2014 Premier League speedway season explained

Domesticcup1:Champions
Domesticcup2:Knockout Cup
Domesticcup3:Premier League Cup
Domesticcup4:Individual
Domesticcup4 Winners:Simon Stead
Domesticcup5:Pairs
Domesticcup6:Fours
Domesticcup6 Winners:Somerset Rebels
Highestaverage:Craig Cook
League Above:2014 Elite League
Leagues Below:2014 National League
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

The 2014 Premier League was the second division of British speedway.[1] [2]

Summary

The season took place between March and October 2014. The Somerset Rebels were the defending champions after winning in 2013. This season saw a change to the line-up of teams, with the Peterborough Panthers dropping down from the Elite League and replacing the Leicester Lions who moved up to take Peterborough's place in the Elite League.[3] [4]

Edinburgh Monarchs, led by Craig Cook and Sam Masters won the treble of League, Knockout Cup and League Cup, while going on a 27 match unbeaten run.[5] Masters and Max Fricke also won the Premier Pairs.

Final League table

[6]

width=30 rowspan=2Pos Club M Home Away F width=30 rowspan=2A width=30 rowspan=2Pts
width=303W width=302W width=30D width=30L width=304W width=303W width=30D width=301L width=30L
1Edinburgh Monarchs2814 0 0 0 4 42 0 4 1465 1108 74
2Somerset Rebels2814000420351339108367
3Ipswich Witches2811030320361339121257
4Berwick Bandits2810301410181282124756
5Scunthorpe Scorpions2811201210291310126750
6Workington Comets279212110291191124141
7Peterborough Panthers2874121003101228130037
8Newcastle Diamonds289113001491277127236
9Plymouth Devils28101030002121224130434
10Redcar Bears28 4505101391194130331
11Glasgow Tigers27 63041011111145131431
12Sheffield Tigers28 54050010131164136325
13Rye House Rockets2880060001131164141825

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

'B' Fixtures & results

4 extra random matches per team were held counting towards the league standings

Play Offs

Group 1

width=20Poswidth=300Teamwidth=20Pwidth=203wwidth=202wwidth=20Dwidth=20Lwidth=204wwidth=203wwidth=20Dwidth=201Lwidth=20Lwidth=20Fwidth=20Awidth=20Pts
1 Edinburgh 420001100021215813
2 Workington 41001000021721963
3 Berwick 41001000021702003
Group 2
width=20Poswidth=300Teamwidth=20Pwidth=203wwidth=202wwidth=20Dwidth=20Lwidth=204wwidth=203wwidth=20Dwidth=201Lwidth=20Lwidth=20Fwidth=20Awidth=20Pts
1 Somerset 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 202 166 7
2 Ipswich42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 191 177 6
3 Scunthorpe 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 157 207 5

Final

First legSecond legEdinburgh were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 96–95.

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2014 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 47th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Edinburgh Monarchs were the winners of the competition.[7]

First round

width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
26/06Sheffield45-45Berwick
15/06Glasgow 53-37 Rye House
14/06Rye House50-40 Glasgow
26/05Scunthorpe46-44 Peterborough
20/05Peterborough46-43 Scunthorpe
09/05Somerset60-30 Workington
08/05Redcar47-43 Plymouth
03/05Berwick54-36 Sheffield
03/05Workington52-38 Somerset
25/04Plymouth49-41 Redcar
Quarter-finals
width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
28/09Glasgow35-55 Newcastle
15/09Newcastle53-37 Glasgow
25/07Edinburgh67-23 Berwick
23/07Berwick 51-39 Edinburgh
03/06Peterborough46-44 Plymouth
06/06Plymouth50-40 Peterborough
13/06Somerset49-41 Ipswich
05/06Ipswich65-25Somerset
Semi-finals
width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
12/10Newcastle44-46 Edinburgh
10/10Edinburgh62-27 Newcastle
26/09Plymouth47-43 Ipswich
11/09Ipswich65-25 Plymouth

Final

First legSecond legEdinburgh were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 105–75.

