Diamondboy Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 The club is closed for a reason, it wasn’t financially viable no matter how incompetent it was run. People are not interested, not in the numbers needed anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 7 minutes ago, Gaz said: I agree.. something like last season needs to happen but it was easier to do with official websites etc still running to inform people. What's the point of a website, if the place isn't actually up and running? Am not into 'tech' that much, so how do you keep everyone 'in the loop'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 1 hour ago, highside said: its a big poblem too many expect to get in fee , i sponsored so and so , he used to wash his bike at my house ,i used to clean his leathers the list goes on could name names but wont . That was a problem at Swindon, about 1000 paying and 300/400 not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 11 minutes ago, Diamondboy said: The club is closed for a reason, it wasn’t financially viable no matter how incompetent it was run. People are not interested, not in the numbers needed anyhow. See? Some can see and, many can't see,,, Agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 7 minutes ago, ruffdiamond said: What's the point of a website, if the place isn't actually up and running? Am not into 'tech' that much, so how do you keep everyone 'in the loop'? I meant last season as in arranging a meeting to get people together on how to keep us open. This year I am not sure how we would inform everyone of a meeting taking place as obviously a lot of the fanbase won’t be on here, Twitter or Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, Gaz said: I meant last season as in arranging a meeting to get people together on how to keep us open. This year I am not sure how we would inform everyone of a meeting taking place as obviously a lot of the fanbase won’t be on here, Twitter or Facebook. Paper aeroplanes, or pigeons? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgotmecpc Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 15 hours ago, Gaz said: I agree.. I was hoping maybe the Supporters Association would of tried to organise something, or at least put these ideas forward or any ideas they had. They could keep peoples money safe in their bank account to. The thing with the NSSC they have tried to organise a few things over the last couple of months & the interest has basically been 0 the 1 being cancelled last weekend as it was put on FB & that's probably a factor they aren't getting enough interest as some of our fans don't have FB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgotmecpc Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 15 hours ago, highside said: its a big poblem too many expect to get in fee , i sponsored so and so , he used to wash his bike at my house ,i used to clean his leathers the list goes on could name names but wont . Leathers ? Must've been a while back as they have kevlars nowadays lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud panther Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 On 11/5/2022 at 9:11 PM, ruffdiamond said: Well,,, what about a 1000 people putting up £100? Where are you going to find 1000 people interested in Newcastle speedway ? Less than half that figure was the average crowd last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, proud panther said: Where are you going to find 1000 people interested in Newcastle speedway ? Less than half that figure was the average crowd last season. Av got no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 Another issue is that your initial £100/£500/£1000 "investment" is fine but what happens when the losses start racking up and another cash call is required? Plus someone (/everyone) has to be responsible for the losses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgotmecpc Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, proud panther said: Where are you going to find 1000 people interested in Newcastle speedway ? Less than half that figure was the average crowd last season. May have got 6 to 7 or maybe 8 hundred in had the team been any good from the start Edited November 7, 2022 by Justgotmecpc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Justgotmecpc said: May have got 6 to 7 or maybe 8 hundred in had the team been any good from the start In addition, many fans were not convinced with Rob and felt his about turn to run was rather convenient. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Justgotmecpc said: May have got 6 to 7 or maybe 8 hundred in had the team been any good from the start I also think although allegedly there was only 350 for Leicester, even though we were getting hammered there was still 550-700 for other matches with Glasgow, Redcar and Berwick bringing quite a few down. The crowds this season didn’t seem any worse than previous seasons really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud panther Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 5 hours ago, Justgotmecpc said: May have got 6 to 7 or maybe 8 hundred in had the team been any good from the start Even with 800 fans, you need to take the children & a lot of adults out of the equation when it comes to putting £1000 into the Newcastle fund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, proud panther said: Even with 800 fans, you need to take the children & a lot of adults out of the equation when it comes to putting £1000 into the Newcastle fund. 'IF' there was a crowd of 800 fans regularly, (including children),,, things may have panned out differently? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Gaz said: I also think although allegedly there was only 350 for Leicester, even though we were getting hammered there was still 550-700 for other matches with Glasgow, Redcar and Berwick bringing quite a few down. The crowds this season didn’t seem any worse than previous seasons really. If you had a view of the crowd from the back straight, you might've thought differently. Lots more grey on show and, am not talking about hair, just concrete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud panther Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, ruffdiamond said: 'IF' there was a crowd of 800 fans regularly, (including children),,, things may have panned out differently? Agree, I was making reference to trying to find enough people to fund Newcastle opening again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scampispeedway Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) The main problem apart from getting enough people to fund the revival is getting an attractive competitive team that will win matches at home, all this will cost more money to pay the better riders. This last year most people were not impressed with the overall strength of the team and when you have your number one rider not being available after the first few matches, the weakness of the team clearly showed up as time went on and the crowds slowly drifted away.until it was obvious it couldn't continue. Edited November 8, 2022 by scampispeedway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupy Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, scampispeedway said: The main problem apart from getting enough people to fund the revival is getting an attractive competitive team that will win matches at home, all this will cost more money to pay the better riders. This last year most people were not impressed with the overall strength of the team and when you have your number one rider not being available after the first few matches, the weakness of the team clearly showed up as time went on and the crowds slowly drifted away.until it was obvious it couldn't continue. Do you think he would of ever made a number 1 as the twice I seen him he looked more like a 3rd string and that is being nice. I thought grant would of binned it after the Glasgow fiasco rather than sort the track out and that was to no one’s benefit either. Edited November 8, 2022 by soupy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.