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Used to regularly visit Arlington when I was rich, young and foolish. Nothing has changed by the sound of things.

The late Bob Dugard would prepare the track to perfection for the home team. He used to regularly "wind up"   the opposition by nearly running them over with his tractor whilst they were still being attended to by the St Johns medical staff, and would blatantly stop any away riders taking a lap after winning a race by pulling out on the tractor in front of them.

Seems that the family tradition of antagonising the opposition has been continued by son Martin and his go-fer Jon Cook  (co- promoter ?)  .

If there is any action taken , I would suggest that :-

1) Jon Cook is reprimanded for allegedly goading the crowd with his petty remarks, clearly inflaming a delicate situation. 

2) Craig Cook is reprimanded for allegedly ignoring clear flag signals from an marshall  No professional racing motorcyclist can ignore ANY flag signal from a marshall.  NO EXCUSES.

Whatever action is taken , Eastbourne's promotion should be warned by the BSPA that they are treading on a very fine line with their overt partisan behaviour to whip up support and hostile reaction from their home crowd. Some of the earlier pre season statements in the press by the Jon Cook were IMO inflammatory towards any opposition team at Arlington.   

Speedway has always been a family sport free of the ugly scenes we so often see at football matches. Long may it continue.

 

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35 minutes ago, MD said:

And re-appeared pretty quickly. You cant push new material into a crater then expect it to pack in like the rest of the track. Expected better.

No it didn't because nobody rode over it. It was far to close to the kerb.

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Its getting a bit tedious now lets just wait and see what transpires then all guilty or innocent parties can move on. 

Whether punishments are given to any or all is down to the powers that decide this , as for Glasgow sacking Craig Cook that is just absurd i am sure our management team will deal with it internally and PRIVATELY.

 

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7 minutes ago, Gazc said:

Its getting a bit tedious now lets just wait and see what transpires then all guilty or innocent parties can move on. 

Whether punishments are given to any or all is down to the powers that decide this , as for Glasgow sacking Craig Cook that is just absurd i am sure our management team will deal with it internally and PRIVATELY.

 

Well said GazC, its all getting a bit much , some folk want Cookie hung drawn and quartered. 

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1 minute ago, ragdoll64 said:

If people are saying Glasgow were wrong in initially complaining about the track, then why was there work carried out on the track after the complaint and before the start?   Just curious.....

I would hazard a guess at the track was sh*ite.

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27 minutes ago, Gazc said:

Its getting a bit tedious now lets just wait and see what transpires then all guilty or innocent parties can move on. 

Whether punishments are given to any or all is down to the powers that decide this , as for Glasgow sacking Craig Cook that is just absurd i am sure our management team will deal with it internally and PRIVATELY.

 

Like they did when they signed young kyle

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1 minute ago, geoff100 said:

Like they did when they signed young kyle

You don't like us much what are you blabering about now what about young Kyle.

You talk in riddles ffs. 

 

 

 

 

  

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6 minutes ago, ragdoll64 said:

If people are saying Glasgow were wrong in initially complaining about the track, then why was there work carried out on the track after the complaint and before the start?   Just curious.....

A bit of extra shale was dumped on a tiny part of it. 

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40 minutes ago, Gazc said:

You don't like us much what are you blabering about now what about young Kyle.

You talk in riddles ffs. 

 

 

 

 

  

Which do u think is the wosrt crime someome setting off fire alarm or ignoring a red flag fighting with staff and being a pain in the arse, if the glasgow management had any spine cook would be out the door , and u and every other glasgow fan knows it.

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5 hours ago, jenga said:

sorry , i will ask you one question .have YOU  ever been head butted by anyone wearing a crash helmet , they are pretty hard . they aint made of play doh .plus the peak could cause life changing injuries . if its fighting you want , get yourself down town and see what its like . then you can become the  town character  . 

Which suggests it wasn't a headbutt at all, more likely a close up exchange of words.

I didn't say I wanted fighting, just pointed out the utter hypocrisy that is shown.... every single time.

As for repercussions?

Next time Eastbourne face Glasgow the crowd will be well up on the norm, that is for sure.

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4 hours ago, Bagpuss said:

Absolutely, have chatted to my in laws and then parents about these goings on this morning and both said how in the seventies it happened pretty much every week. I’m not saying that there wasn’t stuff last night which might have crossed the line but you almost feel like there are people around the forum and social media who are champing at the bit for the first opportunity to be outraged by something. 

 

There was a major punch up at Monmore between Wolves and Eastbourne, a member of the Wolves track staff literally flipped Trevor Geer's son in the air over his head, WWE style. Next thing David Norris is chasing him through the crowd, weapon in hand. I highly doubt anything last night came close.

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