put more in... I wonder if Dave Tinning would be put off from another venture with someone a bit more respectable at the helm... I'm sure he would sponsor a chunk of that £150k again... And there's race sponsors etc too... Has anyone learned Arabic yet???

I'd love to volunteer my services, if there was any point to it, but unless there's a realistic point to it, what's the hope? We need someone who can come in and run the club, be a leader, have backing or funds of their own, does that person exist? I'd love to help out in any way I could if they did... I'd be happy to message with you if you have any ideas... I'm always ears

All the very active moderators can ban me, because all of my interest in this joke of a sport that I've wasted all my years and money on all went down the drain when I lost what little respect I had for it over the last couple of years or so, Thanks Rob... Both grant and godfrey, both complete tossers

It's a very sad time and unfortunately I don't think it's going to be saved this time... He's dirtied our club's name and reputation too much now for it ever to return imo I use the word 'dirtied' rather than the phrase 'taken a wicked sh!t on' because I didn't want to break this rule Obscenity Contributors are prohibited from posting obscene language including swearing or masked swearing, and images on the forum. Please use polite alternative words. Moderators will remove any obscene language or images that the board filters do not catch. Links to websites that contain pornography of any kind will also be removed. If you find a posting offensive then please use the report button. Because obviously this forum 'consists of a friendly community of fans.' and not 'trolls'... Not at all...

There's a button near the top of the page that says 'guidelines' Basically don't post anything that may be your own opinion and don't post anything that may mildly upset someone, you can't be having that...

Still playing the lottery just in case... only chance we got really now that numpty killed our club off

Hello, can anyone tell me what the parking situation at Oxford is? I'm sure it's already been mentioned, but I can't find anything anywhere. Thanks

I put so much money into the club with the promise of great things and ideas from Rob and NOTHING came of it... Just the sh!te we've had to watch and put up with the last 2 years... I don't care how much difficulties he had, with the previous promotions and covid, when he had the chance to make things right, do his promotors job, he just made a mockery of all of his fans, took the p!ss then ran off with all our hard earned money!!

I'd be happy to put in some money (one off payment) into some 'save the Diamonds' scheme... But I'm a bit sceptical now, after having put so much into Rob's reign and got nothing but woeful teams, boring meetings and many times short changed... I am not very rich as it is, so I am very personally annoyed the way Rob has ran the club the last 2 or 3 years... It's pathetic how he thinks he can just nick off with all this money from the supporters... How can he sell the air fence if the supporters trust purchased it??? It should be property of the supporter's club, sold by the supporter's club (or kept if the chances of us returning are there) and divided up equally between them... But no, Rob's just gonna take the money and run and everyone is gonna let him get away with it... I'm already banned from the Newcastle Diamonds Facebook page now for voicing my opinions there, so I guess we're not allowed opinions, the fans who have been going most our lives... What a joke F you Rob Grant

NOOOOO I'm working Friday afternoon... I'm gutted

Cleggy or wethers for roynon surely if they fit

I'm sorry for some of my comments on here the last couple of weeks. As you can imagine this club has been a massive part of my life, my childhood, my teenage years and now my young adult life, like I'm sure it has for many others. I am livid that it is closing and this has been coming for ages. I was so desperate to see change, but it wasn't coming and now it's gone. What a massive shame, I wish every Diamond's fan, old and new, the best of luck for the future, and who knows... Maybe we'll meet again in the future... Wish it had gone differently... A very disappointing ending to a club with such massive history

What happened to all the money Dave Tinning and the fan's club put into the club?

Thanks for being the voice of the club, it's been needed this season. Just because Granty has walked, there's still other people? Where does Dave Tinning stand now? Surely there was a couple suitors last winter, are any of them still available? I am aware you don't have the answers, and they may come out in time, just got to keep everything crossed I think Wish I could afford it... Now that his 'best mate' has walked out... Maybe a few of the old faces may be tempted back, even just on a less than regular basis and not as involved monetary... Who knows... A very sad day

Far too many emojis there...

Howay man... I spent ages making that post on the 2023 thread, now you've deleted it

In a few weeks after a few 'rain offs' I'm sure... Just a quick facebook post to the few who are on there... Hope I'm eating my words in a few days... I'm gutted

Where have yous heard this news??? I'm devastated... Is that the complete end to the Diamonds? We are no more? Gone forever? Or do we have chance to come back to the tapes next season? Under new promotors (if they're out there)

Would have been an awful lot cheaper and would have probably hit a wider audience up in Newcastle than a country show

At least he completed 4 laps on more than one occasion, which is more than can be said for who he's replacing... As I say, slight improvement

Where he gets big, round scores every week... Speaking of which... Look at Skorja

Maybe Granty realised that he wasn't as big as his ego made him out to be after the embarrassing performance from him last Sunday... He didn't even know how to slide around the tight bends... Was miles behind and couldn't stay upright, constantly going towards the fence and shutting off... Put it this way... Any of the new fans who came from the massive effort that was the county show grass track meeting won't be returning... I'm pretty confident of that, so that was a pretty big waste of time also

Slight improvement, only slight... Still would have preferred George in the team... Hope Kyle can do better than he has done so far this year and become one of the better kids in British speedway again. Still not a fan of his, this signing smacks of desperation from the promotion, 'let's make a slight change to try and keep the fans happy.' At least it's something though... Only taken until the following Friday to hear ANYTHING from the club after the cr@p that was witnessed last Sunday... I doubt brining in Kyle will bring any of the fans back...

Woah I haven't really followed the Polish league at all this year... But what's happened to Lublin's team???