League | Premier League |
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Champions | Reading Racers |
Knockout Cup | Edinburgh Monarchs |
Young Shield | Exeter Falcons |
Individual | Peter Carr |
Pairs | Long Eaton Invaders |
Fours | Long Eaton Invaders |
Highest average | Dave Mullett |
Division/s above | 1997 Elite League |
Division/s below | 1997 Conference League |
The 1997 Premier League speedway season was the second division of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
A restructure of British speedway took place, with the Premier League becoming the second division and a new Elite League becoming the top division. During the two previous seasons (1995 and 1996) there had been only one division of British speedway also called the Premier League, this confused matters because the Premier League was now only a second tier competition.
The Premier League was consisted of 14 teams for the 1997 season, running on a standard format with no play-offs. The Young Shield was introduced as an end of season cup competition for the top eight teams in the league standings. [1] [2]
Reading Racers won the title. [3]
Pos | M | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Bon | Tot | |
1 | Reading Racers | 26 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1323 | 1011 | 44 | 13 | 57 |
2 | Long Eaton Invaders | 26 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1227 | 1107 | 37 | 11 | 48 |
3 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 1235 | 1102 | 38 | 8 | 43 |
4 | Newcastle Diamonds | 26 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 1201 | 1134 | 30 | 8 | 38 |
5 | Exeter Falcons | 26 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 1213 | 1125 | 28 | 6 | 34 |
6 | Glasgow Tigers | 26 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 1158 | 1179 | 26 | 6 | 32 |
7 | Arena Essex Hammers | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1157 | 1179 | 24 | 7 | 31 |
8 | Isle of Wight Islanders* | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1149 | 1184 | 24 | 7 | 31 |
9 | Hull Vikings | 26 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1134 | 1195 | 26 | 5 | 31 |
10 | Sheffield Tigers | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1116 | 1219 | 24 | 5 | 29 |
11 | Oxford Cheetahs | 26 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 1116 | 1219 | 18 | 6 | 24 |
12 | Stoke Potters | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 1111 | 1122 | 18 | 3 | 21 |
13 | Berwick Bandits | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 1105 | 1223 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
14 | Newport Wasps | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 1095 | 1241 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
The 1997 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 30th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the first with the name Premier League Knockout Cup. Edinburgh Monarchs were the winners of the competition. [6]
During 1995 and 1996 the British League merged and ran as one newly named Premier League, which therefore meant that the second tier of speedway in the United Kingdom was the 1995 Academy League season, followed one year later by the 1996 Speedway Conference League season.
Northern Group
Pos | Team | Played | W | D | L | Pts |
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1 | Hull Vikings | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
2 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
3 | Newcastle Diamonds | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
4 | Sheffield Tigers | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
5 | Berwick Bandits | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
6 | Stoke Potters | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
7 | Glasgow Tigers | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
Southern Group
Pos | Team | Played | W | D | L | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oxford Cheetahs | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
2 | Reading Racers | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
3 | Long Eaton Invaders | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
4 | Arena Essex Hammers | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
5 | Exeter Falcons | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
6 | Skegness Braves | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
---|---|---|---|
04/07 | Edinburgh | 51-39 | Reading |
21/07 | Reading | 48-42 | Edinburgh |
29/06 | Oxford | 51-39 | Hull |
09/07 | Hull | 46-43 | Oxford |
First leg
Oxford Cheetahs Neville Tatum 13 Philippe Bergé 11 Lawrence Hare 11 Mikael Teurnberg 6 Jeremy Luckhurst 2 Anthony Barlow 0 Darren Andrews R/R | 43 – 47 | Edinburgh Monarchs Peter Carr 12 Robert Eriksson 10 Kenny McKinna 10 Paul Gould 7 Blair Scott 6 Barry Campbell 2 Neil Hewitt 0 |
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[7] [8] |
Second leg
Edinburgh Monarchs Kenny McKinna 13 Peter Carr 12 Robert Eriksson 11 Blair Scott 5 Paul Gould 3 Barry Campbell 3 Neil Hewitt R/R | 47 – 43 | Oxford Cheetahs Philippe Bergé 15 Neville Tatum 12 Lawrence Hare 8 Mikael Teurnberg 4 William Beveridge 4 Anthony Barlow 0 Jeremy Luckhurst R/R |
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[7] [8] |
Edinburgh were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 94–86.
Peter Carr won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 13 September at Brandon Stadium. [9]
Pos. | Rider | Pts | Total | SF | Final |
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1 | ![]() | 2 2 0 2 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 0 2 3 3 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 2 2 3 2 r | 9 | 2 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 3 1 3 1 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
5 | ![]() | 1 3 3 3 2 | 12 | 1 | |
6 | ![]() | 3 3 2 3 1 | 12 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 3 3 fex 2 1 | 9 | 0 | |
8 | ![]() | 1 1 1 3 3 | 9 | 0 | |
9 | ![]() | 2 1 2 1 3 | 9 | ||
10 | ![]() | 3 1 1 1 2 | 8 | ||
11 | ![]() | 1 3 1 0 2 | 7 | ||
12 | ![]() | 0 0 2 2 1 | 5 | ||
13 | ![]() | 2 0 2 0 0 | 4 | ||
14 | ![]() | 0 2 1 0 0 | 3 | ||
15 | ![]() | 1 0 0 1 1 | 3 | ||
16 | ![]() | 0 fex - - - | 0 | ||
17 | ![]() | - - 0 - 0 | 0 | ||
18 | ![]() | - - - 0 - | 0 |
The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oxford Stadium on 26 September. The event was won by Long Eaton Invaders. [10] [11]
Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
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1 | Long Eaton | 33 | Stonehewer 18, Dixon 15 |
2 | Reading | 31 | Richardson 19, Mullett 12 |
3 | Exeter | 28 | Coles 21, Lanham 7 |
4 | Oxford | 26 | Hare 20, Tatum 6 |
5 | Sheffield | 26 | Kessler 18, Smith 8 |
6 | Glasgow | 23 | Powell 13, Collins 10 |
7 | Edinburgh | 22 | Carr P 17, McKinna 5 |
Long Eaton Invaders won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 3 August 1997, at the East of England Arena. [12] [13]
Final | |||
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Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
1 | Long Eaton | 28 | Lee 7, Stonehewer 7, Werner 7, Dixon 6, Elkins 1 |
2 | Edinburgh | 23 | Carr P 12, Eriksson 6, McKinna K 4, Gould 1 |
3 | Oxford | 17 | Hare 6, Teurnberg 4, Berge 4, Tatum 3 |
4 | Berwick | 9 | Lamb 4, Little 2, Pingel 1, Kosonen 1, Meldrum 1 |
Rider | Team | Average |
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![]() | Reading | 10.47 |
![]() | Long Eaton | 10.39 |
![]() | Reading | 9.92 |
![]() | Edinburgh | 9.88 |
![]() | Long Eaton | 9.81 |
![]() | Edinburgh | 9.73 |
![]() | Sheffield | 9.76 |
![]() | Hull | 9.75 |
![]() | Edinburgh | 9.46 |
![]() | Stoke | 9.44 |
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