cityrebel

Not a competitive one!

A rare monday when I'm not at Kent and no TV meeting to watch, typical!

I have, three times now. White City v Swindon 1978, Kent v Cradley 2014 & Eastbourne v Lakeside 2017.

I think track curation is a dying art. These old guys are retiring or popping their clogs, like a lot of fans.

It's not what you know, but who you know.

The match was there for the taking for Sheffield. Far too many thrown away points enabled the Eagles to get out of jail. An entertaining meeting for me as a neutral.

There used to be a special bus that ran from the Town centre to the stadium.

Home win for me.

Yes it was, line ups to be confirmed.

I've made a career out of being a miserable git!

I was on one of them Steve. I also went on the Wimbledon coach to the BLRC at Belle Vue the night before. Those were the days!

Your air horns steve were part of the reason i stopped travelling on the Wimbledon away coaches, my ear drums couldn't handle the noise!

Three team tournament to be staged on the island next week.

Shame the rest of its gone. I worked over there a few times, it certainly had a touch of style about it. Even though i worked for the GRA, they treated me very well.

Big crowd today, you can't beat a sunny bank holiday for pulling in the punters.

One of the most recent casulties was the iconic art deco Walthamstow Stadium. A massive campaign to save it from the bulldozers failed. When the money men come calling to build houses, the writing is on the wall. If either Coventry or Oxford could be saved, it would be a big boost in these worrying times for the sport.

Understandable.

Who is going to enforce that.

Plenty of stadiums were viable, but their land value was far more valuable than their sporting income. Norwich and Southampton were two of the earliest casualties.

The two go hand in hand, don't they?

West Ham was up there with all of them. Speedways biggest problem is the loss of so many great big city venues.

A decent meeting tonight, with some good racing. The semi's should be crackers.

They usually go anti clockwise on the island. Due to the track being a bit bumpy last tuesday, they did a few laps in the opposite direction after the first tractor grade.

Home win for me. The sun is out and I'm looking forward to it.

I saw Faringdon ride at Iwade in the late 1980's in a junior challenge match.