INCOGNITO Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Will it be an Elite League or one big league under a new name ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradford Ace Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Personally i'd now like to see 2 leagues of 10 based on being in the North & South - there are currently 21 teams in the 2 leagues & thinking 1 of Lakeside or Swindon probably wont run in 2016 leaving 20 teams to be split into 2 as follows: North - Belle Vue, Leicester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Berwick, Workington, Newcastle, Redcar, Sheffield, Scunthorpe South - Coventry, Wolverhampton, Kings Lynn, Swindon/Lakeside, Poole, Ipswich, Peterborough, Somerset, Rye House, Plymouth Will use my club Belle Vue as an example. We meet everyone in our Northern division home & away so therefore 18 meetings. We then meet everyone in the South Division just once - 5 at home & 5 away. Could be worked out randomly or on league postions the year before. That would be 28 meetings to produce 2 league tables. I would then run an extended play off formula - proven over the years that the play offs work & bring in the crowds. Top 4 from each Division play off against each other to then produce a winner of each Division who then race off over 2 legs in the Grand FInal - a big North v South showdown!!!! The main thing to work out for me is the points limit as that could be tricky but surely thats what the muppets at the BSPA get paid for!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldace Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Personally i'd now like to see 2 leagues of 10 based on being in the North & South - there are currently 21 teams in the 2 leagues & thinking 1 of Lakeside or Swindon probably wont run in 2016 leaving 20 teams to be split into 2 as follows: North - Belle Vue, Leicester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Berwick, Workington, Newcastle, Redcar, Sheffield, Scunthorpe South - Coventry, Wolverhampton, Kings Lynn, Swindon/Lakeside, Poole, Ipswich, Peterborough, Somerset, Rye House, Plymouth Will use my club Belle Vue as an example. We meet everyone in our Northern division home & away so therefore 18 meetings. We then meet everyone in the South Division just once - 5 at home & 5 away. Could be worked out randomly or on league postions the year before. That would be 28 meetings to produce 2 league tables. I would then run an extended play off formula - proven over the years that the play offs work & bring in the crowds. Top 4 from each Division play off against each other to then produce a winner of each Division who then race off over 2 legs in the Grand FInal - a big North v South showdown!!!! The main thing to work out for me is the points limit as that could be tricky but surely thats what the muppets at the BSPA get paid for!!!!!! Have you any concept of what the BSPA actually is ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKYLANE Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Now Arena Essex are confirmed and Kent are likely to be in the EL , It sounds like 9 teams anywayj... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Personally i'd now like to see 2 leagues of 10 based on being in the North & South - there are currently 21 teams in the 2 leagues & thinking 1 of Lakeside or Swindon probably wont run in 2016 leaving 20 teams to be split into 2 as follows: North - Belle Vue, Leicester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Berwick, Workington, Newcastle, Redcar, Sheffield, Scunthorpe South - Coventry, Wolverhampton, Kings Lynn, Swindon/Lakeside, Poole, Ipswich, Peterborough, Somerset, Rye House, Plymouth Will use my club Belle Vue as an example. We meet everyone in our Northern division home & away so therefore 18 meetings. We then meet everyone in the South Division just once - 5 at home & 5 away. Could be worked out randomly or on league postions the year before. That would be 28 meetings to produce 2 league tables. I would then run an extended play off formula - proven over the years that the play offs work & bring in the crowds. Top 4 from each Division play off against each other to then produce a winner of each Division who then race off over 2 legs in the Grand FInal - a big North v South showdown!!!! The main thing to work out for me is the points limit as that could be tricky but surely thats what the muppets at the BSPA get paid for!!!!!! Be interesting where you would find the heat leaders for these teams let alone the other riders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Now Arena Essex are confirmed and Kent are likely to be in the EL , It sounds like 9 teams anywayj... More teams the better! A stronger EL would be good too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Jon Cook said this evening he expects it will be 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 So that's excluding Swindon then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 So that's excluding Swindon then Rumours that Leicester were not sure a few weeks back, more likely to be them than Swindon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Panda Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Swindon released a statement yesterday saying they are going ahead and that they will start their home fixtures in the new stadium but it is not likely to be ready until end of April/beginning of May............. If there was any element of doubt about it they would have put the licence on ice for a year........... RP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Swindon released a statement yesterday saying they are going ahead and that they will start their home fixtures in the new stadium but it is not likely to be ready until end of April/beginning of May............. If there was any element of doubt about it they would have put the licence on ice for a year........... RP They'll race at their current stadium. It cant be demolished until a new one is built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Panda Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 They'll race at their current stadium. It cant be demolished until a new one is built. http://www.swindonrobins.co/news.php?extend.2574 Its there if needed but they don't want to use it unless they have to........... RP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldace Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 They'll race at their current stadium. It cant be demolished until a new one is built. hmmm. Unless something untoward happens to the old stadium in the meantime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee jay Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) Kent have already said they intend to be in the elite league next season. So that's one new team. not necessarily , i think lakeside are dropping to the premier so it's just 1 for 1. just saw that lakeside have chosen elite league so post not relevant. Edited October 16, 2015 by gee jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 They'll race at their current stadium. It cant be demolished until a new one is built.They will probably be there for the next 10years with the way Planning Consent works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattK Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 They'll race at their current stadium. It cant be demolished until a new one is built. I have yet to see anyone show that condition in writing. It seems to be a piece of hearsay which had turned into a fact. The only clause which I have seen as part of the planning permission is that no more than 200 houses can be occupied until a contract is signed for the construction of the new stadium. This is a very ambiguously worded restriction, because presumably more houses can be built. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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