TonyMac Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 (edited) One of the most pleasing things about producing Backtrack (and VSM now) is the number of speedway people who see the mag and then get in touch with us. We've recently received a phone call from former Sheffield promoter Ray Glover and we will be carrying out an interview with both him and his eldest son, Carl, in the next couple of weeks. Please tell us your memories of the Glovers - either in their respective roles at Sheffield in the 70s/80s, or (in Carl's case) his earlier brilliance for Boston in the old second division. Maybe you have a question you'd like us to put to Ray or Carl? Former British Champion Neil Evitts has also called and we will also be interviewing this hard-riding Midlander, who always gave everything for clubs like Bradford, Halifax, Birmingham, Wolves, etc. Again, let's have your thoughts on Neil and the best questions we will put to him... Edited June 1, 2005 by tmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 Once again an excellent read - particularly the Ivan Mauger interview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 (edited) Well i would like to know what Ray remembers of Bob Paulson.As kids me and a few mates used to wait in the pits after the meetings at Plough Lane and get autographs from anyone coming out with wet hair:Our way of telling who was a rider,though i'm not too sure it was fool-proof.Anyway one time aftera Sheffield meeting this bloke came out mad as a hatter and started calling me "the wizard".I've still got his autograph signed "to the wizard".Just want to know was this a one-off or was he always so wacky Edited June 1, 2005 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerblade Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 (edited) I will look forward to this issue, obviously I was there for the whole of Ray's promotership (is that a word?) When I look back now, although we weren't always the best of teams, with hindsight, I feel he did more right than wrong and he had some terrible bad luck to contend with. Did he regret any departures in particular ie. when he first came he reportedly abolished the signing on fees and this caused problems in particular with Craig Pendlebury/Doug Wyer. Did he feel let down by the Wayne Brown situation? Which riders did he most enjoy working with? Neil Evitts - I guess a lot of people would be interested to hear "his side" of a lot of things, as I think most would agree he seemed a morose type of personality on the face of it - that's meant as an observation, not a criticism! Edited June 1, 2005 by Tigerblade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Yes I to remember the Glovers, he did have some bad luck and did not always bring in the right riders, mind you he did bring in Shawn Moran. I would like to know about his relationship with you John Dews, I would also like to hear what he thought about Craig Pendlebury and Dougie Wyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tape2tapevideo Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 One of the most pleasing things about producing Backtrack (and VSM now) is the number of speedway people who see the mag and then get in touch with us. We've recently received a phone call from former Sheffield promoter Ray Glover and we will be carrying out an interview with both him and his eldest son, Carl, in the next couple of weeks. Please tell us your memories of the Glovers - either in their respective roles at Sheffield in the 70s/80s, or (in Carl's case) his earlier brilliance for Boston in the old second division. Maybe you have a question you'd like us to put to Ray or Carl? Former British Champion Neil Evitts has also called and we will also be interviewing this hard-riding Midlander, who always gave everything for clubs like Bradford, Halifax, Birmingham, Wolves, etc. Again, let's have your thoughts on Neil and the best questions we will put to him... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You will laugh at this, cos I always think of Carl Glover when I am in London and see the guards standing by their hut with them Busby hats, Carl didn't need a hat, his hair was just hike one! But what a racer he was, along with Arthur Price and Jim Ryman those Barracudars took some stopping, have some great cine footage of them against Eastbourne in 1972. