The 1992 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom.[1]
League | British League Division Two |
---|---|
No. of competitors | 11 |
Champions | Peterborough Panthers |
Knockout Cup | Peterborough Panthers |
Individual | Róbert Nagy |
Fours | Peterborough Panthers |
Highest average | Richard Knight |
Division/s above | British League (Div 1) |
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 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.[4]
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 |
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.[5]
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 |
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 – 30 | Rye House Rockets Jens Rasmussen 12 Martin Goodwin 8 Mark Courtney 4 Robert Ledwith 3 Mikael Teurnberg 2 Jan Pedersen 1 Sean Courtney 0 |
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[6][7] |
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 – 39 | Peterborough Panthers Mick Poole 9 Neville Tatum 9 Stephen Davies 7 Jason Crump 6 Paul Hurry 5 Rod Colquhoun 3 Mark Blackbird 0 |
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[6][7] |
Peterborough were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 99–81.
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 |
Róbert Nagy won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 19 September at Brandon Stadium.[8]
Pos. | Rider | Pts | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Róbert Nagy | 3 2 2 3 3 | 13 |
2 | Mick Poole | 2 2 3 3 3 | 13 |
3 | Richard Green | 3 3 3 2 fex | 11 |
4 | Martin Goodwin | f 3 2 3 2 | 10 |
5 | Tony Langdon | 3 2 0 1 2 | 8 |
6 | Jan Staechmann | fex 1 3 1 3 | 8 |
7 | David Bargh | 2 r 1 2 3 | 8 |
8 | David Blackburn | 3 3 r 0 2 | 8 |
9 | Shane Bowes | f 1 3 2 2 | 8 |
10 | Andy Grahame | 1 2 2 1 1 | 7 |
11 | Kenny McKinna | 2 0 1 3 1 | 7 |
12 | Richard Knight | 0 3 1 2 fex | 6 |
13 | Les Collins | 2 1 0 1 1 | 5 |
14 | Mark Thorpe | 1 0 2 0 ef | 3 |
15 | Steve Regeling | 1 0 1 r 0 | 2 |
16 | Paul Whittaker | 1 1 0 0 0 | 2 |
Peterborough Panthers won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 26 July.[9]
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 |
Berwick
Edinburgh
Exeter
Glasgow
Long Eaton
Middlesbrough
Mildenhall (withdrew from league)
Milton Keynes (withdrew from league)
Newcastle
Peterborough
Rye House
Sheffield
Stoke