Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Ford has a retained list of "about 30" riders (assets) - and has "first call" on them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Just now, Piotr Pyszny said: Ford has a retained list of "about 30" riders (assets) - and has "first call" on them all. Tony Rickardsson, Greg Hancock... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Ford expects the rent at Coventry to be roughly the same as he pays at Poole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Ford declines to reveal what rent he pays at Poole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Ford concedes he hasn't been to Brandon since 2016. He is relying on photographs of its present state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Ford concedes he cannot say whether or not it would be viable to reopen Brandon for motorsport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sidney Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, Piotr Pyszny said: Ford declines to reveal what rent he pays at Poole. Given Osborne is his landlord and so BE and Mr Goatley will have that info it seems an odd point to be secretive about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Ford concedes his claims about crowds at Oxford are based on a conversation with an insider. Admits the figures cannot be verified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Ford confident of a 'revived club bounce' in terms of crowds at Coventry. Well above 1,500, he hazards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 'The Goat' forgets Phil Morris's name... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Ford reckons TV contract is worth £12,000 a year to Poole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40-38 Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 TV money doesn't filter all the way through? Well that's news to me. Appalling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Ms Hockenhull asks about the British Speedway Network streaming service. Ford explains it is in its infancy but beginning to work very well. He says 45 per cent of the revenue goes to Championship clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toady Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) Goatly suggests there is no figures other than what Matt said he got from Oxford and no document to prove it what about the letter submitted by kevin boothby our side missed that Edited September 27, 2023 by Toady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 And Matt Ford heads back to the pits (after claiming Berwick get crowds approaching 1,000). Did Ford ride an extra lap there?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Cripes. The Arena Essex speedway revival guy is talking about the travails of Grays Athletic FC. Now that is a muddy pool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 "The speedway club (Arena Essex) suffered from not having a stake in the ground." The sport's Achilles heel, surely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 No exact figures (sigh) for speedway crowds at Arena, although Mr Sexton (?) claims 3,000+ attended the final meeting on 14/9/18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40-38 Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, Piotr Pyszny said: No exact figures (sigh) for speedway crowds at Arena, although Mr Sexton (?) claims 3,000+ attended the final meeting on 14/9/18. I wonder if there’s any use referencing other sports that don’t publish figures for attendance? I still think the fact that nobody will admit to figures even given trying to save Coventry that they’re either terrible, or nobody actually collects them ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, 40-38 said: I wonder if there’s any use referencing other sports that don’t publish figures for attendance? I still think the fact that nobody will admit to figures even given trying to save Coventry that they’re either terrible, or nobody actually collects them ever. I reported on Middlesbrough Bears during their last three years at Cleveland Park. The promotion knew what the crowd figures were but declined to publish them. Lots of sports decline to reveal attendance figures (even some that used to). In this case, however, not providing verifiable figures is harming speedway's case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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