Hamish McRaker Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Come on Belle Vue - do the decent thing now and sign the Brits who need work. And some PL clubs can ditch their lowgrade foreigners for the likes of Sarjeant and Nielson 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gemini Posted February 26, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) Dear BSPA, Can we please block the name 'Horton' for ever owning a club again? Oxford/Mildenhall/Panthers/Coventry 2010 and now Coventry 2017, how many more times do you want them to ruin/end a club. Can you just explain to me why Mick is getting the blame for ending the club? He wasn't the one who sold the stadium to Brandon Estates and he wasn't the one who wrecked it so it couldn't be used. Just interested as I must be a bit thick. Edited February 26, 2017 by Gemini 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestGorton1884 Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Genuinely gutted for Bees supporters everywhere , The people responsible for allowing one speedways most iconic teams ( and venue 's ) to end up like this ,should hang their heads in shame . Lets hope its not the end , and the Coventry Bees are not lost to the sport forever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packerman Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 So sorry to hear this dreadful news about the Bees. I hope you do find a way back in the near future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Can you just explain to me why Mick is getting the blame for ending the club? He wasn't the one who sold the stadium to Brandon Estates and he wasn't the one who wrecked it so it couldn't be used. Just interested as I must be a bit thick. Exactly Gem, the traitor has sold the club down the river. There maybe a lot wrong about Horton but this is all down to Sandhu. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbo Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) Well that's that no Coventry Speedway meetings this year. BSPA pulled the plug not satisfied they could complete the season. Very sad news but not surprised Brandon Estates and Avtar Sandhu hold your heads in shame for what you have accomplished in Brandon's long history. I hope now that Brandon Estates and whoever else DO NOT get their planning permissions through to build houses!. You will note I have NOT included Mick Horton in my criticisms because I think he was well intentioned but found himself in a total no win situation. I still believe there was some scullduggery behind all the happenings this close season. Terrible news Edited February 26, 2017 by abbo 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikec Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Like other Aces fans on here, feel desperately sad for Bees fans everywhere. The loss of an iconic name & iconic speedway track is terrible news, have many great memories of our battles with Coventry down the years, including some cracking matches last season at home & at Brandon. Hope you're back on track somehow, somewhere, just as soon as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrss Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 The curse of Laurence Rogers strikes again. Every team he has a hand in ends up in a mess. Wonder how long Plymouth will last with him there. Feel sorry for all the Bees fans and riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R87 Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) Exactly Gem, the traitor has sold the club down the river. There maybe a lot wrong about Horton but this is all down to Sandhu. Sandhu has been very clever over the years. He's convinced so many Coventry fans that he loves the club, yet he conveniently forgets he bought Brandon to knock it down, then hastened the clubs demise by trashing the place. Mick Horton is not perfect, we all know that, but he had a thankless and almost impossible job. Edited February 26, 2017 by mb1990 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) Gutted for you... What's really galling is that when the season starts, and meetings taking place, Brandon will still be there.. No planning permission, nothing, just a stadium left empty.. Bet if you take a walk down by the Roseycomb on a Friday, when the air is still, they'll still be that whiff in the air of burning Castrol R40, and if you listen real close, you'll hear the distant, throaty sound of Speedway Bikes and the "Bees" War cry, punctuating the echoey tannoy.. RIP Coventry Bees and Brandon. Edited to remove auto-correct. Edited February 26, 2017 by Shale Searcher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) Can you just explain to me why Mick is getting the blame for ending the club? He wasn't the one who sold the stadium to Brandon Estates and he wasn't the one who wrecked it so it couldn't be used. Just interested. Previous behaviour Janet, he's had a chequered history, so he's easy to blame! To me it's purely down to Sandhu and Brandon Estates. I don't believe and never have believed that Sandhu doesn't have any connection to it all still.. The one way to secure the Stadium wouldn't be used would be to trash it... he's not sneaky though, it wasn't the mysterious fire, or travellers getting the blame. Bingo! Job done! The story about the Police being involved. What's happening with that? I'd hazard a guess at nothing because a. they were never involved b. you can't cause criminal damage to your own property - think about it???? Now it leaves way for them to leave it to rot and then they'll eventually get what they want... Remember the crap that Jeremy Heaver came out with about the new eco stadium, did anybody really believe