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16 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

Interesting point, it seems riders want doubling up, but most fans want doubling up done away with it, or at least limited.

You could start to do away with it if there was enough meetings in the Championship to do that. But would need 2/3 meetings at least every single week. 

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56 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

You could start to do away with it if there was enough meetings in the Championship to do that. But would need 2/3 meetings at least every single week. 

who would pay for these 2/3 meetings a week . youre lucky to get 2/3 meetings a month . it is  not far off being part time  for riders .

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1 hour ago, Hamster00 said:

A very typical Scunthorpe team of recent years I think, will be strong at home and weak away, looking to build big home leads to win bonus points and challenge for the playoffs.

I see them as a team that will be challenging for the playoffs and will potentially make it based off of home form.

Deffo no no

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2 hours ago, j2ohh said:

who would pay for these 2/3 meetings a week . youre lucky to get 2/3 meetings a month . it is  not far off being part time  for riders .

When we had tracks in London, I regularly attended Wimbledon, Hackney and Crayford. You knew which night of the week they ran and didn't need to check the fixture list as they ran every week. Len Silver made a point of 'Make it a date, Friday at eight' and that is exactly what the fans did. The same weekly format was the norm throughout the country so it meant riders were on average racing one home and one away meeting every week during the season. 

How the promotions get things back to that is a major problem to which I don't have any real answers. Back in the 60s and 70s supporters would arrive in equal numbers for league, KO Cup, local derby challenges and individual meetings. These days many are only interested in league matches and don't even support a second team in a lower league (Oxford being a notable exception).

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