IainB

As most Speedway clubs these days seem to only be able to run with an army of volunteers, I wonder where the volunteers for the Badgers/Cobblers will come from? Peterborough and Coventry maybe?

I was genuinely setting up a thread to discuss everything now it's official that they exist, although the new fans bit was a bit tongue in cheek, although hopefully they'll come, the other thread did get rather clogged up with all the speculation on whether they'd actually come to the tapes, all the other clubs have their own 2026 section, so it's only right Northampton do 🙂 👍🏻

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Welcome to all of their fans... it's only fair they have their own topic thread 👍🏻

Northampton "Tolleys Badges" Badgers? 🦡🦡

It wasn't meant to be funny... I found it funny that Speedway was under promoting itself again by only putting a few pictures on socials of some bent poles when trying to raise £10,000. If there's been 10 grands worth of damage I'd expect to see more, I've seen more damage to the fence after some crashes!

Not for long if he gets involved in British Speedway financially 😂

I don't know but they're going to have to do better than posting a few pictures of some pushed over poles to reach that number! 😂

There has been a lot of (justified) concern as to the viability of such a project, especially with the timescales involved and with the sport being in its lowest ever position. Surely nobody really thinks a new track is a bad thing... closing mid season, having an uncompetitive team, running in front of poor crowds with an expensive team are all bad things which many have been and still are concerned about. Good luck to them though, I for one can't wait to get down there at some point 👍🏻

They've set up a go fund me and want £10k!!!

Now that is an interesting question 👍🏻

I can't recall seeing a single post saying that the addition of Northampton would be anything other than a good thing 🤷‍♂️

Now the 2026 PL season finally seems to be settled with the announcement of Northampton and the fixtures due out tomorrow... is it too early to start thinking about the 2027 PL season?

At least until July last year, when this topic was stated... or the Coventry hearing a couple of years ago 😉😁

Touché 😆

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Fair point, some clubs are synonymous with their race night, Wolves on a Monday for example, Poole on a Wednesday, Ippo on a Thursday. Obviously you ride on the night you think you can get your best crowd... unless you're in the PL of course 🤷‍♂️ To suggest that all clubs riding in one league be limited to a Monday or Thursday is madness.

Kvech and PHB are very far from top riders but are the type of foreign riders that UK Speedway can currently afford. And as for having NDL level riders in a one league format meeting is the ideal way to develop young riders, that's not to say they should be riding against the likes of Kvech and PHB but certainly riders around their level. Monday and Thursday clearly doesn't work for the fans even though it may for the riders but the tail is wagging the dog.

Especially when you've got 3 39+ year olds "bike blockers" in your team, who really should be seeing out their days in the CL at this stage of their careers.

Business as usual then? We can't afford the top riders while Poland are paying what they are, not without a TV deal and a very good tv deal at that. And how you can say that not having a NDL standard riders in a single league is not the way to develop the sport I can't fathom 🤷‍♂️ There are still riders looking to ride over here, Ippo's signing of PHB this year and Lynn bringing in Kvech a few years back shows this and there are other new faces in the CL this year.

Ippo have "bike blockers" Nicholls, King & Lawson in their team at the expense of (ex future club legend) Jordan Jenkins!

Godfrey confirmed no TV weeks ago

"disrespect toward referees and officials" 😂 Should be a bit of a draw card at most tracks I would have thought, especially until he's at least proved himself.

PHB would/could be good 👍🏻

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