POOLE captain Steve Worrall has revealed that Plymouth are the Championship team that worries him the most.
The Pirates face the Gladiators tonight at Wimborne Road in the BSN Series, live on BSN.
It’s the third fixture of the season for the Pirates, who have a perfect record so far with back-to-back wins over Oxford.
Looking ahead to the fixture, Worrall said: “If I look down the list of teams, Plymouth is the one that worries me most.
“They have their faults, just like we do to be fair, but I feel that we have the upper hand.”
It’s been another buzzing start to the campaign for the Championship title holders and promoter Danny Ford has revealed a boom in ticket sales for the new season.
The Dorset side won the league and cup double for the second straight year in 2022.
Ford told Radio Solent: “Sales are beyond my expectations. People have realised that this level of speedway can still churn out some of the best racing you will see.
“We see some great racing and talented young riders coming through the ranks and hopefully this year it will be no different.
“Things haven't been easy since the pandemic but I think most businesses have been struggling in some regard.
“But ticket sales are up about 10% this year and I'm very hopeful we will have a very good year on and off the track.
“We are hugely thankful for the support from fans and our sponsors."
The Pirates dropped down to the SGB Championship from the Premiership three years ago.
Ford also believes a return to the top flight could still happen one day, adding: “The door is never closed to us going back to the Premiership.
“But I think we have proven that Championship speedway is equally as good as Premiership.
“The main sticking point for us is race nights. We have to be on the track doing races on Wednesday nights because it is the best for Poole at the moment.
“Other race nights just don't work. If that can change, anything could happen, but at the minute Championship racing works for us.”
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Poole Pirates: Steve Worrall, Anders Rowe, Ben Cook, Zach Cook, Richard Lawson, Kyle Newman, Adam Roynon.
Plymouth Gladiators: Kyle Howarth, Dan Gilkes, Paul Starke, Ben Barker, Richie Worrall, Jake Turner, Ben Trigger.
Words by Holeshot Media.
Images by Taylor Lanning.