lucifer sam Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, cityrebel said: I remember him going through the card against Reading in a bank holiday morning meeting at Cowley. I also saw a few of his meetings in his short stint at Arena Essex. That was the last home meeting. At Reading in the evening, he trailed around at the back of Heat 13 and then refused to go out in Heat 15, and Aaron Lanney blasted him over the PA. Todd Wiltshire was ready to come in, so Rickardsson's stint was ended two weeks early. As I said, I think his interest in speedway was already slipped. It slipped further when Crump started giving him a good hiding in the GP series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, lucifer sam said: But it would be a bit daft for e.g. an Oxford fan to pick Tony Rickardsson, just because he did a handful of appearances for the club. I'm sticking with what they've done for the club. Yes, maybe, and it was the question I raised about Split Waterman at New Cross. But as CHR originated the thread and it's his idea that it's "all-time" not just club, I would have thought that we should abide by his wishes and his rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 Hi Grachan, reckon Mike Broadbanks should be in the Swindon team what about Brian Brett also-retired far too early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, BOBBATH said: Hi Grachan, reckon Mike Broadbanks should be in the Swindon team what about Brian Brett also-retired far too early. Possibly Broadbanks, although he was a bit before my time and I never saw him ride for the Robins. Briggs was, too, but his record speaks for itself so I included him anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) Rider with the most misspelt name in British Speedway... Mike Broadbank. Mind you, if he was bothered about it, he would have pointed it out to the editor of the Swindon Speedway programme. Edited March 15, 2019 by lucifer sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 5 minutes ago, lucifer sam said: Rider with the most misspelt name in British Speedway... Mike Broadbank. Mind you, if he was bothered about it, he would have pointed it out to the editor of the Swindon Speedway programme. I did actually think about that. I knew it was one or the other, as it was often misspelt, and then went with the wrong one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, lucifer sam said: Rider with the most misspelt name in British Speedway... Mike Broadbank. Mind you, if he was bothered about it, he would have pointed it out to the editor of the Swindon Speedway programme. Quite possibly, but were Egon Müller or Kevin Wölberts name ever spelt correctly in the UK? At least the press spell Müller correctly in relation to the Mueller report on Trump . Add to that a number of Swedes like Sjösten or Lindbäck.... Edited March 15, 2019 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 6 minutes ago, iris123 said: Quite possibly, but were Egon Müller or Kevin Wölberts name ever spelt correctly in the UK? At least the press spell Müller correctly in relation to the Mueller report on Trump . Add to that a number of Swedes like Sjösten or Lindbäck.... ....or Knutson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 1 hour ago, lucifer sam said: Rider with the most misspelt name in British Speedway... Mike Broadbank. Closely followed on the BSF by "Tia"... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 7 hours ago, chunky said: Closely followed on the BSF by "Tia"... Daft name anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 4 hours ago, steve roberts said: Daft name anyway! And Rohan, Jye, Layne, Danyon, Arran, and Dakota aren't??? I remember when speedway riders were called Norman, Harry, Bert, and Fred... Steve 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 11 hours ago, chunky said: And Rohan, Jye, Layne, Danyon, Arran, and Dakota aren't??? I remember when speedway riders were called Norman, Harry, Bert, and Fred... Steve I always found Norman a good name for a Speedway Rider. It's an especially good one to name your children after! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted March 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 2 hours ago, norbold said: I always found Norman a good name for a Speedway Rider. It's an especially good one to name your children after! At one time a former rider named Nobby Stock lived nearby. I thought his real name was Norman but I may be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 16, 2019 Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, customhouseregular said: At one time a former rider named Nobby Stock lived nearby. I thought his real name was Norman but I may be wrong. That's funny, he lived near me too, in Clacton. I met him a few times, but never thought to ask him his real name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customhouseregular Posted March 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2019 Small world Norbold. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Ipswich 1. Tony Rickardsson 2. Chris Louis 3. Jeremy Doncaster 4. Billy Sanders 5. John Louis 6. Scott Nicholls 7. Dennis Sigalos Very hard to leave out 2 World Champions in Loram and Gollob but ive gone for longevity alongside individual success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Gavan said: Ipswich 1. Tony Rickardsson 2. Chris Louis 3. Jeremy Doncaster 4. Billy Sanders 5. John Louis 6. Scott Nicholls 7. Dennis Sigalos Very hard to leave out 2 World Champions in Loram and Gollob but ive gone for longevity alongside individual success Louis snr) , Louis jnr) Rickardsson, Gollob, Sanders,Sigalos,Davey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Downes Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Quote Crayford - based on riders I saw 1 Laurie Etheridge 2 Steve Naylor 3 Barry Thomas 4 Alan Sage 5 Paul Woods 6 Les Rumsey 7 Mike Spinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Gavan said: Ipswich 1. Tony Rickardsson 2. Chris Louis 3. Jeremy Doncaster 4. Billy Sanders 5. John Louis 6. Scott Nicholls 7. Dennis Sigalos Very hard to leave out 2 World Champions in Loram and Gollob but ive gone for longevity alongside individual success Wot! No Savalas Clouting? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 6 hours ago, norbold said: Wot! No Savalas Clouting? Ah thats reminded me of the time where when trying to leave a busy stadium that Sal picked his line of traffic only to find others going past him either side Yes he literally couldnt pass a parked car 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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