Lions beat Ipswich to reach Grand Final.

[JohnMitten]

Leicester Lions speedway team beat Ipswich Witches at Beaumont Park tonight to reach the Premier Grand Final for the first time.
Not a patch on Blackbird Road days but a big congratulations anyway.

 

[DagenhamFox]

I just read that. They’ll face off against Belle Vue or Sheffield in the final.

 

[FoxDownunder]

I just read that. They’ll face off against Belle Vue or Sheffield in the final.

Think most are anticipating that Sheffield will beat the Aces

 

[st matthews]

Leicester Lions speedway team beat Ipswich Witches at Beaumont Park tonight to reach the Premier Grand Final for the first time.
Not a patch on Blackbird Road days but a big congratulations anyway.

do any roofers still go speedway
i should imagine a fair few on here used to go blackbird road

 

[SK24U]

A couple of my mates are Die hards, never been myself.

 

[CityFox]

Is the final a one-off meeting, if so where? Or a two-leg, home and away?

 

[Wigston_Fox]

2 legs I think

 

[LGFOX]

do any roofers still go speedway
i should imagine a fair few on here used to go blackbird road

My folks used to take me. Great night out
Tuesdays? The days of Ray Wilson, Dave Jessop, Anders Michanek ( I called him Anders Mechanic) and John Boulger. Wonderful experience. The noise, the lights and the smell from the hot dog stall.

 

[Wigston_Fox]

My folks used to take me. Great night out
Tuesdays? The days of Ray Wilson, Dave Jessop, Anders Michanek ( I called him Anders Mechanic) and John Boulger. Wonderful experience. The noise, the lights and the smell from the hot dog stall.

Loved it at Blackbird Rd, only been once at Beaumont Park, not the same

 

[DagenhamFox]

Nothing is ever the same but it would be another feather in the cap of Leicester if we were to win it.

 

[Oadlad]

Belle View take a 12 point lead to Sheffield.
Watched us on the dodgy stick (Eurovision). The tension, phew...

 

[Popside]

Went v Ipswich . Great entertainment , decent entry prices , people enjoying sport and riders who are brave as … u know

 

[CityFox]

Second leg of the final tonight. Lions 18 points down so really up against it.
Live on Eurosport 2 from 7pm.

 

[Gnasher65]

Tuesday nights at Blackbird Road. the old man used to take me and my sister early 70's. Still got some old programs in a box somewhere with the results filled in. Belle Vue were the bogey team in those days right?

 

[CityFox]

I went very late 70s/early 80s. Coventry and Cradley Heath seemed to be the main rivals then.

 

[Bowdenfox]

Early 80's for me, Les Collins was the main man. Went to the World Final in '83 in Bremen, the locals didn't care for us Brits very much....

 

[Wigston_Fox]

Lost 49-41

 

[Rodneyfernsfeet]

The hotdogs at blackbird road in the seventies were to die for, I can smell them now.