The Third Man

barker was lucky to get to the semi, without the extra points he scored because riders fell he would only have scored 7 no problem with the other 3 though

or even a cardiff based event where the world championship was up for grabs

they did hit to form together a workington the oher week, so heres fora repeat performnce, should bea good night out any way, with some good support for the tigers as usual

coatbridge in 68 & 69 wasnt it?

in the sheffield pics, the unknown is bent larsson, i think and the two riders against wimbledon are larsson and haley great pics

Airey, the best rider to ride for sheffield

rode for doncaster on loan from sheffield also rode in 1970 for sheffield tiger cubs in a number of challenge matches when the bspa wouldnt let sheffield put out a second team

The reason JC quit are not in shooting starts post where does it say that he was promised full decision making powers, a bit much to ask for when you are in charge of every other promoters money as well as your own dont you think? wouldnt want anyone in charge of whether i make money or not with having a say in matter, would you? anyway its over now and as i said all i want from who ever organises it in the future is more openess about qualification etc as i have already said, not much for sppedway fans to hope for is it, or do you think not knowing the line up for the pairs until a fews days before the meeting, and of course a few days after the programme was printed, is good for speedway and its supporters?

didnt mention the criteria for qualifying for the PL pairs at all JC resigned because he couldnt get his own way over something to do with the EL pairs meeting

do you think so? or was the fact that he wasnt going to get HIS own way thius season the reason why he resigned? think about it

the answer this is no, if you work for someone then anything you produce is theirs not yours, and as he did not have a greater financial stake in these events than any other promoter he cannot claim anything belongs to him

sorry but who ever it is he or she cant be any worse. it will be an improvement just to know how teams qualify and to know why teams are seeded, thats all i ask of anybody new

thats right just as i said a few weeks ago on the super 7 site, wonder why he packed it in? not not something to do with not getting his own way was it?

looks like i heard right after all

No KL pairing in the meeting only the nine EL teams, and as the programmes must have been printed by now why all the secrecy, all will be revealed no doubt just before the meeting, another publicity coup for the "super sevens" carrying on where they left off last season.

Dont know if this is true so maybe someone can confirm the rumour. Been to a couple of meetings this week and heard that JC has resigned from being in charge of the 7s has anyone else heard anything about this? and if so does anyone know why?

dont remember a steve collins at sheffield ever, definatly not in 1971 Do you mean steven collins the fourth collins brother

If its wombwell rather than barnsley i think they were known as the colliers

but if they are in it it isnt the EL pairs so change the name to the invitation pairs event anyway hopefully this wont happen anyway

well if its true its par for the course, however might as well use the KL reserves as they will come even cheaper, if its going to be a farce make it a proper one.

lets not make the "super 7s" a farce from the off again. This is supposed to be the EL pairs not an invitation event, besides the top pairing in the PL are workingtons top 2

never been to sheffield or birmingham then i take it

There was meeting afeter the final in Norden in 83 which i went to. as far as i can remember the pitch was untouched

Well couldnt care less about all the people on here who think they know the truth about bob, and certainly couldnt be botherd about whether he was gay or not. what i remember most about him was his riding for sheffield, some great rides come to mind, beating ivan mauger at sheffield arount 72 or 73 and beating eric boothroyd and eric boocock at halifax in 1968 in heat 13 with his back wheel on fence for all four laps to get sheffield a 39-39 draw. That and his captaincy of the 74 team which i believe is still the only team to have won every leg home and away in a cup competion so lets forget the was he or wasnt he gay and remember him as agreat servant of sheffield who would always chat with supporters and sign autographs. RIP Bob one of the best captains sheffield has ever had, if not the best