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2007 Premier League speedway season

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2007 Premier League speedway season
League	Premier League
Champions	Rye House Rockets
Knockout Cup	King's Lynn Stars
Premier Trophy	King's Lynn Stars
Young Shield	Redcar Bears
Individual	James Wright
Pairs	Isle of Wight Islanders
Fours	Isle of Wight Islanders
Highest average	Magnus Zetterström
Division/s above	2007 Elite League
Division/s below	2007 Conference League
←2006 2008 →

The2007 Premier League speedway season was the second division ofspeedway in theUnited Kingdom and governed by theSpeedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with theBritish Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

Season summary

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The League consisted of 15 teams for the 2007 season with the addition of theBirmingham Brummies from the 2006 season.

The top four teams at the time of the fixture cut-off date to compete for the championship in the play-offs.Birmingham Brummies were in fifth place at the time of the fixture cut-off date, therefore theIsle of Wight Islanders qualified for the play-offs. Teams finishing in fifth to twelfth at the time of the fixture cut-off date compete in the Young Shield.

Rye House Rockets won the title.^[1]

Fixtures & results

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Home \ Away	BER	BIR	ED	GLA	IOW	KL	MT	ND	NW	RED	RYE	SHE	SOM	STO	WOR
Berwick Bandits		40–52	35–55	43–48	44–46	44–46	45–45	48–44	32–61	50–43	51–41	43–46	41–49	42–48	45–48
Birmingham Brummies	59–33		63–29	53–39	48–42	43–46	58–34	57–36	62–27	53–42	39–53	47–42	49–41	53–40	46–44
Edinburgh Monarchs	60–32	48–44		41–49	52–42	43–47	53–40	43–46	59–33	40–50	50–45	53–40	48–41	58–36	44–49
Glasgow Tigers	62–28	43–46	55–38		52–40	51–42	57–35	55–38	49–42	48–47	49–40	50–43	40–49	43–41	49–42
Isle of Wight Islanders	62–31	60–33	67–24	59–32		42–47	60–33	57–35	69–21	50–40	50–40	59–32	59–34	48–42	56–39
King's Lynn Stars	64–28	49–44	60–33	52–40	61–26		48–45	55–38	56–36	61–32	49–43	64–29	56–36	64–26	52–41
Mildenhall Fen Tigers	54–39	42–48	51–41	43–47	51–43	50–42		53–40	54–39	47–45	44–49	43–46	45–48	49–44	47–44
Newcastle Diamonds	57–36	43–47	46–44	50–44	49–45	45–45	48–42		50–40	38–55	47–43	48–43	48–41	50–43	49–41
Newport Wasps	38–35	42–48	42–47	54–38	39–50	48–44	48–42	52–40		55–38	43–50	43–46	48–42	49–44	51–42
Redcar Bears	49–41	42–53	52–41	51–41	35–55	44–49	51–42	53–40	48–42		47–43	45–43	47–46	45–45	48–42
Rye House Rockets	63–27	53–39	68–22	57–35	69–21	50–40	65–25	65–26	68–23	49–42		55–37	56–37	66–26	58–37
Sheffield Tigers	62–31	57–36	59–31	56–38	53–40	55–37	52–38	57–36	54–38	52–41	56–37		55–37	51–39	61–32
Somerset Rebels	59–35	58–32	57–35	56–36	46–44	44–46	50–39	55–38	61–29	53–40	51–42	41–53		52–38	52–41
Stoke Potters	60–31	45–48	51–42	43–51	52–40	53–37	40–50	55–38	46–43	45–44	47–43	55–35	42–48		34–56
Workington Comets	53–37	45–45	50–40	47–43	42–53	53–40	57–35	51–39	55–37	56–36	53–37	49–41	51–44	40–32

Source:^[2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final table

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Key:
Premier League Play-Offs

