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LRF is absolutely right though. It's very 🐍y to do a survival crowd fund.

Imagine giving over £100s & they still fold halfway through the season. Will that £10k increase the supporters through the turnstiles?

What about in 2026? Another crowd fund?

At the end of the day, the Birmingham Promotion team (and the BSPL as a whole) have to do better. 

Doing a Crowd Fund is cruel to the desperate Speedway loving fan. Certainly won't be the well off handing over their 💰💰

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3 hours ago, GiveusaB said:

Cant, due to race night restrictions!

Surely with so few meetings, a Championship side could run on a Monday. ? Double uppers could be worked around with Guests if needed... Plenty of meetings will run with them so a few more wouldn't make any difference..

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1 hour ago, TTT said:

Lindgren has signed for a Swedish club in 2025 so that's not good news for Brum either.

Lindgren isn't going to hang around when contracts to be signed 😕 

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When is somebody, anybody, going to do something about costs. The riders need to be able to spend less, be paid less and fans pay less admission - this arms race is only going to end one way. 

Birminghams crowds probably National League (footy) level or worse and their players will be on a fraction of what it costs for someone like Lindgren. Its utter madness.

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17 minutes ago, ch958 said:

When is somebody, anybody, going to do something about costs. The riders need to be able to spend less, be paid less and fans pay less admission - this arms race is only going to end one way. 

Birminghams crowds probably National League (footy) level or worse and their players will be on a fraction of what it costs for someone like Lindgren. Its utter madness.

We’re doomed

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7 hours ago, Daniel Smith said:

LRF is absolutely right though. It's very 🐍y to do a survival crowd fund.

Imagine giving over £100s & they still fold halfway through the season. Will that £10k increase the supporters through the turnstiles?

What about in 2026? Another crowd fund?

At the end of the day, the Birmingham Promotion team (and the BSPL as a whole) have to do better. 

Doing a Crowd Fund is cruel to the desperate Speedway loving fan. Certainly won't be the well off handing over their 💰💰

Whilst I admire the owner for pumping money into the club, it is their risk. Going cap in hand to gullible supporters in an attempt to keep the ship afloat is naive to say the least. The bottom line is simply that there is very little interest in the sport in the city and hasn’t been for a number of years. Nobody wants to see any club close, but it’s a business, supply and demand etc. Enthusiasm and passion does not pay bills.

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2 hours ago, Youhave2minutes said:

It wouldn’t surprise me one bit in the least the riders will be reluctant to sign a contract to a club that might not run.

If you're a switched on rider you'd demand a significant signing on fee

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When did Birmingham Speedway last make any money, when it was over the road at the old Ladbrokes Stadium or when it was 3rd division with Tony Mole here at Perry Barr?, answer that and you have an answer to Birmingham's future and why it won't be around in 2025, where is the point in throwing more good money after losing money over many years.

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