1992 British League Division Two season explained

Competition:British League Division Two
Competitors:11
Domesticcup1:Champions
Domesticcup1 Winners:Peterborough Panthers
Domesticcup2:Knockout Cup
Domesticcup2 Winners:Peterborough Panthers
Domesticcup3:Individual
Domesticcup3 Winners:Róbert Nagy
Domesticcup4:Fours
Domesticcup4 Winners:Peterborough Panthers
Highest Average:Richard Knight
League Above:British League (Div 1)
Prevseason:1991
Nextseason:1993

The 1992 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom.[1]

Summary

The title was won by the Peterborough Panthers.[2]

Mildenhall Fen Tigers and Milton Keynes Knights both withdrew from the league in June and their results were expunged.[3]

The season had a sad end when on 13 September Wayne Garratt crashed riding for Newcastle Diamonds against Peterborough. He suffered a brain injury and was placed on a life support machine but died 15 days later.[4]

Final table

PosTeamPLWDLBPPts
1Peterborough Panthers2014067½35½
2Berwick Bandits201217732
3Glasgow Tigers1911087½30½
4Newcastle Diamonds201109729
5Rye House Rockets191207429
6Exeter Falcons209011422
7Edinburgh Monarchs208012521
8Stoke Potters208012521
9Long Eaton Invaders207211420
10Sheffield Tigers209110120
11Middlesbrough Bears206014213

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

The 1992 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 25th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition.[5]

First round

width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
28/06Glasgow39-51 Edinburgh
15/08Stoke59-31 Exeter
29/06Exeter58-32 Stoke
27/05Long Eaton49-41 Peterborough
25/05Peterborough57-33 Long Eaton
08/05Edinburgh58-32 Glasgow
Quarter-finals
width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
31/08Berwick52-38 Stoke
31/08Peterborough58-32Edinburgh
29/08Stoke49-41Berwick
14/08Edinburgh50-40Peterborough
31/05Newcastle53-36 Middlesbrough
28/05Middlesbrough46-43 Newcastle
Semi-finals
width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
10/10Berwick 53-37Rye House
27/09Rye House60-28Berwick
13/09Newcastle49-41 Peterborough
11/09Peterborough49-41 Newcastle
09/10
replay		Peterborough51-39 Newcastle
04/10
replay		Newcastle44-46 Peterborough

Final

First legSecond legPeterborough were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 99–81.

Final leading averages

width=200Riderwidth=200Teamwidth=40Average
Richard KnightBerwick10.32
David BarghNewcastle9.89
Jan StæchmannLong Eaton9.87
Neil EvittsSheffield9.71
Martin GoodwinRye House9.67
Peter CarrSheffield9.47
Mark ThorpeNewcastle9.30
Tony LangdonSheffield9.21
Steve RegelingMiddlesbrough9.12
Shane BowesGlasgow8.96

Riders' Championship

Róbert Nagy won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 19 September at Brandon Stadium.[6]

width=25pxPos. width=180pxRider width=100pxPts width=50pxTotal
1 Róbert Nagy3 2 2 3 3 13
2 Mick Poole2 2 3 3 3 13
3 3 3 3 2 fex 11
4 f 3 2 3 2 10
5 3 2 0 1 2 8
6 Jan Staechmannfex 1 3 1 3 8
7 2 r 1 2 3 8
8 3 3 r 0 2 8
9f 1 3 2 2 8
10 1 2 2 1 1 7
11 2 0 1 3 1 7
12 0 3 1 2 fex 6
13 2 1 0 1 1 5
14 1 0 2 0 ef 3
15 1 0 1 r 0 2
16 1 1 0 0 0 2

Fours

Peterborough Panthers won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 26 July.[7]

Final

width=25pxPos width=150pxTeamwidth=50pxPts width=400pxRiders
1 Peterborough24 Poole 9, Hurry
2 Edinburgh 23 Collins L 8, McKinna,
3 Rye House 17 Goodwin 6
4 Glasgow8 Nagy 3, Powell 3, Bowes 0

Riders & final averages

Berwick

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Mildenhall (withdrew from league)

Milton Keynes (withdrew from league)

Newcastle

Peterborough

Rye House

Sheffield

Stoke

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historic league tables. Speedway Archive.
  2. Web site: BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT). Official British Speedway website . 11 September 2021.
  3. Web site: Fixtures . Speedway Researcher . 8 February 2023.
  4. Web site: Wayne Garratt. Cradley Speedway. 31 July 2021.
  5. Web site: 1992 National League Knockout Cup. Speedway archive.
  6. News: No joy for Jan . Nottingham Evening Post . 21 September 1992 . 22 June 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  7. News: Speedway . Birmingham Mail . 27 July 1992 . 13 May 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .

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