1992 British League Division Two season

1992 British League Division Two season
LeagueBritish League Division Two
No. of competitors11
ChampionsPeterborough Panthers
Knockout CupPeterborough Panthers
IndividualRóbert Nagy
FoursPeterborough Panthers
Highest averageRichard Knight
Division/s aboveBritish League (Div 1)

The 1992 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom.[1]

Summary

The title was won by the Peterborough Panthers.[2]

Mildenhall Fen Tigers and Milton Keynes Knights both withdrew from the league in June and their results were expunged.[3] The BSPA withdrew the Milton Keynes speedway licence following complaints over the state of the track and several days later on 24 June, the club was wound-up.[4]

The season had a sad end when on 13 September Wayne Garratt crashed riding for Newcastle Diamonds against Peterborough. He suffered a brain injury and was placed on a life support machine but died 15 days later.[5]

Final table

Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts
1 Peterborough Panthers 20 14 0 6 7½ 35½
2 Berwick Bandits 20 12 1 7 7 32
3 Glasgow Tigers 19 11 0 8 7½ 30½
4 Newcastle Diamonds 20 11 0 9 7 29
5 Rye House Rockets 19 12 0 7 4 29
6 Exeter Falcons 20 9 0 11 4 22
7 Edinburgh Monarchs 20 8 0 12 5 21
8 Stoke Potters 20 8 0 12 5 21
9 Long Eaton Invaders 20 7 2 11 4 20
10 Sheffield Tigers 20 9 1 10 1 20
11 Middlesbrough Bears 20 6 0 14 2 13

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

The 1992 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 25th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition.[6]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
28/06 Glasgow 39-51 Edinburgh
15/08 Stoke 59-31 Exeter
29/06 Exeter 58-32 Stoke
27/05 Long Eaton 49-41 Peterborough
25/05 Peterborough 57-33 Long Eaton
08/05 Edinburgh 58-32 Glasgow

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
31/08 Berwick 52-38 Stoke
31/08 Peterborough 58-32 Edinburgh
29/08 Stoke 49-41 Berwick
14/08 Edinburgh 50-40 Peterborough
31/05 Newcastle 53-36 Middlesbrough
28/05 Middlesbrough 46-43 Newcastle

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
10/10 Berwick 53-37 Rye House
27/09 Rye House 60-28 Berwick
13/09 Newcastle 49-41 Peterborough
11/09 Peterborough 49-41 Newcastle
09/10
replay		 Peterborough 51-39 Newcastle
04/10
replay		 Newcastle 44-46 Peterborough

Final

First leg

Peterborough Panthers
Jason Crump 13
Mick Poole 10
Paul Hurry 9
Neville Tatum 8
Stephen Davies 8
Rod Colquhoun 8
Mark Blackbird 4		60 – 30Rye House Rockets
Jens Rasmussen 12
Martin Goodwin 8
Mark Courtney 4
Robert Ledwith 3
Mikael Teurnberg 2
Jan Pedersen 1
Sean Courtney 0
[7][8]

Second leg

Rye House Rockets
Mikael Teurnberg 16
Martin Goodwin 11
Jens Rasmussen 8
Sean Courtney 6
Jan Pedersen 6
Mark Courtney 3
Robert Ledwith 1		51 – 39Peterborough Panthers
Mick Poole 9
Neville Tatum 9
Stephen Davies 7
Jason Crump 6
Paul Hurry 5
Rod Colquhoun 3
Mark Blackbird 0
[7][8]

Peterborough were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 99–81.

Final leading averages

Rider Team Average
Richard Knight Berwick 10.32
David Bargh Newcastle 9.89
Jan Stæchmann Long Eaton 9.87
Neil Evitts Sheffield 9.71
Martin Goodwin Rye House 9.67
Peter Carr Sheffield 9.47
Mark Thorpe Newcastle 9.30
Tony Langdon Sheffield 9.21
Steve Regeling Middlesbrough 9.12
Shane Bowes Glasgow 8.96

Riders' Championship

Róbert Nagy won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 19 September at Brandon Stadium.[9]

Pos. Rider Pts Total
1 Hungary Róbert Nagy 3 2 2 3 3 13
2 Australia Mick Poole 2 2 3 3 3 13
3 England Richard Green 3 3 3 2 fex 11
4 England Martin Goodwin f 3 2 3 2 10
5 Australia Tony Langdon 3 2 0 1 2 8
6 Denmark Jan Staechmann fex 1 3 1 3 8
7 New Zealand David Bargh 2 r 1 2 3 8
8 England David Blackburn 3 3 r 0 2 8
9 Australia Shane Bowes f 1 3 2 2 8
10 England Andy Grahame 1 2 2 1 1 7
11 Scotland Kenny McKinna 2 0 1 3 1 7
12 England Richard Knight 0 3 1 2 fex 6
13 England Les Collins 2 1 0 1 1 5
14 New Zealand Mark Thorpe 1 0 2 0 ef 3
15 Australia Steve Regeling 1 0 1 r 0 2
16 England Paul Whittaker 1 1 0 0 0 2
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Fours

Peterborough Panthers won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 26 July.[10]

Final

Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Peterborough 24 Poole 9, Hurry
2 Edinburgh 23 Collins L 8, McKinna,
3 Rye House 17 Goodwin 6
4 Glasgow 8 Nagy 3, Powell 3, Bowes 0

Riders & final averages

Berwick

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Mildenhall (withdrew from league)

Milton Keynes (withdrew from league)

Newcastle

Peterborough

Rye House

Sheffield

Stoke

See also

References

  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Knights to ride again". Northampton Chronicle and Echo. 24 June 1992. Retrieved 29 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Wayne Garratt". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. ^ "1992 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  7. ^ a b "1992 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Peterborough Panthers fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  9. ^ "No joy for Jan". Nottingham Evening Post. 21 September 1992. Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Speedway". Birmingham Mail. 27 July 1992. Retrieved 13 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.