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Yougov shows that there is lukewarm support for this - 41 to 35 with 24% don't know. However when you look up the detail it is clear that support is strongest amongst the young, women and Londoners. That leads me to suspect that there would be a majority in favour of their retention among speedway fans given the demographics. There are things I feel strongly about, but this just isn't one of them.

Without planning laws it would be even easier for developers to buy up stadiums and redevelop as residential or commercial property. The fundamental problem is the basic laws of economics. Speedway (and many other leisure activities) simply can't compete with the financial returns available for other land uses.

Several tracks opened for business in 1940. There were even plans for a league. But then on May 10 Germany invaded France (followed shortly by Dunkirk) and activity reduced sharply. West Ham and California both shut up shop in May. Aside from Belle Vue who ran a full season, Rye House (11 mtgs), Oxford (8) and Glasgow White City (6) also staged more than a couple of meetings.

So 2018 update: It is now (well once 2018 is underway) tied at the top - 77 seasons each for Eastbourne and Coventry. Other major change is Wolves move up three places to 8.

As pointed out this is a very different thread. The one you want is here:

Something I have mused on doing, even if it is just for the title: "Gibbons Decline and Fall (of British Speedway)"

Like Rye House and London, it is a stretch to call Lunner Oslo.

Also Prague, but UKM's point is a good observation. None of the major speedway nations have speedway in their capital city.

Why would Sundstrom get a reduction? He hasn't missed any years. Being absent from Britain does not equate to missing a year. The 8% reduction applies to riders who have been out of action due to injury for an entire year.

A really well written article that captures the emotions tied up in the 'sense of place' that much loved stadia engender.

He's still riding, but his results are well below the level he was at 5-10 years ago. See here http://www.aktuellspeedway.se/tyskland/forare/christian-hefenbrock/#

This seems a very sterile and petty argument. All three have similar records. All three are very talented. Given the right breaks all three will go far and deserve our backing.

So what charities are involved in the 'Charity' shield?

Slavery was abolished nearly 200 years ago. Nobody is 'owned.' What is owned is 'the contract'. Effectively the intangible asset of the right to enter into negotiations with a view to engaging the rider's services.

I think you mean deduct the difference from their taxable income. In effect you get back 20% from HMRC.

I was told tomorrow (but that was before Xmas so it could easily have changed.)

Interesting article here https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedwayekstraliga.pl%2Fprofil-kibica-pge-ekstraligi%2F&edit-text=&act=url Eighth is the apparent answer Also worth noting that Patryk Dudek just came sixth in sportsman of the year and bartosz Zmazlik 13th https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedwayekstraliga.pl%2Fpatryk-dudek-szosty-w-83-plebiscycie-przegladu-sportowego-na-najlepszego-sportowca-polski-2017%2F&edit-text=&act=url

By definition half the riders in the league will have averages of under six. Get rid of them all and you've just halved the number of riders.

I'd agree Drabik, Woryna, Smektala and Kubera are the top prospects, but I'd also suggest that Rafal Karczmarz Oskar Bober Oskar Polis Daniel Kaczmarek are all better than Drozdz (and under 21) In addition the following riders are all 19 or less (ie at least two years younger than Drozdz) and therefore better long term prospects. Igor Kopec-Sobczynski Jakub Miskowiak Wiktor Lampart

Whereas the cheaper race card would attract VAT

The council found a new site for Reading. The council gave it planning permission. The problems were elsewhere ( and are probably ones that should concern Swindon fans)

Given that the one rider over eight rule hasn't yet (if it ever will be) been confirmed and assessed averages still seem very much up in the air, the answer is who knows. Anyway I doubt if anything will be confirmed until the second week of January (at the earliest).

As recommended by yours trulynearly 2 years ago: I saw him at Holsted in 2015 and was VERY impressed.although he hasn't quite lived up to expectations since, he only turns 20 next week. He did win Danish Under 21 and Fritte Cup in 2016. Most notable 2017 achievement was in the World under 21 championship where he missed a final place only after losing out in a run-off.

Castagna, Morris, Wester, Clews, Marsh, Marc Norris and Shane Colvin. Wester and Marsh were replaced mid-sesaon by Mullett (after a year out with a broken leg) and Lee Herne Wester under-performed leaving the Racers with a weak third heat leader to add to poor reserves (both averaged below 4 including bonus). It was the only season in Reading's history without an away league win (they did manage a couple of Trophy wins)

Looking at what I wrote in 2007, it does feel as if 2000 was one of the better seasons (unless you were a Reading fan - racers got their second wooden spoon in a row!). Here's the opening to the 2000 season chapter in 'Tears & Glory': For the first time in many seasons the mood in British speedway seemed overwhelmingly positive. Hull returned to the Premier League, but otherwise the Elite and Premier League make-ups were unchanged. The Conference League expanded with a new track in Somerset and speedway returned to Rye House thanks to Len Silver. The Rockets had competed without a home track in 1999, tracking three Reading juniors: Simon Moon, Peter Collyer and Ian Clarke. The star of the homecoming meeting in May (apart from 'uncle Len') was a young rider called Chris Schramm. Honours were shared around and both Elite and Premier Leagues produced close finishes. Eastbourne won the Elite League, aided by a solid contribution from Petri Kokko. They went into their final fixture needing to beat King’s Lynn to stop the Norfolk team picking up their first league title. King’s Lynn did have the consolation of winning the Knock-Out Cup. Beaten finalists Coventry picked up the Craven Shield. The Norfolk team regularly featured five Australians, and when Adam Shields guested for them in July they tracked six! One of them was Travis McGowan. He started the year by winning the Australian Under-21 title (with Scott Smith third and Brendon Mackay ninth) and ended it with the biggest improvement in average of any rider in the Elite League. The destination of the Premier League title depended on bonus points. For the first time since their introduction, the team with most match points did not win the title. Thanks to their massive home advantage Exeter picked up all 13 bonus points available, but only two away wins. It was enough to clinch the title on race points two days after Swindon lost a bonus point run-off against Newcastle (September 28). Although Swindon remained without a league championship since 1967 they did win the Knock-Out Cup and the Young Shield, their first trophies for 33 years. Hull won the Premier Trophy. To add to the sense of euphoria Britain had a speedway World Champion. Despite not winning a single round Mark Loram relieved Tony Rickardsson of his crown. And the British GP did have a British winner with wild card Martin Dugard storming to victory. On a personal level it was the year I only attended 21 meetings, fewer than in any other of my 47 seasons.