Pos	Club	M	Home			Away			F	A	BP	Pts
Pos	Club	M	W	D	L	W	D	L	F	A	BP	Pts
1	Kings Lynn Stars	28	14	0	0	6	1	7	1399	1162	11	52
2	Birmingham Brummies*	28	12	0	2	7	1	6	1345	1215	9	48
3	Rye House Rockets	28	14	0	0	3	0	11	1448	1113	13	47
4	Sheffield Tigers	28	14	0	0	4	0	10	1356	1206	11	47
5	Isle of Wight Islanders	28	13	0	1	4	0	10	1385	1176	11	45
6	Somerset Rebels	28	12	0	2	4	0	10	1328	1233	10	42
7	Workington Comets	28	12	1	1	3	0	11	1300	1251	8	39
8	Glasgow Tigers	28	12	0	2	4	0	10	1284	1276	6	38
9	Redcar Bears	28	10	1	3	2	0	12	1252	1320	5	30
10	Newcastle Diamonds	28	11	1	2	1	0	13	1202	1365	2	27
11	Stoke Potters	28	9	0	5	1	1	12	1212	1316	5	26
12	Mildenhall Fen Tigers	28	9	0	5	1	1	12	1218	1347	5	26
13	Edinburgh Monarchs	28	9	0	5	2	0	12	1214	1350	4	26
14	Newport Wasps	28	9	0	5	1	0	13	1163	1369	5	25
15	Berwick Bandits	28	3	1	10	0	0	14	1067	1474	0	7

*Birmingham Brummies were in fifth place at the time of the fixture cut-off date, therefore theIsle of Wight Islanders qualified for the play-offs.

Play-offs

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Aggregate scores over two legs.

Semi-finals

Rye House Rockets 105-75 Isle of Wight Islanders
Sheffield Tigers 99-86 King's Lynn Stars

Final

Rye House Rockets 111-74 Sheffield Tigers

Premier League Knockout Cup

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The 2007 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 40th edition of theKnockout Cup for tier two teams.King's Lynn Stars were the winners of the competition for the third successive year.^[3]

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
30/04	Rye House	50-41	Mildenhall
03/06	Mildenhall	40-49	Rye House
22/04	Newcastle	50-40	Kings Lynn
25/04	Kings Lynn	64-29	Newcastle
25/04	Birmingham	49-41	Newport
29/04	Newport	51-39	Birmingham
03/05	Sheffield	57-36	Edinburgh
04/05	Edinburgh	60-33	Sheffield
04/05	Somerset	52-38	Glasgow
06/05	Glasgow	48-45	Somerset
05/05	Berwick	51-42	Stoke
06/05	Stoke	57-35	Berwick
19/05	Workington	50-42	Isle of Wight
22/05	Isle of Wight	52-43	Workington

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
25/05	Edinburgh	48-41	Somerset
11/07	Somerset	58-32	Edinburgh
31/05	Redcar	45-45	Kings Lynn
06/06	Kings Lynn	59-33	Redcar
02/06	Stoke	49-41	Newport
03/06	Newcastle	50-40	Stoke
26/06	Isle of Wight	52-40	Rye House
11/08	Rye House	50-43	Isle of Wight

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
24/08	Kings Lynn	49-44	Isle of Wight
18/09	Isle of Wight	45-45	Kings Lynn
07/10	Newport	50-42	Somerset
12/10	Somerset	61-32	Newport

Final

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First leg

19 October 2007

Somerset Rebels Chris Holder (guest) 9 Stephan Katt 9 Emil Kramer 8 Simon Walker 6 Danny Warwick 6 Richie Hawkins 4 Jordan Frampton 2	44 – 46	King's Lynn Stars Daniel Nermark 14 Tomáš Topinka 12 Chris Mills 7 Trevor Harding 5 Paul Lee 5 Simon Lambert 2 Adam Allott 1
	^[4]^[5]

Oaktree Arena

Second leg

24 October 2007

King's Lynn Stars Tomáš Topinka 15 Simon Lambert 11 Daniel Nermark 10 Trevor Harding 10 Adam Allott 7 Paul Lee 6 Chris Mills 0	59 – 34	Somerset Rebels Ricky Ashworth (guest) 11 Stephan Katt 9 Richie Hawkins 5 Emil Kramer 5 Danny Warwick 3 Jordan Frampton 1 Magnus Zetterström R/R
	^[4]^[6]

King's Lynn Stadium

King's Lynn were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate105–78.

