matt webb Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Kevin Brice, 4 pointer in the lower league but when he came to KL had a great season, 5-1s with Henka were brilliant to see 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 I've never had a zero to hero rider. Never disliked anyone really, the biggest panto villain vs Kings Lynn was Dave Norris & Ryan Fisher. The latter is the closest to 'Zero to Hero' I can think of when he signed for us. Overall though, I've never considered any rider a "Zero". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 (edited) at Arena we had Rob Tilbury in the old NL days - the stinker rode for Canterbury - got in punch ups with the Chessell brothers and Andrew Silver and was just panto villan no 1 for us Arena fans- then Canterbury closed down and he signed for us in 1988 - proved a higely popular rider upping his average to well over 8 probably nearer 9 as well - always gave it 100% so we forgave him his past and he became a firm fave! (not so much his ability it was we really disliked him that I select him) Edited May 14 by GeneralMelchett 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 6 hours ago, GeneralMelchett said: at Arena we had Rob Tilbury in the old NL days - the stinker rode for Canterbury - got in punch ups with the Chessell brothers and Andrew Silver and was just panto villan no 1 for us Arena fans- then Canterbury closed down and he signed for us in 1988 - proved a higely popular rider upping his average to well over 8 probably nearer 9 as well - always gave it 100% so we forgave him his past and he became a firm fave! (not so much his ability it was we really disliked him that I select him) Yeah, Rob was definitely an "acquired taste"! What a poseur! Funny thing, with riders like him, their persona gets in the way of their ability. Rob actually was a damn good rider, but people let their views of him colour their opinions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 (edited) Jumping in late (too late?), I'd go with John Cook, apologies if already mentioned. In 1980 he stuggled badly at Hull on a 4v JAWA known for tricky handling, he moved to Ipswich as part of the deal taking Dennis Sigalos to Foxhall (A HUGE loss to Hull BTW) with Billy Sanders coming to Hull (along wth a cash adjustment), where Billy became quite popular. But from 1981, riding a track he seemed to prefer more on a Weslake he defo preferred more, Cookie became the all-action 'Cowboy' that we all loved to watch, never a dull moment when he was on track.... Edited May 30 by martinmauger belated spelling 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 3 hours ago, martinmauger said: Jumping in late (too late?), I'd go with John Cook, apologies if already mentioned. In 1980 he stuggled badly at Hull on a 4v JAWA known for tricky handling, he moved to Ipswich pas art of the deal taking Dennis Sigalos to Foxhall (HUGE loss to Hull) & Billy Sanders coming to Hull (along wth a cash adjustment), where Billy became quite popular. But from 1981, riding a track he seemed to prefer more on a Weslake he defo preferred more, Cook became the all-action 'Cowboy' that we all loved to watch, never a dull moment when he was on track.... That's a great call! It's easy to forget how poor and ineffective he was in his first season. He has the rare distinction of actually DOUBLING his average from one season to the next (4.17 to 8.63). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normski Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 On 5/5/2024 at 9:56 PM, Fromafar said: Wayne Brown at Berwick spent most of his 1st three seasons at reserve averaging under 4. Then one night he beat the Owen Brothers in Pairs at Berwick and suddenly became a Top Man the next week and never looked back.Had a great career at Berwick and then had one season in big league then went home to help with the family business.Unfortunately was killed in a work related incident soon afterwards.A great little guy sadly missed. 1976..Berwick..10..21..8..1..1.711977..Berwick..32..106..93..9..3.851978..Berwick..18..70..62..7..3.941979..Berwick..43..192..408..24..9.00..4F..3P1980..Berwick..45..207..469..22..9.49..4F..10P1981..Berwick..33..155..342..16..9.24..2P 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 On 5/5/2024 at 11:03 AM, iainb said: Steve Johnston... When he first arrived at Long Eaton from second halving at Sheffield I used to have to watch his races through my fingers, seemed to be out of control for most of his races! I always thought he was exciting rather than out of control in those early days. But, hey I am getting on now, so you may be right. One of his first races involved a dust up with Dave Blackburn at the pits gate. I think that's when we started to really like this guy, especially when he made it clear he wanted to stay with us rather than return to Sheffield. I think they had dropped him because of an hand injury in the workshop so he got a chance at Long Eaton and quickly became a fan favourite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 14 minutes ago, TheReturn said: I always thought he was exciting rather than out of control in those early days. But, hey I am getting on now, so you may be right. One of his first races involved a dust up with Dave Blackburn at the pits gate. I think that's when we started to really like this guy, especially when he made it clear he wanted to stay with us rather than return to Sheffield. I think they had dropped him because of an hand injury in the workshop so he got a chance at Long Eaton and quickly became a fan favourite. Yes, I do seem to remember an incident with Blackburn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris116 Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 (edited) Deleted as posted in wrong topic. Edited June 1 by Chris116 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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