IainB

Less than a month before the start of the season and still nothing from BSN, even though the fixtures are now out for the CL... I wonder if the media rights holders (SFL) are either trying to sell them down the river in favour of another broadcaster, trying to extort more money out of them... or there's nothing to see here 👀

... you've got Leicester posting on socials what a great night Speedway is under the lights and the riders are coming back to the country in readiness for the new season... without being able to tell a single person when their opening fixture is and who it is against... crazy!

What a "negative nancy" 😂

Maybe they're the mystery promoters 😁

Are they doing Stock Cars next year? Following the Ed Kennett career path 🤔

There's a couple of international matches planned for Mildenhall this season I believe... looking forward to seeing Bewley, Lambert, DJ Woffy et al in action 🤔😉

You just did...

Just saw this in Northampton town centre...

As I've said elsewhere if the current crop of riders aren't putting the bums on the seats they can hardly complain if the prize money goes down while competing in half empty (and sometimes completely empty, SWC) stadiums.

He seems a perfect fit with British Speedway in its current form then 😁

They're not running the speedway though are they? Surely they'd have gone for buying Ippo ahead of a start up at Northampton if they were interested in running Speedway?

Yet some of the owners of British betting companies were the biggest UK tax payers last year

Well, for at least the last 2 years, the riders have been consistently unable to put bums on seats, the same goes for the GP's.

Who are the owners/promoters?

Or maybe a card telling you when the fixtures are... or even just whether your club is running or not 🤷‍♂️

Parking at speedway has been free...

Northampton "Nicks"?

What we say on here will have zero effect. I for one will be going, when the Lions aren't racing, as it's only an hour down the road but it's very high risk. I can see the first season being a relative success, due to novelty factor, the limited fixtures these days and probably most importantly the catchment of defunct and existing tracks (Leicester, Coventry, Peterborough, Oxford, Birmingham) all within an hours travel. Good luck to 'em 🤞

When you consider that this topic was started on July the 15th 2025 and that the track that Phil Morris mentioned at the Coventry hearing a number of years ago was thought to be Northampton... you have to wonder what they're faffing about at? 🤔

I'm not sure the problem is with Mr Kemp's bikes 🤔

I don't know how the riders were treated but the long suffering Speedway fan was strung along and lied to, I remember the press releases at the time saying a new stadium was going to be built and all the plans were in place and the i's just needed dotting and the t's crossing. There does seem to be a long running theme running through Speedway 🤔

I'm pretty sure Long Eaton didn't close mid season

Brave, foolish or filthy, stinking rich 😁

1992 Milton Keynes, 1987 Glasgow/Worky

All them riders on parade with no helmets... however did they survive! 😁