Grachan Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 33 minutes ago, 25yearfan said: The most successful team to have taken another teams nickname is King's Lynn Stars who opened in 1965 after the 1964 closure of the Norwich Stars! How about Reading Racers, who took their nickname from defunct Harringay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 6 minutes ago, Sidney the robin said: That sounds great in all seriousness though it has to be the Cheetahs Steve. And if Swindon don’t start and certain circumstances allow maybe a few Robins riders might get a place there in time.I personally don’t care who rides i will be there whatever level they ride at be great to see the track back up and running. I'd agree Sid....remember "The Silver Machine"? Damn awful name but If I recall Nigel Wagstaff's hands were tied as regards using the name "Cheetahs". Remember one Ipswich programme that carried the name on the front cover as Oxford "Cheatahs"...most original! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 hour ago, 25yearfan said: Lets hope Oxford return next season and as the Cheetahs AND in a sustainable League, please authorities don't push a new Oxford set up straight into the top flight to help prop it up! Maybe Oxford will be sensible and join a league with other like minded clubs who are sick of having thier own destiny decided for them......a destiny that is proving time and time again to be closure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 hour ago, 25yearfan said: Lets hope Oxford return next season and as the Cheetahs AND in a sustainable League, please authorities don't push a new Oxford set up straight into the top flight to help prop it up! Looks like a perfect club to start in the NDL (not the current version but the previous one).. Get that "fan bounce", desperate to see Oxford back, without the costs of Pro Heat Leaders, meaning they can charge an admission fee that isnt knocking around the twenty quid mark.. I would suggest looking at the disparity in Div 2 between the teams, circa half of Div 2, (and maybe Mildenhall and the IOW?), would see the "old NDL" as something worth trying...? The league pre Covid seemed to be the most viable, and delivered the best value for money.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) One thing this shows is how important Greyhound racing can be to Speedway still . Its given a chance for the stadium to open and then allow speedway to be ran in it . Just go's to show how crazy that anti Greyhound nut job at swindon who trying to shut the dogs down saying it would help speedway was Edited August 31, 2021 by orion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beowulf Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 3 hours ago, steve roberts said: The trouble was that Wood Lane was a vast stadium and it was never going to attract enough support like anything that was hoped for...although, by all accounts, the crowd wasn't that bad it just felt lost in the vastness of the place. Probably wouldn't have been so bad in a stadium akin to the usual run of the mill arenas. I saw Wolves at Hampden Park which was even worse (never saw Wolves at Wembley which would have been quite something ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 12 hours ago, mikebv said: Looks like a perfect club to start in the NDL (not the current version but the previous one).. Get that "fan bounce", desperate to see Oxford back, without the costs of Pro Heat Leaders, meaning they can charge an admission fee that isnt knocking around the twenty quid mark.. I would suggest looking at the disparity in Div 2 between the teams, circa half of Div 2, (and maybe Mildenhall and the IOW?), would see the "old NDL" as something worth trying...? The league pre Covid seemed to be the most viable, and delivered the best value for money.. Haven't IOW been riding against Oxford Cheetahs on the Island? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 3 hours ago, iainb said: Haven't IOW been riding against Oxford Cheetahs on the Island? Perhaps it could signal the start of a more formal breakaway from the establishment 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Perhaps it could signal the start of a more formal breakaway from the establishment That's what I was thinking... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 It's like the BSPL banning nomadic teams unless they're making major inroads into getting a new track. I would think keeping fans of defunct tracks interested in the sport is a good idea. When was the last time, pre Covid-19 that any team soldout the capacity of the stadium for a league or Cup match ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25yearfan Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 22 hours ago, Grachan said: How about Reading Racers, who took their nickname from defunct Harringay. Reading packed up in 2008 and for the last 15 years they ran, the speedway didn't attract very good crowds most of the time with the greyhounds subsidising it. That said I'd love speedway to return to Reading, has Smallmead been developed yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 23 minutes ago, 25yearfan said: That said I'd love speedway to return to Reading, has Smallmead been developed yet? Look on Google maps. The outline of the track is as clear as anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmon Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 1 hour ago, 25yearfan said: That said I'd love speedway to return to Reading, has Smallmead been developed yet? Passed the site of the track a couple of weeks ago and it is an overgrown area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted September 1, 2021 Report Share Posted September 1, 2021 1 hour ago, chunky said: Look on Google maps. The outline of the track is as clear as anything... Could be drone footage of Boris Johnsons head An overgrown area covering an unused facility 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted September 2, 2021 Report Share Posted September 2, 2021 (edited) On 9/1/2021 at 5:26 PM, Triple.H. said: It's like the BSPL banning nomadic teams unless they're making major inroads into getting a new track. I would think keeping fans of defunct tracks interested in the sport is a good idea. When was the last time, pre Covid-19 that any team soldout the capacity of the stadium for a league or Cup match ? Don't know about capacity, but 2007/9 Grand Finals v. Cov and Wolves the Shabbey had crowds of over 5000, with hundreds of away fans. The 2012/ 17/19 finals v. Poole, Wolves, Ipswich were not as well attended, probably not much higher than some league matches, it was quoted between 3000-3500 for the three. Around a third of fans lost to the sport. Very few away fans at the last two finals. In ten years hundreds had lost interest with the ever weakening line-ups, and promoters increasing admission prices almost every year to cover falling attendances. The biggest crowd I've seen there in the last ten years was when they charged a fiver admission. I remember a 4's tournament could have been 10 years ago? Swindon, Oxford, Reading, Cradley?, well attended, a few from Oxford and Reading there. Edited September 3, 2021 by auntie doris 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Davis Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 2:03 PM, Trackerman48 said: Just out of interest are there any more pictures of how the work on stadium and track are progressing? I am making a visit this week to do a bit of track work so I will take some photos 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSL84 Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Matt Davis said: I am making a visit this week to do a bit of track work so I will take some photos OK thanks would be good to see some photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybishop Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/1/2021 at 8:40 AM, iainb said: Haven't IOW been riding against Oxford Cheetahs on the Island? Yes we have staged a really successful and pretty high profile in Oxford 3TT over the summer with Oxford, Cradley and the Isle of Wight. Every meeting was really entertaining and certainly got the media responses I am sure Oxford (and the BSPL) would have hoped for in the push to return to sport to Cowley. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbw Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, barrybishop said: Yes we have staged a really successful and pretty high profile in Oxford 3TT over the summer with Oxford, Cradley and the Isle of Wight. Every meeting was really entertaining and certainly got the media responses I am sure Oxford (and the BSPL) would have hoped for in the push to return to sport to Cowley. Hey Barry, can you and Martin work your magic with a Long Eaton represented team next season. Mind you, you would sadly need your bulldozer to knock down the housing estate that was built on top the stadium on Station Road. Edited September 14, 2021 by PirateShip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybishop Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 1 minute ago, PirateShip said: Hey Barry, can you and Martin work your magic with a Long Eaton represented team next season. Mind you, you would sadly need your bulldozer to knock down the housing estate that was built on top the stadium on Station Road. I am absolutely sure Martin (and me) would love to do that. Long Eaton was Martin's team 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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