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Aha! Perhaps he's retired... again

Is this some kind of 3-2-1 Dusty Bin style cryptic clue to the tired riders name? If so I'm totally bamboozled

And it still rained

Who was this and when? I've missed this one And now they're back wanting "farewell" meetings!! Also don't forget they had great printed press media, regularly featuring in the red tops and weren't Mirror Group and the Daily Express even sponsors of some meetings? "The working man" was regularly exposed to Speedway coverage. I think a lot of many sports declines can possibly be pinpointed back at the launch of the football Premier League back in 1992 (?), the coverage was unavoidable, world stars started to appear, crowds went up, prices went up, the working class leisure pound was squeezed, not only in admission prices but also subscription prices. Many other sports reacted to this and changed their model, Speedway did not.

What jobs are they then?

Yes I'm sure the promoter of my club has better things to do on race day than look after the fans... even though they find time to continually tweet race results etc. I've put my ideas to them... they didn't even have the courtesy to even acknowledge them with a reply of any sort

Agreed... but a club replying to a question on Twitter is as easy as me or you replying on here... and they don't

I don't want a weather forecast, they're totally unreliable! I want a report from the track, which is the easiest thing in the world to do these days

Nail hit on the head here I think... Also there was a lot less to do, in terms of leisure activities, back in the day, so you were having your parsnips buttered a lot less often. These days we live in a world of sensory overload and Speedway just can't quite cut it in its current guise

What happens if you break the noise limit? Is it equipped with a laser cannon?

And when ever you do make a comment, asking a legitimate question like what the weather is like, you'll get no reply

Look at Peterborough, they're already running R/R for a rider who got injured riding for Glasgow, can't find (or weren't allowed to depending on who you believe) a replacement and could easily lose Scott Nicolls riding for Kent, Chris Harris riding for Birmingham, MPT riding for Redcar, Hans Andersen riding for Leicester or Bjarne Pedersen riding for Plymouth... or any of the other clubs they may ride for around Europe

Livened up... eventually

Fair enough... but when the Sky money disappeared, so did he, probably just coincidence

He's only ridden 1 season for you since 2010!

Didn't he clear off abroad (with a few others) for the money in British speedway's hour of need?

Heat 12 and the track has come to the riders

I wonder if Aaron Summers or Nathan Greaves will be granted farewell meetings?

Pedersen having a farewell meeting in this country? Seriously? Was this part of the deal to get him to ride in this country again? Greg Hancock will be wanting one next!!!

Lighten up mate... he's just having some fun

Despite being told every 5 minutes that it's BRILLIANT! It's far from it

Back in the day you could happily do that... in the crazy world we live in today you'd have to put warnings up all over the place informing the would be toe rag that they might get hurt!

Glad you enjoyed it

An update on Grigory Laguta, posted around 20 mins ago. "Regained consciousness within minutes of crash. Felt like a solid bell. Battered but didn't complain of anything specific bothering him. And is getting further evaluation". https://t.co/lZSAz0gZJh

It was better than the rubbish served up at Leicester last night