Midland Cup (speedway)

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Midland Cup (speedway)
Sport Speedway
Founded1951
Ceased1987
CountryUnited Kingdom

The Midland Cup was a motorcycle speedway competition held in the United Kingdom from 1951 to 1987, that was restricted to teams from the Midlands area. [1] [2]

The competition was a significant competition at the time, due to the speedway teams from the Midlands being some of the leading teams in the United Kingdom (particularly in the 1980s).

Midland Cup

SeasonChampionsRunner-UpRef
1951 Leicester Birmingham [3]
1952 Coventry Birmingham [4]
1953 BirminghamCoventry [5] [6]
1954 BirminghamCoventry [7]
1955 BirminghamLeicester [8]
1960 CoventryLeicester [9]
1966 Coventry Wolverhampton [10]
1967 Swindon Coventry [11]
1968 SwindonLeicester [12]
1969 CoventryLeicester [13]
1970 CoventryLeicester [14]
1971 CoventryLeicester [15]
1972 LeicesterWolverhampton [16]
1973 WolverhamptonLeicester [17]
1974 LeicesterWolverhampton [18]
1975 Oxford Wolverhampton [19]
1976 CoventryWolverhampton [20]
1977 Coventry Cradley Heath [21]
1978 CoventryLeicester [22]
1979 CoventryLeicester [23]
1980 Cradley HeathCoventry [24]
1981 CoventryCradley Heath [25]
1982 CoventryCradley Heath [26]
1983 Cradley HeathCoventry [27]
1984 Cradley HeathSwindon [28]
1985 OxfordCradley Heath [29]
1986 OxfordCoventry [30]
1987 Cradley HeathWolverhampton [31]

Discontinued

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  2. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 65. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.
  3. ↑ "Hunters' Cup Win in Last heat" . Leicester Daily Mercury. 20 October 1951. Retrieved 5 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Bees great win in Speedway Cup final" . Coventry Evening Telegraph -. 27 October 1952. Retrieved 18 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Bees well beaten at Birmingham" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 28 September 1953. Retrieved 18 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Birmingham's easy win in Midland Trophy" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 4 October 1953. Retrieved 18 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Bees just failed in Midland Cup" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 18 October 1954. Retrieved 18 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Hunters triumph but trophy lost" . Leicester Evening Mail. 1 October 1955. Retrieved 18 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Bees' Sparkling Win in Midland Cup Final" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 26 September 1960. Retrieved 19 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Coventry Win Midland Cup" . Birmingham Daily Post. 20 September 1966. Retrieved 19 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Speedway Trophy won by Swindon" . Bristol Evening Post. 5 October 1967. Retrieved 19 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ "Lions Lode By Point On Aggregate" . Leicester Daily Mercury. 16 October 1968. Retrieved 19 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ "Big crowd at Speedway final" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 13 October 1969. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ↑ "Boulger on form for Lions" . Nottingham Evening Post. 14 October 1970. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ↑ "Fifth heat settles Lions" . Leicester Daily Mercury. 13 October 1971. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ↑ "Speedway" . Daily Mirror. 25 October 1972. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ↑ "Midland Speedway Cup" . Leicester Daily Mercury. 10 October 1973. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ↑ "Wolves beaten in cup final" . Birmingham Daily Post. 12 October 1974. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ↑ "Speedway rider Gary Peterson killed" . Reading Evening Post. 18 October 1975. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  20. ↑ "Muddy Marvel, Ole rubs it in" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 23 October 1976. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  21. ↑ "Super Shirra leads Bees in Cup romp" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 30 September 1977. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  22. ↑ "Bees live up to double glory" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 16 October 1978. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ↑ "...and they're cup kings, too!" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 October 1979. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  24. ↑ "Schwartz is a cup hit for Cradley" . Sandwell Evening Mail. 10 October 1980. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ↑ "Heathens Fury" . Sandwell Evening Mail. 11 October 1981. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  26. ↑ "Heathens Misery" . Sandwell Evening Mail. 12 October 1982. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  27. ↑ "Cradley's treble glory!" . Birmingham Mail. 25 October 1983. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  28. ↑ "Cradley finish on high note" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 28 October 1984. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  29. ↑ "Grahame's glory" . Birmingham Mail. 1 November 1985. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  30. ↑ "Bees:We had fight" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 30 October 1986. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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