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Imagine.... Zmarzlik Kurtz Lindgren Bewley Holder Lebedevs Lambert Kubera (Challenge) Woryna (Challenge) Madsen (Challenge) Jepsen Jensen (Challenge) Dudek (SEC) Fricke (WC) Laguta (WC) Sayfutdinov (WC) Now that would be some line-up.

The crazy thing is.... Oxford is a perfectly good use case to prove what he says is wrong. Yet he keeps saying the opposite. Absolutely no reason why a Swindon return shouldn't be just as successful as Oxford's.

They shouldn't be.... as it's already been explained to them once. They are just using it over and over again as a source to suit their own agenda, and hoping nobody calls them out on it. P.S: Good luck to all involved with Swindon.

You keep making nonsense up! We've already had a conversation like this on the Wimbledon thread when you tried to claim this and you were proved completely wrong there as well. There is absolutely NO doubt over Oxford's future. It's a business currently making a healthy profit, they get good crowds every week and have a lease that doesn't expire until 2032, with a high probability of that being extended if Kevin Boothby's latest comments are anything to go by. Why you keep lying to suit your own anti-speedway agenda is beyond me. Do you get a kick out of it? But why don't YOU tell us all what the speculation over Oxford's future is? Enlighten us all as maybe you know something everybody else doesn't.

Thank God the people of Oxford didn't have your attitude. Oxford's success pretty much proves every single point you made as utter nonsense.

Starting to look like a battle between Oxford and Redcar for the last spot. Could all come down to Wednesday's meeting between the two sides, would be a huge boost for the Cheetahs if they take all three points. 1. Glasgow 2. Poole 3. Edinburgh 4. Oxford 5. Redcar 6. Berwick 7. Plymouth 8. Workington 9. Scunthorpe

Holta was Polish almost as much as Marvyn Cox was German.

Can we also take a guess how many times Kelvin is going to mention Kevin Malkiewicz was born in the UK. I'll start: 35

If you zoom in on the little patch of stand on the home straight, and don't zoom out again.... it looks healthy.

But that doesn't always tell the full story. Track prep is often limited by track access, something most multi-use stadiums struggle with. Oxford is a prime example of this. The track for Cheetahs meetings on a Wednesday are rarely as dusty as the track for Spires meetings on a Thursday - because they have to wait for the greyhound meeting to finish in the afternoon. It makes a lot of difference.

@arnieg was that you who wrote the World Games piece in the programme? A great read.

Absolutely lovely to see Scott Nicholls back on a bike, and great to see him get such a great reception from both Plymouth and Oxford fans. He got better as the meeting progressed, clearly still knows the fastest way around Sandy Lane.

Rider replacement for Mitch McDiarmid now... it's getting ridiculous. Just four regular Cheetahs riders left. Who's next?

Fair point. I can't argue with that.

Maybe the fact people can't find these events is a far bigger issue than forum members being naive? If people on here with an active interest in the sport can't find them, how are newcomers supposed to? These 'opportunities' need to be far better promoted if they are to make a noticeable difference.

Apologies, I just presumed it was a case of mistaken Ashtons. No idea where the Speedway Star got that information from - maybe they mistook them instead?

Thoughts on this one? Berwick have a few riders with plenty of Oxford experience, but the Cheetahs looking far stronger at reserve. Zach Cook guesting for Jordan Jenkins and rider replacement for poor Danyon Hume. Oxford: 1. Sam Masters, 2 Jonas Knudsen, 3 Zach Cook (G), 4. Mitchell McDiarmid, 5. Cameron Heeps, 6. Francis Gusts, 7. Luke KIlleen Berwick: 1. Craig Cook, 2. Sam Hagon, 3. R/R, 4. Drew Kemp, 5. Peter KIidemand, 6. Dayle Wood, 7. Jack Smith

Sorry, duplicate post.

Just when you thought the Oxford Spires season couldn't get more bleak. Erik Riss is out of action for the foreseeable... Get well soon Erik.

I think he's got his Ashtons muddled up, and means Boughen. Ashton Vale hasn't retired.

Funny how those crowd levels do keep paying it for Oxford.... easily. The biggest fairytale of all is your story of Oxford closing!

Hahahaha, where did you get that utter nonsense from? You're just making up stuff to suit your own agenda. Boothby has a 10-year lease, running to 2032, and there are already talks about extending that. Speedway is a big part of Boothby's plans, mainly because the speedway is still making a healthy profit. The ONLY doubt is whether Oxford run in all three leagues again. Attendances are still extremely good at Championship (1,200 ish) and National League (800+) level, and have only waned slightly at Premiership level (but still at around 1,200) - mainly due to results I would imagine. There is zero doubt about whether Oxford will be running next year - what a totally uninformed thing to say, simply said to scare people without any evidence whatsoever.

I agree the crowd did seem a little down last night, but there's plenty of reasons for that.... the main one being that the Spires have been pretty woeful, and that Birmingham line-up was hardly exciting. Not to mention the supposed threat of rain, which thankfully arrived after the meeting. In general, Oxford crowds have still been extremely good I would say. Spires have been attracting far more than most despite the poor results, the Cheetahs have to be one of the best supported teams in the Premiership (on a par with Poole) and the Chargers also get good crowds as well. Financially, I'm Oxford could run in all three leagues again next year, however whether they will or not will probably come down to top rider availability, which is something the Spires have struggled with.

How would you know? You love to make sweeping statements without any evidence. Absolutely nobody knows if they would make any difference or not. League form is no marker when it comes to GPs - as 2021 proved.

I've had my disagreements with you in the past, but this is spot on.