that? They can take their stocks on the road, they don't need Brandon. Now they sit and wair, Sandhu bought it in 2004, so he's happy to play the long game! "Honourable man" Money and power that's all he's interested in . Edited February 26, 2017 by Jacques 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Gutted for all the Bee's fans and the riders.What a shambles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish keeper Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Feel very sorry for the fans and the riders lets hope you find a way back next season gutted for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 I doubt that anybody on here really knows what's been going on... but I don't think any of the parties involved can walk away from this without any blame. Sandhu - sold the land Brandon Estates - bought the land to build houses on Mick Horton - has had 3 years notice that this was going to happen and on the face of it has done nothing to secure the future of the club, never said anything specific and has just creamed the money in for the last 3 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Bastard property developers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greytiger Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Please GO Away.......Mr.Horton. Leave UK Speedway alone,fined another TOY to play with and break. I hope your licence get's left in the deep freeze and forgotten. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Gutted for the Coventry fans. Some of the best fans In the league. Will be solely missed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.V 72 Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 Sad sad day the league will just not be the same without the Coventry bees one of the sports greatest and longest running clubs.My heart goes out to all Coventry fans totaly gutted for you all.The way this has all happened must be heart breaking a club as big as Coventry if it had to close should have had at least one more season for the fans to have said goodbye in a fitting manor not like this total crime to the club and to the sport. Shame on everyone involved in ending a great clubs history in this manor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greytiger Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 I doubt that anybody on here really knows what's been going on... but I don't think any of the parties involved can walk away from this without any blame. Sandhu - sold the land Brandon Estates - bought the land to build houses on Mick Horton - has had 3 years notice that this was going to happen and on the face of it has done nothing to secure the future of the club, never said anything specific and has just creamed the money in for the last 3 years Here,Here !!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G the Bee Posted February 26, 2017 Report Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) I don't post on here much any more. Today is an incredibly sad day for the sport, but one which has had an air of inevitability about it for many years now. To me, it was always a case of 'when' not 'if' this day would come. For my part, and in no small part because of the above, I've spent the last few years (and especially the last season) gradually letting my interest in the sport wane. From a position not so long ago of having a season ticket, barely missing a fixture, re-arranging holidays around the fixture list, and basically living speedway, I quickly got into the habit (especially last season) of picking and choosing meetings and missing them altogether with the slightest excuse. To be honest, it was a lot easier than I thought it would be, but it was something I needed to do. It's been heartbreaking watching Coventry stagger on from one year to the next, a pale shadow of the club it was only a few years ago. The club has never recovered from the events of the 'Winter of Discontent' but, to me, the damage was actually done when the Ochiltree familiy sold up back at the end of 2002. Coventry Stadium needed to be sold to a person or persons who would have been a long-term custodian of the club, the stadium and everything it stood for. Now, I don't know the ins and outs of the amount of people who showed an interest in buying Brandon in 2002 and I am sure that finding people to buy speedway stadiums to actually run speedway (and other associated businesses) rather than buying the land to develop on is easier said than done. But there is no escaping the fact that, ultimately, it was sold to someone who had no association with the sport and who subsequently admitted that he brought the stadium to build on. From that moment, the nails could be heard being hammered into the coffin. To be honest, if you could have told me in 2002 that the club would last another 14 seasons, with some great successes along the way, I wouldn't have believed you. Thoughts of a new stadium, at least in the short-term, were pipe dreams. I had little interest watching the team stagger on for another season in a track share or even attending a broken and dilapidated Brandon. It's been bad enough watching how badly neglected the place has become over the last 5 or 6 years. The club, and all of the history that goes with it deserves better than that. At least we've gone out with a bit of dignity. I know this statement is going to upset some, but much of me just feels relieved. Sad but relieved. There are many parties who have blood on their hands today. Few come out of this sorry state of affairs with any credit. Edited February 26, 2017 by G the Bee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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