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Great! Captain misses the meeting to chase his own deluded personal dream! Personally I'd strip him of the captaincy for that! Or... was this a fixture change? If so why on earth did Leicester accept it knowing their captain would be missing?

Amazing isn't it that not one so called promoter had the gumption to put an event on and promote it. I used to think that Speedway in this country would continue with American style individual meetings when league Speedway finally collapses, as it inevitably will if the closure of tracks continues at its current rate... but now I'm not so sure.

Yet again last night, the best night of the year so far, weather wise... only 1 Speedway meeting on... and that was a junior match

I predict a massive sun delay at around 19:45

£21 at Leicester for an Adult

Does It Look Like I Give A Flip

Do Leicester get a 4-2 in the final race and win on this thread?

Interesting that you'd come on here to advertise your podcast (which is excellent by the way) only to slag us off on it... thanks! "Only in Speedway!"

Stop being a "Keyboard Warrior" and go to the pits and ask him

Wasn't Mervyn Stewkesbury the one that developed the "blueprint" for the 5h1tshow of a sport we have today?

Cov rode for a season with "In it to Win it" on the back of their race jackets, around the Bob Tanser/Colin Meredith era... I think they may have finished bottom of the league!

Yes, those are the ones i remember... now you've mentioned them, some new ones on me though

We had a season with all teams running R/R and 18 heats(?)... it was a disaster

Chris Holder used to have "Doin Eetswa" a few years back

I think Erik Gundersen used to carry that too

He did... isn't that the Rolling Stones logo?

Like @Bagpuss said you don't see many these days but I've seen a few riders recently with "cheeky" messages. Simon Lambert has something on his bum

Didn't Simon Cross have something like "Jesus Loves You"? Because of his surname I assume

Good... now I've got your attention, some riders have little messages on the rear end of their race suits. Any that spring to mind (past or present) and maybe the meaning "behind" them? Scott Nicholls has "put her on Kevin!" on the back of his suit? What's that all about?

Don't forget Laguta is coming to Leicester

Hans has been a loyal servant to British Speedway when many have disappeared. He may not be the rider he once was but if you take him for what he now is you know he's going to be there for fixtures when many others won't be

His usual co-commentator for GP's. Last years league coverage had him with a different co-commentator each week. Scott really should have been with him in the "box" as it was pretty pointless him standing in front of a large TV doing more or less what could have been done from the box

It's been the same for the last 23 years though, we MUST see the winner cross the line and we MUST see the scorecard result after the race, it doesn't matter if all hell is breaking loose elsewhere on the track we MUST see those 2 things... and when a rider or a team win something meaningful we MUST cut to the crowd for their reaction... even if it's one man and his dog waving a flag of that riders country! I've noticed even BSN are starting to fall into this trap

Despite what some people, who weren't there, have said the crowd was fairly healthy, compared to the other Thursday matches that have been held so far this year... but understandably down on previous years Saturday nights. Personally, I do wish I had gone to Peterborough instead. There was a complete neglect for the paying fans in the stadium with constant delays and the only interruption to the PA music and distant chugging of a tractor, the meeting presenter coming on to say we're just waiting for Eurosport. The sport really should be asking itself what is it getting out of TV coverage and especially that of Eurosport. When the cameras do decide to eventually turn up the track is generally prepared differently to normal and invariably produces poor racing. There was dust after heat 1 last night, unforgivable, clouds of dust bellowing up after 4 or 5 races and as I repositioned myself to a different part of the stadium I witnessed people with a coating of dust on their clothes as I went walked around. It didn't help that the Sheffield team didn't really turn up apart from the always impressive Tobiasz Musielak, but normally when this kind of thing happens the track is normally on point and the meeting is run at pace. The beauty of the BSN coverage is that it doesn't effect the running of a meeting, they are just there to capture it and work around it. I hope that the sport is getting a big chunk of money for the televising of Speedway, whether directly or indirectly with the recent league sponsorship deal. I for one will not be attending another "TV meeting" when there is an alternative until the powers that be provide something to fill the gaps... maybe this will be something that Mr Morris will turn his attention to at some point?

I'm a Leicester fan... it was boring. 2 hours and 10 minutes for 15 heats leaves a lot of time to get bored