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But the British expected Swedes and Polish teams to last an entire season without their local riders because they had a UK team berth.

I would imagine Spiller's journey is easier than that of say Chris Julian who lived in Cornwall and rode for Glasgow (in 1964 I think)

He is currently no 11 in Dolgin's rankings. Of the ten riders above him only Janowski is active in the EL. (Iversen 13, Zagar 14 and Doyle 15 are the top EL competitors after Janowski.)

I would disagree. The alternative is you would get teams threatening to withdraw if they don't get their way over some important issue - and that is hardly a recipe for stability or sensible decision making. (Or maybe we should have more close seasons like 2010-11?)

What an absurd suggestion. When Britain had the best league in the world it never made any accommodation for foreign leagues, so why expect anything different now the boot is on the their foot. The problem is not Poland, it is that British speedway is full of people who can't recognise that the world has changed, and are therefore unable to adapt to our reduced circumstances.

A bit like when Glasgow used Covatti as a guest for Sarjeant. All teams will used the best guests available and exploit situations where they can have a guest on a false average.

I've seen 85cc racing in Sweden and Australia on tracks like the Swindon centre green track and think it works better than Peterborough where the riders get very spread out and they don't get to test their racing skills.

Good to see speedway racing back at Iwade. Meeting starts 1pm

Because the financial reality is that some teams operate at different economic levels to others and fans can appreciate that. How many Mildenhall fans want to return to the PL? I'm sure there are Oxford fans who would have preferred a return to the PL and survival over going bust as an EL team in 2007. That said Leicester are better equipped than most tracks to survive in the EL.

"They're not racing for lampshades" Did I really hear that?

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BSPA site says Porsing unavailable due to Polish playoff on Sunday. I thought Polish playoffs finished last Sunday. Can anyone enlighten me?

A useful precedent. However 15.10 states: "The result of a Meeting can only be amended if: a) the Referee has made an error in the recording of a Heat or the Meeting Results or that an absent Rider, having been given a Facility is found to have ridden elsewhere in contravention to the Facility so given" But interestingly that rule was also in the 2011 rulebook! Me thinks somebody is making it up as they go along

Well it's still in the fixture list, anyone got any idea whether it is on and who will be riding?

Agreed I think the Danish system is interesting, where the playoffs are a mini league (in the case of the top division a single meeting grand final) with match points carried into finals: 4 for league leaders, 2 for runners-up and one for third). BTW the top five divisions (three 500cc and two 85cc) in Danish speedway have five different play-off formats!

At the BoE base rate that comes to about £4!

Think it might make a difference as Cradley are supposed to be at King's Lynn on the 7th in the cup semi final. However given the first leg result and the lack of Michael Neale in the second I think that point will prove to be academic.

Is it not saving money? Under the rules Cov would be fined for not completing their fixtures, so without this decision they would be required to restage this match. And that would probably be in front of a crowd consisting of one person and a dog so the award of the match saves them losing money on the fixture.

Those figures are clearly wrong! Average score is Somerset 29 Edinburgh 20!!!!

Now boys, back to the play-offs

What did Leicester take? Nine/ten months??

Can I join the list of posters disagreeing with junior fan. There were some good races, it was possible to pass. Morley and Branford were always going to be difficult to beat given their familiarity with Rye, and Ayres finished his season on a high. And Armo - what a character.

And we are continually being told how much better speedway is in Sweden (where they have playoffs), Poland (where they have playoffs) and Denmark (where they have a Grand Final). They can't all be wrong can they?

Denmark also use Fridays. Excluding Danes very few top riders ride regularly in the DSL. Top five non-Danes this year in DSL: Karpov, North, Kylmakorpi, Lahti and Lampart. And how many DSL matches has Kenny Bjerre ridden in the last two years?

Anybody who: 1) has sufficient knowledge of speedway 2) the personal and organisational skills needed to head an independent body; and 3) sanity would run a mile from the post if it was offered