The Third Man

must be i thought it was great at the time and i still do, the atmosphere everything, and the last time you will get nearly 80000 people at a speedway meeting in this country

Doncaster Stallions / Dragons Castleford Kings Sheffield Tars

it wasnt brought in to make matches closer it was brought in to save money promoters dont have to pay the no 1 to have another ride, saves a lot of money and this is the reason why it will stay. no matter how much the supporters dont it, no matter what other consequences of the rule there are, i.e. fans staying away all the promoters see is another way to save money at the fans expense, dont know why we bother sometimes must admit i have been watching for about 38 years and for a very simple sport the rules have always been complicated, but i must say they are more complicted now than ever.

just what we need more complicated rules to get broken / bent, just either scrap all together or go back to the old tac sub rule

David East

it was rochester who did ride some away matches under that name and then transfered "just like that" to romford, no planning problems back in 1968 obviously

anyone mention guy hawkes, sheffield and doncaster 1968 / 69

Why do we need to worry about what race nights they have in other countries, if riders cant ride all over the place they make a choice. i dont see many polish or swedish teams paying for air fares from australia, they will just get on without them. as for rules i started watching speedway when it was quite simple, guest riders for no 1 rider only r/r for heat leadeers only. if a heat leader was injured from both teams then they cancelled guests / rr and ran with real 7 men teams. this meant tthat riders from the lower leagues gained experience in a higher league and we saw 7 man teams most of the time instead of 6 man teams most of the time, and no guests for reseves, who was the idiot who dreamed that one up. back to real tac subs and real scores we can all understand on teletext as for practice before the meeting it was always said that this would ruin the track preparation before the match got underway, and i must agree with this point. i see no problem with the current 15 heat format in other words back to four men in a race, seven men teams with riders who belong to that club and no stupid jokers and please no 0-0 2-1 or 3-0 scoirelines in the future