1992 British League Division Two season

The 1992 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom.[1]

1992 British League Division Two season
LeagueBritish League Division Two
ChampionsPeterborough Panthers
No. of competitors11
Knockout CupPeterborough Panthers
IndividualRóbert Nagy
FoursPeterborough Panthers
Highest averageRichard Knight
Division/s aboveBritish League (Div 1)

Summary

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]

Final table
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

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

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
28/06Glasgow39-51Edinburgh
15/08Stoke59-31Exeter
29/06Exeter58-32Stoke
27/05Long Eaton49-41Peterborough
25/05Peterborough57-33Long Eaton
08/05Edinburgh58-32Glasgow

Quarter-finals
Date Team one Score Team two
31/08Berwick52-38Stoke
31/08Peterborough58-32Edinburgh
29/08Stoke49-41Berwick
14/08Edinburgh50-40Peterborough
31/05Newcastle53-36Middlesbrough
28/05Middlesbrough46-43Newcastle

Semi-finals
Date Team one Score Team two
10/10Berwick53-37Rye House
27/09Rye House60-28Berwick
13/09Newcastle49-41Peterborough
11/09Peterborough49-41Newcastle
09/10
replay		Peterborough51-39Newcastle
04/10
replay		Newcastle44-46Peterborough

Final

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 – 30Rye House Rockets
Jens Rasmussen 12
Martin Goodwin 8
Mark Courtney 4
Robert Ledwith 3
Mikael Teurnberg 2
Jan Pedersen 1
Sean Courtney 0
[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 – 39Peterborough Panthers
Mick Poole 9
Neville Tatum 9
Stephen Davies 7
Jason Crump 6
Paul Hurry 5
Rod Colquhoun 3
Mark Blackbird 0
[6][7]

Peterborough were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 99–81.

Final leading averages
Rider Team Average
Richard KnightBerwick10.32
David BarghNewcastle9.89
Jan StæchmannLong Eaton9.87
Neil EvittsSheffield9.71
Martin GoodwinRye House9.67
Peter CarrSheffield9.47
Mark ThorpeNewcastle9.30
Tony LangdonSheffield9.21
Steve RegelingMiddlesbrough9.12
Shane BowesGlasgow8.96

Riders' Championship

Róbert Nagy won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 19 September at Brandon Stadium.[8]

Pos.RiderPtsTotal
1Hungary Róbert Nagy3 2 2 3 313
2Australia Mick Poole2 2 3 3 313
3England Richard Green3 3 3 2 fex11
4England Martin Goodwinf 3 2 3 210
5Australia Tony Langdon3 2 0 1 28
6Denmark Jan Staechmannfex 1 3 1 38
7New Zealand David Bargh2 r 1 2 38
8England David Blackburn3 3 r 0 28
9Australia Shane Bowesf 1 3 2 28
10England Andy Grahame1 2 2 1 17
11Scotland Kenny McKinna2 0 1 3 17
12England Richard Knight0 3 1 2 fex6
13England Les Collins2 1 0 1 15
14New Zealand Mark Thorpe1 0 2 0 ef3
15Australia Steve Regeling1 0 1 r 02
16England Paul Whittaker1 1 0 0 02
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Fours

Peterborough Panthers won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 26 July.[9]

Final

PosTeamPtsRiders
1Peterborough Panthers24Poole 9, Hurry
2Edinburgh Monarchs23Collins L 8, McKinna,
3Rye House Rockets17Goodwin 6
4Glasgow Tigers8Nagy 3, Powell 3, Bowes 0

Riders & final averages

Berwick

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Mildenhall (withdrew from league)

Milton Keynes (withdrew from league)

Newcastle

Peterborough

Rye House

Sheffield

Stoke

See also

References
  1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. "Fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. "Wayne Garratt". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. "1992 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  6. "1992 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  7. "Peterborough Panthers fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  8. "No joy for Jan". Nottingham Evening Post. 21 September 1992. Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Speedway". Birmingham Mail. 27 July 1992. Retrieved 13 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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