Paulco

I'm sure we wont get another 71-19 meeting , I don't want to stand through one of those again ( unless it's against Edinburgh ) . So an entertaining narrow home victory will do very nicely . I know at the start of any season you can get the odd weird result here and there , but i'm sure our boys will be ready and fired up to make a winning start to the campaign .

Me too Pat

Me and Willie had a great time last season , was about midnight before we left the stadium

They probably are , but unless you are a big fan of the particular rider , they're a no-no for the discerning speedway fan .

To be fair , there were some crashes . Plus testimonials are dreadful meetings to watch

The Simon Lambert testimonial today .

Aye could be an expensive season for me haha

Agreed , saw him at Berwick last Saturday night and he was very poor

It was tongue in cheek , but the clashes between our two sides should be very entertaining

That being true , I've been to Ipswich three times in the last few years and have yet to see Glasgow lose there . And since I intend going to both league matches there this season , that will be a blow to the Witches' title hopes .

Seems an age since we hosted the Benfund meeting , but this Saturday begins our League campaign . All the early season cobweb blowing events will have taken place , our Benfund , Berwick's anniversary meeting and the Trick Track open at the dump . We begin with a meeting against last seasons poorest visitors , the Scunny arachnoids . In their attempt to break the 20 point barrier this time they rely on much the same septet that held up the league last year , though they might be a man light with Lewis Kerr's Peterborough jinx surfacing again on Friday . We approach our new racenight with probably the best heat leader trio in the division . Son of God , Aaron Summers and the senior Worrall twin . I fully expect Richie to continue last season's progress and establish himself as our number 1 , even though Aaron starts in that legendary position . Imagine gracing the Tigers number 1 race jacket and following in the footsteps of the likes of Monk , McMillan , Nagy , Stancl , Parker and God himself , Steve Lawson . Is there a greater honour in British speedway ? I think not . And we have a very young and exciting back up to the three heat leaders . Dan Bewley allowed to serve his apprenticeship in a West Lothian backwater , lives the dream of every young Cumbrian and follow in God's tyre tracks . Our entertaining young Finn , Nike Lunna , returns to enthral us with his never say die endeavours . He might be named after a pair of trainers , but we love him . Then it's welcome to our two new reserves . Tom Perry has always shown a liking for our track and he can kick on from last season's impressive campaign and challenge for a top 5 place , while it's welcome to young Jack Smith . He boasts a speedway pedigree nearly as good as Son of God and we look forward to enjoying his progress throughout the season . So not long to wait now until the Stripes take to the shale , a city expects lads .

He's trying to throw mud at us as usual , probably referring to June 2010 at the dump . That is ancient history as we have left sort of stuff in history where it belongs . But as we know a Monarch never forgets , Christ they still go on about Buster Chapman's alleged heart attack in 2003 . Though they have selective memory as they gloss over certain bits like the aforementioned Herr Wolbert's dodgy burger in order to miss a meeting enabling him to start the next season still on his assessed 7 point average .

Not any more thankfully , what about yours ?

Back in the day when the EL averages were doubled for PL purposes , he was just over the 6 point mark . He rode for Wolves for a while and was Wolbertesque in his average reducing , culminating in that shameful night at the dump afterwhich we could fit him in and he could ride PL . Does that refresh your memory ?

We had Ross Brady ( 2007 or there abouts ) who got injured on an artificial ski slope a week before that season was due to start . We were able to use the r/r facility until he was fit .

Oh aye , there is that

Why not , he got an injury tonight

Predictable the Poole haters are going to go to town over this . It's a shame it had to happen tonight of all nights , but we live in a country with an unpredictable climate and speedway is always at it's mercy . Must be different than the Pairs events I've been to at Somerset in the last few years , or a misprint

You get in excess of 20 heats at a pairs event

Doesn't have a great deal of luck at Peterborough does young Lewis

Exactly , the Premier League Pairs ( 2nd tier speedway ) the night before Cardiff has been £20 for a couple of years now and always attracts a healthy crowd . £20 is a fair price for the amount of heats you get at these meetings

Good looking competitive field

My heart bleeds lol

Last year in the second tier , heat fours were protected for the number sevens , not sure if that is the case this year , but it should be in both leagues

Since I stand on the back straight when visiting Shielfield , not having to walk round to the back of the main stand to buy a beer was a welcome surprise . Hope that facility is there for the season as it was doing a roaring trade last night .