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An interesting topic of conversation. I'm not sure if there is any standard policy of allowing ex-players into rugby league matches, but my local rugby league club at Whitehaven do have a policy of allowing their ex-players in for free.

More freeloading jam eaters!

Edit: Little West Cumbrian in joke there, apologies to anyone puzzled.

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Coventry next then. They like to do things in alphabetical order, especially the team in an effort to stop us printing our own programme. :lol:

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Riders are mercanaries who get paid to do a job why on earth should they get freebies, my first job was in tesco so i should get free shopping by this logic

Riders are mercanaries who get paid to do a job why on earth should they get freebies, my first job was in tesco so i should get free shopping by this logic

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Riders are mercanaries who get paid to do a job why on earth should they get freebies, my first job was in tesco so i should get free shopping by this logic Riders are mercanaries who get paid to do a job why on earth should they get freebies, my first job was in tesco so i should get free shopping by this logic

That's why I know you have never raced competitively as your clueless.

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Can i ask what your career average was in speedway Robert ?

 

Obviously didn't make a fortune out of the sport, although he's still to put up who he actually is and what he actually achieved, offering £50 towards the Ben Fund for a season long entry pass to any stadium in the country, that would equate to what 2 and a bit full admission costs for an EL meeting, maybe 3 PL meetings.

 

Expect he'd want a free programme too!

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Obviously didn't make a fortune out of the sport, although he's still to put up who he actually is and what he actually achieved, offering £50 towards the Ben Fund for a season long entry pass to any stadium in the country, that would equate to what 2 and a bit full admission costs for an EL meeting, maybe 3 PL meetings.

 

Expect he'd want a free programme too!

Well thought out Sherlock, hardly any British riders make a fortune, most end up in debt, you have no idea.

 

How many races did you win wackie ? Lol

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Well thought out Sherlock, hardly any British riders make a fortune, most end up in debt, you have no idea.

 

How many races did you win wackie ? Lol

 

I'm not the one pretending I was a professional speedway rider!

http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/ You can see riders records here

 

So this poster who's reported to be Rob Homer of the late 80's, across his career took part in 10 official meetings, rode in 44 races which netted 16 points in total, wants a free pass to any track in the country for £50!

 

You've got to admire his nerve! :rofl:

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totally honest here, i never heard of rob homer. what team did he ride for?i been going since 1971, but never recalled a rob homer!

 

Me either.

 

Rob Homer

 

Born:

 

09.09.1972, Birmingham, England

 

British Clubs:

 

Coventry (1989)

Sheffield (1992, 1993)

 

Year..Club..Meetings..Rides..Points..Bonus..Average..Maxima

 

1989..Coventry..1..4..1..0..1.00

1992..Sheffield..5..18.6..2..1.78

1993..Sheffield..4..12..6..1..2.33

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Well thought out Sherlock, hardly any British riders make a fortune, most end up in debt, you have no idea.

 

How many races did you win wackie ? Lol

 

Rob, you barely qualify as being referred to as a "rider" anyway surely ?

 

10 meetings, over 4 years with an average that even Justin Elkins would have laughed at does not make you some kind of font of knowledge about all things racing...

 

How many did you actually win Rob ? I'm guessing looking at your average, perhaps one ?

 

 

totally honest here, i never heard of rob homer. what team did he ride for?i been going since 1971, but never recalled a rob homer!

 

Coventry junior when they had 6 race meetings. One proper meeting.

 

Then was a joke for Sheffield.

 

Now changing tyres for kwik fit or someone in Nuneaton or the like..

 

In Ipswich terms, he made Craig Hyde look like Tomasz Gollob

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with those averages, id like to know the best rider he ever beat? not knocking anyone who has ever ridden, but when he says having ex riders on the terraces is good for PR, yes, if its Anders Michanek, but rob homer? i honestly never heard of that name in speedway

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with those averages, id like to know the best rider he ever beat? not knocking anyone who has ever ridden, but when he says having ex riders on the terraces is good for PR, yes, if its Anders Michanek, but rob homer? i honestly never heard of that name in speedway

 

Exactly.

 

I'm sure Rob will confirm his greatest scalp, but thinking back to those days, i would imagine his win, if he even had any, would have been maybe in a race that ended with 2 finishers or less...and to be honest, i imagine his opponent would have been pushing his bike home aswell.

 

Anyway, no doubt Rob will educate us all soon enough.

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with those averages, id like to know the best rider he ever beat? not knocking anyone who has ever ridden, but when he says having ex riders on the terraces is good for PR, yes, if its Anders Michanek, but rob homer? i honestly never heard of that name in speedway

A 2.33 average for Sheffield in 1993 puts Rob Homer above Steve Johnston in that season's Sheffield averages!

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