lucifer sam Posted Saturday at 05:00 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 05:00 PM 22 hours ago, PotteringAround said: I believe there have been proposals to name the stand after Mort, but it was Mort himself, being a modest man, who refused it. Call it the Alan Wilkinson Stand then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted Saturday at 05:26 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 05:26 PM 25 minutes ago, lucifer sam said: Call it the Alan Wilkinson Stand then. Great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBelle Posted Saturday at 08:56 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 08:56 PM On 1/10/2025 at 7:28 PM, IainB said: If true, that is a shame... looks like we're stuck with "South Stand". "John Perrin Stand"? stop whining about NSS and concentrate on the problems at Leicester IE gaters paradise and the lighting you keep crying about !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONTWOMINUTES Posted Saturday at 09:07 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 09:07 PM On 1/10/2025 at 2:18 PM, norbold said: Which speedway riders have been decorated? I can think of Ronnie Moore, Barry Briggs, Ivan Mauger, Peter Collins and Kelvin Tatum off hand. All MBEs I believe. Any others? No actually a speedway rider, but involved in speedway - Ronnie Russell got some prestigious award off the queen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArseBellEnd Posted Saturday at 09:20 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 09:20 PM 23 minutes ago, AceBelle said: stop whining about NSS and concentrate on the problems at Leicester IE gaters paradise and the lighting you keep crying about !! Did you ever attend any meetings at the old Greyhound Stadium? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyretrax Posted Saturday at 09:42 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 09:42 PM 35 minutes ago, ONTWOMINUTES said: No actually a speedway rider, but involved in speedway - Ronnie Russell got some prestigious award off the queen. And not actually anything to do with speedway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted Saturday at 09:54 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 09:54 PM There's been a few mayor's receptions down the years for winning teams... not sure if anybody has received the freedom of a city? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted Saturday at 10:35 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 10:35 PM 37 minutes ago, IainB said: There's been a few mayor's receptions down the years for winning teams... not sure if anybody has received the freedom of a city? Tedious waste of time, the only council meetings I ever missed. Main purpose is so Peter Soulsby (or local equivalent) can get photographed with Gary Lineker or David Attenborough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted Saturday at 11:17 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 11:17 PM 1 hour ago, IainB said: There's been a few mayor's receptions down the years for winning teams... not sure if anybody has received the freedom of a city? Ove Fundin received the freedom of Norwich. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted Saturday at 11:49 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 11:49 PM 1 hour ago, arnieg said: Tedious waste of time, the only council meetings I ever missed. Main purpose is so Peter Soulsby (or local equivalent) can get photographed with Gary Lineker or David Attenborough. Soulsby will love that he's been mentioned on this forum lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBelle Posted yesterday at 09:16 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:16 AM (edited) 15 hours ago, ArseBellEnd said: Did you ever attend any meetings at the old Greyhound Stadium? Plenty Jason Crump was the master around there 😜 and we never had a blank canvas to design the place but when we did have a blank canvas we certainly got it right and with decent lighting 🤣 go and change the light bulbs now please 🤣🤣 Edited yesterday at 01:18 PM by AceBelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted 22 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 22 hours ago Well the honours system is completely outdated, no longer appropriate and a relic of long-gone days when Britain had an Empire. Hopefully this has provided a bit of harmless amusement, whilst we wait for Birmingham and Oxford to finalise their teams. Maybe like Geoffrey Boycott until the foolish Theresa May (confirming what a joke the system is) actually awarded him one, Chris Harris could just become popularly called "Sir Bomber" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM95 Posted 19 hours ago Report Share Posted 19 hours ago On 1/9/2025 at 6:50 PM, Daniel Smith said: Should be Sir Tai Woffinden before anyone else A guy who couldn’t be bothered to ride in British Finals and turned his back on Team GB? Behave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaddlebowRoad Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago 10 hours ago, GM95 said: A guy who couldn’t be bothered to ride in British Finals and turned his back on Team GB? Behave but who also won multiple wc's and helped revolutionise team gb and turn it into a winning side 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted 8 hours ago Report Share Posted 8 hours ago 46 minutes ago, SaddlebowRoad said: but who also won multiple wc's and helped revolutionise team gb and turn it into a winning side He's also a bit of a "thug" who has very little respect for others,he is just one of several successful sportsmen who show total disregard for the rules & the people involved in the sport that gives them their living. Ronnie O'sullivan & Max Verstappen are two more examples. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM95 Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago Won a couple of world championships then turned his back on the UK. Has shown many times he has little respect for others and thinks he is above everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevtheRev Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago If Sadiq Khan can get a knighthood, then they are pretty much worthless anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinh88 Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 37 minutes ago, KevtheRev said: If Sadiq Khan can get a knighthood, then they are pretty much worthless anyway Amen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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