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Reading the views on the british boxing forum their equivalent to this forum a lot of fans are having the same discussions as us about the state and direction the their sport, seems its not just speedway though we are in a worse state.

Also the dubious judges decisions are starting to alienate regular boxing fans with many on the british boxing forum calling out blatant robberies and calling the sport corrupt.

Yes thats an option but ive always prefered to sit down with a brew and a physical copy, where i am we have two postmen and see them a few times a day delivering up till 1pm theres also a delivery van so why the copies are so late ive no idea, its not as though we dont see a postman.

Today after 3 weeks of no magazine three were delivered, this weeks i had already bought from Sainsburys, this poor delivery service has been going on since August hence the reason after 30 odd years of subscribing im not renewing. I wonder what the affect of this dire royal mail service will have overall on people buying the magazine during the winter months? I would recommend buying from the supermarket or ordering from the newsagents, the mail service is done.

Thats possibly correct but i can remember no increase in admission and during those years the crowds were consistently into 5 figures, so there was no dependency on trying to bring in extra fans to cover for four races, the crowd levels today would not cover it i also dont think todays riders would travel from say Eastbourne to Manchester for 4 rides.

I remember when riders would travel to an away track when their own team wasnt riding just to compete in the Golden Helmet and second half races. One meeting at Hyde Road Gordon Kennett travelled all the way up to Manchester for a Golden Helmet match race and a couple of second half meetings, could you imagine todays breed of riders doing that?

Ive now gone 3 weeks with no delivery, this week im buying it at sainsburys and am going to continue buying it there, i received my subscripton renewal and my final copy on subscription is jan 10th there is no way im subscribing again thanks to the useless royal mail.

Whats your take on the Eastbourne situation Dean? The stadium is owned by a speedway family unless the Dugards have sold it and by all accounts it could be ready to race on, it just seemed odd that a stadium that could reintroduce speedway and was run by a family steeped in the sport just sat there, if speedway cant get back into a stadium like this with the speedway connection i would think new venues would be really difficult.

Sad news RIP condolences to the family.

As i said in the post quoted "and as been said before if it were a championship and ndl, championship then becomes the top tier."

Poole also have the tourist footfall as for other sporting competition at a professional level i think there is only Bournmouth in the Premier league that would impact.

There have been murmurrings BV could go down the same route as Ipswich, what a legacy for Lemon to leave, doing what Hitler couldnt and bringing the longest unbroken run to an end. Also Aces have only ever ridden at the top level throughout their history so would fans support the club in enough numbers without the likes of Bewley and Kurtz? I have spoken to fans who only want to see these top riders but have spoken to more that wouldnt be against a championship league, more variety, a more level playing field in rider ability that would make for good racing and as been said before if it were a championship and ndl, championship then becomes the top tier. I suppose the question would be would the loss of GP riders and their wages offset the expected drop in attendences? The stadium still has to be paid for and i couldnt see that rental decreasing with the level of whats on offer. Myself i would just embrace the championship and enjoy visiting different tracks. We just have to wait and see what happens but once its gone its not coming back.

I agree with all your points but to attract a high profile sponsor speedway would have to offer something beneficial back in return, at the moment and the state the sport is in there is nothing it can offer. When Gulf Oil sponsored the league we had the top riders, bigger crowds and more public awareness thanks to being on World of Sport on national tv.

I always thought the GP,s would have a negative effect on league racing.

No not a dig at all football takes all the headlines up here United and City dominate the sporting scene, followed by rugby league and cricket, lot of lower league football clubs as well, after Hyde Road was demolished quite a few fans were lost as they couldnt adjust to the confines of the dog track, then crowds just fell off and when the NSS opened many had been lost for good. Its amazing when i mention speedway the amount of people who say i used to go to Hyde Road are they still racing, they dont even know the NSS exists. I have seen David James when he played for City at the speedway and have seen Paul Scholes a few times too, sadly as we are seeing with the demise of so many clubs speedway is falling out of peoples awareness. Belle Vue have become Manchesters best kept secret. Was encouraging to see such a good crowd for the play off final second leg.