Riders' Championship

Simon Stead won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 21 September at Owlerton Stadium.[8]

width=25pxPos. width=180pxRider width=100pxPts width=50pxTotal width=50pxSF width=50pxFinal
1 3 3 3 3 1 13-3
2 3 3 2 3 3 14-2
3 1 1 3 2 31021
4 3 3 1 3 1 1130
5 2 2 2 2 2 101
6 3 1 2 1 3 100
7 1 2 0 2 38
8 1 2 2 0 27
92 1 1 1 16
10 2 1 1 2 06
11 0 2 1 3 06
12 0 0 3 1 2 6
13 2 3 0 0 4
14 1 0 0 0 2 3
15 0 fx 3 0 3
16 0 0 0 1 12
17 Nathan Greaves (res)0 0
18 James Sarjeant (res)00

Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 11 July. The event was won by Edinburgh Monarchs.[9] [10]

Group A
width=20Poswidth=80Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=200Riders
1Workington 21 Grajczonek 13, Bach 8
2Redcar 21 Lawson 13, Summers 8
3Peterborough 20 Bjerre 13, Ostergaard 7
4Ipswich17 Tungate 8, Risager 8
5Newcastle11 Robson 6 Kerr 5
Group B
width=20Poswidth=80Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=200Riders
1Somerset 25 Allen 13, Morris 12
2Edinburgh 20 Masters 11, Fricke 9
3Sheffield 17 Stead 10, Lanham 7
4Berwick 15 Bellego 9, Vissing 6
5Plymouth 13 Newman 10, Jensen 3

Semi finals

Final

Fours

Somerset Rebels won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 3 August 2014, at the East of England Arena.[11]

Group A
width=20Poswidth=90Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=350Riders
1 Somerset 14Allen 5, Morris 4, Aspgren 3, Kurtz B 2
2 Scunthorpe 13Jorgensen 5, Douglas 4, Howe 2, Birks 2
3 Peterborough11Bjerre 3, Ostergaard 3, Blackbird 3, Dryml 2
4 Newcastle10King 5, Kerr 2, Robson 2, Lindgren 1
Group B
width=20Poswidth=90Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=350Riders
1 Edinburgh 14 Masters 5, Sedgmen 5, Cook 4, Worrall S 0
2 Workington 14Grajczonek 5, Bach 3, Wells 3, Howarth 2 Campton 1
3 Redcar 11 Lawson 4, Wilkinson 3, Skidmore 2, Summers 2
4 Berwick 9 Bellego 3, Kus 3, Doolan 2, Vissing 1, Wethers 0
Final
width=20Poswidth=90Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=450Riders
1 Somerset 24Allen 8, Morris 7, Aspgren 5, Wright 4, Kurtz B 0
2 Workington 18Grajczonek 7, Bach 6, Howarth 4, Wells 1
3 Scunthorpe 15Howe 6, Douglas 4, Birks 3, Jorgensen 2
4 Edinburgh 15Worrall S 5, Sedgmen 4, Masters 3, Cook 3,

Final Leading averages

width=200Riderwidth=200Teamwidth=40Average
Edinburgh 10.41
Sheffield 9.70
Ben BarkerPlymouth 9.48
Danny KingNewcastle 9.34
Richard LawsonRedcar 9.31
Edinburgh 9.12
Peterborough 9.02
Somerset 8.83
Edinburgh 8.76
Rye House 8.70

Riders & final averages

Berwick

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Ipswich

Newcastle

Peterborough

Plymouth

Redcar

Rye House

Scunthorpe

Sheffield

Somerset

Workington

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final tables. Speedway archive.
  2. Web site: BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT). Official British Speedway website. 11 September 2021.
  3. Web site: 2014 season. Speedway GB.
  4. Web site: 2014 results. Speedway Researcher. 3 October 2021.
  5. Web site: 2014 Statistics . Edinburgh Monarchs . 21 April 2024.
  6. Web site: 2014 Final table. Speedway archive.
  7. Web site: 2014 Premier League Knockout Cup. Speedway archive.
  8. Web site: SIMON STEAD WINS PLRC . Edinburgh Speedway . 27 June 2023.
  9. Web site: 2014 fixtures . Speedway Researcher . 30 May 2023.
  10. Web site: IT'S SAM AND MAX FOR THE PAIRS . Edinburgh Speedway . 30 May 2023.
  11. Web site: Fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 8 July 2023.

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