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted June 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 (edited) More additions to the Issue 9 'cast'... STEVE WEATHERLEY...talking about life after THAT crash. What an inspirational fellow this man is. He's still racing today. MICK BELL...6 times a British League title winner, with Reading & Coventry as both rider and team manager. Many thanks for the (disappointingly) few bits of feedback to the earlier content mentions. NEIL EVITTS was typically forthright and he can still argue with the best of 'em. He tells us that he even managed to get himself fined £500 immediately after winning the British Championship! Now that takes some doing! Morose? Never. Just misunderstood and very difficult to get to know, but I think we've got a lot closer than most. He certainly knew Kenny Carter better than any other rider. CARL & RAY GLOVER - Very, very honest stuff about the Morans, the lack of team spirit at Sheffield (pre-Ray) and how the Wayne Brown saga hit the management badly. Oh, and how Carl recently had a brush with death but thankfully recovered in hospital. IVAN (Part 2)...where do we begin? Carter, Lee, Morans, Nielsen...all those World Final wins (was PC REALLY lucky in '76?) and why he has lost interest in the GP. And then some... CHRIS MORTON...we'll be running a 3-page extract from his new book. AMERICANS...I suppose not everyone will be dancing through hoops at our two-page spread, but they didn't half bring some colour and spectacle to the British scene, didn't they? And we could do with a few more like 'em round today, eh? And JOHN BERRY having a 'Slightly Sideways' pop at Nicki Pedersen and the lack of modern 'enforcers' to 'sort him out'. Trust JB to stick his oar in...! Better crack on and get this one finished...it will be out first week of July...promise! Btw, We've already lined up Michael Lee as the 'main man' for issue 10. Should be very interesting... What, you haven't subscribed yet? Edited June 22, 2005 by tmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 More additions to the Issue 9 'cast'... STEVE WEATHERLEY...talking about life after THAT crash. What an inspirational fellow this man is. He's still racing today. MICK BELL...6 times a British League title winner, with Reading & Coventry as both rider and team manager. Many thanks for the (disappointingly) few bits of feedback to the earlier content mentions. NEIL EVITTS was typically forthright and he can still argue with the best of 'em. He tells us that he even managed to get himself fined £500 immediately after winning the British Championship! Now that takes some doing! Morose? Never. Just misunderstood and very difficult to get to know, but I think we've got a lot closer than most. He certainly knew Kenny Carter better than any other rider. CARL & RAY GLOVER - Very, very honest stuff about the Morans, the lack of team spirit at Sheffield (pre-Ray) and how the Wayne Brown saga hit the management badly. Oh, and how Carl recently had a brush with death but thankfully recovered in hospital. IVAN (Part 2)...where do we begin? Carter, Lee, Morans, Nielsen...all those World Final wins (was PC REALLY lucky in '76?) and why he has lost interest in the GP. And then some... CHRIS MORTON...we'll be running a 3-page extract from his new book. AMERICANS...I suppose not everyone will be dancing through hoops at our two-page spread, but they didn't half bring some colour and spectacle to the British scene, didn't they? And we could do with a few more like 'em round today, eh? And JOHN BERRY having a 'Slightly Sideways' pop at Nicki Pedersen and the lack of modern 'enforcers' to 'sort him out'. Trust JB to stick his oar in...! Better crack on and get this one finished...it will be out first week of July...promise! Btw, We've already lined up Michael Lee as the 'main man' for issue 10. Should be very interesting... What, you haven't subscribed yet? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Brill, cannot wait for the next edition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerblade Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 I too am looking forward to this edition - I've heard things since about the bad team spirit back then, and the Morans are always excellent value for a story or two!! Tony Mac, I think one reason for the lack of response may be because, from what I can gather from postings, some of the Tigers fans on this forum haven't been going long enough (for whatever reason) to remember the Glovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 some of the Tigers fans on this forum haven't been going long enough (for whatever reason) to remember the Glovers. