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I've read that article before but there's nothing in it to confirm your comments that the Ochiltrees didn't want to leave or that he drove them out....unless you can find the other part where is says that.

 

 

He willingly admits he bought the stadium with the intention of bulldozing it and building houses on the 25-acre site. "I wanted it for housing, and to start with my offer was turned down even though I outbid everyone else," he explained. "The site was offered to an ex-speedway rider but that deal fell through, and they came back to me. I then bought it at a lower price than I first offered.

"I knew it was going to be a long hard battle for planning permission for houses and in the end I wasn't prepared for that, so we decided to keep the speedway and stock-cars and explore introducing other sports at the stadium.

 

Anyway Lucy is all ready for the new season and extremely happy with her new coat. :lol:

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I did say some of it . and ti's obvious you are a bit sceptical about the existence of the other article where it says about him driving the Ochiltrees out , so as soon as I have a few minutes Ill do an internet search and find it ,

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At my place of work we have to start submitting our leave requests in October for the following April-Xmas period, 3 or 4 months before the fixtures are released. Inevitably July, August and the first half of September are the first to be snapped up for family holidays. No good if you're a speedway fan. I've had to go "sick" a couple of times for the Rockets northern tour, usually in late July/early August.

 

I also used to travel all over the place watching Poole in the 80's & remember having an afternoon off work to visit Arena Essex weeks in advance for the meeting to be moved & me kicking my heels at home. Nothing changed but at least the internet does give you a better update of fixture changes.

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I did say some of it . and ti's obvious you are a bit sceptical about the existence of the other article where it says about him driving the Ochiltrees out , so as soon as I have a few minutes Ill do an internet search and find it ,

Me sceptical? :shock: I know how much you admire Sandhu. :lol: It would be good to confirm it though in view of the fact others have heard a different story,

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I did say some of it . and ti's obvious you are a bit sceptical about the existence of the other article where it says about him driving the Ochiltrees out , so as soon as I have a few minutes Ill do an internet search and find it ,

I don't understand the fuss about Sandhu forcing Martin O & his mother out.

Anyone who has been around a while will have seen this type of situation in everyday business. Someone buys out a company, when public announcement is made

it invariably includes the words " So & So the previous owner will be continuing as director of the new company" , all intended to keep the existing customers sweet.

 

A few months later when the new owner has his feet under the table the former owner is eased out. The practise has been going on for for years, no big deal really.

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I can't believe that any real comment about the Bees situation has been released by Horton/Watson about the "negotiations " going on. It's not a world secret but a sporting club in a city (or near) aiming to be a City of culture, not to mention Sisu/Cov City. The supporters of Stock cars/Speedway deserve better. Are we the victim of a major conspiracy we don't know and perhaps never will. Let's hope It's made difficult to build houses as they seem to wish!. Regret that Speedway is now a failing sport look at strengths of Elite sorry Premier league riders. Regret that I will sadly miss my Speedway. Went to Brandon first in1948 and haven't missed a Bees meeting for 12 years so I class myself as an avid Speedway supporter. Will become a TV supporter and that will be the end of live viewing together with cancellation of my weekly Speedway Star. Sorry folks

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Seem to me there is a lot more that needs investigating here than the disputed ownership of fixtures and fittings. IMO None of the parties involved come out of this with any credit including bspa

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I also used to travel all over the place watching Poole in the 80's & remember having an afternoon off work to visit Arena Essex weeks in advance for the meeting to be moved & me kicking my heels at home. Nothing changed but at least the internet does give you a better update of fixture changes.

There wasn't a speedway updates service in those days, let alone the internet. We used to have to wait until almost midnight to find out that days speedway results on Teletext/Oracle, sometimes not up until the next day.

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There wasn't a speedway updates service in those days, let alone the internet. We used to have to wait until almost midnight to find out that days speedway results on Teletext/Oracle, sometimes not up until the next day.

I remember as a younger lad in the mid-late 90s sneaking off upstairs with the phone to call the club hotline* to see how we were doing in away meetings. It was that or wait for teletext to loop around the 8 pages only to find the result had not been updated and have to wait for it to look around again!

 

Ah, the good old days :D

 

 

*and then getting told off when the phone bill turned up :D

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I remember as a younger lad in the mid-late 90s sneaking off upstairs with the phone to call the club hotline* to see how we were doing in away meetings. It was that or wait for teletext to loop around the 8 pages only to find the result had not been updated and have to wait for it to look around again!

 

Ah, the good old days :D

 

 

*and then getting told off when the phone bill turned up :D

Ahhh yes, I remember the frustrations of those multi pages very well. I didn't realise you were that old!!

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has something new happened to make you more upbeat ?

Not that I know for certain. I get told the odd rumour and to me it seems there is hope, I thought it was the end the other day so anything is better than that. Of course it can still go either way, I'm not exactly confident of a positive result but if some are still talking then there must be a will to sort it out.

I remember as a younger lad in the mid-late 90s sneaking off upstairs with the phone to call the club hotline* to see how we were doing in away meetings. It was that or wait for teletext to loop around the 8 pages only to find the result had not been updated and have to wait for it to look around again!

 

Ah, the good old days :D

 

 

*and then getting told off when the phone bill turned up :D

I spent many early mornings before my paper round checking the results. Kids have it easy these days 😂

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Nigel Pearson has tweeted to the effect that negotiations are still ongoing, and that at this stage we should remain hopeful of a positive outcome, so hang on in there, retribution and criticism of all involved parties may be best held for another day.

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In the 60's I lived on the main road between Leicester and Cov , there was a chippy at the bottom of our street , when i couldn't get to home meetings , i used to stand outside the chippy at about 10 oclock , and wait for someone with a bees sticker (or leicester ) to stop for chips , and get the result off them . Ah the good old days when speedway was big enough to do that ,, even had the option of going to the bus station and waiting for the speedway special to come in

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Nigel Pearson has tweeted to the effect that negotiations are still ongoing, and that at this stage we should remain hopeful of a positive outcome, so hang on in there, retribution and criticism of all involved parties may be best held for another day.

Ahhh Nigel Pearson reminds us all to be upbeat - as negotiations are still ongoing.

 

How does he know?

 

After all, isn't this the same Nigel Pearson who has reminded Cradley Heath Suppoters about being positive and upbeat - about a return to a vicinity near their former home?

 

You only have to listen to his drivel as a commentator to realise this geeza has got a degree in how to polish a turd.

 

The bloke spouts as much utter BS as the rest of 'em.

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Seems ridiculous that talks have to come down to the wire. The bspa offices close at 5 so three hours of intense negotiations still to continue before something is announced one way or the other.

 

Bit like transfer deadline day when signings have come into the FA before midnight. But they have had a whole month to sign said player.

 

Hope some news comes along today one way or the other. No point dragging it out even longer.

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