Swindon Stadium

[ch958]

having assured Swindon council a replacement track is on its way permission will be given to raze the Abbey, after that who knows. I wouldn't hold my breath tbh. Keep doing the Euromillions

[eric i]

2 hours ago, ch958 said:

having assured Swindon council a replacement track is on its way permission will be given to raze the Abbey, after that who knows. I wouldn't hold my breath tbh. Keep doing the Euromillions

Thats my concern, I won't believe it until they have built it

[PotteringAround]

5 hours ago, SpeedwaySlider72 said:

Seems a good step forward. This looks like the start of the formal planning process. Exciting times for Swindon and speedway!

Hope all Swindon fans back the project.

Sounds almost as good as the Reading "Racino" and the "Greatest Speedway Stadium of the modern era at Bristol"*

* copyright Clark Osborne

Of course, once the Abbey Stadium is finally demolished, it will be discovered that this new site is the home of a rare species of squirrel which can't be disturbed, and sadly the new stadium can't be built..

 

 

[SpeedwaySlider72]

10 minutes ago, PotteringAround said:

Of course, once the Abbey Stadium is finally demolished, it will be discovered that this new site is the home of a rare species of squirrel which can't be disturbed, and sadly the new stadium can't be built..

 

 

Nothing like a good dose of negativity in speedway!

The Chancellor said this week that animals won’t stop building projects going forward 👍

[PotteringAround]

1 minute ago, SpeedwaySlider72 said:

Nothing like a good dose of negativity in speedway!

The Chancellor said this week that animals won’t stop building projects going forward 👍

You've not come across Clarke Osborne before, have you?

[Technik]

12 hours ago, PotteringAround said:

Sounds almost as good as the Reading "Racino" and the "Greatest Speedway Stadium of the modern era at Bristol"*

* copyright Clark Osborne

Of course, once the Abbey Stadium is finally demolished, it will be discovered that this new site is the home of a rare species of squirrel which can't be disturbed, and sadly the new stadium can't be built..

 

 

Planning permission is far from a fully functioning sports arena.

There was planning permission at Reading they even went as far as producing a scale model but never was a digger seen near the site.

Clarke Osbourne is a con man & he has well & truly conned Terry Russell who I suspect at this stage has to much invested in the project & fears the embaressment of admitting he has been conned

[SpeedwayJoe]

There is a website up for those who haven’t seen it

www.swindonmotorsports.co.uk/

I really hope it goes ahead, but I have 2 concerns just based upon what I can see from the drawings only: the road and only planning for 200 car parking spaces when they plan to have:

‘A multi-use events arena with an expandable capacity of up to 3,000.’

Perhaps someone could shed more light.

 

 

[PotteringAround]

2 hours ago, SpeedwayJoe said:

There is a website up for those who haven’t seen it

www.swindonmotorsports.co.uk/

 

You only have to read Clarke Osborne's profile on that joke of a website to know the man is a compulsive liar.

 

[Ghosty]

17 minutes ago, PotteringAround said:

You only have to read Clarke Osborne's profile on that joke of a website to know the man is a compulsive liar.

 

Clarke Osborne

 

 

Clarke is Chairman of Gaming International the owners of the Swindon Stadium at Abbeymeads. Not known by many, Clarke has a long history in Speedway and motorsport, including the creation and operation of the most successful Speedway venue of the modern era in Bristol. 

 

Clarke has been actively involved in the promotion of speedway in Oxford. Poole, Swindon, Reading, White City and Wembley. He has completed in Hot Rod racing, Karting and Stage Rallying.

[Ghosty]

I thought 24 year old Clarke Osbourne was the office boy @ Bristol in 1977?

May be he would also like to tell us how he "took control" of Torquay United F.C. & was so successful!

I think it's fare to say Mr Osbourne sees 95% of us as gullible fools.

[arnieg]

19 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Clarke is Chairman of Gaming International the owners of the Swindon Stadium at Abbeymeads. Not known by many, Clarke has a long history in Speedway and motorsport, including the creation and operation of the most successful Speedway venue of the modern era in Bristol. 

Clarke has been actively involved in the promotion  destruction of speedway in Oxford. Poole, Swindon, Reading, White City and Wembley. He has completed in Hot Rod racing, Karting and Stage Rallying.

