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Saw Ivan Mauger kick the phone around the centre green at Coatbridge . In 1991 the then Glasgow promoter , Neil MacFarlane , was seen arguing with the referee on the phone at Powderhall . He the proceeded to rip the phone off the pole it was located on . In later years he admitted he wasn't actually talking to anybody , and the phone ripping was all done for effect to get the crowd wound up .

yawn do what I do , get your local newsagent to get it for you , mine's is there every Thursday morning , even during the festive period

Seriously ?????? James Shanes , Ellis Perks , Zach Washyerneck , Nathan Greaves , I rest my case

We loved Danny at Glasgow , if he gets many heat 2 wins , you'll love the celebrations . Riss is a bit hit and miss , never really progressed much last season after a decent opening season . Wolbert , however , he's one of these riders you just don't know what version will turn up . If he doesn't fancy it , then you can forget it . If it came to an end of season promotion/relegation fixture between Glasgow and that Leicester side , i'd fancy my chances . But line ups will change once the first green sheets appear .

Fair enough , but it will be soul destroying for fans of any club having a rider they've cheered for all season turning out for the opposition against them in such an important fixture . If we must have doubling up ( and apparently riders cant make the sport pay without it ) then forget all about promotion and relegation once and for all .

The whole thing is an accident waiting to happen

Wont get many from my neck of the woods nominating Goodwin after he nearly killed David Walsh one night at Shawfield

Well we said farewell to my friend Dennis today , a good turnout befitting such a nice man . Rest in peace Dennis

Agreed , ok he was borderline dangerous at times, but his races always got the crowd going , either for or against . Scottish derbies with Parker on one side and Fisher on the other were always exciting , could be controversial , but never dull .

Handicaps not needed , it's mostly the same riders in both leagues anyway

If a rider is a club asset of one of the particular clubs involved , then obviously he rides there , if the rider in question is a club asset of neither club ( i.e. Craig Cook Workington and probably Belle Vue as he's an Edinburgh asset ) then god knows , just have to hope there's not many clashes . Also if for talking sake Richie Worrall ( Belle Vue asset assuming Belle Vue include him in their septet ) is down to ride for Glasgow against whoever in a scheduled fixture , but Belle Vue reaaranged a fixture for the same night - then the scheduled fixture would take priority . The fun and games will come if we have a end of season situation where Workington and Belle Vue were the two sides involved in the promotion / relegation play off - which side would Craig Cook ride for in that scenario ? We could conceivably have Craig Cook riding number 1 for Workington and Belle Vue using rider replacement for Craig Cook at number 5 .

Cheers guys , it was a long time ago and was going by memory , was only 14 in 1973 and still went to the speedway with my dad . Remember being distraught when we dropped down a league as Jimmy Mac was my hero and it was unthinkable to me for him to be riding for anyone else but the Tigers . But I soon got used to life in division 2 especially when the likes of Mitch Shirra , Mick McKeon and Merv Janke arrived to entertain us .

Not sure about Gifford , he would still have been at Hull then . After the 73 season the licences were switched , Coatbridge dropped down and acquired Dave Gifford and Eddie Argall , while Hull moved up and Jimmy McMillan and Bobby Beaton went there .

Max Fricke , that will be about it I would imagine as far as an Aussie Aces go

Egon Muller never did much in two away fixtures for Coatbridge Tigers in the early seventies , and he ended up World Champion

Did Dick not try to take a step back a couple of years ago , and it didn't seem to work out . I like Clarke though , he does the fours at Peterborough and interacts well with the fans . Hope Dick has a long and enjoyable retirement , doesn't seem 40 years since I was stood on the terraces at Blantyre 1 , listening to him do his centre green stuff .

6 years of watching Shane Parker round Ashfield tops my list . Saw Henrik Gustafsson round Saddlebow Road in 1992 , that was amazing to watch . Likewise Les Collins round Powderhall . Any rider who misses the gate , then proceeds to toy with his rivals before executing an overtake , is the biggest buzz watching speedway . Shane Parker doing that to Ryan Fisher , then waving to him after he passed him , brought the house down at Ashfield that day . You have to include Chris Harris in that too , anyone who was at Cardiff that night in 2007 , will never forget it .

They didn't , but it's amazing what can happen in particularly pleasant dreams

Hopefully the May 5th meeting with Belle Vue goes ahead as planned , as i plan to include that meeting on my wee speedway holiday this year . Hope to meet up with some of the Bees faithful that night .

Remember going to a Mildenhall v Exeter meeting in 1992 . You wouldn't expect Exeter to be anything special round Mildenhall , and mostly you'd be correct . However Richard Green was the exception , he was brilliant that day , amassing 19 points . My own team , Glasgow , never had a great record round the County Ground . Indeed we suffered a few embarrassing thrashings , though Robert Nagy ,and to a lesser extent , Shane Bowes had a liking for the place

Rye House look to have assembled a decent looking side , they should be there or thereabouts . Once the first green sheets come out there will be one or two sides making alterations . Will be about May before we know for certain who the real contenders are

Kjelle Gimre rode for Glasgow , and yes he wasn't very good

You'll enjoy the forum better once the season starts And one can dream

It's a forum , it's not to be taken seriously . It's a place where fans can discuss their favourite sport . Yes some thought neither Coventry , Leicester or Belle Vue would run , they were wrong ........thankfully . It always gets a bit silly during the close season on here , I wouldn't get too worked up about it .

They're obviously not interested . This type of field has been the norm for the Benfund meeting for a few seasons now . Hans Andersen won at Scunthorpe in 2011 , he's the last top notch performer to do so .