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4 minutes ago, heathen52 said:

I will just mention "The Crooked House" much more on our patch Deanno, the Council have this week used there powers and ordered it to be rebuilt, I suspect the owners will be very reluctant to do that so it will be interesting to see where that goes.

It won’t get rebuilt, the owners should go to prison as they have done this before in Leicester, there will be a bankruptcy somewhere along the line and it won’t get rebuilt 

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1 minute ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

It won’t get rebuilt, the owners should go to prison as they have done this before in Leicester, there will be a bankruptcy somewhere along the line and it won’t get rebuilt 

Agreed.

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17 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Osbourne has not broken the law, the planning conditions mean diddly squat when you are experienced in getting round them of which Osbourne is, hence that’s why he has carried on with Swindon regardless completely ignoring and planning conditions,councillors say one thing and do another, I have seen this twice in the last 2 months where a councillor has said one thing in a meeting and in the presss and then done exactly the opposite behind the everyone’s back, Swindon’s problem is the council not Osbourne, they have the power, do they use that power ? 

And when you get met with almost zero coordinated, organised protests, then "fair play" to Osbourne as he can take it that...

1. Hardly anyone from the fanbase cares...

And. 2. (And possibly most important of alll) the promoters of Swindon and the wider BSP, seem to let him happily do what he wants....

Can't blame him to be honest...

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43 minutes ago, mikebv said:

And when you get met with almost zero coordinated, organised protests, then "fair play" to Osbourne as he can take it that...

1. Hardly anyone from the fanbase cares...

And. 2. (And possibly most important of alll) the promoters of Swindon and the wider BSP, seem to let him happily do what he wants....

Can't blame him to be honest...

He is a business man, as I said if speedway was profitable he would be running it, he has a long history in the sport, it just doesn’t make him any money now so he is chasing the money for his land which is houses and speedway track land is very cheap in comparison to other land and without real opposition is a relatively easy process. 

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20 hours ago, mikebv said:

And when you get met with almost zero coordinated, organised protests, then "fair play" to Osbourne as he can take it that...

1. Hardly anyone from the fanbase cares...

And. 2. (And possibly most important of alll) the promoters of Swindon and the wider BSP, seem to let him happily do what he wants....

Can't blame him to be honest...

One thing that bben  lacking  in Swindon is some   coordinated group etc  who will  give us a voice..As you say its just been to easy for him not just by the fans but by the local media.

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On 3/2/2024 at 2:05 PM, mikebv said:

And when you get met with almost zero coordinated, organised protests, then "fair play" to Osbourne as he can take it that...

1. Hardly anyone from the fanbase cares...

And. 2. (And possibly most important of alll) the promoters of Swindon and the wider BSP, seem to let him happily do what he wants....

Can't blame him to be honest...

I agree, the response from fans, media and speedway management has been very muted! In fact, we've rolled over and had our bellies tickled!

Russell has tied the other managers down with NDA's and the local media are only now starting to delve under the covers. Five years on, most fans have drifted off to other things.

The BSPL and Phil Morris have both been made aware of what the situation is and have done diddly squat about it.

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1 hour ago, frigbo said:

Russell has tied the other managers down with NDA's

That’s interesting, It  would suggest that they the other managers received some sort of reward otherwise they wouldn’t need to be tied down at all and would be singing from the rooftops.

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17 hours ago, frigbo said:

I agree, the response from fans, media and speedway management has been very muted! In fact, we've rolled over and had our bellies tickled!

Russell has tied the other managers down with NDA's and the local media are only now starting to delve under the covers. Five years on, most fans have drifted off to other things.

The BSPL and Phil Morris have both been made aware of what the situation is and have done diddly squat about it.

See the Swindon Stadium thread for the latest!  BSPL have taken back the Promotional licence from Terry Russell.

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On 3/3/2024 at 3:35 PM, Toady said:

That’s interesting, It  would suggest that they the other managers received some sort of reward otherwise they wouldn’t need to be tied down at all and would be singing from the rooftops.

They are concerned about legal ramifications.

Russell losing the licence, should help them now be more open.

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Looks like they have found new owners.So for once a club has not closed down after  Osbourne being  involved ...Really Please for them 

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