cityrebel

You can't always dress mutton up as lamb, not for £18 including prog.

Another event to remove from my calendar. I've done one meeting at Stoke this season, two would be pushing it.

I'm looking forward to it, usually a decent day out. The forecast looks good at the moment, which is a bonus.

Awful line up, they will do well to get past 25. Not a meeting for the neutrals.

I thought there was some decent racing at Wood Lane for a big track, not as good as West Ham, but far better than Wembley.

Democracy is a dirty word in this country at the moment. Why should speedway be any different.

How dare you doubt the sage of speedways wise words!

Can't argue with that. I've seen him ride three times this season and he only dropped 1 point in 17 rides.

Spooner didn't look fully fit on monday Sid. I'll be giving this one a miss, like Drew Kemp i'll be at the fours on sunday!.

Scunny and Somerset back that up. Two great race tracks that don't pull in the punters. If the sport was force fed to the public by the media like football, it might have a chance. The vast majority of people have never heard of speedway.

Too right, probably my favourite in the 1970's & 80's. I used to enjoy Sheffield more than Hyde Road.

Don't hold your breath mike, it's gonna be close. Eastie to hit 60 again.

The parade is fine when it's 6.15, but too many times it can be nearer to 6.25. With a two hour curfew it needs to be done and dusted before 6.30.

Not brilliant for Buxton either.

Last night was a very slickly run affair. No parade and a short interval contributed to a 8pm finish, perfect!

Poole really are the Manchester United of speedway, a total shambles. Sort the track out before someone gets seriously hurt.

Maybe the TV company should subsidize the track to allow them to offer discounted admission. What good does it do BT screening an event from an empty stadium. Two of the more recent matches from Belle Vue and Ipswich were an embarrassment crowd wise.

Some people on here struggle with maths.

Speedway for me these days is more of a social thing. It gets me out of the house for a few hours and i still enjoy going. I can take all the guests and the silly rules because i don't care enough to worry about such things. I can fully understand why people get upset at the way things are going for the sport. The problem is, it's the promoters play thing, and they are not going to let anyone join in their game.

This event has a history of biting the dust. I'll reserve judgement until nearer the time!

Broadcasting these events from an empty stadium shows the sport in a bad light. Surely the promoters want the casual viewer to think that Speedway is still popular in this country. A big crowd might encourage a few people to return to the sport, or some newbies to give it a try.

No discounted admission on monday for the TV match?

It's looking dry on monday, hallelujah!

That's not a bad thing.

Too right, i came away from Peterborough v Poole a few weeks ago thinking, this is why i went to speedway in the fist place. Unfortunately these occasions are few and far between.