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22 minutes ago, Roger Jacobs said:

The league set-up didn't help, because with the points limit that was chosen they must have known there weren't enough riders to ensure a reasonable distribution. Certain teams must have pushed for the higher points limit to suit their own needs, e.g. three established heat leaders and/or new imports in preference to the Rising Star programme.

Exactly this

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54 minutes ago, ray c said:

Surely the time is coming for one top league and a development league or similar just an option 

Did it work in 96 last time it was tried? I was a mere naive 12 year old at the time and memory was it wasn't great and was disparity between the sides. I remember Dukie ermelenko being pretty good at shawfield though. 

Then again that might have been slighted by it being "the Scottish monarchs"

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35 minutes ago, Fina said:

cant see what the point of that would be if the club is already insolvent & with mention of a hefty debt to HMRC for unpaid VAT from previous ownership it sounds like Newcastle is. 

Surely all it would do is put a possible buyer off & if club went to liquidation most of the fine would be written off when any assets shared among creditors.

Hi Fina.  The VAT debt from the previous owners was already dealt with under the previous Ltd Co entity that Rob & Co took over. When I say dealt with...that business was declared bankrupt. Then a new Ltd Co was formed which is the current business. Hope that helps 

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9 minutes ago, Jaizer said:

Did it work in 96 last time it was tried? I was a mere naive 12 year old at the time and memory was it wasn't great and was disparity between the sides. I remember Dukie ermelenko being pretty good at shawfield though. 

Then again that might have been slighted by it being "the Scottish monarchs"

It failed. Thanks to vested self-interest the "top" clubs didn't release riders for those brave enough to move "up".  Consequently, there were uncompetitive teams, and the whole point of the amalgamated league was wasted.

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Obvious there is a problem with the sport in this country

rye house , Swindon , Somerset , Eastbourne, Lakeside and now Newcastle all closed in such a short space of time , also Edinburgh facing up to finding a new home , and rumours that Poole are in similar situation with there stadium?  (8 clubs now face it that’s a problem ) 

is it the polish ruling that is having an effect and the lack of riders being available? Kings Lynn for example being told sorry but NKI is being recalled, absolutely bonkers that 

Newcastle probably faced the problems of riders committing to the club as it was not stable after last season and some riders would find it too big a gamble to sign for them? 
 

Some clubs are thriving but across the board it does not seem to be enough ? 

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10 minutes ago, Wardey said:

Hi Fina.  The VAT debt from the previous owners was already dealt with under the previous Ltd Co entity that Rob & Co took over. When I say dealt with...that business was declared bankrupt. Then a new Ltd Co was formed which is the current business. Hope that helps 

That does tie in with the published accounts and sound more realistic.  Seemed odd to me that the new company would taken on a VAT debt from the previous company, as I have seen suggested in a few places, but I am learning that speedway has a few rules that dont make sense to me.

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exactly right roger,as an example of how it should be done the IPL allowed 2 new teams to join the league this season and each existing club was only allowed to retain 2 of their current players every other player went into an auction with every team only allowed to spend so much at the auction,result the new teams were 1st and third

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24 minutes ago, Nickinho said:

Nothing to do with having a competitive team if the cause of the closure is running out of money. It was a half-assed promotion team with no real drive. Charlatans basically. 

Of course  it has a lot to do with  not having a  competitive team .it stands to reason that the crowds are low due to that hence bringing less income in.  People tend to blame UK speedway in general for a demise of a club but most of the time it's just a crap ran business. 

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8 minutes ago, penchev said:

Obvious there is a problem with the sport in this country

rye house , Swindon , Somerset , Eastbourne, arena Essex and now Newcastle all closed in such a short space of time , also Edinburgh facing up to finding a new home , and rumours that Poole are in similar situation with there stadium?  (8 clubs now face it that’s a problem ) 

is it the polish ruling that is having an effect and the lack of riders being available? Kings Lynn for example being told sorry but NKI is being recalled, absolutely bonkers that 

Newcastle probably faced the problems of riders committing to the club as it was not stable after last season and some riders would find it too big a gamble to sign for them? 
 

Some clubs are thriving but across the board it does not seem to be enough ? 

There is a big problem in GB.The Polish ruling maybe having an effect,but the bottom line is that’s where the riders want to race,or they would be here instead.

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1 hour ago, Edin03 said:

Horrible day for everyone involved with Newcastle speedway. Can only hope there is someone out there willing to take over for next season. 
 

Not a great situation for British Speedway as we could now be looking at Newcastle, Birmingham and ourselves not coming to tapes next season. The revival of Oxford this season and hopefully Workington (Northside) next season gives us hope for the future but it isn’t looking good with more tracks / teams being closed down.

