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Post by Hodgy on Jan 28, 2023 20:29:28 GMT
What a sad state of affairs, PC a supposed legend of British Speedway has for years decreased his legendary reputation. Understand he’s had his fall outs with BV due to demanding freebies for numerous friends. I don’t know if this is true (but so many rumours appear so). His new book should be a great read but after what he wrote in the late Casey’s book signing has really put me off.
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Post by Bigcatdiary on Jan 29, 2023 10:03:37 GMT
What a sad state of affairs, PC a supposed legend of British Speedway has for years decreased his legendary reputation. Understand he’s had his fall outs with BV due to demanding freebies for numerous friends. I don’t know if this is true (but so many rumours appear so). His new book should be a great read but after what he wrote in the late Casey’s book signing has really put me off. I got bought his book for Xmas and although I haven’t completely read it, it’s quite a good read. PC comes over bitter following a fall out with a previous BV management. At the end of the day it’s up to the owner who he lets in for nothing but it’s clear this is a contentious issue at most tracks and it’s no different at Peterborough. |
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Post by Hodgy on Jan 29, 2023 10:49:42 GMT
What a sad state of affairs, PC a supposed legend of British Speedway has for years decreased his legendary reputation. Understand he’s had his fall outs with BV due to demanding freebies for numerous friends. I don’t know if this is true (but so many rumours appear so). His new book should be a great read but after what he wrote in the late Casey’s book signing has really put me off. If anyone hasn’t seen it, Gordon Pairman wrote this on the Steve Casey RIP thread: I am truly devastated at the loss of Steve. He was my friend and travelling companion on several memorable domestic and overseas trips. He had no side to him but was a straightforward gentle gentleman. He worked tirelessly to get Peter Collins to come back to Belle Vue - and don’t believe PC’s propaganda, he was told he would always be welcomed at the NSS as would any ex-Belle Vue rider. What wasn’t on offer though was his demand, not request, that nearly 200 of his cronies, some who’d had no involvement with speedway let alone Belle Vue, also got in free. Steve tried many times to talk sense into PC, including going round to his house, but PC would not change his mind, possibly because he’d backed himself into a corner. Steve was never one for taking offence and went to the Glossop signing of PC’s book. Having paid his £20, PC scrawled in his copy “Steve, I will never forgive you for what you have done to me and my family. I will never go to BV if you are there.” Steve shared a photo of the inscription but then said to me that he’d enjoyed reading the book. That is the sort of man that Steve was and I hope that, although Steve will never be at BV again, neither will PC as he’ll be barred. I am not alone in knowing that I will never forgive PC for what he wrote. Many men become world speedway champion, there’s one every year, but there will only ever be one Steve Casey. I knew Steve’s cancer would take him sooner rather than later but am still stunned that we have lost him. The world is a much sadder place today. |
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