Midland Cup (speedway)

Midland Cup (speedway)

Sport	Speedway
Founded	1951
Ceased	1987
Country	United 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

Season	Champions	Runner-Up	Ref
1951	Leicester	Birmingham	[3]
1952	Coventry	Birmingham	[4]
1953	Birmingham	Coventry	[5] [6]
1954	Birmingham	Coventry	[7]
1955	Birmingham	Leicester	[8]
1960	Coventry	Leicester	[9]
1966	Coventry	Wolverhampton	[10]
1967	Swindon	Coventry	[11]
1968	Swindon	Leicester	[12]
1969	Coventry	Leicester	[13]
1970	Coventry	Leicester	[14]
1971	Coventry	Leicester	[15]
1972	Leicester	Wolverhampton	[16]
1973	Wolverhampton	Leicester	[17]
1974	Leicester	Wolverhampton	[18]
1975	Oxford	Wolverhampton	[19]
1976	Coventry	Wolverhampton	[20]
1977	Coventry	Cradley Heath	[21]
1978	Coventry	Leicester	[22]
1979	Coventry	Leicester	[23]
1980	Cradley Heath	Coventry	[24]
1981	Coventry	Cradley Heath	[25]
1982	Coventry	Cradley Heath	[26]
1983	Cradley Heath	Coventry	[27]
1984	Cradley Heath	Swindon	[28]
1985	Oxford	Cradley Heath	[29]
1986	Oxford	Coventry	[30]
1987	Cradley Heath	Wolverhampton	[31]

Discontinued

References

1. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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.
31. "Speedway" . Daily Mirror. 22 October 1987. Retrieved 21 October 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.