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was around then,Tigerblade,the 1982 team wasn't bad with Shawn,David Bargh and Wayne Brown,added to Reggie and Dave Morton think we finshed 5th in the BL that year. Dad still shudders at the mere mention of the name Glover though lol All those Aussie wonder kids he'd bring back,only they weren't wonders at all! Signings like Zenon Plech and Ales Dryml who hardly ever turnrd up! There was a third Glover of course,Gordon in the annoucers box,ruddy awful he was too lol Anyhow enough of the Glovers,how about a interview with Maurice Ducker,that would be well worth a read! Neil Evitts aswell...that'll please his number one fan lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger74 Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 i was a tigers fan from the age of six in 1960 up until their closure in the late eighties and in all that time we only won the ko cup in 1974 in the late seventies early eighties sheffield seemed to sign riders past their sell by date ie Plech Persson Broadbelt Kroeze etc strangely enough i supported Belle Vue after Sheffield closed but i havent been to a speedway meeting since 1990 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 TMC out of interest are you doing a "Special" to cover the Hackney re-union, if so can I book a copy now please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerblade Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 I was around then,Tigerblade,the 1982 team wasn't bad with Shawn,David Bargh and Wayne Brown,added to Reggie and Dave Morton think we finshed 5th in the BL that year. Dad still shudders at the mere mention of the name Glover though lol All those Aussie wonder kids he'd bring back,only they weren't wonders at all! Signings like Zenon Plech and Ales Dryml who hardly ever turnrd up! There was a third Glover of course,Gordon in the annoucers box,ruddy awful he was too lol Anyhow enough of the Glovers,how about a interview with Maurice Ducker,that would be well worth a read! Neil Evitts aswell...that'll please his number one fan lol I know you were, I only said "some" Tigers fans Ray alienated my mum a bit because one of his first contributions was a dispute with the Flyer! Mind you we lost quite a few fans after that crap 1980 season and his (Doug's) move to Halifax. Have to agree with you about 1982, although we finished second in the BL in 1985, I look back on 1982 with more fondness somehow. I actually didn't mind Gordon announcing......."I like it!" The Zenon Plech we signed was somewhere below a pale shadow of the one who had served Hackney with such distinction. Maurice Ducker....yes, would be interesting, although he always leaned to "it's never my fault, you ought to be grateful I am doing this for you at all" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I think you will all find that Zenon Plech was signed by Maurice Ducker, not Ray Glover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerblade Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I think you will all find that Zenon Plech was signed by Maurice Ducker, not Ray Glover. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry Spin, but it was definitely Ray Glover, he signed him in 1982. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matousek Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 this back track ive got 1 seems intresting, do they review sheffs season from 93 onwards or what, would be intresting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I was around then,Tigerblade,the 1982 team wasn't bad with Shawn,David Bargh and Wayne Brown,added to Reggie and Dave Morton think we finshed 5th in the BL that year. Dad still shudders at the mere mention of the name Glover though lol All those Aussie wonder kids he'd bring back,only they weren't wonders at all! Signings like Zenon Plech and Ales Dryml who hardly ever turnrd up! There was a third Glover of course,Gordon in the annoucers box,ruddy awful he was too lol Anyhow enough of the Glovers,how about a interview with Maurice Ducker,that would be well worth a read! Neil Evitts aswell...that'll please his number one fan lol <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Who could forget the great Gordon Glover, with absolute stupid comments,like the time Reg Wilson crash into the safety fence and obvious to everybody in the stadium that he was badly injured, what did Gordon say, " Reg will be okay, he will be up on his bike and riding in a minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMac Posted June 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 Look what’s in issue 9… Main Man – Ivan Mauger Part two of our exclusive interview with the greatest speedway rider ever. Mighty Mauger talks candidly about his relationship with Kenny Carter and Hans Nielsen – and spells out why he believes the outspoken former England star threw away the chance to win the 1982 World Final to Bruce Penhall. Also, why Nielsen paid the price for ignoring his advice…and what he needed to break his World Final jinx. And for the first time, the legendary Kiwi speaks out about the Speedway Grand Prix, explaining why it should not be compared to the traditional World Championship of his day. What he thinks of Tony Rickardsson and Jason Crump…why British speedway is struggling to attract big crowds and where the BSPA went wrong…how Exeter pulled off an audacious masterstroke to give him one last season in the British League…looking back at his key World Finals and revealing why losing the 1973 run-off to Jerzy Szczakiel was not the worst thing to happen to him on speedway’s biggest occasion…who were the most gifted riders who wasted their talent?