The 1953 National League Division Two was the eighth post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. The League was reduced...
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The 1953 National League Division One was the 19th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the eighth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle...
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1954 National League Division Two was the ninth post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. The Southern League was replaced...
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The 1952 National League Division Two was the seventh post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. The post-war boom was...
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Norman Strachan (category British speedway riders)
facilities. He began his British leagues career riding for Poole Pirates during the 1953 Speedway National League Division Two season. Strachan built up his...
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Poole Pirates (redirect from Poole speedway)
the football pitch was replaced by a speedway track in preparation for the 1948 Speedway National League Division Three season. The first fixture held...
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Motherwell Eagles (category Defunct speedway teams in the United Kingdom)
Eagles were a motorcycle speedway team based in Motherwell in Scotland that participated in the British National League Division Two from 1951 and 1954. The...
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times. As Wigan Warriors they first competed in the 1947 Speedway National League Division Two finishing seventh from eight teams. The team lasted barely...
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Coventry Bees (category Speedway Elite League teams)
won at national level by the club was the 1953 Speedway National League Division Two league title. The first major trophy was becoming league champions...
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Junior Bainbridge (category Australian speedway riders)
1952 for Glasgow. His final season at Glasgow was in the 1953 Speedway National League Division Two, because the following year he signed for Ipswich Witches...
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inaugural league season. However, the team abruptly withdrew mid-way through the 1931 season following a meeting by the directors. Speedway ceased not...
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conventional speedway. He began his British leagues career riding for Walthamstow Wolves during the 1950 Speedway National League Division Two, where he...
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Doug Templeton (category British speedway riders)
motorcycle speedway rider from Scotland. Doug Templeton began racing for Glasgow White City Tigers during the 1953 Speedway National League Division Two season...
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Yarmouth Bloaters (category Defunct speedway teams in the United Kingdom)
since 1932. In 1948 the Yarmouth Bloaters speedway team were created and they joined the National League Division Three. The original plan was to use the...
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undertaking a speedway career. He began his British leagues career riding for Sheffield Tigers during the 1947 Speedway National League Division Two season and...
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speedway rider from England. Smith, born in Forest Gate, London, began his British leagues career riding for Plymouth Devils during the 1949 Speedway...
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began racing for Glasgow White City Tigers during the 1950 Speedway National League Division Two season. He made an immediate impact by topping the team's...
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The Leicester Hunters were a motorcycle speedway team which operated from 1948 until 1962. Speedway had operated before the war at both Leicester Stadium...
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Racers were a motorcycle speedway team who raced at the Harringay Stadium from 1947 until 1954 in the National League Division One. The Racers were the...
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United Kingdom Speedway League Champions is split into three divisions, the top tier, the second tier and third tier, all three divisions have been known...
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Wolverhampton Wolves (category Speedway Elite League teams)
were admitted into the 1951 Speedway National League Division Three. The winter of 1952/3 was a tumultuous one for speedway in the Black Country when Cradley...
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promoted from National League Division Two at the end of the 1948 season. In 1949, with the Brummies in National League Division One, Payne had ridden...
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started when riding for Ashfield Giants during the 1949 Speedway National League Division Two season. He remained with Ashfield for four seasons from...
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1954 National League Division One was the 20th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the ninth post-war season of the highest tier of speedway. Bristol...
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There are three speedway leagues in Poland: Ekstraliga (Ekstraliga żużlowa) (Team Speedway Polish Championship) Polish Speedway First League (eWinner 1.liga...
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Liverpool Chads (category Defunct speedway teams in the United Kingdom)
again in the National League Division Three and were again based at Stanley Stadium, Liverpool. The team moved up to National League Division Two for the 1951...
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The 1952 National League Division One was the 18th season of speedway in the United Kingdom and the seventh post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle...
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Edinburgh Monarchs (category Speedway Premier League teams)
applied to the Speedway Control Board to participate in the 1948 Speedway National League Division Two but finished bottom of the league that season. They...
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Plymouth Gladiators (category National League speedway teams)
the league averages at the end of the season. After another season in the Southern League (1953) they withdrew from the 1954 Speedway National League Division...
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Jack Unstead (category British speedway riders)
in the top division of British speedway at the time, the National League. Bristol struggled in 1953 before competing in the second division in 1954 and...
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