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2004 Premier League speedway season
League	Premier League
Champions	Hull Vikings
Knockout Cup	Hull Vikings
Young Shield	Hull Vikings
Premier Trophy	Exeter Falcons
Individual	Andre Compton
Pairs	Reading Racers
Fours	Workington Comets
Highest average	Jason Lyons
Division/s above	2004 Elite League
Division/s below	2004 Conference League
←2003 2005 →

The2004 Premier League speedway season was the second division ofspeedway in theUnited Kingdom and governed by theSpeedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with theBritish Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).^[1]

Season summary

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The League consisted of 15 teams for the 2004 season after theSwindon Robins andArena Essex Hammers elected to compete in theElite League and the closure of theTrelawny Tigers.^[2]

The League was run on a standard format with no play-offs and was won byHull Vikings.^[3]

League

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Final table

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Pos		M	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Bon	Tot
1	Hull Vikings	28	23	0	5	1445	1166	46	12	58
2	Workington Comets	28	18	1	9	1425	1179	37	12	49
3	Reading Racers	28	17	0	11	1389.5	1228.5	34	12	46
4	Stoke Potters	28	15	0	13	1328	1268	30	9	39
5	Isle of Wight Islanders	28	13	2	13	1370	1240	28	10	38
6	Rye House Rockets	28	16	0	12	1243	1353	32	5	37
7	King's Lynn Stars	28	14	0	14	1321	1281	28	7	35
8	Sheffield Tigers	28	14	0	14	1344	1252	28	6	34
9	Berwick Bandits	28	13	0	15	1282	1337	26	7	33
10	Exeter Falcons	28	13	0	15	1306.5	1306.5	26	6	32
11	Glasgow Tigers	28	12	0	16	1282	1310	24	8	32
12	Edinburgh Monarchs	28	12	0	16	1282	1319	24	5	29
13	Somerset Rebels	28	12	1	15	1246	1361	25	4	29
14	Newport Wasps	28	7	2	19	1127	1450	16	1	17
15	Newcastle Diamonds	28	8	0	20	1133	1473	16	1	17

Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away	BER	ED	EX	GLA	HV	IOW	KL	ND	NW	RR	RYE	SHE	SOM	STO	WOR
Berwick Bandits		57–38	55–41	45–44	42–42	48–45	65–29	59–35	54–40	48–45	53–42	57–37	53–42	48–49	49–44
Edinburgh Monarchs	60–36		49–41	57–37	43–47	62–32	55–38	65–27	55–41	47–42	44–46	54–39	55–39	64–20	53–43
Exeter Falcons	49–41	61–33		54–39	50–45	54–40	55–38	64–32	65–27	48.5–47.5	75–18	59–36	62–31	43–50	56–39
Glasgow Tigers	57–37	50–45	61–34		43–47	58–34	56–38	59–35	54–40	51–45	48–47	51–42	54–42	54–39	44–46
Hull Vikings	54–40	49–46	65–27	62–31		48–46	62–33	60–31	61–35	46–44	62–32	54–40	55–38	50–46	46–44
Isle of Wight Islanders	56–37	65–31	63–31	53–42	44–49		66–29	53–38	63–29	55–40	63–32	57–35	62–31	50–44	45–45
King's Lynn Stars	61–35	63–32	64–29	41–28	50–42	57–39		66–26	62–33	49–47	57–38	56–36	61–33	67–27	52–42
Newcastle Diamonds	43–51	49–43	49–45	49–47	34–60	46–49	57–39		49–32	47–48	45–48	52–44	47–43	50–43	43–51
Newport Wasps	51–44	50–43	46–44	53–39	38–58	45–45	50–44	46–44		50–43	42–47	43–46	45–45	41–54	44–46
Reading Racers	59–32	55–39	58–36	53–44	51–39	48–42	56–39	57–38	48–42		49–43	50–45	52–38	61–33	56–37
Rye House Rockets	48–42	50–40	45–44	51–41	44–51	52–41	58–35	56–36	51–39	49–44		52–42	49–41	50–45	56–39
Sheffield Tigers	55–38	65–27	57–38	55–41	52–38	55–39	56–38	67–26	65–26	51–46	69–25		54–42	44–33	44–46
Somerset Rebels	51–41	61–33	55–39	46–44	44–53	45–45	49–41	51–43	59–34	42–52	52–40	51–39		50–43	54–41
Stoke Potters	55–39	51–39	57–36	52–40	42–52	56–38	55–38	58–37	57–37	41–49	56–40	62–30	62–32		56–37
Workington Comets	60–33	65–30	66–26	68–25	53–43	49–41	54–36	69–25	65–28	57–39	58–34	51–44	58–35	52–42

