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Post by admin on Nov 26, 2008 21:35:13 GMT
Wasn't it some BSPA fiasco involving Belle Vue and Cradley Heath in a KO Cup clash that precipitated his decision to call it a day?
Bamforth was a blunt, no nonsense, cigar-chomping, where there's muck there's brass sort of fellow who'd made his fortune demolishing the dark satanic mills of Lancashire. He was never going to last that long in the morass that was and is the BSPA.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2008 21:35:59 GMT
I would have thought Scott had his main income from the british league and his british sponsors. Thus making him different from the likes of Crump or Andersen. But I guess that wasn't the case then, or else he's a moron for quitting.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2008 22:11:40 GMT
How were Belle Vue able to re-introduce Collins to their team - that wouldn't be allowed these days would it. Rico  Now then, 1981 was all of 27 years ago, young fellow and since the rules change in the UK anually, that's 27 years of rule changes. I mean, I think Belle Vue were owned by the then leisure giant Trust House Forte at the time. Still, kevh might remember, or Oooogan McDoogan, he's a clever fellow. The reference to it in the 1982 Speedway Yearbook reads as follows:- .........the Manchester season ended with three successive British League victories.
That run coincided with the most important comeback of the year - that of former skipper Peter Collins whose self imposed exile from league racing lasted longer than many people thought - but nowhere near as long as other folk feared.
While the Peter Collins of 1981 was nothing like the PC of old he made it quite clear that he saw a brief return at the end of the year as a prelude to a full-time re-emergance in 1982.
He was still troubled by a shoulder injury that hastened his decision to opt out for nearly a full campaign, but had no doubts that a winter rest would be a satisfactory cure.It's interesting to note that while PC was banned from racing for England and competing in the World Championship, he was allowed to represent Britain in the World Longtrack Championship!! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2008 6:25:05 GMT
It's interesting to note that while PC was banned from racing for England and competing in the World Championship, he was allowed to represent Britain in the World Longtrack Championship!! It used to be the case that you had to be nominated in a current 1-7 in order to ride in the British Championship, which was run by the BSPA and the only way into the World Championship. With the World Longtrack Championship, I think the ACU nominated the riders, which were largely based on the results of the ACU-run British Grasstrack Championship. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2008 6:30:01 GMT
He didn't play the averages game very well, and by the 1980s, this was crucial. The problem with self-made businessmen and professional sports, is that most fail to realise that conventional business techniques generally don't work, and that sport only works as a cooperative. They might have success for a while, but as sure as eggs are eggs, they'll experience a downturn at some point. This can even happen with over-dominant teams. Ironically it turned him into an even richer man than he already was. He didn't have long to enjoy it though...  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2008 9:19:12 GMT
I would have thought Scott had his main income from the british league and his british sponsors. Thus making him different from the likes of Crump or Andersen. But I guess that wasn't the case then, or else he's a moron for quitting. IF Scott went voluntarily, then i agree it was a very poor decision, however Belle vue aside, i cant see where an opening for Nicholls could have been found, and i have read nothing to suggest the Aces were keen on signing him. Mind you, i do only read the racing post. |
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Post by admin on Nov 27, 2008 15:59:41 GMT
I would have thought Scott had his main income from the british league and his british sponsors. Thus making him different from the likes of Crump or Andersen. But I guess that wasn't the case then, or else he's a moron for quitting. In today's Speedway Star the global superstar confirms that his sponsors are mainly based in Britain and that losing them would've made him reconsider his decision, but his main sponsor, M Stead & Sons (described as "friends really"), will still be backing him in 2009. Then there's the usual piffle about him knowing he can do better in the Grands Prix, but we've all heard that before, haven't we? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2008 16:09:50 GMT
I would have thought Scott had his main income from the british league and his british sponsors. Thus making him different from the likes of Crump or Andersen. But I guess that wasn't the case then, or else he's a moron for quitting. In today's Speedway Star the global superstar confirms that his sponsors are mainly based in Britain and that losing them would've made him reconsider his decision, but his main sponsor, M Stead & Sons (described as "friends really"), will still be backing him in 2009. Then there's the usual piffle about him knowing he can do better in the Grands Prix, but we've all heard that before, haven't we? I for one dont expect his GP fortunes to improve, but Nicholls wouldn't be the first sportsman to spout piffle about 'better times being around the corner'. Do we know for certain yet if any British team had a place for him though ? |
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Post by admin on Nov 27, 2008 16:16:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2008 16:30:16 GMT
Thanks for that, sounds a load of old bollocks to me, i still think no-one wanted him, and he is just saving face. |
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Post by Genghis on Nov 27, 2008 16:56:51 GMT
Hmmm, so the Scott Nicholls website is amongst your list of favourites. It's just what I've alwats suspected - you're a closet Nicholls fan.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2008 17:01:09 GMT
Hmmm, so the Scott Nicholls website is amongst your list of favourites. It's just what I've alwats suspected - you're a closet Nicholls fan. Reading some of the shit on the BSF, i'm certainly becoming a closet Nicholls fan, he is now being called a traitor who has turned his back on British speedway in our darkest hour, what an absolute crock of shit, at worst he has chosen to not ride here, he's not killed the fucking Queen. |
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Post by Genghis on Nov 27, 2008 17:12:57 GMT
Hmmm, so the Scott Nicholls website is amongst your list of favourites. It's just what I've alwats suspected - you're a closet Nicholls fan. Reading some of the shit on the BSF, i'm certainly becoming a closet Nicholls fan, he is now being called a traitor who has turned his back on British speedway in our darkest hour, what an absolute crock of shit, at worst he has chosen to not ride here, he's not killed the fucking Queen. Who is the Queen fucking? As for Nicholls, he can go if he wants to. I, for one, won't miss him. But if he still wants to ride in the British Final, he can bugger off. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2008 17:18:09 GMT
Reading some of the shit on the BSF, i'm certainly becoming a closet Nicholls fan, he is now being called a traitor who has turned his back on British speedway in our darkest hour, what an absolute crock of shit, at worst he has chosen to not ride here, he's not killed the fucking Queen. Who is the Queen fucking? As for Nicholls, he can go if he wants to. I, for one, won't miss him. But if he still wants to ride in the British Final, he can bugger off. Thing is Genghis, we all know that if Nicholls had ridden for Oxford for a couple of seasons your views would be the complete reverse. As for your first question, i presume the best looking of the servants. |
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Post by Genghis on Nov 27, 2008 17:24:29 GMT
Who is the Queen fucking? As for Nicholls, he can go if he wants to. I, for one, won't miss him. But if he still wants to ride in the British Final, he can bugger off. Thing is Genghis, we all know that if Nicholls had ridden for Oxford for a couple of seasons your views would be the complete reverse. Not neccessarily, my dear Hatcham. Rossiter rode for Oxford for a couple of seasons. |
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