cityrebel Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 Yet another meeting bites the dust this Saturday. Eastbourne's home match against mildenhall has been postponed because of England playing in the third place play off. Who really cares about this non event, I'd rather have gone to see some live speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 Err..... perhaps a speedway fan who may be as passionate about football as for speedway. I don't care too much about football, but appreciate others may...….. take away 100 from a speedway meeting and what do you have left.... would it be enough to break even never mind a profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted July 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 13 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: Err..... perhaps a speedway fan who may be as passionate about football as for speedway. I don't care too much about football, but appreciate others may...….. take away 100 from a speedway meeting and what do you have left.... would it be enough to break even never mind a profit. Well I'm a football fan and a speedway fan. I'm going to give borehamwood f.c. my money instead, for their match against the Arsenal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted July 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 19 minutes ago, Richard Weston said: Take away a 100 spectators and you are in loss making territory. The loss of speedway at Easter means that clubs don't have money in the bank to weather a few low crowds. I think Eastbourne's statement clearly makes that point. Well they might as well cancel every Saturday Brighton are at home, that must knock a few off the gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzac Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 (edited) I wonder whether we were riders down at the weekend perhaps with grass track and believe Wood had food poisoning during the week so may have been a dought or not 100%. Think it would have affected the crowd by a small amount, but may have been a means of rearranging the match.Still can see the usual rush to get fixtures in again though. Edited July 12, 2018 by gazzac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted July 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 6 minutes ago, Richard Weston said: Brighton not on the TV on a Saturday afternoon. If you go to the Amex, you can get to Arlington for speedway – there's no extra time or penalty shoot-out Plus,with the World Cup I hear people discussing football and England's chances who have hardly ever watch a game in their lives. There are a lot of unhappy bunnies on the eagles Facebook page. I've got lakeside tomorrow and Kent on Monday, so I'll get my fix elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruckerroo Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 i gotta be fair, I think its barmy to cancel because of the footy, I think another poster has hit the nail on the head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhamboy66 Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 Awful decision. I was going but will now give my money to Lakeside or Peterborough. It’s a playoff for 3rd place which I doubt would have knocked any off the crowd. Just Speedway shooting itself in the foot yet again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 Perfect illustration that you can't please all of the people all of the time. I think people need to understand just how financially precarious British speedway is, anything which may lead to a reduced crowd means a postponement needs to be seriously considered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted July 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 12 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: Perfect illustration that you can't please all of the people all of the time. I think people need to understand just how financially precarious British speedway is, anything which may lead to a reduced crowd means a postponement needs to be seriously considered. I've had 4 within a few weeks, all on dry days. 1 for financial reasons, 1 for traffic congestion and 2 for football. How can promoters expect fans to turn up when they keep pulling the plug. Isn't the fixture list fragmented enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofers Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 Hmm, once every 4 years the Football World Cup takes place - it is probably the biggest sporting event on the globe and attracts a massive following. The success of the English team this year has surpassed expectations and bought a sense of unity and pride across the country. Quite a few folk will be watching the national team on Saturday. Whilst England's progress couldn't be anticipated it shouldn't have been beyond anyone's planning abilities to see that this period would see reduced attendances and from a purely commercial perspective perhaps fixtures should have been arranged differently in the first place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket007 Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 6 hours ago, OveFundinFan said: Err..... perhaps a speedway fan who may be as passionate about football as for speedway. I don't care too much about football, but appreciate others may...….. take away 100 from a speedway meeting and what do you have left.... would it be enough to break even never mind a profit. The way Speedway is at the moment, take 100 away and Cubs will be running in empty Stadiums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted July 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 40 minutes ago, woofers said: Hmm, once every 4 years the Football World Cup takes place - it is probably the biggest sporting event on the globe and attracts a massive following. The success of the English team this year has surpassed expectations and bought a sense of unity and pride across the country. Quite a few folk will be watching the national team on Saturday. Whilst England's progress couldn't be anticipated it shouldn't have been beyond anyone's planning abilities to see that this period would see reduced attendances and from a purely commercial perspective perhaps fixtures should have been arranged differently in the first place. Well said that man, or woman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 6 hours ago, ruckerroo said: i gotta be fair, I think its barmy to cancel because of the footy, I think another poster has hit the nail on the head I'd say its perfectly reasonable...............if they were on at the same time and clashed. Bearing in mind the football will almost certainly be over at least 2 hours before the start of the speedway, it is barmy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS50 Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 Speedway called off for a football match on television. Isn't there a speedway fan who knows how to set a DVD timer or sky + machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted July 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 34 minutes ago, RS50 said: Speedway called off for a football match on television. Isn't there a speedway fan who knows how to set a DVD timer or sky + machine? It would seem not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 Even the players don't care about the third fourth place play off match, I d suspect it won't even top the rankings of tv available at that time. What I suspect will of affected crowds is the 2 day memorial banger meeting for Sussex banger racer Dave King taking place at Mildenhall. Dave raced at the track from the early 90s till last lead as had many friends around Eastbourne. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueherb777 Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 Called off because of a THIRD PLACE PLAYOFF???? Who gives a fig about a waste of time game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 23 hours ago, woofers said: Hmm, once every 4 years the Football World Cup takes place - it is probably the biggest sporting event on the globe and attracts a massive following. The success of the English team this year has surpassed expectations and bought a sense of unity and pride across the country. Quite a few folk will be watching the national team on Saturday. Whilst England's progress couldn't be anticipated it shouldn't have been beyond anyone's planning abilities to see that this period would see reduced attendances and from a purely commercial perspective perhaps fixtures should have been arranged differently in the first place. the trouble with that is, they would then get slated for not running a match just because England 'might' do the unthinkable and get through to the third place playoff in the World Cup...yeh right!! It does seem a strange thing to do but why cant people simply understand that the club have done what they think is right for the club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted July 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 1 hour ago, stevec said: the trouble with that is, they would then get slated for not running a match just because England 'might' do the unthinkable and get through to the third place playoff in the World Cup...yeh right!! It does seem a strange thing to do but why cant people simply understand that the club have done what they think is right for the club? The lack of home meetings in July, is the reason people have got the hump. Why not run a few Sundays if it avoids clashing with other sporting events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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