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Oh dear.Where did it all go wrong?Not only wanting to piss off the Clubs,now you are trying to piss off a whole nation.Great,super :blink:

 

 

Just get a friend to print off the bloody racecards for you,if you can't be bothered :P

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Thanks, that post has done more to validate what an eejit you are than any of mine have managed to….what a twit. :lol:

Crumbs that could be a picture of me on the platform...known to have done a bit of train spotting in the past!

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No it wasn't :)

Have I missed something?

Sorry teaboy ~ it's just a bit of an on-going guessing game trying to find out who Robert72 is because he claims to have been a Speedway rider and some don't believe him. Thought I might have cracked it then but obviously not so back to the drawing board. :lol:

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I enjoy reading mine each week, Brian Burfords piece this week was excellent.

 

One other good thing about the Star is, I can read whats going on each week in the Speedway world without having to read all the drivell and pointless twit for tats in between threads on this forum. That is worth the price alone!

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I enjoy reading mine each week, Brian Burfords piece this week was excellent.

 

One other good thing about the Star is, I can read whats going on each week in the Speedway world without having to read all the drivell and pointless twit for tats in between threads on this forum. That is worth the price alone!

You obviously read some of the drivel Posted on here - otherwise - how do you know it is drivel? :nono: :nono: :nono:

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Speedway Star this week says that on 6 October 2012 Chris Holder shocked the world by becoming the youngest World Champion. Surely Michael Lee, for one, was younger?

Just got to the end of the article and see the interview was for Monster Energy. Perhaps this explains the inaccuracy.

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Speedway Star this week says that on 6 October 2012 Chris Holder shocked the world by becoming the youngest World Champion. Surely Michael Lee, for one, was younger?

Just got to the end of the article and see the interview was for Monster Energy. Perhaps this explains the inaccuracy.

Michael Lee was 21.

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But it is crap!! It avoids every slightly controversial moment, plays favourites with certain riders and id just generally terrible value for money

I wouldn't say it's crap but the journalism, at times, leaves a lot to be desired. After my earlier post re Chris Holder being the youngest World Champion I find Craven, Moore, Collins, Lee and Woffinden were all younger. Does the editor actually check articles before they appear?

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I wouldn't say it's crap but the journalism, at times, leaves a lot to be desired. After my earlier post re Chris Holder being the youngest World Champion I find Craven, Moore, Collins, Lee and Woffinden were all younger. Does the editor actually check articles before they appear?

That has been my contention for years now. There is no incisive, investigative or thrusting journalism in the Magazine any longer. I used to really look forward to my 'Speedway Star' for many years - I got it every week. I rarely bother now as, to me anyway, it just toes the party line and appears to want to avoid upsetting anyone.

 

It certainly is not the same 'Speedway Star' that I enjoyed so much all those years ago, along with the 'Speedway Mail', 'Speedway Express' etc..

 

Such is progress I suppose. :sad: :sad: :sad:

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I enjoy reading mine each week, Brian Burfords piece this week was excellent.

 

One other good thing about the Star is, I can read whats going on each week in the Speedway world without having to read all the drivell and pointless twit for tats in between threads on this forum. That is worth the price alone!

Aye getting away from the pages of juvenile mud slinging , I agree . £2-90 isn't an astronomical amount for a magazine in this day and age . Having an actual magazine to hold in your hands to read is always better than clicking a mouse on a computer , much the same as holding an LP in your hands rather than downloading something . I've grown up reading the Speedway Star and into my late fifties , I still do . Much of the soundtrack to my lifelong love of speedway was being greeted entering the stadium at Glasgow by a bloke shouting " get yer Speedway Star , Speedway Mail " , you just had to buy both .

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Aye getting away from the pages of juvenile mud slinging , I agree . £2-90 isn't an astronomical amount for a magazine in this day and age . Having an actual magazine to hold in your hands to read is always better than clicking a mouse on a computer , much the same as holding an LP in your hands rather than downloading something . I've grown up reading the Speedway Star and into my late fifties , I still do . Much of the soundtrack to my lifelong love of speedway was being greeted entering the stadium at Glasgow by a bloke shouting " get yer Speedway Star , Speedway Mail " , you just had to buy both .

Used to buy mine off 'Kojak' at Cowley...who used to wind the opposition crowd up a treat!

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I wouldn't say it's crap but the journalism, at times, leaves a lot to be desired. After my earlier post re Chris Holder being the youngest World Champion I find Craven, Moore, Collins, Lee and Woffinden were all younger. Does the editor actually check articles before they appear?

 

It's never been great on its factual accuracy.

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