1990 British League season
League | British League |
---|---|
Champions | Reading Racers |
No. of competitors | 9 |
Knockout Cup | Reading Racers |
Individual | Hans Nielsen |
Highest average | Hans Nielsen |
Division/s below | 1990 National League |
The 1990 British League season was the 56th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 26th known as the British League.[1][2]
Summary[]
Reading Racers won the league for the first time since 1980. The domination of speedway in recent years by Oxford Cheetahs, Coventry Bees and Cradley Heathens had come to an end. The Reading team was an extremely strong all round squad, highlighted by the fact that Per Jonsson who finished third in the Reading averages would become World Champion by the end of the season. Veteran English international Jeremy Doncaster and their new Australian signing Todd Wiltshire topped the Reading averages and they were supported by fans favourite Jan Andersson, Dave Mullett and Tony Olsson. The team went on to complete the league and cup double after beating Bradford in the cup final.[3] Hans Nielsen of Oxford topped the averages for an incredible eighth season running and also won the British League Riders' Championship for the third time.
Final table[]
Pos | Team | PL | W | D | L | BP | Pts |
1 | Reading Racers | 32 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 54 |
2 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 49 |
3 | Belle Vue Aces | 32 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 47 |
4 | Oxford Cheetahs | 32 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
5 | Bradford Dukes | 32 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
6 | Swindon Robins | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
7 | Cradley Heath Heathens | 32 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 32 |
8 | Coventry Bees | 32 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 30 |
9 | King's Lynn Stars | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 21 |
M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points
Leading averages[]
Rider | Team | Average |
---|---|---|
Hans Nielsen | Oxford | 10.36 |
Jan O. Pedersen | Cradley Heath | 9.37 |
Jeremy Doncaster | Reading | 9.09 |
Kelvin Tatum | Coventry | 8.93 |
Sam Ermolenko | Sheffield | 8.87 |
Ronnie Correy | Sheffield | 8.85 |
Todd Wiltshire | Reading | 8.77 |
Simon Cross | Cradley | 8.73 |
Marvyn Cox | Bradford | 8.63 |
Jimmy Nilsen | Swindon | 8.57 |
British League Knockout Cup[]
The 1990 Sppedway Star British League Knockout Cup was the 52nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Reading Racers were the winners.[4]
First Round[]
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
---|---|---|---|
04/04 | Coventry | 45-45 | Oxford |
18/05 | Oxford | 44-46 | Coventry |
Quarter Finals[]
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
---|---|---|---|
21/07 | Coventry | 37-53 | Swindon |
11/07 | Cradley Heath | 45-45 | Bradford |
14/07 | Bradford | 54-36 | Cradley Heath |
07/07 | Swindon | 56-34 | Coventry |
15/06 | Belle Vue | 61-29 | Wolverhampton |
21/05 | Wolverhampton | 34-56 | Belle Vue |
23/04 | Reading | 54-36 | King's Lynn |
21/04 | King's Lynn | 47-42 | Reading |
Semi Finals[]
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
---|---|---|---|
20/09 | Swindon | 50-40 | Bradford |
13/09 | Bradford | 51-39 | Swindon |
27/07 | Belle Vue | 57-33 | Reading |
16/07 | Reading | 53-36 | Belle Vue |
Final[]
First leg[]
Reading Racers Todd Wiltshire 15 Per Jonsson 12 Jan Andersson 6 Jeremy Doncaster 6 Armando Castagna 5 Dave Mullett 5 2 | 51 - 39 | Bradford Dukes Marvyn Cox 11 Gary Havelock 11 Glenn Doyle 10 Paul Thorp 3 Andy Smith 2 Neil Evitts 1 1 |
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[5] |
Second leg[]
Bradford Dukes Gary Havelock 11 Marvyn Cox 9 Paul Thorp 7 Andy Smith 7 Neil Evitts 5 2 2 Glenn Doyle 0 (inj) | 43 - 47 | Reading Racers Todd Wiltshire 13 Dave Mullett 12 Jeremy Doncaster 6 Armando Castagna 6 Jan Andersson 5 Per Jonsson 4 2 |
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[6] |
Reading Racers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98-82.
Teams[]
Belle Vue Aces[]
- Kelly Moran
- Shawn Moran
- Chris Morton
- Bobby Ott
- Peter Ravn
- Joe Screen
Bradford Dukes[]
- Marvyn Cox
- Glenn Doyle
- Neil Evitts
- Gary Havelock
- Andy Smith
- Paul Thorp
Coventry Bees[]
- John Jørgensen
- Tommy Knudsen
- Roman Matoušek
- Rick Miller
- Andy Phillips
- Kelvin Tatum
- Sean Wilson
Cradley Heath[]
- Simon Cross
- Alan Grahame
- Greg Hancock
- Gert Handberg
- Jan O. Pedersen
- Billy Hamill
- Scott Smith
King's Lynn Stars[]
- Bohumil Brhel
- Henka Gustaffson
- Richard Knight
- Dennis Löfqvist
- Mark Loram
- Sean Wilson
Oxford Cheetahs[]
- Dean Barker
- Troy Butler
- Martin Dugard
- Hans Nielsen
- Kevin Pitts
- Simon Wigg
Reading Racers[]
- Jan Andersson
- Armando Castagna
- Jeremy Doncaster
- Per Jonsson
- Dave Mullett
- Tony Olsson
- Todd Wiltshire
Swindon Robins[]
- Leigh Adams
- Phil Crump
- John Davis
- Brian Karger
- Peter Nahlin
- Jimmy Nilsen
- Andrew Silver
Wolverhampton Wolves[]
- Neil Collins
- Ronnie Correy
- Sam Ermolenko
- Graham Jones
- Peter Karlsson
- Bo Petersen
- Jan Stæchmann
- Carl Stonehewer
See also[]
- List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
- Knockout Cup (speedway)
References[]
- ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
- ^ "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ "1990 league tables". Speedway GB.
- ^ "1990 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
- ^ "Racers made to Sweat". Reading Evening Post. 9 October 1990. Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mullett hero of Odsal victory". Reading Evening Post. 15 October 1990. Retrieved 27 June 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- British League
- 1990 in British motorsport