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2007 Premier League speedway season
LeaguePremier League
ChampionsRye House Rockets
Knockout CupKing's Lynn Stars
Premier TrophyKing's Lynn Stars
Young ShieldRedcar Bears
IndividualJames Wright
PairsIsle of Wight Islanders
FoursIsle of Wight Islanders
Highest averageMagnus Zetterström
Division/s above2007 Elite League
Division/s below2007 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

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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]

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
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

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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 the Knockout 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

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 – 46King'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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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 – 34Somerset Rebels
Ricky Ashworth (guest) 11
Stephan Katt 9
Richie Hawkins 5
Emil Kramer 5
Danny Warwick 3
Jordan Frampton 1
Magnus Zetterström R/R
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King's Lynn were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 105–78.

Riders' Championship

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James Wright won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 30 September at Abbey Stadium.[7]

Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final
1 England James Wright 3 3 2 3 3 14 - 3
2 Australia Jason Lyons 3 3 2 2 3 13 - 2
3 Poland Jacek Rempała 0 1 3 2 3 9 2 1
4 Sweden Daniel Nermark 2 2 3 3 3 13 3 0
5 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 1 3 2 3 1 10 1
6 Australia Chris Holder 2 3 3 1 2 11 0
7 England Tai Woffinden 1 1 3 1 1 7
8 Finland Kaj Laukkanen 3 2 ef 2 ex 7
9 Czech Republic Josef Franc 2 1 1 1 2 7
10 United States Chris Kerr 1 0 ex 3 2 6
11 England Chris Schramm (res) 3 0 2 1 0 6
12 England Lee Complin 1 2 ex 0 2 5
13 England Andre Compton 0 0 1 2 1 4
14 Poland Michał Rajkowski 2 2 0 0 0 4
15 Sweden Emil Kramer 0 1 0 0 1 2
16 Australia Trent Leverington 0 0 1 0 0 1
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs

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The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 29 June. The event was won by the Isle of Wight Islanders.[8][9]

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 the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 8 July 2007, at the East of England Arena.[10]

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

Riders & final averages

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Berwick

Birmingham

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Isle of Wight

King's Lynn

Mildenhall

Newcastle

Newport

Redcar

Rye House

Sheffield

Somerset

Stoke

Workington

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ "2007 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ "2007 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  4. ^ a b "2007 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  5. ^ "2007 KO cup final 1st leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. ^ "2007 KO cup final 2nd leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Wright hits top form to become Riders' No 1". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  8. ^ "2007 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  9. ^ "ISLANDERS TAKE PAIRS TITLE". Sheffield Speedway. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  10. ^ "2007 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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