1990 National League season

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1990 National League season
LeagueNational League
ChampionsPoole Pirates
Knockout CupPoole Pirates
IndividualAndy Grahame
PairsHackney Kestrels
FoursStoke Potters
Highest averageSteve Schofield
Division/s above1990 British League

The 1990 National League was the 16th since its establishment as a second tier in 1975, a renamed British League Division Two, and the last before it was again renamed British League Division Two.[1]

Summary[]

The league was initially supposed to run with 18 teams - however, Mildenhall Fen Tigers were unable to form a team to the 42-point minimum average limit, and were expelled on March 22, 1990. Matches were once again run over a 16-heat formula, with seven riders per team.

Poole Pirates were again champions, and stepped up into British League Division One for the 1991 season.[2]

League table[]

Pos Club M Home Away F A Pts
W D L W D L
1 Poole Pirates 32 16 0 0 13 0 3 1779 1224 58
2 Middlesbrough Bears 32 16 0 0 6 2 8 1701 1367 46
3 Ipswich Witches 32 13 2 1 9 0 7 1674 1387 46
4 Glasgow Tigers 32 13 0 3 6 0 10 1643.5 1419,5 38
5 Hackney Kestrels 32 13 0 3 6 0 10 1608 1451 38
6 Berwick Bandits 32 15 0 1 3 1 12 1575.5 1483.5 37
7 Wimbledon Dons 32 12 1 3 4 2 10 1376 1469 35
8 Stoke Potters 32 11 0 5 5 1 10 1573 1489 33
9 Exeter Falcons 32 14 0 2 1 1 14 1576 1489 31
10 Peterborough Panthers 32 13 0 3 2 0 14 1456 1613 30
11 Eastbourne Eagles 32 12 0 4 3 0 13 1426 1636 30
12 Newcastle Diamonds 32 11 0 5 3 0 13 1478.5 1586.5 28
13 Edinburgh Monarchs 32 10 1 5 2 0 14 1520.5 1539.5 25
14 Arena Essex Hammers 32 9 1 5 3 0 13 1380 1674 25
15 Rye House Rockets 32 7 0 9 1 0 15 1386 1672 16
16 Long Eaton Invaders 32 7 2 7 0 0 16 1372 1697 16
17 Milton Keynes Knights 32 5 0 11 1 0 15 1286 1770 12

M = Meetings; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; Pts = Total Points

Last updated: May 1, 2009

Averages[]

The top ten rider averages in the National League as of October 31, 1990:

Rider Average Team
1 England Steve Schofield 10.51 Hackney Kestrels
2 Australia Craig Boyce 10.45 Poole Pirates
3 Australia Steve Regeling 10.20 Exeter Falcons
4 England Chris Louis 10.19 Ipswich Witches
5 Australia Rod Hunter 9.93 Middlesbrough Bears
6 New Zealand David Bargh 9.72 Newcastle Diamonds
7 Australia Mick Poole 9.58 Peterborough Panthers
8 England Andy Grahame 9.40 Wimbledon Dons
9 Denmark Jens Rasmussen 9.36 Rye House Rockets
10 England Andy Galvin 9.27 Hackney Kestrels

National League Knockout Cup[]

The 1990 National League Knockout Cup was the 23rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition.[3]

First Round[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
14/04 Berwick 62-33 Long Eaton
11/04 Long Eaton 57-39 Berwick

Second Round[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
21/07 Berwick 50-44 Poole
27/06 Wimbledon 62-33 Exeter
15/06 Hackney 64-32 Eastbourne
10/06 Eastbourne 40-56 Hackney
10/06 Rye House 51-45 Milton Keynes
07/06 Middlesbrough 51-44 Edinburgh
05/06 Milton Keynes 56-39 Rye House
05/06 Poole 56-40 Berwick
04/06 Exeter 61-35 Wimbledon
03/06 Edinburgh 51-45 Middlesbrough
03/06 Glasgow 54-41 Ipswich
03/06 Newcastle 61-35 Arena Essex
02/06 Arena Essex 41-55 Newcastle
02/06 Stoke 65-31 Peterborough
01/06 Peterborough 48-48 Stoke
31/05 Ipswich 60-36 Glasgow

Quarter Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
21/08 Poole 62-33 Hackney
10/08 Hackney 47-48 Poole
29/07 Newcastle 54-41 Ipswich
21/07 Stoke 51-45 Wimbledon
19/07 Middlesbrough 69-27 Milton Keynes
18/07 Wimbledon 57-37 Stoke
17/07 Milton Keynes 40-56 Middlesbrough
19/07 Ipswich 61-35 Newcastle

Semi Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
30/08 Ipswich 47-49 Poole
28/08 Poole 60-36 Ipswich
23/08 Middlesbrough 69-27 Wimbledon
22/08 Wimbledon 36-59 Middlesbrough

Final[]

First leg

Poole Pirates
Craig Boyce 19
Alun Rossiter 13
Gary Allan 11
Tony Langdon 10
Rod Colquhoun 6
Gary Chessell 3
Tom Knudsen R/R		62 – 34Middlesbrough Bears
Rod Hunter 11
Jamie Luckhurst 7
Darren Sumner 5
Paul Bentley 5
David Cheshire 3
Dave Edwards 2
Steve Wilcock 1
[4][5]

Second leg

Middlesbrough Bears
Rod Hunter 9
Steve Wilcock 9
Darren Sumner 9
Paul Bentley 9
Jamie Luckhurst 7
David Cheshire 7
Dave Edwards 1		51 – 45Poole Pirates
Craig Boyce 16
Gary Allan 11
Tony Langdon 10
Rod Colquhoun 4
Alun Rossiter 3
Justin Elkins 1
Tom Knudsen R/R
[4][5]
Cleveland Park Stadium

Poole were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 107–85.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - BRITISH LEAGUE ERA (1965-1990)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ "1990 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  4. ^ a b "1990 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Poole 1990 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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