Source:^[4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Premier League Knockout Cup

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The 2004 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 37th edition of theKnockout Cup for tier two teams.Hull Vikings were the winners of the competition.^[5]

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
12/05	Hull	59-36	Berwick
24/07	Berwick	42-42	Hull
31/05	Exeter	53-19	Newport
22/07	Newport	46-50	Exeter
11/05	Isle of Wight	63-29	King's Lynn
12/05	King's Lynn	56-39	Isle of Wight
15/05	Rye House	55-39	Newcastle
16/05	Newcastle	41-49	Rye House
15/05	Workington	57-35	Edinburgh
14/05	Edinburgh	50-43	Workington
14/05	Somerset	48-42	Stoke
15/05	Stoke	44-46	Somerset
10/05	Reading	52-43	Glasgow
09/05	Glasgow	47-43	Reading

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
18/08	Hull	53-39	Reading
23/08	Reading	51-42	Hull
26/07	Exeter	62-29	Sheffield
22/07	Sheffield	57-37	Exeter
06/07	Isle of Wight	59-36	Rye House
31/07	Rye House	52-42	Isle of Wight
26/06	Workington	54-40	Somerset
25/06	Somerset	48-44	Workington

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
06/10	Hull	62-35	Exeter
20/09	Exeter	57-34	Hull
02/09	Isle of Wight	56-38	Workington
18/09	Workington	43.5-46.5	Isle of Wight

Final

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First leg

20 October 2004

Hull Vikings Garry Stead 15 Emil Kramer 11 Emiliano Sanchez 11 Magnus Karlsson 10 Paul Thorp 8 Joel Parsons 1 Ross Brady R/R	56 – 39	Isle of Wight Islanders Craig Boyce 11 Sebastian Trésarrieu 10 Ray Morton 6 Krister Marsh 6 Ulrich Østergaard 3 Jason Bunyan 2 Glenn Phillips 1
	^[6]^[7]

Craven Park, Hull

Second leg

26 October 2004

Isle of Wight Islanders Jason Bunyan 12 Craig Boyce 9 Krister Marsh 9 Sebastian Trésarrieu 7 Ray Morton 6 Ulrich Østergaard 5 Glenn Phillips 4	52 – 43	Hull Vikings Magnus Karlsson 12 Garry Stead 11 Paul Thorp 9 Emil Kramer 6 Emiliano Sanchez 4 Joel Parsons 1 Ross Brady R/R
	^[6]^[7]

Smallbrook Stadium

Hull were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate99–91.

Premier Trophy

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North Group

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Glasgow	14	10	1	3	21
2	Sheffield	14	8	0	6	16
3	Edinburgh	14	8	0	6	16
4	Hull	14	8	0	6	16
5	Workington	14	7	0	7	14
6	Berwick	14	7	0	7	14
7	Stoke	14	6	1	7	13
8	Newcastle	14	1	0	13	2

South Group

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Exeter	12	8	0	4	16
2	Reading	12	7	1	4	15
3	Rye House	12	7	1	4	15
4	Somerset	11	6	1	4	13
5	King's Lynn	12	4	1	7	9
6	Isle of Wight	10	3	2	5	8
7	Newport	11	2	0	9	4

