chris4gillian Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 PEDERSEN TO APPEAL SIX-MONTH BAN (speedwaygp.com) Silly boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 He was/is always a bit of an ar***ole. When he rode for the "Cheetahs" (albeit short term) he was always looking for trouble and personally I was glad to be rid of him! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The White Knight Posted July 5, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 I'm no fan of Pedersen but this does look like the Referee did have it in for him. Referees don't half have life easy these days. 'Visiting' the Referee was a common occurrence years ago. It used to entertain the crowd too. I can remember a number of Riders popping into the Referee's box to dispute a decision. It was fun, all the booing and cheering, depending on which team you supported was all part of the Sport and the entertainment. Ah well, "The past is another country, they do things differently there". (Quote: L. P. Hartley). Sadly........................................................... 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 Sounds like the Danish authorities have hit Nicki where it hurts. I bet Nicki was just expecting a poxy fine. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 Absolute knobhead. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 9 hours ago, The White Knight said: I'm no fan of Pedersen but this does look like the Referee did have it in for him. Referees don't half have life easy these days. 'Visiting' the Referee was a common occurrence years ago. It used to entertain the crowd too. I can remember a number of Riders popping into the Referee's box to dispute a decision. It was fun, all the booing and cheering, depending on which team you supported was all part of the Sport and the entertainment. Ah well, "The past is another country, they do things differently there". (Quote: L. P. Hartley). Sadly........................................................... I would agree that part of speedway was the 'aggro' when a rider felt hard done by however I always felt that Nikki Pedersen often took his actions one step too far when on track. Remember when he rode for Oxford he purposely rode straight thru' Lee Richardson knocking him off and was excluded for his actions. Totally uncalled for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 8 hours ago, Bagpuss said: Absolute knobhead. Is the reference to Nicki or KSF 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 I can see him changing his name to Nicki Pzedersyenski soon... if you get my meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 This used to be a regular occurrence and part of the fun of going to speedway. I remember Rosco doing it at Swindon. Everyone had a laugh and a cheer and a good time with it. Can't have that though, can we! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuxtonTiger Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 From the information i have seen, are there two sides to this story? Why was NP excluded three times, is there any internet footage? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 My favourite "vist to the refs box" was a young Martin Goodwin at Hackney .....who managed to smash a pane of glass in the refs box with his crash hat . He was lucky he made it back to the pits surrounded as he was by booing Hackney Fans. Gave us all a good laughat the time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 1 hour ago, old bob at herne bay said: My favourite "vist to the refs box" was a young Martin Goodwin at Hackney .....who managed to smash a pane of glass in the refs box with his crash hat . He was lucky he made it back to the pits surrounded as he was by booing Hackney Fans. Gave us all a good laughat the time. Have on film Alan Wilkinson's trip to the box at King's Lynn...wouldn't have wanted to get on the wrong side of "Wilkie". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Blue Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 1 hour ago, steve roberts said: Have on film Alan Wilkinson's trip to the box at King's Lynn...wouldn't have wanted to get on the wrong side of "Wilkie". Was that the one where the ladder up to the box was pulled down ?? In my mind that was Alan Wilkinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Dodger Blue said: Was that the one where the ladder up to the box was pulled down ?? In my mind that was Alan Wilkinson Alan slipped up just as he was about to climb the ladder to the great amusement of the crowd. He climbed the ladder and was joined by Team Manager Eric Boocock and if I recall "Wilkie" left having got nowhere pointing to his (Alan's) head obviously making a comment! Edited July 6, 2021 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Diamondboy Posted July 6, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Bloke is box office and every promoter in this country would have him in their lineup no question if they could afford him. 100% of the fans would have him also if he was on their team. He’s only a pariah if you don’t have him..... 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 excluded 3 times and 3 times he shouldnt have been excluded, the ref had it in for nicki that night, 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, Diamondboy said: Bloke is box office and every promoter in this country would have him in their lineup no question if they could afford him. 100% of the fans would have him also if he was on their team. He’s only a pariah if you don’t have him..... Personally I was glad to see the back of him...there's one thing being a character but Pedersen (like his brother Ronni) went out of his way to be antagonistic towards opponents and management (got the sack at Cowley) and I grew tired of his tantrums. Edited July 7, 2021 by steve roberts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Phil The Ace said: excluded 3 times and 3 times he shouldnt have been excluded, the ref had it in for nicki that night, Was the ref Frank Ebdon? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, Diamondboy said: Bloke is box office and every promoter in this country would have him in their lineup no question if they could afford him. 100% of the fans would have him also if he was on their team. He’s only a pariah if you don’t have him..... Not for me, he was decent for Lynn twenty years ago for a couple of seasons when he was young but looking at the way he cuts up and chops across his team mates in virtually every race for his Polish team wouldn't want him in my side. He divides opinion, very much a marmite rider but whereas many would describe him as hard I think he is dirty and always has been. Happy to leave absolutely no room and assume that the opponent will shut off or back out. Edited July 7, 2021 by Bagpuss 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solrac Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 Big fan myself but understand not everyone's cup of tea. Still banging in really good scores in Poland and was a pleasure to watch for Eastbourne. Plenty of other hard riders out there (Lindgren springs to mind) but think it's amplified by Nicki's character. If you hear him interviewed and talk to many riders in his peer group he's actually a really decent bloke, just a tough little so and so on the track. As was said on a previous post, if we had a few more Nickis in speedway then it would certainly increase crowd numbers, love him or hate him, he's box office. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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