Riders' Championship

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James Wright won theRiders' Championship. The final was held on 30 September atAbbey Stadium.^[7]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	James Wright	33233	14	-	3
2	Jason Lyons	33223	13	-	2
3	Jacek Rempała	01323	9	2	1
4	Daniel Nermark	22333	13	3	0
5	Tomáš Topinka	13231	10	1
6	Chris Holder	23312	11	0
7	Tai Woffinden	11311	7
8	Kaj Laukkanen	32ef2ex	7
9	Josef Franc	21112	7
10	Chris Kerr	10ex32	6
11	Chris Schramm (res)	30210	6
12	Lee Complin	12ex02	5
13	Andre Compton	00121	4
14	Michał Rajkowski	22000	4
15	Emil Kramer	01001	2
16	Trent Leverington	00100	1

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

Pairs

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ThePremier League Pairs Championship was held atOaktree Arena on 29 June. The event was won by the Isle of Wight Islanders.^[8]^[9]

Group A
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Isle of Wight	24	Holder 16, Bunyan 8
2	Glasgow	22	Parker 12, Watson 10
3	Somerset	21	Zetterstrom 13, Kramer 8
4	Rye House	15	Neath 10, Allen 5
5	Sheffield	8	Ashworth 6, Compton 2

Group B
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Workington	24	Nieminen 15, Wright 9
2	Newcastle	21	Franc 13, Henry 8
3	King's Lynn	17	Nermark 9, Topinka 8
4	Birmingham	16	Ostergaard 12, Sanchez 4
5	Redcar	12	Havelock 10, Grieves 2

Semi finals

Isle of Wight bt Newcastle 5–4
Glasgow bt Workington 5–4

Final

Isle of Wight bt Glasgow 6–3

Fours

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Isle of Wight Islanders won thePremier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 8 July 2007, at theEast of England Arena.^[10]

Group A
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	King's Lynn	16	Nermark 5, Topinka 4, Mills 4, Lee 3
2	Somerset	15	Zetterstrom 4, Kramer 4, Hawkins 4, Frampton 3
3	Glasgow	11	Watson 5, Parker 3, McAllan 3, Dicken 0, Ksiezak 0
4	Sheffield	6	Wilson 4, Compton 1, Parsons 1, Cooper 0, Ashworth 0

Group B
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Isle Of Wight	16	Bunyan 6, Holder 5, Stojanowski 4, Phillips 1
2	Rye House	13	Boxall 5, Woffinden 3, Neath 3, Roynon 2, Allen 0
3	Birmingham	11	Lyons 5, Ostergaard 5, Sanchez 1, Armstrong 0, Powell 0
4	Workington	8	Wright J 3, Branney 3, Stonehewer 2, Wright C 0

Final
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Isle of Wight	38	Holder 12, Bunyan 9, Phillips 7, Gathercole 7, Stojanowski 3
2	Somerset	22	Zetterstrom 8, Kramer 6, Hawkins 5, Frampton 3
3	King's Lynn	21	Nermark 9, Topinka 5, Lee 5, Mills 2, Harding 0
4	Rye House	15	Woffinden 5, Boxall 4, Roynon 3, Neath 2, Allen 1

Final leading averages

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Rider	Team	Average
Magnus Zetterström	Somerset	10.79
Chris Holder	Isle of Wight	10.69
Andre Compton	Sheffield	10.43
Shane Parker	Glasgow	10.03
Daniel Nermark	Kings Lynn	10.00
Gary Havelock	Redcar	9.84
Tomáš Topinka	Kings Lynn	9.78
Jason Lyons	Birmingham	9.68
James Wright	Workington	9.53
Carl Stonehewer	Workington	9.32

