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1990 National League season
LeagueNational League
ChampionsPoole Pirates
Knockout CupPoole Pirates
IndividualAndy Grahame
PairsHackney Kestrels
FoursStoke Potters
Highest averageSteve Schofield
Division/s above1990 British League

The 1990 National League was the 16th since its establishment as a second tier in 1975, a renamed British League Division Two, and the last before it was again renamed British League Division Two.[1]

Summary

The league was initially supposed to run with 18 teams - however, Mildenhall Fen Tigers were unable to form a team to the 42-point minimum average limit, and were expelled on March 22, 1990. Matches were once again run over a 16-heat formula, with seven riders per team.

Poole Pirates were again champions, and stepped up into British League Division One for the 1991 season.[2]

League table

Pos Club M Home Away F A Pts
W D L W D L
1 Poole Pirates 32 16 0 0 13 0 3 1779 1224 58
2 Middlesbrough Bears 32 16 0 0 6 2 8 1701 1367 46
3 Ipswich Witches 32 13 2 1 9 0 7 1674 1387 46
4 Glasgow Tigers 32 13 0 3 6 0 10 1643.5 1419,5 38
5 Hackney Kestrels 32 13 0 3 6 0 10 1608 1451 38
6 Berwick Bandits 32 15 0 1 3 1 12 1575.5 1483.5 37
7 Wimbledon Dons 32 12 1 3 4 2 10 1376 1469 35
8 Stoke Potters 32 11 0 5 5 1 10 1573 1489 33
9 Exeter Falcons 32 14 0 2 1 1 14 1576 1489 31
10 Peterborough Panthers 32 13 0 3 2 0 14 1456 1613 30
11 Eastbourne Eagles 32 12 0 4 3 0 13 1426 1636 30
12 Newcastle Diamonds 32 11 0 5 3 0 13 1478.5 1586.5 28
13 Edinburgh Monarchs 32 10 1 5 2 0 14 1520.5 1539.5 25
14 Arena Essex Hammers 32 9 1 5 3 0 13 1380 1674 25
15 Rye House Rockets 32 7 0 9 1 0 15 1386 1672 16
16 Long Eaton Invaders 32 7 2 7 0 0 16 1372 1697 16
17 Milton Keynes Knights 32 5 0 11 1 0 15 1286 1770 12

M = Meetings; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; Pts = Total Points

Last updated: May 1, 2009

Averages

The top ten rider averages in the National League as of October 31, 1990:

Rider Average Team
1 England Steve Schofield 10.51 Hackney Kestrels
2 Australia Craig Boyce 10.45 Poole Pirates
3 Australia Steve Regeling 10.20 Exeter Falcons
4 England Chris Louis 10.19 Ipswich Witches
5 Australia Rod Hunter 9.93 Middlesbrough Bears
6 New Zealand David Bargh 9.72 Newcastle Diamonds
7 Australia Mick Poole 9.58 Peterborough Panthers
8 England Andy Grahame 9.40 Wimbledon Dons
9 Denmark Jens Rasmussen 9.36 Rye House Rockets
10 England Andy Galvin 9.27 Hackney Kestrels

National League Knockout Cup

The 1990 National League Knockout Cup was the 23rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition.[3]

First Round

Date Team One Score Team Two
14/04 Berwick 62-33 Long Eaton
11/04 Long Eaton 57-39 Berwick

Second Round

Date Team One Score Team Two
21/07 Berwick 50-44 Poole
27/06 Wimbledon 62-33 Exeter
15/06 Hackney 64-32 Eastbourne
10/06 Eastbourne 40-56 Hackney
10/06 Rye House 51-45 Milton Keynes
07/06 Middlesbrough 51-44 Edinburgh
05/06 Milton Keynes 56-39 Rye House
05/06 Poole 56-40 Berwick
04/06 Exeter 61-35 Wimbledon
03/06 Edinburgh 51-45 Middlesbrough
03/06 Glasgow 54-41 Ipswich
03/06 Newcastle 61-35 Arena Essex
02/06 Arena Essex 41-55 Newcastle
02/06 Stoke 65-31 Peterborough
01/06 Peterborough 48-48 Stoke
31/05 Ipswich 60-36 Glasgow

Quarter Finals

Date Team One Score Team Two
21/08 Poole 62-33 Hackney
10/08 Hackney 47-48 Poole
29/07 Newcastle 54-41 Ipswich
21/07 Stoke 51-45 Wimbledon
19/07 Middlesbrough 69-27 Milton Keynes
18/07 Wimbledon 57-37 Stoke
17/07 Milton Keynes 40-56 Middlesbrough
19/07 Ipswich 61-35 Newcastle

Semi Finals

Date Team One Score Team Two
30/08 Ipswich 47-49 Poole
28/08 Poole 60-36 Ipswich
23/08 Middlesbrough 69-27 Wimbledon
22/08 Wimbledon 36-59 Middlesbrough

Final

First leg

Poole Pirates
Craig Boyce 19
Alun Rossiter 13
Gary Allan 11
Tony Langdon 10
Rod Colquhoun 6
Gary Chessell 3
Tom Knudsen R/R		62 – 34Middlesbrough Bears
Rod Hunter 11
Jamie Luckhurst 7
Darren Sumner 5
Paul Bentley 5
David Cheshire 3
Dave Edwards 2
Steve Wilcock 1
[4][5]

Second leg

Middlesbrough Bears
Rod Hunter 9
Steve Wilcock 9
Darren Sumner 9
Paul Bentley 9
Jamie Luckhurst 7
David Cheshire 7
Dave Edwards 1		51 – 45Poole Pirates
Craig Boyce 16
Gary Allan 11
Tony Langdon 10
Rod Colquhoun 4
Alun Rossiter 3
Justin Elkins 1
Tom Knudsen R/R
[4][5]

Poole were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 107–85.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - BRITISH LEAGUE ERA (1965-1990)". Official British Speedway website. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ "1990 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  4. ^ a b "1990 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Poole 1990 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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