robert72 Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 No need for a boycott as alot of fans are walking away from the sport and more will follow over the following months, the sport is doing a great job of keeping fans from turning up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 For 2018 there's no reason why the Premiership can't have fixed race nights on Monday / Wednesday Monday:- Belle Vue (own track) Leicester (own track) Swindon (only team that has questions over availablity) Wolverhampton (rented, Monday's only) Wednesday:- King's Lynn (own track) Poole (rented, Wednesday's only) Rye House (own track) Somerset (own track) Championship clubs don't run on those 2 nights so the rider availability won't be an issue. Who if they have a choice would want to promote Speedway on a Monday night.This is the worst night of the week to get supporters out. That's why Belle Vue moved away from Monday's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Who if they have a choice would want to promote Speedway on a Monday night.This is the worst night of the week to get supporters out. That's why Belle Vue moved away from Monday's Belle Vue had poor teams on a poor track in a poor stadium. That's why people didn't turn up, the day of the week is irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 I've been boycotting since August 2011 now. Until that point I attended probably 2 meetings a week on average from about September 2003, most at Newport and Coventry (and the 5 years before that once a week at Newport). From about mid-2005 to August 2011 I must have missed about a dozen Bees meetings. Then we have Kildemand-gate and for me it was the final straw, all the proof I needed that the BSPA were corrupt and there was no point taking it serious any more. I barely attended a meeting for a year and since then have been at best an intermittent fan, down from 60-70 meeting a season to about 10-15 now. When I first started attending Brandon in September 2003 there must have been about 15-20 people in our group, that group now has 3 of the original members left as regulars. OK it's picked up a few more strays along the way but it makes you wonder what the turn over of fans is, in 14 years 12ish people have gone and been replaced by 2 or 3 more but imagine the sport have kept hold of the 12 it's lost, it only had to keep hold of them. It didnt need to advertise or promote, just keep them happy every week. If you can't keep those you have happy you stand little chance of impressing new people. The worst thing, every one of those who slowly disapeared from our group where in their early 20s back in 2003 (a couple a little younger), the sport just cant keep young people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Too right it can't. My son is 23 and my daughter 18. They were both big speedway fans as kids, but haven't been for a few years now. What is in it for them, standing in a run down stadium with a load of old duffers, and being expected to pay for the privilege. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perton Wolf Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Speedway in the UK just seems to lack basic business sense. For example, Wolves were offering an Early Bird Season Ticket Offer up to the second week of January. However, for the following 2 months after the Early Bird period, the website merely stated something along the lines of ''Season Ticket prices and details will be released in due course'' I think it says the same thing now........2 weeks or so into the season. That hardly encourages people to turn up every week. It's just basics, not to mention that social media is really poor. Wolves won the league last season but I bet most people in the city don't even know that we have a speedway team............ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouch Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 I'm not missing speedway at the NSS. I'd happily boycott away matches next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayleigh Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 Deano were you the Rye House supporter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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