Lions v Aces POF 2nd leg

[bellevueace]

Wow the forecast down there and they talk about Manchester, we are tenth on the list of wettest  cities in a recent survey, Leicester doesnt feature at all, appears to be having rainfall way above the norm at present. Hope it starts to clear up.

[Catalan]

6 hours ago, AceBelle said:

no he won't sadly !!

How do you know?

He was booked an assessment this weekend

[AceBelle]

45 minutes ago, IainB said:

I've just spent the last hour sweeping water down the drain away from my mum's house as it was about to flood the house out, it literally appeared while I was having a cup of tea, the water table must be so high at the moment... the last time it did that was about 35 years ago, I live a mile and a half from the track, with more rain due tonight and forecast for Sunday I can see this being put back to Thursday at the earliest!

and they call manchester for rain 🤣 another example of a poor track and meetings cancelled 😡 no matter how wet it was in manchester the meeting was on !! ah well sweeping the water away is like your title dreams  down the drain 😉

[IainB]

3 minutes ago, AceBelle said:

and they call manchester for rain 🤣 another example of a poor track and meetings cancelled 😡 no matter how wet it was in manchester the meeting was on !! ah well sweeping the water away is like your title dreams  down the drain 😉

Didn't you cancel a meeting because of a leaky pipe? Leicester never done that 😂😂😂

Edited 14 hours ago by IainB

[AceBelle]

27 minutes ago, IainB said:

Didn't you cancel a meeting because of a leaky pipe? Leicester never done that 😂😂😂

Leicester have never done NOWT  🤣🤣

[AceBelle]

59 minutes ago, IainB said:

Didn't you cancel a meeting because of a leaky pipe? Leicester never done that 😂😂😂

and we have never had to ride a final on a neutral venue because we couldn't get a raceable track either 🤣

[SUPERACE]

1 hour ago, Catalan said:

How do you know?

He was booked an assessment this weekend

I think it's unlikely he rides again this season imo, the fact he's booked an assessment tells you it wasn't a mild concussion, I'm sure he's desperate to get back but just don't think it's worth the risk. 

[IainB]

31 minutes ago, AceBelle said:

and we have never had to ride a final on a neutral venue because we couldn't get a raceable track either 🤣

That's because you're never in any finals 😜

Welcome to the big time!

Edited 12 hours ago by IainB

[40-38]

2 hours ago, bellevueace said:

Wow the forecast down there and they talk about Manchester, we are tenth on the list of wettest  cities in a recent survey, Leicester doesnt feature at all, appears to be having rainfall way above the norm at present. Hope it starts to clear up.

I think in the past week we've knocked Manchester into a cocked hat for rain. Unfortunately the same can't be said for on the track 🤣

[RoundTheBoards]

1 minute ago, IainB said:

That's because you're never in any finals 😜

He's a Belle Vue fan.   They've been in the play-off final 3 of the last 4 years.  

[IainB]

13 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

He's a Belle Vue fan.   They've been in the play-off final 3 of the last 4 years.  

Wasn't their last title before that in the last century?!?

Before global warming 😂😂

Edited 12 hours ago by IainB

[RoundTheBoards]

31 minutes ago, IainB said:

Wasn't their last title before that in the last century?!?

I believe their last play-off final before 2021 was 2016, and then 2015.

 

[IainB]

Just now, RoundTheBoards said:

I believe their last play-off final before 2021 was 2016, and then 2015.

 

Please don't spoil my Ace bashing with  facts 😂

[AceBelle]

9 hours ago, IainB said:

That's because you're never in any finals 😜

Welcome to the big time!

Think you had better check again just remind me again this is your 1st time reaching a final a top level enough said 

[AceBelle]

8 hours ago, IainB said:

Please don't spoil my Ace bashing with  facts 😂

Ace bashing  just tell me what  Leicester have won in top division think I'll be waiting a long time 

[LisaColette]

47 minutes ago, AceBelle said:

Ace bashing  just tell me what  Leicester have won in top division think I'll be waiting a long time 

And how many seasons have they been in the top division?

Seeing the videos of Leicester being flooded in the news, track prob not be ready for Monday? 

[GiveusaB]

Be good to see Red n Yellow ribbons on the trophy! 😄

Edited 2 hours ago by GiveusaB

[IainB]

13 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

And how many seasons have they been in the top division?

Seeing the videos of Leicester being flooded in the news, track prob not be ready for Monday? 

Percentage wise Lions pee all over the Aces 😁

[bellevueace]

11 hours ago, 40-38 said:

I think in the past week we've knocked Manchester into a cocked hat for rain. Unfortunately the same can't be said for on the track 🤣

You have the chance Monday mate, and i think its all to play for.

[arnieg]

Just a reminder - 1971, the last time the league title was fought out between these clubs.

Next week and it was back to Hyde Road for the Aces against the Leicester Lions. Leicester were good that year and were running Belle Vue close at the top of the league. They had England's top rider in Ray Wilson and were a real threat. Ivan Mauger was away in Poland with Barry Briggs preparing for the World Pairs at Rybnik, so Belle vue drafted in the experienced Ronnie Moore as a guest. The match was tight and tense, with never more than four points between the teams, and going into heat twelve the Aces held a slender two point lead. The next race turned things Leicester's way as reserve Ken Eyre came in for the poorly performing Belle Vue captain Tommy Roper, and Ronnie Moore failed to finish. Leicester heat leaders John Boulger and Graham Plant took a 5-1 to put the Lions in front. The tension steadily increased in the build up to heat thirteen.

Belle Vue Aces had not been beaten at home since 14th September 1968. I had never seen them lose (other than over two legs of the Knock-Out Cup Final). Defeat was unthinkable. As the riders took the start Belle Vue's highest scoring rider of the night Dave Hemus broke the tapes and was excluded. The tension racked up another notch. Young reserve Alan Wilkinson took his place alongside Soren Sjosten, but they were up against Leicester skipper Wilson and the experienced Alan Cowland. Belle Vue needed a 4-2 just to draw, and a 5-1 to win. This was going to be tough. As Sjosten lead, Wilkinson was last, and in a do or die effort to pass Cowland round the outside he crashed in the pits bend safety fence.

The race was stopped "in the interests of safety", and Alan Wilkinson excluded as the cause of the stoppage. Enraged, and clearly feeling that Cowland had pushed him out towards the fence and the point of no return, Wilkinson grabbed the Leicester man as he rode back to the pits. Before anyone knew what was happening fists were flying, speedway riders were hitting other speedway riders, mechanics were hitting other mechanics, and some spectators not wanting to be left out jumped over the fence and started hitting anyone that wasn't already being hit by someone else.

The Champions Book of Speedway Number Three has a Wright Wood photo of Wilkie being held back by Leicester's Malcolm Brown while Ray Wilson wrestles Alan Cowland away. At the same time Graham Plant applies a smart left jab to someone's chin. Speedway prides itself on its all-inclusive family atmosphere. That night the speedway family all got included in a right old punch up.

Needless to say it was rather distressing. We'd all gone that night, Mum, Dad, Helen and me. Not only that but we'd decided to watch from the standing area near the pits, right where the melee took place. I was shaking. I just had enough grip of my green biro to write "2 mins" against the remaining three riders' names. Such was the delay in getting the heat completed the referee excluded everyone. Things calmed down and the second half was completed as normal. Alan Wilkinson fell off in his heat, and Alan Cowland finished last in his. Maybe they'd had enough excitement for one night.

From 'Speedway Ruined my Toffee Apple' by Ian Harwood on the speedwayplus website.