2007 Premier League speedway season
League | Premier League |
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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 |
The 2007 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
Season summary
The League consisted of 15 teams for the 2007 season with the addition of the Birmingham 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 the Isle 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]
Final table
Key: | |
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Premier League Play-Offs | |
Pos | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | BP | Pts | ||||
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W | D | L | W | D | L | |||||||
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 the Isle of Wight Islanders qualified for the play-offs.
Play-offs
Aggregate scores over two legs.
Semi finals
Final
Leading averages
Rider | Team | Average |
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Somerset | 10.79 |
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Isle of Wight | 10.69 |
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Sheffield | 10.43 |
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Glasgow | 10.03 |
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Kings Lynn | 10.00 |
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Redcar | 9.84 |
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Kings Lynn | 9.78 |
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Birmingham | 9.68 |
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Workington | 9.53 |
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Workington | 9.32 |
Premier League Knockout Cup
The 2007 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 40th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. King's Lynn Stars were the winners of the competition for the third successive year.[2]
First Round
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
First leg
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 |
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[3][4] |
Second leg
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 11 Stephan Katt 9 Richie Hawkins 5 Emil Kramer 5 Danny Warwick 3 Jordan Frampton 1 Magnus Zetterström R/R |
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[3][5] |
King's Lynn were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 105–78.
See also
References
- ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "2007 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
- ^ a b "2007 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "2007 KO cup final 1st leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "2007 KO cup final 2nd leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 2 October 2021.