edmon Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, flipper11 said: Royals v Armadale now on 19th October. The Royals v Mildenhall home match will be away at Mildenhall on 24th October. Would have been better leaving for us as we are having to cancel cheap accommodation for more expensive . And the same night as the GB v Poland meeting along the road in Glasgow, so that's £25 lost as have ticket booked. Edited October 7, 2021 by edmon additional sentence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 Absolute shambles, embarrassing. Credibility of the sport gets lower and lower every year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper11 Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 41 minutes ago, Phil The Ace said: Absolute shambles, embarrassing. Credibility of the sport gets lower and lower every year So what should Kent have done instead? How has completing the season lowered the credibility of the sport! They couldn’t have started the season sooner (COVID) and they have had a lot of rain offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 4 hours ago, flipper11 said: Royals v Armadale now on 19th October. The Royals v Mildenhall home match will be away at Mildenhall on 24th October. 2 hours ago, topsoil said: Mildenhall's title then Fingers crossed. Id be delighted to see the one remaining standalone team win the league this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 9 minutes ago, flipper11 said: So what should Kent have done instead? How has completing the season lowered the credibility of the sport! They couldn’t have started the season sooner (COVID) and they have had a lot of rain offs. Get a neutral track did they ask any neutral tracks??? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac101 Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 no neutral venue ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandits4eva Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 28 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said: Fingers crossed. Id be delighted to see the one remaining standalone team win the league this year. It would have been easier to take if they had to go to your place and win it… not race as the “away” team at their home track, win by 7 and get 4 points Were any tracks asked if they could hold this at a neutral venue? And if so, who? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 12 minutes ago, Bandits4eva said: It would have been easier to take if they had to go to your place and win it… not race as the “away” team at their home track, win by 7 and get 4 points Were any tracks asked if they could hold this at a neutral venue? And if so, who? What track would be crazy enough to host it without any home interest? No idea of the financials of this but either Kent and Mildenhall are splitting the costs or Kent have handed a home meeting to Mildenhall because they are desperate for any chance of a title. Sadly for whoever wins overall it will be remembered as the year the NDL was on its knees and not for any achievements on track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper11 Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 45 minutes ago, Phil The Ace said: Get a neutral track did they ask any neutral tracks??? It would be financial suicide to run at a neutral venue. How many Kent or mildenhall supporters would go to say Leicester, how many Leicester supporters would be bothered to watch it. Kent still have a chance of winning the league so will be up for winning at mildly for the 2nd time this season. Should be great match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 (edited) 42 minutes ago, flipper11 said: It would be financial suicide to run at a neutral venue. How many Kent or mildenhall supporters would go to say Leicester, how many Leicester supporters would be bothered to watch it. Kent still have a chance of winning the league so will be up for winning at mildly for the 2nd time this season. Should be great match. It might not be such a problem if a league title wasnt involved, How can anyone take this seriously when an away team could get 4 points on there OWN TRACK, this is BSCL at there very worse Edited October 7, 2021 by Phil The Ace 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 Hopefully belle vue will ask for both legs of the final (IF we make it) to be at Peterborough. No stopping that happening now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper11 Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, Phil The Ace said: It might not be such a problem if a league title wasnt involved, How can anyone take this seriously when an away team could get 4 points on there OWN TRACK, this is BSCL at there very worse As I said before what would you have done instead, bearing in mind the events of this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, flipper11 said: As I said before what would you have done instead, bearing in mind the events of this year? Kent should never have been allowed to start the campaign in September. They shouldn't have been allowed to run NL 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 26 minutes ago, Phil The Ace said: Kent should never have been allowed to start the campaign in September. They shouldn't have been allowed to run NL Not sure on the stats of other teams but Kent had 6 home rain offs pre-October and sadly the CL meetings bumped the NL meetings down the priority order. Its fortunate in some respects that a KOC run or the CL play offs weren't reached as it wouldn't then be remotely possible to fulfil the fixtures. As much as it could be the end of the NDL i can't see Kent entering again next year (or potentially being allowed to enter) and same applies to any club unless they are standalone or can run double headers. The whole sport needs to start looking at end of September being the cut off rather than dark wet October. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac101 Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 2 hours ago, flipper11 said: It would be financial suicide to run at a neutral venue. How many Kent or mildenhall supporters would go to say Leicester, how many Leicester supporters would be bothered to watch it. Kent still have a chance of winning the league so will be up for winning at mildly for the 2nd time this season. Should be great match. if kent won and can’t see it really as mildenhall have strengthened big time kent would only get 3 points even if they won by 6 or more away from home you couldn’t make it up lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac101 Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 meeting to go ahead as agreed at kent now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch Me If You Can Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 1 hour ago, mac101 said: meeting to go ahead as agreed at kent now In the interest of fairness yes it should be at Sittinbourne If Mildenhall win so be it Did they not think of moving another fixture which did not affect top of table to the other club stadium and did they ask approval to move to Mildenhall from the league top brass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEEG Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 Whatever the rights and wrongs of the original decision to switch the meeting to West Row the good old BSPL are yet again the people sending the sport's credibility into the gutter. Both clubs were in agreement and it doesn't seem that any other club objected?. But instead of a potential title decider in front of a possibly bumper crowd on a Sunday afternoon that would have given Mildenhall a well deserved revenue boost it's back to square one.. After a season with so few home meetings for Mildy the sport's so called governing body shows interest in the NDL for the first time anyone can remember and says no because it would compromise the title race. So instead it's back to Kent on a Tuesday evening where far fewer people will be able to attend. For people like me who work in the media and try and promote a positive image of the sport we love, it's been another day of colleagues laughing and saying 'only in speedway' Sad thing is they are right. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 #jokesport 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac101 Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 (edited) yes only in speedway you can have an away leg at a home track with big advantage for mildenhall for such a important meeting and from what i am told a few clubs didn't’ think it was right either after they found out even when they still have the original date still on at kent and maybe a bumper crowd for kent also if kent win they have a chance of the title maybe then mildenhall can offer them there track to help them finish their season BSPL made right decision for the good of the sport Edited October 7, 2021 by mac101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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