frigbo

TMC, i filled my online subscription in on Sunday, i've not heard anything back yet to confirm it's worked ok

He did lower himself to be Team Manager for the Runners for a while in the 80's

Bit of an odd one 'Briggo' Neither Stangeland or Handley rode for Swindon before 1973 and 'you' left in 1972!!

Who's been left out who could make a difference then?? Only Chrzanowski looks a real no hoper for a place in the semi's in this lot

I give up..is there no end to how stupidly Speedway wants to portray itself to the outside world??? The World Cup in 3 different countries??!!...Mickey Mouse rubbish!!

I do hope you're having a laugh! Yet another ridiculous decision, speedway can't get anything right.

1. Milan Spinka 2. Veijo Tuoriniemi 3 Frank Richt 4. Leonard Raba 5. Jerzy Trzeszkowski 6. Sumner McKnight 7. Lennart Bengtsson Team Manager: The Rocket Ronnie Byford!! Who dare take on the might of this international Swindon septet??!! Put em up!!

No Hitchy..you can't say that about the mighty Leonard!! The man was an absolute legend...he even rode in a World Team Cup Final. The mere fact he didn't score a solitary point for Swindon is surely immaterial He did have an appalling 'tache though, i'll give you that As for Frank Richt......

C'mon the Brits!!

No meeting that day Shazz, but on the 8th we were at Long Eaton and lost 34-44. Scorers for Canterbury:- Dave Gooderham 10 Uncle Ted 8 Les Rumsey 6 Barney Kennett 5 Derek Cook 2 Jimmy Squibb 2 Dave Emery 1 Impressed or what Shazz??? With thanks to a certain other slider. Long Eaton scores were: Alan Molyneux 12 Geoff Bouchard 10 Steve Finch 8 Phil Bass 7 Alan Witt 4 Max Brown 2 Pip Austen 1

What about a 30 years ago today or something? anyone got the full scores for August 6th 1974,Wimbledon 55-Swindon 23 Here ya go Wimbledon 55 1. Barry Briggs 3333 - 12 2. Roger Johns 1122 - 6+1 3. Graeme Stapleton 3321 - 9 4. Bert Harkins 2122 - 7+3 5. Trevor Hedge 3333 - 12 6. Neil Cameron 121 - 4+1 7. Reg Luckhurst 311 - 5+2 Swindon 23 1. Martin Ashby 22232 - 11 2. Geoff Bouchard 00 - 0 3. Ed Stangeland 1000 - 1 4. Mike Keen 1000 - 1 5. Norman Hunter 0311 - 5 6. Bernie Leigh 22f10 - 5 7. David Ashby fx0 - 0

Swindon's floating too Hope Rosco can get a better Sky signal than i'm getting at home at the mo.

Fosters - The Best Lager For Cooking With.

What's up with Fozzy??

Cheers Kev, Don't worry i'm still recording all those Canterbury wallopings

Does anyone please have the complete list of scorers from the 1979 European Under 21 Final in Rovno USSR?? It was won by Ron Preston, but the Speedway Star of the time has no scores! Ta

Oh no... here we go again. Havelock let his country down in the 2001 race-off, again in the 2002 race-off, then again in the 2003 final. For someone who is supposed to be proud to wear the racejacket, some of his performances have been woeful, especially from a former World Champion. In contrast, Screeny rode with a passion on Monday night. He should be in the team on Saturday, not Havelock. All the best Rob A World Cup is no place for sentiment. Screenie did well yesterday, but is pants at Poole. No decision to make, had to be Havvy.

Spot on Mr S!

Think you're confusing negative with realistic. The current batch of u21 are the poorest we've had in a long long time. Long term, the likes of Daniel King and Eddy Kennett may well make it. However, there is a big age gap between Richardson and Nicholls - mid 20's - to these boys. Of the riders in between, only Simon Stead (imo) looks even remotely likely to be top notch. With all due respect to him, the fact Richie Hawkins is our u-21 champion but didn't make the World Final speaks volumes of the current crop from 18-21 years old. Historically most of the English riders who have been really world class have been instant heat leaders - Lee, Collins, Carter, Havelock instantly spring to mind, very few 'slow burners' make it anywhere near that far - possibly Lee Richardson excepted. Things look bleak for Team GB once the likes of Nicholls and Richardson move on.

Embarrassing!!!!! Look forward to some titanic struggles with Latvia, Hungary and Italy in future Test Matches then!! British Speedway will drop off the radar in a few years time

Crackin 'tache!!!

Mmmm...that is strange!! Maybe it's because he hasn't ridden a match yet???

Think it was Bernie Lagrosse. Also Trevor Charley - Trevor Vincent

Oh dear...I see it's spread to here now Adam?

The only 2 heats that are remotely unimportant are Heats 9 and 10. Someone either puts themselves in jeopardy of elimination, or is on their way home in every other heat. Regressing back to a version of the old format will be a massive mistake IMO. In the new format someone could still conceivably win 5 qualifying heats plus a semi and not win the Meeting, so all the talk of it being fairer doesn't wash. All you'll end up with is the same sudden death finale in 3 heats (instead of 23) and 20 heats of going through the motions. Not to mention 2 less heats for your hard earned. Dreadful decision!!