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You do realise that as a Tory voter in the Scotland/North East alliance, you're likely to be either cast into the wilderness or stoned? All the best Rob

To be fair, he did say speedway riders. All the best Rob

Guys, the boring political thread is in General Discussions... All the best Rob Not necessarily. Glasgow have won the Premier League more recently than Edinburgh All the best Rob

Looks like Workington may shortly be joining the Scottish Speedway League if this goes ahead: http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2014/09/15/ill-informed-cumbrians-readying-for-scottish-invasion/ All the best Rob

Quite so. It stops anyone else signing the likes of Penfold All the best Rob

Also when it comes to the play-offs, the top team selects their opponents for the group stages of the play-offs, from the one team remaining. So: Regular league fixtures: Each of the teams meet each other eight times home and away. Wolbert to miss final regular league meeting due to a dodgy burger. In addition, each team also have an extra two league matches against another team of their choosing from the one other team. The top two progress to the play-off groups, with the top team selecting for opponents for the group stages of the play-offs. The top two from the group progress to the final. Edinburgh beat Glasgow 25 times (Blobby turns into Count Von Count again), but the second leg of the final is not staged to Ashfield due to a missing band aid plaster, and therefore the trophy is shared between the two teams. All the best Rob

Quite so. It's never as low as 50%. More like 80%. All the best Rob

Who will win this battle between 2012 champs and 2013 champs? Always a cracking meeting at the Eddie Wright Raceway between these two teams. All the best Rob

The opening match of Group B of the play-offs. Ipswich will want to start with a home win, while Scunthorpe will be on the trail of away points. All the best Rob

Last night, they had special one-off permission from the council to start at 7pm and finish by 9.30pm. All the best Rob

I didn't pick up any kind of hint from going to Rye House on Saturday that Len was considering packing in Rye House. Seemed to be business as usual. All the best Rob

Ryan MacDonald at No 1 for Tigers. With Paulco at No 5 on a 8-pint average. All the best Rob

Monarchs dragging out their fixtures so instead of a sh*te Sneddon at reserve they have a sh*te Sheddon at reserve... no wait a minute, that doesn't work All the best Rob

Worry not. Thursday: Scotland claim independence. Friday: Everyone trying to go north on a Friday gets stuck around Manchester. Saturday: English Army arrive. Sunday: Scotland surrender, with Alex Salmond beheaded. Monday: Welsh army arrive... after being delayed after passing a field on the M6 containing sheep. All the best Rob

True, although the other four fixtures haven't been announced at all, so I'm expecting one on October 20th or something daft. All the best Rob

But you don't need to beat them on aggregate - just get the three points off them at your place, and then whatever Edinburgh do against Workington, you just need to beat it e.g. if Edinburgh take six points off Worky, then you take seven. All the best Rob

Nope for 1st and 2nd. All about who performs in the next six meetings. Edinburgh and Somerset peaked too early. All the best Rob

No confidence in reaching the final, then, Najjer? Can't say I blame you - it's all set for a Scorpions vs Bandits final All the best Rob

October 3rd Scunny fixtures here: http://scunthorpescorpions.co/?p=1976 All the best Rob

See you in the final All the best Rob

I am going tonight, but don't care too much what happens in the meeting, as long as the Scunny boys stay safe. Low-key meeting ahead of some much bigger ones. All the best Rob

Rose-tinted spectacles. Speedway was run no better in the seventies than it is now... or have you forgotten meetings being staged in November, a final being staged before a semi-final (1978 Midland Cup) or seasons starting with guests on both sides because of the fallout caused by Rider Control and riders being allocated where they didn't want to go??? All the best Rob

Thanks. And then the winners of the semi meet Plymouth/Ipswich in the final. Probably heading for an Edinburgh vs Ipswich final then. All the best Rob

What's this? A quarter or semi final? All the best Rob

Marvyn Cox, Hans Nielsen, Jens Rasmussen, Chris Mills, Craig Branney, David Smart, Todd Wiltshire, Jan Staechmann, Lawrence Hare and Bruce Penhall, with a special mention to Mick Fletcher because he took me around the track on his bike for my 8th birthday. All the best Rob