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I didn't count no, as there were many shirts being worn, the Leicester fans do like their merchandise it must be said. The were a few different types of the "fancy" shirts that were being worn so really I was just looking for a prominent mention of double winners or championship winners or something like that... couldn't see anything that mentioned it. Same story with the caps... everything in fact. Have a look at the Leicester City shop for FA Cup winners for a different take.

But the seller, selling those t- shirts is not doing them at a loss, you wouldn't be buying them from him, you'd be producing your own. Merchandise is not just clothing, it's also a promotional tool, when for example a team achieves success they do a run of shirts that celebrate that success. You could even get a local company to contribute to the production costs for having their logo prominently displayed. And you wouldn't be printing in bulk, you'd be printing to order onto the blank stock of t-shirts you did hold. I made special effort at Leicester on Saturday night to look at people and the merchandise they were wearing or had to see if I could see anything that had any recognition at the championship and shield success of 2019... I saw 1 item, a fleece with "champions" written on the back... and when he turned round it has a Sheffield Tigers logo on the front! So I honestly don't don't know who you sold all that gear to?

I disagree, I would say most people prefer heat transfer t-shirts judging by merchandise stalls at music concerts and the people I see wearing them. It's not a life time purchase, a t-shirt is only going to last a year or so with regular wear and washing. If that seller above is producing and selling them at £16.02, I suggest you would sell them for around £16-£20. But, while i wish you success in your business and with all respect to yourself, I'm more interested in how clubs can produce their own merchandise cheaply and keep the money within the sport and the club. Order a load of cheap t-shirts, buy a heat press machine for a couple of hundred pounds, knock some decent designs up, get a few examples printed off and off you go, it's not rocket science.

It devalues the competition for me, 6 is too many, it's over half of the GP's, 3 should probably be the maximum in my opinion. I think any national or international competition should be run on neutral tracks, it devalues it for me when Somerset kept winning the pairs, Peterborough kept winning the 4's and Cov riders kept winning the British Championship. They're already holding GP's in Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Poland & Russia to hold 6 in one country is almost farcical in my opinion (as a World Championship). If you're going to hold double headers, they should all be double headers, not just the ones in Poland (and Czech Republic), just doesn't seem very fair to me.

By "every" do you mean the first 16 World Finals between 1936-1939 & 1949-1960? I'm not sure of your point?

Do they do a "it's all over after the start" tee?

Looks like good race night wear. Made by the Polish dispeed merchandise company.

I'm not sure why speedway would be one of the few sports where those that attend wouldn't buy merchandise. Maybe its because outside of a speedway arena you probably wouldn't be seen dead wearing it. Looking on the redbubble link I posted earlier it's the kind of stuff you'd wear out and about town, well I would anyway. Yet there they are, selling their stuff, no minimum orders, probably with just a load of blank t- shirts that they print up as and when needed.

Yet, there they are, for sale

https://sportgangshop.pl/sklep/ ... still no underpants, although I think I can adapt one of those face masks!

There's some interesting, and dare I say it, fashionable and funky stuff available from here: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/?query=speedway&ref=search_box https://www.redbubble.com/people/Port-Stevens/shop It's all a bit generic, I don't know who/what redbubble are it looks a bit like a bit of a design marketplace

His last bend move was reminiscent of Gollob & Jimmy Nilsen. I'm not sure I like 6 of the 11 GP's being held in Poland.

Not so sure about Ippo... if there is a link it's not very visible (to me at least)

That's a shame because it maybe only needed another hours work because it certainly came alive after the interval

Hmm, to be fair it wasn't hidden, there was a guy in front of me at the turnstile that refused to pay it when told about the charge.

Heat 13 was certainly a cracker... people used to use the expression worth the admission money alone... before it was 17 odd quid

It very much depends on what you're looking for from your speedway, quite a few people are happy to watch strung out poor racing as long as their team are coming home with a 5-1, for me that's not speedway but I understand and accept that others enjoy that sort of thing.

Sounds like you needed a time machine!

How about club fold up chairs? The fold up chair seems to be a staple at most tracks

Underpants!

I honestly don't want to be negative but prior to the interval as a spectacle of speedway I thought it was total rubbish, with the exception of heat 2. A lot of riders were struggling to stay on their machines, with the entry to turn 1 and 3 being most problematical. There was another race as well, 2 races in 1, with about 100 yards between them, other than that a lot of the races had the riders really strung out. From the interval onwards I thought it was excellent speedway and you won't see a better race than heat 13 anywhere. I think a lot of punters will go home remembering those last few races.

Email sent!

There seemed as many Brummie fans there last night at BP as when I went to PB the other week to watch the re-opening Redcar match. It wasn't great to watch a number of the Birmingham riders unable/unwilling to do 4 laps, a number of them were struggling to ride the track (as were most pre interval) but you're not going to learn how to ride a track parked up on the centre green. Somebody that was having a go was James Shanes, didn't get the points his efforts deserved... what an all action style he has! I noticed this too, also Bomber seems to be "experimenting" with a different kind of engine at the moment, I'm guessing it's a Godden as it doesn't look like a GM or GTR, it's let him down a few times for Peterborough.

That would be a surprise move, do they do that with anything else do you know? I don't even know if Eurosport Events do anything else, or is Speedway their first venture?

Right, positive comments only... erm... Heats 13, 14 & 15, more of that please! Heat 13 especially, proper Speedway! It was the best race I've seen anywhere this season! Also Jason Edwards was very good entertainment value.