There fixed it

Edited 13 hours ago by arnieg

[SpeedwayJoe]

Apologies for my post.  In my ignorance I was unaware of Clark Osborne and his previous dealings.  Thank you all for enlightening me on the situation.

 

 

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

Said it before, Clarke Osbourne is a business man and he does what business men do, if speedway got its act together and actually turned round some sort of profit Clarke Osbourne would be on our side, you may not like his methods and he certainly knows how to manipulate councils etc for his own gain but he is a business man and his priorities are to make money, he doesn’t break the law, too many fans have faith in councils, they are just as deceitful as Osbourne but ultimately the sport itself has to take the blame for the state that it’s currently in 

[Colinspeedway]

There is no denying about Osbourne- his history speaks for itself. Am I right in thinking he is an owner of Poole's Stadium? Concerning....

Who owns this proposed land near Swindon for the speedway? If planning permission is gained then if someone else has funds then they could use the planning permission to build the speedway track if Osbourne isn't interested in fulfilling. 

[AceBelle]

24 minutes ago, Colinspeedway said:

There is no denying about Osbourne- his history speaks for itself. Am I right in thinking he is an owner of Poole's Stadium? Concerning....

Who owns this proposed land near Swindon for the speedway? If planning permission is gained then if someone else has funds then they could use the planning permission to build the speedway track if Osbourne isn't interested in fulfilling. 

Osbourne Leases Poole Stadium the council own the Stadium !!

[a4poster]

Don't forget his plans to move Torquay United FC to a new out of Town ground!

[steve roberts]

17 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Clarke Osborne

 

 

Clarke is Chairman of Gaming International the owners of the Swindon Stadium at Abbeymeads. Not known by many, Clarke has a long history in Speedway and motorsport, including the creation and operation of the most successful Speedway venue of the modern era in Bristol. 

 

Clarke has been actively involved in the promotion of speedway in Oxford. Poole, Swindon, Reading, White City and Wembley. He has completed in Hot Rod racing, Karting and Stage Rallying.

Since when was he involved at White City and Wembley?

[Ghosty]

22 hours ago, Ghosty said:

I thought 24 year old Clarke Osbourne was the office boy @ Bristol in 1977?

May be he would also like to tell us how he "took control" of Torquay United F.C. & was so successful!

I think it's fare to say Mr Osbourne sees 95% of us as gullible fools.

 

Clarke Osborne was a Director of a company that acquired the old ground of Bristol Rovers, Eastville. The club were evicted and Osborne made a sizeable profit from the sale of the stadium for development. He then bought Torquay Unitd and put a lot of effort into persuading the local council into selling him Plainmoor. You can make a good guess as to what would have happened next. The Council have not played ball so it looks like Osbourne has given up. As Torbay Council own the ground a phoenix club maybe possible but they may just sell it for housing if Torquay go bust.

Grim times to be a Torquay fan especially as they looked nailed on to return to the League a few years ago. However, Osborne was loading debt on to the club and losing over a million a season in the process. The gamble failed and they have been heading for bankruptcy ever since.

Such a lovely man!

[Toady]

On 2/1/2025 at 7:16 AM, Technik said:

Clarke Osbourne is a con man & he has well & truly conned Terry Russell who I suspect at this stage has to much invested in the project & fears the embaressment of admitting he has been conned

 

With respect I think it’s a little naive to believe that Tr a man with 40 years of experience with the likes of Osborne, has been conned by anyone especially him.He is merely fulfilling the terms of his exit deal with Osborne as a spokesperson for Swindon Motorsports to ensure that his ultimate aim is achieved.

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Toady

[Marky_Mark]

4 hours ago, Ghosty said:

 

Clarke Osborne was a Director of a company that acquired the old ground of Bristol Rovers, Eastville. The club were evicted and Osborne made a sizeable profit from the sale of the stadium for development. He then bought Torquay Unitd and put a lot of effort into persuading the local council into selling him Plainmoor. You can make a good guess as to what would have happened next. The Council have not played ball so it looks like Osbourne has given up. As Torbay Council own the ground a phoenix club maybe possible but they may just sell it for housing if Torquay go bust.

Grim times to be a Torquay fan especially as they looked nailed on to return to the League a few years ago. However, Osborne was loading debt on to the club and losing over a million a season in the process. The gamble failed and they have been heading for bankruptcy ever since.

Such a lovely man!

…..He sold Torquay a few months back now and wrote off all of the loans/millions of losses he made.