1992 British League season

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1992 British League season
LeagueBritish League
ChampionsReading Racers
No. of competitors13
Knockout CupBradford Dukes
IndividualJoe Screen
Highest averageJan O. Pedersen
Division/s belowBritish League (Div 2)

The 1992 British League season was the 58th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 28th known as the British League.[1][2]

Summary[]

Reading Racers won the league for the second time in three years. Four riders who won the 1990 title (Jeremy Doncaster, Per Jonsson, Jan Andersson and Dave Mullett) were integral during the 1992 campaign. They were joined by Italian Armando Castagna and Ray Morton.[3] Bradford Dukes retained their Knockout Cup title.

World Champion Jan O. Pedersen topped the averages for Cradley Heath.

Final table[]

Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts
1 Reading Racers 24 19 1 4 11 50
2 Bradford Dukes 24 15 0 9 18 38
3 Poole Pirates 24 15 2 7 6 38
4 Cradley Heath Heathens 24 14 2 8 8 38
5 Wolverhampton Wolves 24 14 1 9 9 38
6 Belle Vue Aces 24 14 1 9 8 37
7 Ipswich Witches 24 11 2 11 6 30
8 Coventry Bees 24 10 1 13 5 26
9 King's Lynn Stars 24 9 0 15 7 25
10 Oxford Cheetahs 24 8 4 12 4 24
11 Arena Essex Hammers 24 7 0 17 3 17
12 Eastbourne Eagles 24 6 2 16 1 15
13 Swindon Robins 24 5 2 17 2 14

M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

Leading averages[]

Rider Team Average
Denmark Jan O. Pedersen Cradley Heath 11.37
United States Sam Ermolenko Wolverhampton 10.25
Denmark Hans Nielsen Oxford 10.24
Sweden Per Jonsson Reading 10.04
England Gary Havelock Bradford 9.50
Australia Leigh Adams Swindon 9.49
United States Greg Hancock Cradley Heath 9.41
United States Ronnie Correy Wolverhampton 9.36
England Marvyn Cox Poole 9.26
England Martin Dugard Oxford 8.94

British League Knockout Cup[]

The 1992 British League Knockout Cup was the 54th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Bradford Dukes were the winners for the second successive year.[4]

First Round[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
10/07 Belle Vue 57-33 Coventry
06/07 Reading 56-34 Oxford
16/08 Kings Lynn 48-40 Ipswich
25/07 Coventry 51-39 Belle Vue
10/07 Oxford 45-45 Reading
03/06 Poole 49-41 Cradley Heath
04/06 Ipswich 56-33 Kings Lynn
25/04 Cradley Heath 54-36 Poole

Quarter Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
24/07 Belle Vue 47-43 Ipswich
10/09 Ipswich 39-51 Belle Vue
29/07 Cradley Heath 56-34 Arena Essex
17/10 Arena Essex 49-41 Cradley Heath
24/07 Eastbourne 48-42 Bradford
10/10 Bradford 59-31 Eastbourne
26/10 Wolverhampton 50-40 Swindon
24/10 Swindon 43-47 Wolverhampton

Semi Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
17/10 Bradford 61-29 Belle Vue
18/10 Belle Vue 54-35 Bradford
07/10 Reading 55-35 Cradley Heath
22/10 Cradley Heath 45-44 Reading

Final[]

First leg[]

Bradford Dukes
Gary Havelock 13
Simon Wigg 12
Antal Kocso 11
Kelvin Tatum 8
Sean Wilson 5
Paul Thorp 4
2		55 - 35Reading Racers
Per Jonsson 9
Armando Castagna 9
Dave Mullett 8
Jan Andersson 4
Jeremy Doncaster 3
Phil Morris 2
0

Second leg[]

Reading Racers
Dave Mullett 12
Per Jonsson 11
Armando Castagna 11
Jeremy Doncaster 8
Jan Andersson 7
Phil Morris 3
1		53 - 37Bradford Dukes
Gary Havelock 10
Simon Wigg 9
Kelvin Tatum 8
Paul Thorp 4
3
Antal Kocso 2
Sean Wilson 1

Bradford Dukes were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 92-88.

Teams[]

Arena Essex Hammers[]

  • England Andy Galvin
  • Denmark
  • Denmark Brian Karger
  • United States Josh Larsen
  • England
  • England Alan Mogridge
  • Denmark Bo Petersen
  • England
  • England Troy Pratt
  • Denmark Peter Ravn
  • England
  • England

Belle Vue Aces[]

  • England
  • England
  • Australia Jason Lyons
  • United States Kelly Moran
  • United States Shawn Moran
  • United States Bobby Ott
  • Denmark Frede Schött
  • England Joe Screen
  • England
  • England Carl Stonehewer

Bradford Dukes[]

Coventry Bees[]

Cradley Heath[]

Eastbourne Eagles[]

Ipswich Witches[]

King's Lynn Stars[]

  • England Gary Allan
  • Czech Republic Bohumil Brhel
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • Sweden Henka Gustaffson
  • England Mark Loram
  • Sweden
  • England
  • England Alun Rossiter
  • England

Oxford Cheetahs[]

Poole Pirates[]

Reading Racers[]

  • Sweden Jan Andersson
  • Italy Armando Castagna
  • England Jeremy Doncaster
  • Sweden Per Jonsson
  • England Phil Morris
  • England Ray Morton
  • England Dave Mullett
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England

Swindon Robins[]

  • Australia Leigh Adams
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • United States Kelly Moran
  • Sweden Jimmy Nilsen
  • New Zealand Mitch Shirra
  • England
  • England

Wolverhampton Wolves[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. ^ "1992 league tables". Speedway GB.
  4. ^ "1992 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
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