tomhaines Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hi, Looking to plan a Scottish trip later this year and hoping to take in Glasgow and Edinburgh speedway if the dates work. I can see on Twitter that Edinburgh’s race night is Friday but can’t find Glasgow’s anywhere? can someone advise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 29 minutes ago, tomhaines said: Hi, Looking to plan a Scottish trip later this year and hoping to take in Glasgow and Edinburgh speedway if the dates work. I can see on Twitter that Edinburgh’s race night is Friday but can’t find Glasgow’s anywhere? can someone advise? Glasgow are also Fridays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris116 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 It must be a Scottish thing to run on the same night! The Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly stock car tracks to run on the same night as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, Chris116 said: It must be a Scottish thing to run on the same night! The Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly stock car tracks to run on the same night as well. Maybe its about 'competition'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, Chris116 said: It must be a Scottish thing to run on the same night! The Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly stock car tracks to run on the same night as well. Glasgow were allowed to change to Fridays from a Sunday.Dont think they are as close as Lochgelly and Cowdenbeath though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris116 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Just now, Fromafar said: Glasgow were allowed to change to Fridays from a Sunday.Dont think they are as close as Lochgelly and Cowdenbeath though. The two speedways are definately are not as close as the two stock car tracks. But I suspect in both sports there would be a few people who would like to go to both tracks to follow their sport which is currently not possible. Being someone who enjoys both sports if I lived in that area I would want speedway on two weekday evenings and the stox on Saturday and Sunday to get four meetings in a week! Back in the day I used to do Crayford speedway on a Tuesday, Aldershot stox or Wimbledon speedway on a Thurday, Crayford stox on a Friday, Wimbledon, Coventry or Harringay Stox on a Saturday and a choice of stox at Ipswich, Brafield, Wisbech and others on a Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks123 Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 I don't think the clashes were to bad last season? At the Edinburgh v Berwick match at the end of July an Edinburgh fan told me that tonight's meeting was the 5th clash of the season with Glasgow. Two of them were with fixture fillers with the inter league challenge and the Caledonian riders championship. Even at 5 clashes for 4 months (April - end of July) I wouldn't say its a big problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 When Glasgow meet Edinburgh it is at Armadale on Friday night and Ashfield on a Sunday afternoon you could also fit in a Berwick home meeting on the Saturday night 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted January 3, 2020 Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 14 hours ago, Chris116 said: The two speedways are definately are not as close as the two stock car tracks. But I suspect in both sports there would be a few people who would like to go to both tracks to follow their sport which is currently not possible. Being someone who enjoys both sports if I lived in that area I would want speedway on two weekday evenings and the stox on Saturday and Sunday to get four meetings in a week! Back in the day I used to do Crayford speedway on a Tuesday, Aldershot stox or Wimbledon speedway on a Thurday, Crayford stox on a Friday, Wimbledon, Coventry or Harringay Stox on a Saturday and a choice of stox at Ipswich, Brafield, Wisbech and others on a Sunday. Edinburgh fans tend to boycott Glasgow since a war of words between Promotions a couple of seasons ago!! The ironic thing is the times I have been Members of Edinburgh Promotion have been in attendance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasVegas Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 On 1/2/2020 at 5:29 PM, tomhaines said: Hi, Looking to plan a Scottish trip later this year and hoping to take in Glasgow and Edinburgh speedway if the dates work. I can see on Twitter that Edinburgh’s race night is Friday but can’t find Glasgow’s anywhere? can someone advise? Don't know where you're travelling from Tom or quite when, however if your dates don't allow you to take in both tracks please don't make the mistake of choosing Armadale over Ashfield! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racin Jason 72 Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 It’s a shame one team doesn’t change to Saturday night to allow for visiting teams to do northern tours and halve the travelling. always used to be the highlight of the seasons for travelling fans. I’d imagine more visiting fans too as better value for a weekend away 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normski Posted January 4, 2020 Report Share Posted January 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, Racin Jason 72 said: It’s a shame one team doesn’t change to Saturday night to allow for visiting teams to do northern tours and halve the travelling. always used to be the highlight of the seasons for travelling fans. I’d imagine more visiting fans too as better value for a weekend away Most northern tours are Glasgow / Edinburgh Friday, Berwick Saturday, Newcastle Sunday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said: It’s a shame one team doesn’t change to Saturday night to allow for visiting teams to do northern tours and halve the travelling. always used to be the highlight of the seasons for travelling fans. I’d imagine more visiting fans too as better value for a weekend away Edinburgh were always a Friday track for as long as I can remember, was surprising BSPA allowed their nearest rivals to race on same night! Edited January 5, 2020 by szkocjasid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 5 hours ago, szkocjasid said: Edinburgh were always a Friday track for as long as I can remember, was surprising BSPA allowed their nearest rivals to race on same night! Check out "adventures of stevie v". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyretrax Posted January 5, 2020 Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 21 hours ago, szkocjasid said: Edinburgh were always a Friday track for as long as I can remember, was surprising BSPA allowed their nearest rivals to race on same night! When they raced at Old Meadowbank they raced on Saturdays. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) When Edinburgh returned to speedway in 1977 at Powderhall, the Tigers had been racing on Fridays for some time at White City, Hampden and at that time, Coatbridge. The two tracks both ran on Fridays for many years until Glasgow moved to Sundays. In so doing the lost priority but to say that they have no right to race on Fridays is not borne out by history. It's sad that both Scottish tracks share the same racenight but in these days of fractured fixture lists it's not so bad as weekly conflicts. Edited January 6, 2020 by RobMcCaffery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 4:13 PM, Racin Jason 72 said: It’s a shame one team doesn’t change to Saturday night to allow for visiting teams to do northern tours and halve the travelling. always used to be the highlight of the seasons for travelling fans. I’d imagine more visiting fans too as better value for a weekend away Personally I think it lacks basic common sense, some supporters would clearly go to both and the point about visiting fans making a weekend of it is also a good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, tyretrax said: When they raced at Old Meadowbank they raced on Saturdays. And a good day out it was. In the 60's, drive up in the morning, Princess Street and the park in the afternoon , tea at Woolworths cafe, the meeting at Old M and a fight with the usual loopy son and mother in the main stand, chip supper in the chip parlour in Mussleborough and then the race back home. Happiness. Edited January 6, 2020 by Tsunami 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekimba Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 52 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said: Personally I think it lacks basic common sense, some supporters would clearly go to both and the point about visiting fans making a weekend of it is also a good point. But visiting fans could have a weekend, Edinburgh or Glasgow on Friday, Berwick on Saturday and Newcastle on the Sunday, that’s something for the fixture planners to consider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpenRake Posted January 7, 2020 Report Share Posted January 7, 2020 23 hours ago, bigcatdiary said: Personally I think it lacks basic common sense, some supporters would clearly go to both and the point about visiting fans making a weekend of it is also a good point. Very simplistic point of view. You are assuming the same number of Glasgow and Edinburgh fans will attend no matter the day or time which we all know is nonsense. As an example let's assume 900 Glasgow fans attend Glasgow on a Friday night but only 650 on a Saturday night. They might be lucky and get 100 Edinburgh fans so would be worse off by 250 customers. As has been said fans can still do a northern tour and these fans say 50 are a welcome bonus but the bottom line is that both Glasgow and Edinburgh need to race when they can maximise attendance by there own fans and presumably that's why they both race on a Friday. Doesn't suit every fan but nothing will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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