Salford (speedway)

Salford (speedway)
Club information
Track address	Albion Greyhound Racecourse Cromwell Road Salford
Country	England
Founded	1928
Closed	1930
League	English Dirt Track League

Salford were a British speedway team from Salford, Greater Manchester, England, that competed in the English Dirt Track League in the inaugural season of British Speedway in 1929. ^{[1] [2]}

History

In 1928 the new sport known as dirt track arrived from Australia and immediately became a popular sport. Manchester had already seen the introduction of speedway at both the White City Stadium (on 16 June 1928) ^[3] and the Belle Vue Stadium (on 28 July 1928). ^[4]

Salford joined the new sports boom when dirt track racing began on 27 August 1928 at the recently constructed Albion Greyhound Racecourse in Cromwell Road, with Eric Langton winning the Castle Irwell Scratch event. ^[5]

The following year a team was formed and they were founder members of the English Dirt Track League (effectively the Northern League). ^[6] The team finished in fifth place during the 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League. ^[7]

The team was closed down in September 1929, which led to the team's riders running the track themselves under the name Salford Speedway but the venture failed and speedway ended at the stadium after the 18 October fixture. ^[8]

Season summary

Year and league	Position	Notes
1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League	5th	only season

References

1. "Salford Speedway". Defunct Speedway Tracks.
2. "British League Tables - Pre-War Era (1929-1939)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
3. "Dirt Track Lessons" . Manchester Evening News. 18 June 1928. Retrieved 21 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Manchester's New Speedway" . Daily Mirror. 30 July 1928. Retrieved 21 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "1928 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
6. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN   0-904584-45-3.
7. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
8. "Riders to run their own speedway" . Manchester Evening News. 25 September 1929. Retrieved 21 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.