Home \ Away	BER	ED	GLA	HUL	NEW	SHE	STO	WOR
Berwick		48–45	42–48	52–42	66–27	47–43	49–44	58–36
Edinburgh	59–31		52–40	43–47	63–29	47–42	59–34	54–40
Glasgow	63–28	53–42		49–41	60–35	49–41	50–43	47–46
Hull	51–42	52–43	39–54		58–35	57–37	50–44	49–44
Newcastle	40–56	39–51	38–56	37–55		42–51	40–51	49–47
Sheffield	67–25	63–32	53–40	55–40	65–30		59–35	52–42
Stoke	54–36	47–48	45–45	50–45	61–31	54–38		48–44
Workington	60–32	50–46	59–35	58–35	58–33	55–40	54–41

Source:^[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Home \ Away	EX	IOW	KL	NWP	REA	RYE	SOM
Exeter		59–33	65–29	63–29	48–45	67–26	60–35
Isle of Wight	45–44		65–28	n–h	45–45	54–42	n–h
King's Lynn	51–40	52–43		50–45	49–45	45–45	43–49
Newport	43–50	48–45	52–42		38–58	43–47	44–46
Reading	58–36	38–34	58–38	54–41		48–45	52–38
Rye House	51–42	47–42	58–37	66–27	56–37		49–44
Somerset	44–45	45–45	60–43	46–44	48–41	56–37

Source:^[9]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semi-final

Team one	Team two	Score
Glasgow	Reading	50–40, 36–57
Exeter	Sheffield	64–30, 38–56

Final

Team one	Team two	Score
Reading	Exeter	46–43, 35–59

Young Shield

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End of season competition for the highest eight league teams

First Round

Team one	Team two	Score
King's Lynn	Workington	52–41, 41–55
Reading	Sheffield	58–34, 41–56
Rye House	Hull	47–44, 42–52
Stoke	Isle of Wight	52–40, 32–59

Semi-final

Team one	Team two	Score
Workington	Hull	52–44, 42–52
Isle of Wight	Reading	53–45, 42–51

Final

Team one	Team two	Score
Reading	Hull	41–52, 44–52

Riders' Championship

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Andre Compton won theRiders' Championship for the second time. The final was held on 19 September atOwlerton Stadium. Compton was awarded the title following a last bend crash in the final withSimon Stead, the latter was attributed as the cause of the crash.^[10]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Andre Compton	23320	10	3	3
2	Mark Lemon	22223	11	2	2
3	Simon Stead	33333	15	-	1
4	Craig Boyce	21332	11	-	ef
5	Craig Watson	332ex2	11	1
6	Danny Bird	2ex313	9	0
7	Carl Stonehewer	3213ex	9
8	Tomáš Topinka	13103	8
9	Adrian Rymel	02230	7
10	Jan Staechmann	12211	7
11	Rory Schlein	31- - -	4
12	Shane Parker	111ex1	4
13	Glenn Cunningham	ex10ex2	3
14	Jason Lyons	exef021	3
15	Chris Neath	exex021	3
16	Luke Priest (res)	21	3
17	Paul Cooper (res)	10	1
18	Ross Brady	exex - - -	0

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

Pairs

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ThePremier League Pairs Championship was held atSmallmead Stadium on 20 June. The event was won by Reading (Danny Bird &Phil Morris) who beat Stoke (Paul Pickering &Alan Mogridge) in the final.^[11]^[12]

Group A
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Rye House		Neath, Robson
2	Glasgow		Parker, Stancl

Group B
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Reading		Bird, Morris
2	Stoke		Pickering, Mogridge

Other teams

Berwick: Kristensen, Franc
Exeter: Lemon, Stephens
Isle of Wight: Boyce, Bunyan
Sheffield: Ashworth, Compton
Somerset: Fry, Cunningham
Workington: Stonehewer, Collins

Semi finals

Reading bt Glasgow 6–3
Stoke bt Rye House 5–4

Final

Reading bt Stoke 7–2

Fours

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Workington Comets won thePremier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 21 August 2004, atDerwent Park.^[13]^[14]

