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1997 Premier League speedway season

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The 1997 Premier League speedway season was the second division of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

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Restructure

A restructure of British speedway took place, with the Premier League becoming the second division and a new Elite League becoming the top division. During the two previous seasons (1995 and 1996) there had been only one division of British speedway also called the Premier League, this confused matters because the Premier League was now only a second-tier competition.

Season summary

The Premier League was consisted of 14 teams for the 1997 season, running on a standard format with no play-offs. The Young Shield was introduced as an end of season cup competition for the top eight teams in the league standings.[1][2]

A new team Skegness Braves, created by Peter Oakes, entered speedway for the first time but withdrew mid-season.[3][4]

Reading Racers won the title.[5]

Final table

Pos M W D L F A Pts Bon Tot
1 Reading Racers 26 22 0 4 1323 1011 44 13 57
2 Long Eaton Invaders 26 18 1 7 1227 1107 37 11 48
3 Edinburgh Monarchs 26 17 1 8 1235 1102 38 8 43
4 Newcastle Diamonds 26 15 0 11 1201 1134 30 8 38
5 Exeter Falcons 26 14 0 12 1213 1125 28 6 34
6 Glasgow Tigers 26 12 2 10 1158 1179 26 6 32
7 Arena Essex Hammers 26 12 0 14 1157 1179 24 7 31
8 Isle of Wight Islanders* 26 12 0 14 1149 1184 24 7 31
9 Hull Vikings 26 13 0 13 1134 1195 26 5 31
10 Sheffield Tigers 26 12 0 14 1116 1219 24 5 29
11 Oxford Cheetahs 26 9 0 17 1116 1219 18 6 24
12 Stoke Potters 26 8 2 16 1111 1122 18 3 21
13 Berwick Bandits 26 7 1 18 1105 1223 15 4 19
14 Newport Wasps 26 7 1 18 1095 1241 15 2 17
  • replaced Skegness Braves mid-season[6]

Fixtures & results

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Source: [7] + as Skegness
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


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Premier League Knockout Cup

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The 1997 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 30th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the first with the name Premier League Knockout Cup. Edinburgh Monarchs were the winners of the competition.[8]

During 1995 and 1996 the British League merged and ran as one newly named Premier League, which therefore meant that the second tier of speedway in the United Kingdom was the 1995 Academy League season, followed one year later by the 1996 Speedway Conference League season.

First round

Northern Group

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Southern Group

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Semi-finals

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Final

First leg

More information Oxford CheetahsNeville Tatum 13Philippe Bergé 11Lawrence Hare 11Mikael Teurnberg 6Jeremy Luckhurst 2Anthony Barlow 0Darren Andrews R/R, 43 – 47 ...

Second leg

More information Edinburgh MonarchsKenny McKinna 13Peter Carr 12Robert Eriksson 11Blair Scott 5Paul Gould 3Barry Campbell 3Neil Hewitt R/R, 47 – 43 ...

Edinburgh were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 94–86.

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Riders' Championship

Peter Carr won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 13 September at Brandon Stadium.[11]

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  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes
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Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oxford Stadium on 26 September. The event was won by Long Eaton Invaders.[12][13]

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Fours

Long Eaton Invaders won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 3 August 1997, at the East of England Arena.[14][15]

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Final leading averages

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Riders & final averages

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Arena Essex

  • Troy Pratt 8.65
  • Jan Pedersen 8.42
  • Colin White 7.22
  • Tommy Palmer 7.08
  • David Mason 4.07
  • John Wainwright 4.00
  • Paul Lydes-Uings 2.44

Berwick

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Hull

Isle of Wight/Skegness

Long Eaton

Newcastle

Newport

Oxford

Reading

Sheffield

Stoke

Jon Armstrong 2.00

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