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Its irrelevant really whether its Horton or Sandhu at fault over Coventry s demise, the truth is neither should have been allowed within the sport in the first place. The supporters were skeptical when Sandhu was widely hailed as our saviour and even more so when Horton arrived on the back of all previous track closures associated with his family.

Neither of these people should ever be able to run a whelk stall again, let alone any involvement with Speedway.

Horton has made some appalling errors as promoter, and even at the end, his treatment of the riders lined up to race in 2017 was simply dreadful.

By his decisions he has driven fans away in their droves, his latest was alienating all the Over 60s (of which there were plenty) by withdrawing their discount, but there was the issue with NSSC (and others) which was simply beyond belief. The supporters were treated with no respect, and in return, they offered these idiots none in return.

Having gone through the Cradley debacle, I am really pessimistic on a return in 2018, the council will offer words of comfort, but in reality do not have the finances even if they have the will to bring about a return.

So supporters have the decision as I did, to become a nomad fan, at Leicester, Birmingham Cradley or Wolves, but it will never be the same again, saving a miracle.

So Sandhu should never have been allowed into speedway? Er, I don't think he was. He bought a stadium that staged speedway with a view to using it for housing. That was 12 years ago - to be honest we are lucky to have got to 2016 with speedway still on the site. Had it not been for the morons running the sport, he would probably still be in charge and the Bees flourishing. Unlike Horton, he was supporter friendly, despite his initial reasons for buying Brandon. As for not running a whelk stall, I think you'll find he has been far more successful in business than any current speedway promoter. I fully understand your dismay but there are some silly statements in that piece.

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Of course, a catalogue of events none can come out with much credit from.

My only main point is that without the sale of the stadium then Brandon Estates wouldn't be holding all the cards and none of these events would be an issue!

I guess that was a tipping point bud yes...

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So Sandhu should never have been allowed into speedway? Er, I don't think he was. He bought a stadium that staged speedway with a view to using it for housing. That was 12 years ago - to be honest we are lucky to have got to 2016 with speedway still on the site. Had it not been for the morons running the sport, he would probably still be in charge and the Bees flourishing. Unlike Horton, he was supporter friendly, despite his initial reasons for buying Brandon. As for not running a whelk stall, I think you'll find he has been far more successful in business than any current speedway promoter. I fully understand your dismay but there are some silly statements in that piece.

yes sandhu bought the stadium , he spent loads doing it up , he seemed to get attached to speedway , he did spend vast amounts on riders, harris , schlien and others have nothing but praise for the way he run things and it must be said the bees were very proffesional and very successful when he was in charge , being probably the richest promoter out there the bspa got twitchy and chased him out he wanted an independent body but it fell on deaf ears , he then lost all interest and seemed to have it in for the bspa , the bees suffered as a result of this , i agree thou if he hadnt been chased out , the bees would probably still be running now ....

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yes sandhu bought the stadium , he spent loads doing it up. i agree thou if he hadnt been chased out , the bees would probably still be running now ....

Irrelevant, Sandhu bought the stadium to sell.

It was only a matter of time before he closed the place down.

Nothing was going to change that.

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Just to add Brandon Estates Jersey Ltd was called Investin Brandon jersey Ltd until 2015. There is an Investin Brandon Ltd based in Solihull also.

Investin brandon has a director Anthony Copeland who is also a director of first house associates. Sandhu is also a director of first house associates. Does Copeland have connection to brandon estates?

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In 2010 Sandhu told a meeting that he intended to sell the stadium for housing and that he would provide a new stadium describing it as easy to build a speedway stadium. After that he fell out of love with speedway and now we are in the position of very little future unless a miracle is performed especially with Horton gone!

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The root cause of all this stems from BSPA mafia shafting Coventry and Peterborough during winter of discontent.

Total bollox. Try reading woz01 and then abbo post after yours. For further reading, try reading the article on the Coventry affair in this weeks Speedway Star.

There's none so blind that.............

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In 2010 Sandhu told a meeting that he intended to sell the stadium for housing and that he would provide a new stadium describing it as easy to build a speedway stadium. After that he fell out of love with speedway and now we are in the position of very little future unless a miracle is performed especially with Horton gone!

 

I wonder why.

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Ford didn't like being knocked off his perch. It was clear that Coventry under Sandhu with his finances, enthusiasm and professionalism( in comparison to the other cowboy promoters) would have cleaned up for many years. Ford and the BSPA weren't having that.

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ask yourself this question ...if the plan was to demolish and sell for housing why would sandhu apply for planning permission to build a grandstand on the back straight costing quite a bit of money , just to demolish it a few years later??


Ford didn't like being knocked off his perch. It was clear that Coventry under Sandhu with his finances, enthusiasm and professionalism( in comparison to the other cowboy promoters) would have cleaned up for many years. Ford and the BSPA weren't having that.

 

they closed ranks ,sandhu had the finances , he was the only one that owned the stadium , he wanted an independent panel that was like red rag to a bull with the bspa

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Ford didn't like being knocked off his perch. It was clear that Coventry under Sandhu with his finances, enthusiasm and professionalism( in comparison to the other cowboy promoters) would have cleaned up for many years. Ford and the BSPA weren't having that.

 

 

ask yourself this question ...if the plan was to demolish and sell for housing why would sandhu apply for planning permission to build a grandstand on the back straight costing quite a bit of money , just to demolish it a few years later??

 

they closed ranks ,sandhu had the finances , he was the only one that owned the stadium , he wanted an independent panel that was like red rag to a bull with the bspa

 

We are talking about the same Sandhu that was so far in debt that the bank sold the stadium from underneath him right?

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Investin brandon has a director Anthony Copeland who is also a director of first house associates. Sandhu is also a director of first house associates. Does Copeland have connection to brandon estates?

Yes at least a link. The person listed as having significant control of Investin brandon is a John Downer who is also CEO of Investin PLC based at the exact same address as Brandon Estates (jersey). Of course Brandon Estates (jersey) used to be called Investin Brandon (jersey). Investin PLC actually have developments in Coventry and Rugby.

ask yourself this question ...if the plan was to demolish and sell for housing why would sandhu apply for planning permission to build a grandstand on the back straight costing quite a bit of money , just to demolish it a few years later??

 

You have to ask why he wouldn't budge on the size of it. A metre difference would have got permission.

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Yes at least a link. The person listed as having significant control of Investin brandon is a John Downer who is also CEO of Investin PLC based at the exact same address as Brandon Estates (jersey). Of course Brandon Estates (jersey) used to be called Investin Brandon (jersey). Investin PLC actually have developments in Coventry and Rugby.

 

 

You have to ask why he wouldn't budge on the size of it. A metre difference would have got permission.

Was planning ever applied for?

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Yes at least a link. The person listed as having significant control of Investin brandon is a John Downer who is also CEO of Investin PLC based at the exact same address as Brandon Estates (jersey). Of course Brandon Estates (jersey) used to be called Investin Brandon (jersey). Investin PLC actually have developments in Coventry and Rugby.

 

 

You have to ask why he wouldn't budge on the size of it. A metre difference would have got permission.

Is it his way or the highway?
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What does it matter who's fault it is Bees are not running in 2017 it's not going to make any difference who's fault it is or who's part of what company move on let's get Brandon up and running again because that is the best chance we've got of having speedway

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