Group A
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Workington	17	Stonehewer, Stead, Nieminen, Collins
2	Stoke	13	Pickering, Staechmann, Mogridge, Kessler
3	Reading	12	Zagar, Bird, Morris, Appleton
4	Berwick	6	Pietraszko, Rymel, Kristensen, Franc

Group B
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Glasgow	15	Parker, Stancl, Bentley, Grieves
2	Rye House	14	Werner, Neath, Watt, Robson
3	Hull	12	Karlsson, Brady, Stead, Kramer
4	Edinburgh	7	Schott, Carr, Schlein, Pijper

Final
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Workington	29	Stonehewer, Stead, Nieminen, Collins
2	Stoke	20	Pickering, Staechmann, Mogridge, Kessler
3	Glasgow	12	Parker, Stancl, Bentley, Grieves
4	Rye House	11	Werner, Neath, Watt, Robson

Final leading averages

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Rider	Team	Average
Jason Lyons	Newcastle	10.13
Matej Žagar	Reading	10.02
Simon Stead	Workington	10.01
Carl Stonehewer	Workington	9.84
Sean Wilson	Sheffield	9.69
Danny Bird	Reading	9.67
Craig Watson	Newport	9.66
Shane Parker	Glasgow	9.58
Frede Schött	Edinburgh	9.53
Craig Boyce	Isle of Wight	9.47

Riders & final averages

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Berwick

Adrian Rymel 7.62
Michal Makovský 7.23
Lee Smethills 7.19
Claus Kristensen 6.80
Adam Pietraszko 6.70
Josef Franc 6.66
Ritchie Hawkins 6.20
Simon Cartwright 6.01
David Meldrum 5.80
Blair Scott 3.71
Tom Brown 2.47

Edinburgh

Frede Schott 9.53
Rory Schlein 8.94
Peter Carr 8.07
Theo Pijper 6.48
Matthew Wethers 5.26
Cameron Woodward 4.64
Sean Stoddart 1.22

Exeter

Mark Lemon 9.39
Graeme Gordon 7.74
Roger Lobb 7.55
Mark Simmonds 7.47
Seemond Stephens 7.41
Michael Coles 7.14
Nick Simmons 3.61

Glasgow

Shane Parker 9.58
George Štancl 8.56
James Grieves 8.11
Paul Bentley 7.98
Graham Jones 6.31
Eric Carrillo 5.93
David McAllan 4.09
Corey Blackman 2.57
James Cockle 2.08
Barry Campbell 1.94

Hull

Magnus Karlsson 8.50
Garry Stead 7.92
Paul Thorp 7.90
Ross Brady 7.68
Emil Kramer 7.60
Emiliano Sanchez 7.45
Joel Parsons 4.79
Danny Norton 1.71

Isle of Wight

Craig Boyce 9.47
Jason Bunyan 7.67
Sebastien Trésarrieu 7.53
Ray Morton 6.82
Krister Marsh 6.71
Ulrich Østergaard 6.68
Glen Phillips 6.24
Chris Johnson 3.23

King's Lynn

Tomáš Topinka 8.74
Kevin Doolan 7.70
Shaun Tacey 7.23
Tom P. Madsen 6.86
Adam Allott 6.75
Paul Lee 6.53
James Brundle 4.97
Trevor Harding 4.00
Darren Mallett 3.26

Newcastle

Jason Lyons 10.13
Richard Juul 6.16
Kristian Lund 6.06
Kevin Little 5.98
Lee Dicken 5.39
Lee Smethills 5.22
Jamie Robertson 4.77
William Lawson 4.03
Scott Smith 3.81
Luboš Tomíček Jr. 3.56

Newport

Craig Watson 9.66
Mads Korneliussen 6.95
Kristian Lund 6.10
Pavel Ondrašík 5.50
Tony Atkin 5.32
Carl Wilkinson 4.82
Luke Priest 2.43
Karl Mason 2.33
Barrie Evans 2.26

