Gaz

And as much as the attendances have been low this season, not having freeloaders getting in has been one of the positives.

But… George English nicest man in speedway isn’t he? Highly respected etc etc I hope he and his cronies are ashamed of the state they left the club in putting its future in doubt!

We were talking about the fan owned club and saving the diamonds, why would Rob give an update on that?

Ignore the idiots and clowns John, anyone who is still a friend with English after all this is a joke. Instead of asking Rob to go on the mic maybe Keith could ask his mate English to go on the centre green and be interviewed by John and Granty.. that would be good

It needs to go on Facebook really about meeting in bar or speaking to you at some point. We really need supporters club or official Facebook to put something up to let people know.

This is about the fan funded club not an update in general.. Rob is leaving as he has had enough.

So… If Rob didn’t make a loss on speedway terms, fair enough we didn’t have the strongest team.. Promoters and interested parties it’s time to apply now (please form a queue).

Made a profit including the 10k fans raised so a 5k loss really? Either way I thought it might of been a lot worse due to low crowds. Good job we didn’t have a team hitting 60 points per match.

I totally agree, although more people go on Facebook than come on here.. the website would be best option with a link to the vote maybe on Facebook. If the supporters club are on here maybe they could do this.. who knows.

So… what happens next? could the Supporters club put it up on Facebook and get a proper vote and see who is interested on there?

The rent is still to high regardless of what league we are in unfortunately.

May Rob be interested in spearheading this and being involved or had enough?

And I agree but for now and especially next season, it’s brough or close (maybe forever).

If enough people contribute it may be enough to get through the future seasons and look for a piece of land also. If it closes that could be it forever as it will be tough and take time to find somewhere new (if that ever happened).

People are mentioning postponing the inevitable etc, but if people want to continue to contribute over years and keep speedway in Newcastle alive I am all for it. Also regarding brough, yes the rent is high and we all want a new track, but for now until we find one if it’s Brough or nothing then it’s Brough every day of week for me. The racing isn’t the best by any means but can still see decent meeting, racing isn’t great at Berwick and also Wolves and Edinburgh tracks are similar to ours but you just have to get on with what you have until can find something better.

Because we don’t race every week.. so the weeks we don’t race everyone would still be paying and money increasing. These are just ball park figures really until we know how many are serious about putting money in.

All good ideas being mentioned.. this maybe also need to be posted on Facebook at some point when further forward and can be put forward to supporters club. Hopefully Rob would stay on board as he deserves another crack at it and with a bit of assistance from the fans hopefully we could stay open and have a decent season.

This sounds like a good idea.. I couldn’t afford the other option but I think people would probably get involved this way and surely even 500-1000 people would pay a lesser amount per week/month to keep Newcastle speedway open. The go fund me page showed how much people were willing to help Newcastle speedway and think it’s a great idea if enough interested people. We have to try something as can’t let speedway die in Newcastle..

It’s a tough one, as much as you want a sell out crowd for Granty and all the effort he has put in. We are always grateful of fans from other teams coming but if it is packed out from fans who haven’t been for 10-40 years or whatever.. that will be a joke! If they haven’t got a good reason of why they haven’t attended for a long number of years and then turn up for this one, what’s the point? People not coming through the turnstiles is the reason we are closing down

When is the AGM normally? December / January?

So “wheels in motion” other week and now it seems final.. but then 2 interested parties? Who knows what’s going on

Skybet have left the prices up for live match as they think it starts at 8.30pm. They might void it if you win but worth a shot if a team is winning well.

Hopefully he will give it one more season. He has just started up links with 2 football teams, he will have season ticket money next year, and hopefully more sponsors will come on board. I just hope with the early statement it does not hinder the attendances for last 3 matches as we really need the fans to turn out in force.

Get the Euromillions on mate and work your magic with Rob.. I was hopeful he would give it one more year.

Gutted.. Not Robs fault at all and mainly down to previous promotion, thanks George etc, and the amount of times I was told they were wonderful etc. I am not sure of the point of the end of season meeting, so we have a big meeting with old riders and everyone enjoys it with a big crowd… what’s the point???