Lord Lucan Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) Just read on the local News and Star website that the Workington Comets have been forced to scrap the two outstanding PL fixtures not currently re arranged? Matches affected are v Edinburgh (H) and v Glasgow (A) pl2. Not much meat on the bones of this story at the moment so should be more over the coming days, current data assumes no suitable dates could be found to run either fixture before the cut off? This could be a bit controversial? Edited September 10, 2014 by Lord Lucan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambpanther Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Hasnt this been known for a while now???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Both meetings MUST still to staged... after the cut-off. Season not over until October 31st. All the best Rob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerite Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Several clubs are running fixtures after the cut off this Sunday: Sheffield still have Plymouth Home and Away as well as Edinburgh at Home and Scunthorpe Away to run, that's assuming there are no postponements this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Quite right, the fixtures still have to be completed, even if they do come after the cut-off date. It makes the sport look very unprofessional with an unfinished league table. Rob is quite right, the season officially ends on the 31st October, and that apart, it's not fair for season ticket holders to just decide to not run a couple of meetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Both meetings MUST still to staged... after the cut-off. Season not over until October 31st. All the best Rob Quite right, the fixtures still have to be completed, even if they do come after the cut-off date. It makes the sport look very unprofessional with an unfinished league table. Rob is quite right, the season officially ends on the 31st October, and that apart, it's not fair for season ticket holders to just decide to not run a couple of meetings. Not really a MUST. If they can't be fitted in then they will go un-raced with club (or clubs) fined for not fulfilling their fixtures. It has happened various times in the past. Yes, whilst fixtures should be completed, it ain't necessarily so (as it says in the song)!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Not really a MUST. It is, once you know the size of the fine. All the best Rob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 It is, once you know the size of the fine. All the best Rob They obviously have decided to take 'the hit' of a fine, if they've scapped them with almost 7 weeks of the season left to find dates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Wouldn't be the first time a club didnt run fixtures. BV failed to run 2 meetings in 2012. It not looking great for them in 2014 either!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 the wording SCRAPPED is not true . all fixtures must be completed by the 31st oct. the club will face a huge fine if they dont fit in the outstanding fixtures... only league points gained by the team BEFORE the cut off date will count towards the top 6 qualifiers.. cheaper to run the meetingd than pay the fine. if they do scrap the fixtures, workington will not run next year. too many blank dates in the middle of the season for teams. speedway is DEAD.imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Well the obvious answer is to run the season from February to November and extend the Play off teams to eight but will the BSPA listen to the fans....we will see next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Berwick still have a League Cup fixture TBA at Glasgow,is there ant point apart from the riders losing money.the sport is a shambles and Promotions will probably lose money if the fixture takes place,Radical rethink needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lioness Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Many fans have also already technically 'paid' for these fixtures in their season tickets which are for a guaranteed minimum of the basic league programmed meetings at least. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lucan Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Both meetings MUST still to staged... after the cut-off. Season not over until October 31st. All the best Rob That's what I thought, plenty of room after the cut off to run them, even if they are meaningless? the wording SCRAPPED is not true . all fixtures must be completed by the 31st oct. the club will face a huge fine if they dont fit in the outstanding fixtures... only league points gained by the team BEFORE the cut off date will count towards the top 6 qualifiers.. cheaper to run the meetingd than pay the fine. if they do scrap the fixtures, workington will not run next year. too many blank dates in the middle of the season for teams. speedway is DEAD.imo. Only using the words allocated by the N&S headline writer, Comets forced to SCRAP two meetings?? For what it's worth, could the Glasgow match on Sunday not have been made a double header, didn't play anyone else that day, or, would it have been possible to ask Edinburgh down on Saturday instead of having two matches against Sheffield? Either way it would have looked better to a certain extent if we could have at least completed a full round of PL1 fixtures and just kept the two PL2 fixtures to race after the cut off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 That's what I thought, plenty of room after the cut off to run them, even if they are meaningless? Only using the words allocated by the N&S headline writer, Comets forced to SCRAP two meetings?? For what it's worth, could the Glasgow match on Sunday not have been made a double header, didn't play anyone else that day, or, would it have been possible to ask Edinburgh down on Saturday instead of having two matches against Sheffield? Either way it would have looked better to a certain extent if we could have at least completed a full round of PL1 fixtures and just kept the two PL2 fixtures to race after the cut off? Edinburgh have a Double Header on Friday (Redcar and Glasgow), but it was originally going to be Redcar and Newcastle, but then they moved Newcastle to the Saturday (13th) and put Glasgow on the Friday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lucan Posted September 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Edinburgh have a Double Header on Friday (Redcar and Glasgow), but it was originally going to be Redcar and Newcastle, but then they moved Newcastle to the Saturday (13th) and put Glasgow on the Friday night. Thank's for that Steve, been on here before looking at the fixture list on BSPA, get so engrossed in my own team that I tend to forget the same problems are affecting everyone else!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Many fans have also already technically 'paid' for these fixtures in their season tickets which are for a guaranteed minimum of the basic league programmed meetings at least.That is a fair point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crescent girl Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 What gets interesting is that, while if Workington fail by a point to make the top six (admittedly unlikely) this would be 'their own fault' for not staging/completing matches before the cut-off date. But if Edinburgh fail to top the table (again unlikely) by a point because other clubs failed to arrange matches at which Monarchs are the visitors before the cut-off, that makes a difference in the play-off groups, as Somerset would then get first and third choice of opposition....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 What gets interesting is that, while if Workington fail by a point to make the top six (admittedly unlikely) this would be 'their own fault' for not staging/completing matches before the cut-off date. But if Edinburgh fail to top the table (again unlikely) by a point because other clubs failed to arrange matches at which Monarchs are the visitors before the cut-off, that makes a difference in the play-off groups, as Somerset would then get first and third choice of opposition....... Getting your excuses in early? All the best Rob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Re scrapping the Edinburgh fixture, I wonder what the Workington Promotion will do re the admission ticket for the original postponed fixture, which entitled visiting fans to a partial refund when restaged ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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