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The Glasgow track suffered previously when the football club wanted a wider pitch and as a result the track looked rather square and good racing was at a bit of premium. With the football club no longer the owners of the stadium, the track was taken in by a couple of meters last year and there is a lot more room entering and exiting the bends. Last year saw improved racing but this year in particular has been consistently good in my opinion.

Instead of going into the couple of reasonable and the other mostly ridiculous reasons why you are not keen for a Friday night I would like to put my thinking forward as to why it would be a good thing. We will be able to watch speedway in the best possible atmosphere and lighting, not getting burnt by the sun and being able to see the chrome on the bikes glisten under the floodlights. We will be able to read our programs under wonderful artificial light and our cars will be reasonably safe parked outside the stadium. The neighbours will not be unduly disturbed during antisocial hours as the speedway will be finished well before 11pm. Some supporters will arrive home at respectable hours, those mischievous ones may stay out and not make it back ‘til the wee small hours, it’s their choice. The evening service on the busses on Friday will be on a par with a Sunday afternoon service so all who use it will get home just fine. The thing I’m really looking forward to is lights being used in the toilets, I’ve been saying for years that I much prefer peeing under a lamp. I obviously couldn’t condone leaving work early to come to the speedway but I’m sure the start time of a guestimated half past seven would give most supporters enough time to get there. It is true enough that it will be a bit colder at night than during the day but I’ll choose to wrap up warm, look out those long johns and my thermal vest. I believe there will be plenty of adequate light to fill in your race card as for there not to be, I’m unsure whether the stadium would be deemed safe enough for spectators. Getting home after having your car nicked could be problematic but we’re a good bunch of supporters and someone will give you a lift. With the meeting being finished no later than 10pm I would suggest by the wee small hours even supporters from Newcastle a Workington would be home with the locals being home in time for Newsnight. I would suggest from my own viewpoint that I will be able to entice a few of my friends along on a Friday night a lot easier than getting them along on a Sunday afternoon and would imagine a lot of people would agree. There is also the added benefit of the track not being so dusty and more consistent, every afternoon run track has the same problems. I would also think that the food stall will sell more pies and chips and the bar will sell more drink which is surely a good thing. Not running on Sunday opens up the possibility of getting some of the most exciting young foreign riders to come ply their trade in the UK without clashes with the Polish league. That all being said, I will miss my girlfriend giving me abuse every Sunday for ruining the possibility of doing something decent with our weekend. The double backflip she performed on news that we are hoping to move to Friday night was a clear indication that those bitter arguments that I loved so much are going to be a thing of the past.

I have no issue with the gb team being referred to as team England and the like to be honest. I would like to see a team England and a team Scotland though. Yeah sure we would be a bit rubbish but that's no different from the football and rugby teams. Can't see it happening though