Triple.H. Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 hour ago, steve roberts said: Did he end up serving time or am I imagining it? Yes i think he did 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, norbold said: I remember that I really disliked Charlie Monk....but, for the life of me, I can't remember why now! I heard he wasn't keen on you either I disliked many top riders, Fundin, Mauger, Olsen, Rickardsson, Nicki Pedersen, most Swedes, Danes, Americans, Aussies, but Briggo and Ashby were great as they rode for Swindon, and Knutson, Craven and Hancock were faves. Couldnt stand Rory Schlein. Edited August 14, 2020 by auntie doris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, auntie doris said: I heard he wasn't keen on you either I disliked many top riders, Fundin, Mauger, Olsen, Rickardsson, Nicki Pedersen, most Swedes, Danes, Americans, Aussies, but Briggo and Ashby were great as he rode for Swindon, and Knutson, Craven and Hancock were faves. Couldnt stand Rory Schlein. Never liked Nicki Pedersen even when he rode for Oxford for a short while before being sacked. To use an Ice Hockey term he was a bit of a "Goon" always up for a 'niggle'. Edited August 14, 2020 by steve roberts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 26 minutes ago, steve roberts said: Never liked Nicki Pedersen even when he rode for Oxford for a short while before being sacked. To use an Ice Hockey term he was a bit of a "Goon" always up for a 'niggle'. Mauger always seemed to get the treatment at Swindon even before his incident with Kilby when he had to have a police escort out of the stadium.Preben Eriksen/ Tim Hunt were two riders i disliked both dirty riders Hunt as a partner at Reading was a nightmare to ride with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Sidney the robin said: Mauger always seemed to get the treatment at Swindon even before his incident with Kilby when he had to have a police escort out of the stadium.Preben Eriksen/ Tim Hunt were two riders i disliked both dirty riders Hunt as a partner at Reading was a nightmare to ride with. Tim Hunt...yes a strange character. I've seen him carry out some bizzare moves on a bike like storming out of the pits at Reading whilst on two minutes and the bike hitting the inner kerb and leaping about three feet off the ground! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andout Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 All the riders anyone have mentioned on here are OK in my book.....yes I understand why some of the comments are made. It took many years, like about 60 years for me to dislike one rider and one rider only so much and that is Nicki (not my fault) Pedersen, up to his usual stuff again today. Yes I know I will get the NP lovers saying how nice a person he is and he probably is OFF the track and then they will say he is just a "Hard" rider, whatever that means......Personally I would not use that word! Having said that....he IS box office......I guess that is what Speedway is missing these days! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted August 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 Great to see your post andout-glad you have survived COVID in Guelph. Further back -Norbold's post re Charlie Monk-bite your tongue Norman don't think you can be my friend anymore!!, Charlie a great rider, one of my favourites felt so sorry when he missed out on the 1965 World Final-surely that was a questionable call when he was excluded in the British Final . He had the rep. of being the rider who beat Ivan the most time in the 1964 Prov. League-almost got the winners' spot in the 1964 PLRC. BTW that 1964 PLRC sounded like a hell of a good meeting-wish I could have seen it live. Some tremendous riders in it -Newcastle had four reps as I recall- Ivan, Bill Andrew (tough guy), veteran Ken Sharples and Pete Kelly who finished 4th after a run off for 3rd against Roy Trigg-another great. I reckon both Charlie and Roy would have graced a 1965 World Final (perhaps more so than vets like , Ken McKinlay, Jim Gooch and Reggie Luckhurst not to disrespect any of them). What a wonderful year 65 was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 Carl Askew "The Spear" some would say was a hard rider although I personally never saw much evidence when he rode for Oxford...perhaps in his early days as a "Brummie?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw42 Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 I didn't mind him because he rode for us but Tommy Roper used to get the wrath of virtually every crowd when we followed the Aces away, he could be a tad dirty when the mood took him. Another mention for Preben Ericksen(sp), never liked him, dirty bugger as my old man used to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 25 minutes ago, nw42 said: I didn't mind him because he rode for us but Tommy Roper used to get the wrath of virtually every crowd when we followed the Aces away, he could be a tad dirty when the mood took him. Another mention for Preben Ericksen(sp), never liked him, dirty bugger as my old man used to say. Apparently he really got picked on at Plough Lane soon after he caused Kelvin Tatum's bad injury at Wolves by some of the Wimbledon riders who gave him a hard time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 Ryan Fisher Tommy Allen Andre Compton Troy Batchelor Chris Holder Nicki Pedersen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 28 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: Ryan Fisher Tommy Allen Andre Compton Troy Batchelor Chris Holder Nicki Pedersen Andre Compton...another 'Goon'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 3 hours ago, steve roberts said: Apparently he really got picked on at Plough Lane soon after he caused Kelvin Tatum's bad injury at Wolves by some of the Wimbledon riders who gave him a hard time. Yup... Eriksen certainly wasn't the most popular visitor to Plough Lane in the 80's! Of course, a few years earlier we had a similar situation with Steve Bastable, when Rudy ended up in hospital. Even though he eventually came back, he was never the same. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 I remember reading in the Star Riders Profile that Steve Bastable really hated riding at Plough Lane. Not surprising when he continually got the ‘Bird’ for causing the accident with Rudy Muts in 1979 as Chunky mentioned above. One fan on the 1st bend (Fred I think who had a very loud voice) always managed to enlongate Stevie B’s surname to make it sound like one of dubious parentage..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 hour ago, prodons said: One fan on the 1st bend (Fred I think who had a very loud voice) always managed to enlongate Stevie B’s surname to make it sound like one of dubious parentage..! He wasn't the only one! You may also recall the incident at Plough Lane with Eric Broadbelt after he clashed with Johnsy? Broadbelt came back to the pits, and lashed out through the railings and hit Ian O'Neil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, chunky said: He wasn't the only one! You may also recall the incident at Plough Lane with Eric Broadbelt after he clashed with Johnsy? Broadbelt came back to the pits, and lashed out through the railings and hit Ian O'Neil... ...at least it wasn't with a rake! Apparently Eric once went looking for John Louis with a track rake after an incident at Foxhall Heath and John Berry defused the potentially nasty coming together by rugby tackling him! Edited August 18, 2020 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGT Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 The late Zdenek Kudrna ruffled a few feathers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 18 minutes ago, OGT said: The late Zdenek Kudrna ruffled a few feathers. ...as did Vaclav Verner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) Barney Kennett was a tough old character! Edited August 18, 2020 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted August 18, 2020 Report Share Posted August 18, 2020 Hard riders and characters which we moan about today saying there should be more characters like them but when someone like Nicki P does something hard he gets lampooned for being a Burk. Can't win really. Bit like if rock stars today acted like Ozzy Osbourne etc did back in the day they would be criticized, world's changed I suppose 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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