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They did, not sure it flopped, but as with so many things in Speedway it just wasn't nurtured and grown, they kind of said here you are bookies you now have the privilege of being involved in Speedway now it's up to you... instead of working with them to really make something of it.

In 2024, during the General Election campaign, Davies placed a bet of £8,000 against himself to lose his seat and subsequently became embroiled in the 2024 United Kingdom general election betting scandal

Look at the effect it's had though, it's sent F1 stratospheric, especially in the US who now have 3 sell out GP's and it's doubled their tv audience... and probably more importantly attracted a younger demographic worldwide. The estimated budget was between $5m & $10m, that was for a 20+ race series worldwide though and probably included some kind of rights payment. WBD could probably have done it a lot cheaper being the rights holders. Meanwhile we have a 6 x World Champion and the only thing we know about him is he's "big happy" after each GP he wins 😂

It's a familiar smell at Sheffield, especially once the pie and mushy peas have worked their way through their fans digestive systems! 😷

Didn't WBD say they were going to do something similar when they announced their "new era"?

Apparently they have a growth plan! 😂

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Sir Philip Green would have been better!

About bloomin time, hopefully a BSN season pass won't be far behind... as it looks like that's about the only British Speedway I'm likely to see next season, with a perfectly good facility not 1 and a half miles up the road from me!

See you down there! Plymouth do seem to be leading the way with their initiatives 👍🏻

I'd agree, but... there's not one CL team that has announced season ticket sales yet despite them merrily announcing signings as if it's completely business as usual and there's nothing to see here. Which leads me to suspect that everything could change at a moments notice.

I don't blame him because as it stands at the moment there is no top tier Speedway in the UK in 2026

I saw this the other day from 1933 and the remarkable thing is how much of the presentation has not changed since then:

From Cardiff to Foxhole, via Manchester, in 2 years that's quite some decline

Only if Luke Becker gets the wild card 😁🇺🇸

... meanwhile in North Lincolnshire

"Lap 1" of Ep 32 was missing from Spotify this week

Would be nice to hear from the others instead of treating their fans with contempt!

Maybe that was the time they found out there would be no tv deal renewal... or maybe June/July when Mr Dickson called for and EAGM?

I don't think the EAGM happened... they just sailed blindly on towards the iceberg

Sounds feasible doesn't it

I think he was getting at there's no ideas or leadership in place to do anything other than the status quo, it's been proven time and again

You should see my wet farts 😂

Sounds like you're asking somebody to make some numbers up to challenge the numbers you've made up, is that right? As the numbers are not in the public domain you may be waiting for a while.

I seriously doubt any 2026 CL club would want to go PL in 2027, especially with no tv deal... I think that's just BSPL hoping a CL club takes leave of their senses and makes the move up... which just isn't going to happen, like it's not happened for the 2026 season.