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1994 British League Division Two season

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1994 British League Division Two season
League	British League Division Two
No. of competitors	10
Champions	Glasgow Tigers
Knockout Cup	Glasgow Tigers
Individual	Paul Bentley
Pairs	Swindon Robins
Fours	Oxford Cheetahs
Highest average	Jan Stæchmann
Division/s above	British League (Div 1)
Division/s below	British League (Div 3)
←1993 1997 →

The1994 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division ofSpeedway in the United Kingdom. The British League Divisions 2 and 3 were disbanded after this season and did not return until 1997. An Academy League was introduced.^[1]

Summary

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Rye House Rockets did not start the season because the promoters Roger Shute and Peter Redfern left the club leaving Ronnie Russell in sole charge. Russell failed to secure the necessary funding to continue and the Rockets were disbanded.^[2]

The league title and knockout Cup was won by theGlasgow Tigers, who achieved the feat of recording the 'double double' (the league and cup double for two consecutive seasons).^[3]^[4]

Final table

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Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	BP	Pts
1	Glasgow Tigers	36	26	1	9	14	67
2	Long Eaton Invaders	36	24	2	10	15	65
3	Edinburgh Monarchs	36	20	1	15	10	51
4	Swindon Robins	36	18	1	17	12	49
5	Peterborough Panthers	36	18	2	16	10	48
6	Middlesbrough Bears	36	19	1	16	9	48
7	Newcastle Diamonds	36	15	1	20	9	40
8	Oxford Cheetahs	36	15	1	20	7	38
9	Sheffield Tigers	36	10	1	25	3	24
10	Exeter Falcons	36	9	1	26	1	20

Fixtures and results

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A Fixtures

Home \ Away	ED	EX	GLA	LE	MID	NEW	OX	PET	SHE	SWI
Edinburgh		61–34	40–56	53–42	52–44	55–40	57–39	56–40	64–32	63–33
Exeter	51–44		45–51	37–59	42–54	54–42	52–44	45–50	46–49	41–55
Glasgow	63–33	74–22		67–28	62–33	56–40	56–40	61–35	66–30	57–39
Long Eaton	48–48	58–38	48–48		53–43	50–46	56–40	46–50	59–37	58–38
Middlesbrough	64–32	61–35	45–50	50–46		54–42	65–31	47–49	64–32	50–46
Newcastle	59–37	51–44	56–40	42–54	44–52		58–37	46–50	65–30	48–35
Oxford	51–45	70–26	36–60	45–51	42–54	43–52		51–44	52–43	55–41
Peterborough	65–31	63–32	57–39	47–48	49–47	42–54	40–44		65–31	55–41
Sheffield	45–51	57–39	40–56	47–49	37–59	47–49	44–52	51–45		46–50
Swindon	47–49	55–41	47–49	56–40	40–55	53–43	56–40	49–47	58–38

Source:^[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

B Fixtures

Home \ Away	ED	EX	GLA	LE	MID	NEW	OX	PET	SHE	SWI
Edinburgh		68–28	54–42	49–47	65–31	51–44	60–35	56–40	67–29	51–45
Exeter	54–42		49–47	50–46	50–46	56–40	49–47	47–49	48–48	46–50
Glasgow	60–36	63–33		51–45	67–29	67–29	62–34	59–37	76–20	51–45
Long Eaton	56–40	56–40	52–43		62–34	52–44	58–38	61–35	60–36	59–37
Middlesbrough	51–45	58–38	43–52	45–50		55.5–40.5	49–47	49–47	52–44	47–49
Newcastle	62–34	69–27	52–43	47–48	56–40		40–56	48–48	52–44	54–42
Oxford	46–50	66–30	44–52	53–43	44–52	53–42		54–42	64–32	44–52
Peterborough	52–44	53–42	66–29	47–49	48–48	50–46	41–51		57–39	48–47
Sheffield	60–36	62–34	55–41	48–47	61–35	49–47	41–55	44–52		49–46
Swindon	55–41	67–29	57–39	45–51	57–39	56–40	48–48	49–47	56–40

Source:^[6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

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The 1994 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 27th edition of theKnockout Cup for tier two teams.Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition for the second successive year.^[7]

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
29/04	Edinburgh	54-42	Newcastle
24/04	Newcastle	46-50	Edinburgh
24/04	Glasgow	56-40	Oxford
22/04	Oxford	39-57	Glasgow

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
30/07	Swindon	56-40	Glasgow
10/06	Peterborough	58-38	Sheffield
09/06	Middlesbrough	62-34	Exeter
09/06	Sheffield	44-52	Peterborough
06/06	Exeter	50-46	Middlesbrough
05/06	Glasgow	66-30	Swindon
04/06	Swindon	rain	Glasgow
03/06	Edinburgh	49-47	Long Eaton
01/06	Long Eaton	45-51	Edinburgh

