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They probably want Mondays as well.

With the riders spread out through all the teams, they could probably still be fitted in on a 12 as long as the teams who couldn't afford them don't do something to stop it like they tried to do with Doyle a few years back.

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What's going on with all these matches against Plymouth? A very odd looking fixture list.

Any updates on the "Swindon" team for this?

Same here. I didn't notice any booing, but even if there was, so what? Part of the fun, surely.

Well, Oxford's top heavy side clearly isn't going to work. Even with Nicholls and Masters riding well they were outclassed. They could struggle away from home this year. I couldn't believe the crowd. We turned up about 6.15 and the queues were massive. Didn't bother me though. We had bought our ticket in advance so were able to go straight in and grab a seat at the front of the main stand. The racing picked up towards the end, and the atmosphere improved with it. By the end the place was buzzing. Proper speedway atmosphere and great entertainment as a result despite Oxford being a bit rubbish.

I'm going to this one as I didn't go to Oxford because of the weather and it's a sunny bank holiday. My 4 year old's first speedway meeting. Hope she doesn't cause any trouble.

1 - Dan Bewley 3 - Craig Cook 4 - Danny King

To be fair, I don't think Tomlinson did much wrong. He always insisted that houses could not be built until the Stadium was completed, and it now seems to be being completed. The reason Swindon closed down was down to Osbourne and Russell. If Terry Russell decided to shut the club down, there's nothing that the local MP can do about that. I guess that what will now happen is the stadium will be completed, the houses will then get built, and then Osbourne will eventually sell of the newly completed stadium and it will get demolished. I'm sure the work that is going on there now is purely a legal requirement to allow the remaining houses to be built. If so, Tomlinson was true to his word.

On paper they cancel each other out over the 14, then Oxford have the edge and take it in heat 15. It's all on paper of course. It's an interesting match up. I might be tempted to go and watch now that I'm not going this week.

Going on the basis of averages, if you go through the programme and assume rider position based on average along, I make it a 47-43 Oxford win. Of course, matches don't turn out that way, but on team make-up along Oxford seem to have a slight edge.

I agree. The £2 extra on the day, along with the weather forecast, means I've decided to give it a miss as I don't want to buy a ticket in advance only to have it cancelled. With speedway so weather dependent, it is a shame that they do add another £2 on the day. I'm very much a "make a decision at 6pm" kind of guy, so I would probably go to Oxford a lot more if I could just rock up on the day and wander in. The crowds seem pretty good though so they probably won't miss me.

Justin Sedgman now riding instead of Troy Bachelor.

It seems very odd that the building work at the stadium seems to be going ahead at a much quicker rate now that the speedway has officially closed own. If the promotion are supposed to be looking for a new venue, why can't they use the new Abbey as a temporary home while they look? All very odd.

You certainly can. On the occasions that I've watched it, that's what I've done.

I think so. Would rather have seen a stronger side with Oxford using guests, but all but Sam are former Robins so I'm happy with that. Would like to have seen Musielak though. (Edit - Not sure Rowe is actually a former Robin, but was an asset so as good as.)

MONARCH CHEETAHS Sam Masters Lewis Kerr Scott Nicholls Cameron Heeps Jordan Jenkins Luke Killeen Henry Atkins ROBINS SELECT Jason Doyle Adam Ellis Troy Batchelor Anders Rowe Claus Vissing Jack Smith Sam Hagon

Or just put the two minutes on as soon as the race is stopped. The hold up isn't the two minute warning, it's not putting the two minute warning on quick enough. So not putting the shiny new one minute warning on quick enough will still mean there is some hanging about. If there was actually two minutes between a stoppage and a restart, it wouldn't be a problem in the first place.

It's actually £6.99 per month. So 8 months would be 55.92.

He is from Swindon. I don't recall him ever riding for them but he may have had some junior matches or something?

It would be good to see more of the 2019 team riding as would be good for fans. Maybe Oxford could sneak Dan Bewley in! There are a few in the Championship too - James Wright, Stefan Nielsen, Claus Vissing, Justin Sedgman, James Shanes for example. Anders Rowe maybe. It would be nice to have some idea anyway.

Any news on who else apart from Jason Doyle is in the Swindon team yet?

He was. I messaged Lee Ashby to ask if it was and he confirmed it.

What about Henry Ashby. Any relation?