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Surely the rules will be driven by the needs of lower league football (as opposed to the views of Sage or Public Health England). The Football League will want to get the 2020-21 season underway with spectators allowed (or at least the promise they will be imminently).

To be pedantic, the DSL has yet to start (and they are talking about 5 instead of 7 teams even if they do), but lower leagues are underway. There have been matches in Divs 1 and 2. The former is a bit higher in standard than the NL, the latter a bit lower. They usually get crowds in double figures. (I counted 29 at the league 2 match I went to last year).

How will this work given that dining at most Swedish tracks is more rudimentary than British ones?

That was an exhilarating watch.

Finland - best source is http://www.speedway.fi/etusivu.php for further info you might try f-s-p on here, I've always found him very helpful. Ukraine - has no league. Most of their meetings are at Rivne. Their website is: http://speedway-rivne.at.ua/ I also recommend http://gorka-speedway.blogspot.co.uk/ (another BSF member) Slovenia - has no league and only half a dozen or so meetings in total. A 2019 league was proposed, but collapsed after a couple of fixtures. I think your best bet is the facebook account https://www.facebook.com/Speedway-Slovenija-358894047895931 (it is mainly filled with Polish news, but that is a reflection on how little there is to report) Slovakia - use Zarnovica's website http://www.speedwayclub.sk/ (the only track in Slovakia). The smf website http://www.smf.sk/plocha-draha-vysledky/ contains results and the Czech website http://www.speedwaya-z.cz/ gives full coverage of Slovak events Russia - http://speedway-press.ru/ gives pretty much complete coverage and the Russian speedway forum http://russpeedway.info/forum/ usually contains the mfr oficial scoresheets Italy - another one where facebook is the best source. Try: https://www.facebook.com/GPARacingSpeedway/ Norway - I struggle with Norway, facebook is probably your best bet https://www.facebook.com/groups/766676793459478/?hc_ref=ARR78gRM-WQSvMQ2CNAt-HsFt2_kPgyMio20H4jrKdSqthtJxYoIqvoN6se6pUhp-uQ&ref=nf_target Germany - I use various sources http://www.svg-veranstalter.de/Startseite/ http://www.speedway-forum.de/ (the German Speedway forum has excellent international coverage to), and the official German Federation has a results archive https://www.dmsb.de/active/motorradsport/bahnsport/ Unfortunately aktuellspeedway.se seems to have given up the ghost. Like sportowefakty it prided itself on speed of reporting at the expense of accuracy but it was very comprehensive. If you want anything specific, message me - I have a very comprehensive set of 2019 resuts culled from these and other sources

There were 3 junior meetings last weekend and League one (their third tier) is up and running. These are meetings where crowds of under 100 ard the norm.

Latvia resume action next week, and Russia the week after. At that point GB will be the only nation not to have staged a single meeting since covid stopped play.

If the Govt are serious about this they will prevent Leicester City playing (@ the Kingpower as a minimum). If they don't do that then I would think it ok for Speedway practices to continue. (I also think that if they allow football to continue it gives anyone in Leicester who chooses to ignore the new restrictions 'an excuse')

...fat lady returns to dressing room ...

Just as well he did!

Shaping up to be the best meeting of the season so far by a country mile

speedway-press.ru reporting that Daugavpils participation in Nice One League is in doubt. I imagine they'll cross their fingers and hope that quarantine restrictions in Latvia are eased in the next couple of weeks.

Yes - and it didn't prove to be an ideal remedy.

I have actually seen custard powder used on a speedway track - to mark out the white line (@ Poole)

Lenarduzzi and Goret seem to be rather eccentric picks. There must be about 15 young Danes/Poles better than those two. Even if this has been done as one rider per country (plus second Pole as they provided last year's champ) I'd have put Pacalaj (Slovakia) above those two. Slightly surprised that Kotlyar is the Russian pick over Saydullin. I imagine Chulpac will be the wild card. And only two Poles so no Chugunov.

And they even let in a Gorzow fan!

I'd expect another Pole ( instead of Vaculik or Zagar). Either Pawlicki or Kolodziej. Otherwise a pretty good list

You are so right - forgot about those.

After a gap of 81 days since Scunny's Ben Fund event, the first (and so far only) meeting of the European season, speedway's back. Pardubice stage a Czech Championship meeting in front of a small crowd. Milik and Jan Kvech will be in Poland and one or two others are missing (such as Sam Simota) but it is close to a full strength field. Krcmar and Franc should be favourites.

And notable for giving a thorough and candid explanation. (Contrast with BSI's prevarication over Cardiff)

True, but based on my sponsorship experience - a superb ambassador off track.

I'm going for Alan Mogridge https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1773/alan-mogridge

One day I'll explain Chilton Foliat to you

None of which are unique to Britain

The rankings for 2017 and earlier are here: http://russpeedway.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2130 They were done by a guy in the Ukraine (with a few tweaks and adjustments added by me) When he stopped I did my own for 2018 but it was quite a chore. I only did 2019s because I suddenly have more time on my hand!