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
23/09	Peterborough	50-45	Glasgow
16/09	Peterborough	rain	Glasgow
11/09	Glasgow	54-42	Peterborough
12/08	Edinburgh	52-44	Middlesbrough
11/08	Middlesbrough	49-47	Edinburgh

Final

First leg

14 October 1994

Edinburgh Monarchs Kenny McKinna 12 Les Collins 11 Scott Lamb 11 Jan Andersen 9 Kevin Little 4 Stuart Robson 3 Lawrence Hare 0	50 – 46	Glasgow Tigers David Walsh 14 Mick Powell 9 Nigel Crabtree 9 Sean Courtney 7 Róbert Nagy 4 James Grieves 2 Stewart McDonald 1
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Powderhall Stadium

Second leg

16 October 1994

Glasgow Tigers David Walsh 13 Nigel Crabtree 10 Sean Courtney 9 Róbert Nagy 9 Mick Powell 8 James Grieves 5 Stewart McDonald 1	55 – 41	Edinburgh Monarchs Kenny McKinna 12 Les Collins 10 Scott Lamb 9 Jan Andersen 6 Stuart Robson 3 Kevin Little 1 Lawrence Hare 0
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Shawfield Stadium

Glasgow were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate101–91.

Riders' Championship

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Paul Bentley won theRiders' Championship. The final sponsored byJawa Moto &Barum was held on 17 September atBrandon Stadium.^[9]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total
1	Paul Bentley	33322	13
2	Tony Olsson	33222	12
3	Tony Langdon	11333	11
4	Alan Grahame	20233	10
5	Roman Matoušek	21331	10
6	Mick Poole	22131	9
7	Kenny McKinna	30113	8
8	Martin Dixon	32210	8
9	Róbert Nagy	03 103	7
10	Ronni Pedersen	11122	7
11	Zdeněk Tesař	00312	6
12	Mark Thorpe	03020	5
13	Les Collins	12200	5
14	Paul Fry	22001	5
15	Nigel Crabtree	01010	2
16	Richard Hellsen	10001	2

Pairs

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TheBritish League Division Two Pairs Championship, sponsored by theSpeedway Star, was held atArena Essex Raceway on 28 May. The event was won by Swindon Robins.^[10]^[11]

Qualifying
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Swindon	20	Olsson 12, Langdon 8
2	Glasgow	17	Crabtree 12, Walsh 5
3	Edinburgh	16	Ylinen 9, Collins L 7
4	Peterborough	16	Tesar 12, Monaghan 4
5	Long Eaton	14	Collins N 8, Dixon 6

Qualifying
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
6	Middlesbrough	13	Sumner 7, Bentley 6
7	Newcastle	13	Thorpe 10, Juul 3
8	Oxford	9	Goodwin 6, Poole 3
9	Exeter	9	Svab 9, Verner 0
10	Sheffield	8	Matousek 8, Bartlett 0

Semi finals

Swindon bt Peterborough
Glasgow bt Edinburgh

Final

Swindon bt Glasgow

Fours

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Oxford Cheetahs won the fours championship final, held at theEast of England Arena on 7 August.^[12]^[13]

Final

Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Oxford Cheetahs	24	Goodwin 11, Poole 7, Karlsson 5, Alan Grahame 1, Sumner 0
2	Long Eaton Invaders	17	Dixon 7, Collins N 5, Johnston 4, Hellsen 1
3	Peterborough Panthers	16	Tesar 7, Monaghan 4, Pedersen 3, Sullivan 1, Nicholls 1
4	Edinburgh Monarchs	15	Lamb 5, McKinna 4, Collins L 3, Andersen 3, Hare 0

Final leading averages

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Rider	Team	Average
Jan Stæchmann	Long Eaton	10.10
Tony Olsson	Swindon	10.07
Nigel Crabtree	Glasgow	9.74
David Walsh	Glasgow	9.72
Paul Bentley	Middlesbrough	9.39
Robert Nagy	Glasgow	9.18
Zdeněk Tesař	Peterborough	9.13
Martin Dixon	Long Eaton	8.94
Mark Thorpe	Newcastle	8.95
Michael Coles	Edinburgh	8.57

Riders and final averages

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Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Oxford

Peterborough

Sheffield

Swindon

References

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^"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
^"Rocket's Monday deadline".Harlow Star. 13 January 1994. Retrieved24 May 2024 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
^"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)".Official British Speedway website. Retrieved11 September 2021.
^"Tigers just too strong".Edinburgh Evening News. 17 October 1994. Retrieved26 April 2024 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
^"1994 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved21 May 2025.
^"1994 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved21 May 2025.
^"1994 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
^^a ^b"1994 KO cup final"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved30 September 2021.
^"Rickardsson does Sweden proud".Birmingham Daily Post. 19 September 1994. Retrieved22 June 2023 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
^"1994 season results"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved26 May 2023.
^"Top pair take a title at last".Western Daily Press. 30 May 1994. Retrieved9 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Speedway".Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 8 August 1994. Retrieved11 May 2023 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
^"1994 complete season records"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved13 May 2023.

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