Riders & final averages

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Berwick

Michal Makovský 7.56
Stanisław Burza 7.27
Jacek Rempala 7.07
Andreas Bergstrom 6.41
Sebastian Truminski 6.31
Michael Coles 4.59
David Meldrum 4.56
Benji Compton 3.30
Jamie Robertson 3.29
Sam Martin 2.60

Birmingham

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Shane Parker 10.03
Craig Watson 8.43
George Štancl 8.09
Trent Leverington 6.81
Robert Ksiezak 6.27
David McAllan 5.94
Lee Dicken 5.33
Lee Smethills 4.30
Michael Coles 3.88

Isle of Wight

King's Lynn

Daniel Nermark 10.00
Tomáš Topinka 9.78
Paul Lee 7.41
Trevor Harding 7.22
Chris Mills 7.13
James Brundle 5.97
Simon Lambert 5.31
Adam Allott 4.85
Benji Compton 3.50

Mildenhall

Kyle Legault 8.53
Marián Jirout 7.09
Tom P. Madsen 7.01
Paul Fry 6.43
Tomáš Suchánek 6.37
Shaun Tacey 6.29
Jason King 6.24
Mark Baseby 3.77
Mark Thompson 2.68

Newcastle

Josef Franc 8.42
Christian Henry 8.36
Carl Wilkinson 7.04
Jonas Raun 6.11
Ross Brady 5.96
Sean Stoddart 4.84
Paul Clews 4.80
Ashley Johnson 1.71
Sam Dore 1.33

Newport

Phil Morris 6.85
Tony Atkin 6.82
Chris Schramm 6.80
Michał Rajkowski 6.68
Sebastian Truminski 6.25
Tom Hedley 5.93
Nick Simmons 4.79
Barry Burchatt 4.71
Karl Mason 2.06

Redcar

Gary Havelock 9.84
James Grieves 9.09
Robbie Kessler 8.36
Josh Auty 7.28
Mathieu Trésarrieu 7.15
Chris Kerr 6.58
Daniel Giffard 4.46
Jamie Courtney 3.39
Jack Hargreaves 3.04
Rusty Hodgson 2.14
Arlo Bugeja 1.60

Rye House

Tai Woffinden 9.01
Stefan Ekberg 8.98
Stuart Robson 8.68
Chris Neath 8.62
Steve Boxall 8.38
Tommy Allen 7.67
Adam Roynon 7.24
Robbie Kessler 6.49
Luke Bowen 4.98

Sheffield

Somerset

Magnus Zetterström 10.79
Emil Kramer 8.60
Ritchie Hawkins 6.36
Simon Walker 5.92
Jordan Frampton 5.62
Stephan Katt 5.20
Danny Warwick 5.12
Tomáš Suchánek 3.90

Stoke

Glenn Cunningham 7.60
Lee Complin 7.47
Rusty Harrison 7.11
Claus Vissing 6.87
Garry Stead 6.75
Ben Barker 6.69
Barrie Evans 5.26
Jack Hargreaves 4.37

Workington

James Wright 9.53
Carl Stonehewer 9.32
Ulrich Østergaard 8.83
Kauko Nieminen 8.72
Craig Branney 6.16
Jamie Robertson 4.28
Charles Wright 4.18
Mattia Carpanese 4.15
John Branney 3.97

References

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^"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)".Official British Speedway website. Archived fromthe original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved11 September 2021.
^"2007 fixtures & results"(PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved19 June 2024.
^"2007 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
^^a ^b"2007 KO cup final"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved2 October 2021.
^"2007 KO cup final 1st leg".Speedway Updates. Retrieved2 October 2021.
^"2007 KO cup final 2nd leg".Speedway Updates. Retrieved2 October 2021.
^"Wright hits top form to become Riders' No 1".Manchester Evening News. Retrieved27 June 2023.
^"2007 fixtures"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved29 May 2023.
^"ISLANDERS TAKE PAIRS TITLE".Sheffield Speedway. Retrieved29 May 2023.
^"2007 season fixtures and results"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved8 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