cityrebel

Excellent meeting at the showground yesterday. Well run with plenty of decent races, well worth the trip.

The two that spring to mind for me are the world team cup qualifier at reading in 1979 and the Grand Prix final at Wimbledon in 1980. Both of these meetings were run in a sea of mud!

there is a lot of negativity at lakeside at the moment. The poor track conditions are an unwelcome addition to an already flat atmosphere. The long term future of the arena essex raceway coupled with the Central Park rumours, remind me of similar events at another club called the hammers over 40 years ago, when I was just a nipper!

very good, go straight to the top of the class!

It might be a repeat of 1996 when the hammers moved to hackney and CL racing continued at arena.

it doesn't read like that on the king's website. The reason for switching to Fridays would be to appease the locals by running on a non school night.

lakeside would probably become the kings if it did happen.

it will probably make no difference, because lakeside will move in at kent!

just because Olsen won a few world finals doesn't mean he is a great track curator. Doc Bridgett was never a world champion, but is one of the best track men in the business. Perhaps BSI should give him a call.

I was at Swindon a few weeks ago, and considering it is supposed to be their last season at the abbey, there was no sign of any works commencing on the site of the new stadium. They will need to get a move on to get it ready in time for the 2016 season.

The way the sport is going in this country, the rest of the clubs will be joining the potters in the NL!

it really is hard to see how it can survive in it's present form.

what are you doing up at this ungodly hour dave, I've never known you to stir before 9am!

Demolished in 1957 according to Wikipedia.

Rye don't unless Len gets his little hose out.len hasn't used his little hose for years!

Any rider that makes the PL stronger is alright by me. The better the rider, the better value for money for the paying punter. The EL started to deteriorate when the line ups were watered down.

What a superstar!. It made me quite tearful watching that.

I've no complaints about the format of this meeting because I ain't going. I stopped attending events like this in the mid 1980's, however I hope those who do go enjoy it, and it pulls in a decent crowd.

Maybe not iconic, but a decent stadium by today's standards. The viewing wasn't the best but it had cover all the way around. It also had good food outlets and a connecting railway station with a direct service to Central london. A very user friendly track that I still miss today.

A big home win for the hammers, who are usually red hot at home.

I thought the meeting was ok last night, a few decent races and well run. The weather was absolutely balmy for Swindon in April!

is there no stands going up on the bends shads?

it was announced on Monday that he is.

most of us of a certain age do look at speedway with rose tinted glasses, but I know one thing for certain. I would rather be sitting in the grandstand at west ham or Wimbledon than standing on a muddy slope at lakeside when watching meetings!

luckily this dinosaur was at kent on Monday, otherwise I might have ended up in one of the photos by the starting gate!