Alan Molyneux

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Alan Molyneux
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Speedway rider
Born12 August 1950 (1950-08-12) (age 74)
Derby, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1973–1974, 1982–1983, 1985 Long Eaton Invaders
1974 Cradley Heathens
1975 Stoke Potters
1975–1980 Coventry Bees
1981 Sheffield Tigers
1982 Birmingham Brummies
Individual honours
1979 British Championship finalist
Team honours
1978, 1979 British League Champion
1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 Midland Cup
1980Midland League

Alan Reginald Molyneux (born 12 August 1950) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. [1] [2] He earned one international cap for the England national speedway team. [3]

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Speedway career

Molyneux reached the final of the British Speedway Championship in 1979. [1] [4] He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1973 to 1985, riding for various clubs. [5] [1] [6]

Molyneux left Long Eaton Archers in 1974 to join Stoke Potters. [7] However, he achieved most of his domestic success riding for Coventry Bees, [8] winning two league championships with the Midllands club. [9] He averaged 8.06 in 1978. [10] He also won four consecutive Midland Cups from 1976 to 1979. [11] [12] [13] [14]

Alan retired in 1983 but made a brief comeback in 1985 for Long Eaton to help them over injury problems.

After speedway

Went back to the Nottingham lace industry for 17 years until the trade died out and took up employment at a factory making caravan interiors. Married to Linda, they live in Long Eaton. They have two children and grandchildren. Apart from the occasional visit to stadiums to watch, Alan makes model speedway bikes.[ citation needed ]

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References

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  2. ↑ "ALAN MOLYNEUX". World Speedway Riders. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN   978-0-244-72538-9
  7. ↑ "Poor support track closure reason for" . Derby Daily Telegraph. 15 February 1975. Retrieved 22 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Alan Molyneux". WWOS backup. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Bamford, Reg (2004). Speedway Yearbook. Tempus Publishing, Stroud. ISBN   978-0-7524-2955-7.
  10. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Muddy Marvel, Ole rubs it in" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 23 October 1976. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ "Super Shirra leads Bees in Cup romp" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 30 September 1977. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ "Bees live up to double glory" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 16 October 1978. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ↑ "...and they're cup kings, too!" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 October 1979. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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