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Think that 7 was correct - he had been riding in the Elitserien for four (yes four) years. Palovaraa wasn't a bad signing on paper... ...but on track, well ..not so impressive.

1. Dylan Hancock - 12 (3,3,3,3) + 1. place in the final 2. Bradley Wilson-Dean - 12 (3,3,3,3) + 2. place in the final 3. Jake Turner - 10 (2,2,3,3) + 3rd place in the final 4. Chopper Bagshaw - 9 (3,3,1,2) + 4. place in the final 5. Billy Graham - 7 (1,2,2,2) Praise the Lord!

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From Wolves programmes of that season the 3 April match is Southern League and the 3 July encounter a Provincial League fixture (results as per original posting)

That would be pretty much my assessment too. I think he could be a good 3 point signing in the 2016 PL. But not all riders settle into a new environment. I think any rational assessment of Viktor Palovaara based on his Swedish form would have placed him as a potential 6 pointer in the PL. But it just didn't happen did it?

The other significant factor was the liberalization of the European airline market with Easyjet and Ryanair coming onto the scene in 1995.

Your argument is correct, but as Latvia is in the EU your example confuses the point - suggest you replace it with Ukraine.

25 hours, plus a week to recover from the jet lag.

Don't get me started! BTW Mr Snackette's contribution was relevant and informative - I don't understand the abuse directed at him. I remember not paying admission on my first visit to Mildenhall in the late seventies - I think I had to join a club which then entitled me to admission!

By my reckoning Sweden opened up to foreigners in 1987 and Poland 1990. 1987 Swedish league featured Erik Gundersen and several other Scandanavians. Kelvin Tatum in 1989 was the first rider from outside of Scandanavia in the Swedish League Poland opened up in 1990 and several riders appeared, including Hans Nielsen, Toni Kasper, Christer Rohlen and Zdenek Tesar.

Think you should scroll down to the bottom of this page: http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=asc&q=speedway#search Now if only an audio copy of that still existed!

Sadly there were other reasons why he didn't win any titles between 1940 and 1948

However there is a legitimate argument to be made that would help Manzares. Put simply the USA and Australia are different countries and therefore the criteria for Americans should be better matched to the way speedway is run in the USA and not just copied from Australia. For a start it has three national championships. Secondly the AMA inscribed one is a multi round competition and takes place during the UK season making it difficult for Gino to take part. And the state qualification criterion doesn't really work given that only California stages speedway at a competent level. Work permit for Jim Terchilla? Whether such an argument has been put, and whether the agency has paid any heed I have no idea.

Senior moment!!! Surely averages are calculated using actual rides taken. If a rider has one ride scoring one point that sounds like a 4.00 average to me. Assuming four rides (Brough's point) would give a 1.00 average. My quibble is that the article refers to the verdict of the Shawcross Commission being announced on December 3 when in fact it was still taking evidence.

For the two Reading meetings: Best Pairs 5 Wassermann 6 Underwood 7 Leigh 8 Humphreys no reserves I remember this one well - Swindon refused to ride and the home riders rode in an impromptu Best Pairs event that was eventually called to a halt after 10 races. (I think 12 were planned - I have the line-up for an unridden heat 11 in my prog) Do you want the line-ups for the Reading and Swindon teams? Nulli Secundus: 3 Weatherly 4 Niemi 9 Bob Humphreys (programmed at reserve replaced Larry Ross) 10 Richardson reserves Humphreys and Ian Gledhill (per blank prog so unconfirmed)

Maybe that is what they said. Maybe that is what they did. Maybe they just haven't told Darcy. Maybe they are getting out the monks and parchment in order to engrave the written verdict before sending it out. maybe... maybe... maybe

And defunct clubs have records too: (includes 1968-2008) - all official fixtures (but not Premiership or Spring Gold Cup) Source: Tears & Glory - The Winged Wheel Story READINGMOST OFFICIAL MATCHES Dave Mullett 561 (Jan Andersson 544) MOST CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCES Mick Bell 148 MOST OFFICIAL RIDES Dave Mullett 2526 (Jan Andersson 2435) MOST RACE POINTS SCORED Jan Andersson 5212.5 MOST BONUS POINTS SCORED Dave Mullett 497 MOST TOTAL POINTS SCORED Jan Andersson 5519.5 MOST MAXIMUMS Jan Andersson 66 [46/20] (Anders Michanek 58 [47/11]) AVERAGE Anders Michanek 10.58 (Dave Jessup 10.29) TRACK RECORD Per Jonsson 58.1 12.10.87 (stood for more than 20 years - next fastest Andreas Jonsson 58.2 on 8.5.06)

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So have you got something against invertebrates?

Promoted by the Ham brothers Team manager Tim Sugar

Wot no place for Richard May!! 1 Anders Michanek 2 Todd Wiltshire 3 Jan Andersson 4 Bobby Schwartz 5 Per Jonsson 6 Dave Mullett 7 Richard May Team manager : Tim Sugar NB This is a Racers septet, so no place for Greg Hancock

What puzzles me is that if there was a legal defence on procedural grounds, nowhere has it been clearly articulated by Mr Ward's lawyers, his representatives on Earth (Messrs Middleditch and Ford) or from the prodigiously tweeting Darcy. The odd vague reference to "irregularities" seems unconvincing given that if there was an argument it has now been put to the FIM, so nobody in the Ward camp would be in any doubt as to the substance of the case being put forward on his behalf.

Sounds like time for drink!!

Of course the Poles made a major contribution to the Allied effort, notably in the Battle of Britain and the field of cryptography - so not sure how far that line of reasoning takes you.

Congratulations on your internationalist outlook - but I can see some practical problems (as well as considerable political resistance) to allowing 1.2 billion Indian citizens the right to work and live in the UK