Reading

Matej Žagar 10.02
Danny Bird 9.67
Phil Morris 8.18
Andrew Appleton 8.10
Chris Schramm 5.01
Chris Mills 4.51
Steve Braidford 2.46
Jamie Westacott 1.83

Rye House

Davey Watt 8.43
Brent Werner 8.18
Chris Neath 7.71
Scott Robson 7.02
Steve Masters 6.46
Tommy Allen 4.61
Steve Boxall 4.07
Luke Bowen 1.57

Sheffield

Somerset

Glenn Cunningham 8.02
John Jorgensen 7.96
Paul Fry 7.48
Neil Collins 6.72
Jamie Smith 6.02
Matt Read 5.23
Steve Bishop 4.79
Simon Walker 3.15

Stoke

Jan Staechmann 9.04
Paul Pickering 8.48
Alan Mogridge 8.28
Robbie Kessler 6.78
Paul Clews 5.47
Trent Leverington 5.06
Rob Grant Jr. 3.89
Daniel Giffard 2.51

Workington

Simon Stead 10.01
Carl Stonehewer 9.84
Kauko Nieminen 6.92
Rusty Harrison 6.66
Brett Woodifield 6.15
Aidan Collins 5.73
James Wright 5.48

References

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^"2004 tables". Speedway GB.
^"Final tables". Speedway archive.
^"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)".Official British Speedway website. Archived fromthe original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved11 September 2021.
^"2004 fixtures & results"(PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved25 June 2024.
^"2004 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
^^a ^b"2004 KO Cup final"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved1 October 2021.
^^a ^b"Hull 2004 results"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved1 October 2021.
^"2003 fixtures and results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved17 November 2025.
^"2003 fixtures and results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved17 November 2025.
^"Controversial Compton claims PLRC".Crash.net. Retrieved26 June 2023.
^"2004 fixtures"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved29 May 2023.
^"Reading race to Pairs title".Crash.net. Retrieved29 May 2023.
^"2004 season fixtures and results"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved7 July 2023.
^"Comets set to host biggest ever meeting".Whitehaven News. Retrieved7 July 2023.

v t e Speedway in the United Kingdom
Current leagues	SGB Premiership SGB Championship National Development League List of champions
Former leagues	Elite League Premier League National League (1932–1964) Provincial League (1960–1964) British League British League Division Two/National League Conference League National League Division Two National League Division Three English Dirt Track League/Northern League Southern League (1929–1931) Southern League (1952–1953) Provincial League (1936–1937) Southern Area League
Current team competitions	Knockout Cup League Pairs champions League Fours champions
Former team competitions	London Cup Midland Cup Craven and Young Shields Premiership Shield
Current individual competitions	British Speedway Championship League Riders' champions British U-21 British U-19 Scottish Open
Former individual competitions	London Riders' Midland Riders' Northern Riders' Southern Riders' Olympique Internationale
See also	Speedway British Speedway Promoters' Association Speedway Control Bureau

v t e United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
Tier One League Top division	1929 1929 1930 1930 1931 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Tier Two League Second division	1934 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Tier Three League Third division	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1994 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Champions	League champions Cup winners

v t e Premier League
2016 Teams	Berwick Bandits Edinburgh Monarchs Glasgow Tigers Ipswich Witches Newcastle Diamonds Peterborough Panthers Plymouth Devils Redcar Bears Rye House Rockets Scunthorpe Scorpions Sheffield Tigers Somerset Rebels Workington Comets
Former Teams	Arena Essex Hammers Birmingham Brummies Cradley Heathens Exeter Falcons Hull Vikings Isle of Wight Islanders Kings Lynn Stars Leicester Lions Long Eaton Invaders Mildenhall Fen Tigers Newport Wasps Oxford Cheetahs Reading Racers Stoke Potters Swindon Robins Trelawny Tigers
Seasons	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Domestic Cups	Premier League Knockout Cup Premier League Riders' Championship Premier League Pairs Championship Premier League Four-Team Championship Young Shield Premier League Cup