…the controversial and hard-hitting Mauger tells all – only in Backtrack Magazine. Neil Evitts "Some people might think I’m arrogant or ignorant, but I didn’t set out to be popular."…Neil Evitts has never been afraid to tell it like it is and in this candid exclusive the 1986 British Champion talks openly about all his conflicts with officialdom, including when he defied the rules to race as an under-aged 14-year-old before going on to ride legally for Stoke, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Halifax, Bradford, Sheffield and Wolves again. The no-nonsense Black Country man got to know Kenny Carter better than any other rider when they were team-mates at Halifax and Bradford, and here Neil reflects on the impact KC had on him and what he recalls of their final days together… Carl Glover The 1974 Second Division Riders’ Champion reveals how he is lucky to be alive after suffering a near fatal heart attack earlier this year. Carl also reflects on his racing days as Boston No.1, plus why riding for home-town club, Sheffield, was a mistake which led to him returning east to King’s Lynn. After his riding career ended early at 26, Carl went on to fulfil his dream job when he was appointed England manager in 1984 . . . but at times it became a nightmare. We get Carl’s fascinating insight into what it was like to deal with Kenny Carter and why he had to strip him of the captaincy…the problems with Michael Lee and why his England team were beaten before they faced the Danes in the World Team Cup final. Ray Glover The father of Carl takes over in the second half of our Glover family dynasty double interview. He explains what drove him to have a stab at promoting at Sheffield – the club he supported from boyhood – in 1980 and why he decided to sell up just four years later after a series of setbacks and problems with riders who let him down. Ray – and Carl – also reveal their thoughts on former Sheffield superstar Shawn Moran – what he was like to deal with and why they say he lost his way in the sport. Also, they examine the effect Kelly Moran had on his younger brother… Steve Weatherley The second in our regular, new series where we catch up with a rider left disabled by speedway racing. This time we visit former Eastbourne and White City star Steve Weatherley, who talks for the first time about the fatal crash that claimed the life of Hackney’s Vic Harding and left him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. In this uplifting story, brave Steve enthuses about his enjoyment of family life and how he is even winning races again! Mick Bell We talk to the man who holds the record for winning three senior league championships as both rider AND team manager, with Reading and Coventry. Modest Mick tells about what it was like on both sides of the fence and the differences between world superstars Ole Olsen and Anders Michanek. Where Are Today’s Enforcers? Our lead columnist John Berry asks the question after seeing current Grand Prix star Nicki Pedersen dishing it out again. JB says: "In my time riders like Pedersen would have been given a serious word in the ear early on in their careers." Berry Mort in print We publish an extract from Chris Morton’s new hardback, Until The Can Ran Out, in which he admits how ‘track rage’ got the better of him and he deliberately set out to ‘attack’ a rival during his early days with Belle Vue. Americans in Pictures A treat for fans of those colourful Californians…nostalgic pictures from the 70s and 80s, featuring Bruce Penhall, Bobby Schwartz, Kelly and Shawn Moran, Dennis Sigalos, Scott Autrey, Rick Miller, Sam Ermolenko, Ronnie Correy, Lance King, Steve and Jim Gresham, Mike Curoso, Sumner McKnight and Rick Woods. ----------------------------------------- Subscribers copies mailed out today (Thursday, June 30) Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Bloody hell,that was quick.Got my mag today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarabanko Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 I got my copy today and I are living in Sweden. I have read all the backtracks and they are so bloody brilliant. I do like this big interviews with the former big stars. The Ivan Mauger interview is very good. Thanks for a billiant mag! I liked to see some interviews with some old Swedish stars as: Tommy Johansson, Rune Sörmander, Varg Olle, Dan Forsberg, Ove Fundin, Göte Nordin, Banger Jansson. Cheers Mikael Johnsson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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