*JJ

Badly needed.

No it isn't. Anyone who thinks that this will solve everything is deceiving themselves.

Who beat them at Plymouth!

Not really; he has always scored very well at Perry Barr this season.

Please do that ... we'll have him back like a shot!

Does anyone know if there is going to be a stream for this match?

Well, there you are then; you haven't seen anything, but you still criticise! The last two meetings - Scunthorpe at home and Redcar away - could both have been won, but for two falls (home) and a disaster for Morris (at Redcar). Justin Sedgemen was invincible at this last. Make sure that you are there tonight ...

No, but I don't always go around predicting doom and disaster all of the time, either. And it wasn't just luck; the whole team rode well. Any home team should be winning heats 13, 14 and 15, but the Brummies won 13 and took a 2-4 and 3-3 from the others. Alfie Bowtell beat local hero Ben Barker in 14, which I thought was a nailed on 5-1 for Plymouth!

Loud sound of chewing as humble pie eaten ...

For once you are right here ... the presenter at Perry Barr stands on the wrong side of the tapes with his nose in his programme. I once suggested that he should be sent to Wolves to see how Porky works the crowd, generating atmosphere. Or get Porky himself over here! I know a lot of people don't like him, but he is very effective; we need someone like that.

Probably RR, as all of the team except Morris can take his rides.

According to the Speedway Star, Birmingham have submitted a redeclaration to the BSPL, and are waiting approval. Or whether it is in the interest of the sport ...

Got the gig because his grandfather was once Cradley manager, IIRC ...

Seems more Birmingham than Swindon ...

Yes.

He looked quite useful ... worth a try out? The times were about 2 seconds slower than the Championship match, but about the same as the reserves races when we were in the NL some years ago.

Like, back in Ireland?

Does anyone know the answer to my question, re rain offs?

I paid for an away match which was rained off. Does BSN pay back theses, or does the payment carry over to the next match?

Most of them aren't.

Take no notice; he is just doing his usual thing. His day will have gone badly if he didn't come on here and complain.

In the late 70s, my family went to an away match at Belle Vue. Having got to the end of the motorway, the heavens opened and rain drenched down. We thought that no way is the meeting going on in this, and turned round and came home. We later discovered that the rain had somehow avoided Belle Vue and the match had gone ahead anyway!

And Birmingham!

Who? That wasn't my experience, though that may have been later on.

They were discouraged, I suspect. All of the MDL teams which I saw - some years ago now - were run by fans and enthusiasts, not by the promoters of the EL or PL teams. And when the BSPL got rid of the 'ghost' teams, that discouraged them even more. As I said before, the promoters weren't interested; when a fan asked a promoter if the Long Eaton team could ride at Perry Barr, he lied and said that the planning permission only allowed for 20 heats. This is not true, it is 21, so the present promotion is able to run MDL teams.