 

21 minutes ago, penchev said:

Obvious there is a problem with the sport in this country

rye house , Swindon , Somerset , Eastbourne, arena Essex and now Newcastle all closed in such a short space of time , also Edinburgh facing up to finding a new home , and rumours that Poole are in similar situation with there stadium?  (8 clubs now face it that’s a problem ) 

is it the polish ruling that is having an effect and the lack of riders being available? Kings Lynn for example being told sorry but NKI is being recalled, absolutely bonkers that 

Newcastle probably faced the problems of riders committing to the club as it was not stable after last season and some riders would find it too big a gamble to sign for them? 
 

Some clubs are thriving but across the board it does not seem to be enough ? 

I think Peterborough are on borrowed time also

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2 minutes ago, Rob B said:

The majority of teams that been having financial issues are Championship teams.
The Championship standard is too high, mainly because doubling down has got out of control and the difference between NDL and Championship is too big with NDL riders struggling to get Championship teams.

The standard  of Championship needs lowering, doubling down needs reducing, teams like Poole, Glasgow etc should be in Premiership. 

Don’t think the standard is too high in Championship, it’s the riders  (second rate most of them) demands making the wage bill excessive.Nothing will change though.

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There's so many reasons... and we've all discussed them ad infinitum and still nobody does anything to address any of the problems. Likelihood next year will be (must be) one league with reduced team numbers, which of course will be launched with great fanfare, a new era etc. etc. 5 year plan blah blah blah

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6 minutes ago, iainb said:

There's so many reasons... and we've all discussed them ad infinitum and still nobody does anything to address any of the problems. Likelihood next year will be (must be) one league with reduced team numbers, which of course will be launched with great fanfare, a new era etc. etc. 5 year plan blah blah blah

Wouldn’t bank on 1 League next year.

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5 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Wouldn’t bank on 1 League next year.

maybe not... but if it ain't next year, it'll be coming soon, it's just putting off the inevitable  unless there are BIG changes to address the problems we can all see

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3 minutes ago, iainb said:

maybe not... but if it ain't next year, it'll be coming soon, it's just putting off the inevitable  unless there are BIG changes to address the problems we can all see

We’ve been say that for a few years now.Main problems for me are teams like Glasgow and Poole will take a bit of persuasion if the cost of running in 1 league are any more.They are just ticking over in Championship don’t need more expense.Premiership would need to be watered down which is a big stumbling block IMO.

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1 hour ago, penchev said:

Obvious there is a problem with the sport in this country

rye house , Swindon , Somerset , Eastbourne, Lakeside and now Newcastle all closed in such a short space of time , also Edinburgh facing up to finding a new home , and rumours that Poole are in similar situation with there stadium?  (8 clubs now face it that’s a problem ) 

is it the polish ruling that is having an effect and the lack of riders being available? Kings Lynn for example being told sorry but NKI is being recalled, absolutely bonkers that 

Newcastle probably faced the problems of riders committing to the club as it was not stable after last season and some riders would find it too big a gamble to sign for them? 
 

Some clubs are thriving but across the board it does not seem to be enough ? 

NKI recalled= NKI/ Kings Lynn were  (i`m assuming)  told no more you know the rules - Poland + 2 NOT 3. NKI had a choice drop Denmark or Sweden or UK and this is the outcome.

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4 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

We’ve been say that for a few years now.Main problems for me are teams like Glasgow and Poole will take a bit of persuasion if the cost of running in 1 league are any more.They are just ticking over in Championship don’t need more expense.Premiership would need to be watered down which is a big stumbling block IMO.

Surely there will come a point where running 2 6 team leagues just won't be sustainable? I'm sick of going through these threads every year reading the same old comments, you can probably copy and past last years Eastbourne thread into this one and Rye House before that... etc.

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1 hour ago, penchev said:

Obvious there is a problem with the sport in this country

rye house , Swindon , Somerset , Eastbourne, Lakeside and now Newcastle all closed in such a short space of time , also Edinburgh facing up to finding a new home , and rumours that Poole are in similar situation with there stadium?  (8 clubs now face it that’s a problem ) 

is it the polish ruling that is having an effect and the lack of riders being available? Kings Lynn for example being told sorry but NKI is being recalled, absolutely bonkers that 

Newcastle probably faced the problems of riders committing to the club as it was not stable after last season and some riders would find it too big a gamble to sign for them? 
 

Some clubs are thriving but across the board it does not seem to be enough ? 

I think Poole are okay for this season and next season. Not sure about 2024 onwards though. 

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7 minutes ago, iainb said:

Surely there will come a point where running 2 6 team leagues just won't be sustainable? I'm sick of going through these threads every year reading the same old comments, you can probably copy and past last years Eastbourne thread into this one and Rye House before that... etc.

It will probably come to that, after all they will be saying that works in Poland.!!!!!! Only 8 Teams in  Leagues over there.!!

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