1992 British League Division Two season

The 1992 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom.

Summary Berwick dropped down from division 1 but the league lost two teams with Mildenhall Fen Tigers and Milton Keynes Knights both withdrawing from the league in June and their results were expunged. Mildenhall however did complete their Gold Cup fixtures. The BSPA withdrew the Milton Keynes speedway licence following complaints over the state of the track and several days later on 24 June, the club was wound-up.

The title was won by the Peterborough Panthers.

The season had a sad end when on 13 September Wayne Garratt crashed riding for Newcastle Diamonds against Peterborough. He suffered a brain injury and was placed on a life support machine but died 15 days later.

Final table Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts1 Peterborough Panthers 20 14 0 6 7½ 35½2 Berwick Bandits 20 12 1 7 7 323 Glasgow Tigers 19 11 0 8 7½ 30½4 Newcastle Diamonds 20 11 0 9 7 295 Rye House Rockets 19 12 0 7 4 296 Exeter Falcons 20 9 0 11 4 227 Edinburgh Monarchs 20 8 0 12 5 218 Stoke Potters 20 8 0 12 5 219 Long Eaton Invaders 20 7 2 11 4 2010 Sheffield Tigers 20 9 1 10 1 2011 Middlesbrough Bears 20 6 0 14 2 13

Fixtures and results

British League Division Two Knockout Cup The 1992 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 25th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition.

First round Date Team one Score Team two28/06 Glasgow 39-51 Edinburgh15/08 Stoke 59-31 Exeter29/06 Exeter 58-32 Stoke27/05 Long Eaton 49-41 Peterborough25/05 Peterborough 57-33 Long Eaton08/05 Edinburgh 58-32 Glasgow Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two31/08 Berwick 52-38 Stoke31/08 Peterborough 58-32 Edinburgh29/08 Stoke 49-41 Berwick14/08 Edinburgh 50-40 Peterborough31/05 Newcastle 53-36 Middlesbrough28/05 Middlesbrough 46-43 Newcastle Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two10/10 Berwick 53-37 Rye House27/09 Rye House 60-28 Berwick13/09 Newcastle 49-41 Peterborough11/09 Peterborough 49-41 Newcastle09/10replay Peterborough 51-39 Newcastle04/10replay Newcastle 44-46 Peterborough

Final

First leg

Second leg

Peterborough were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 99–81.

Gold Cup

North Group Pos Team P W D L Pts1Newcastle 10 8 1 1 172 Berwick 10 6 0 4 123 Sheffield 10 5 0 5 104 Middlesbrough 10 4 0 6 85 Edinburgh 10 3 1 6 76 Glasgow 10 3 0 7 6

South Group Pos Team P W D L Pts1 Stoke 12 8 0 4 162 Exeter 12 7 0 5 143 Peterborough 12 7 0 5 144 Mildenhall 11 6 0 5 125 Long Eaton 11 5 0 6 106 Rye House 11 5 0 6 106 Milton Keynes 9 1 0 8 2

Final Team one Team two 1st leg 2nd legStokeNewcastle 37–53 38—51 Newcastle won 104–75 on aggregate.

Final leading averages Rider Team Average Richard KnightBerwick10.32 David BarghNewcastle9.89 Jan StæchmannLong Eaton9.87 Neil EvittsSheffield9.71 Martin GoodwinRye House9.67 Peter CarrSheffield9.47 Mark ThorpeNewcastle9.30 Tony LangdonSheffield9.21 Steve RegelingMiddlesbrough9.12 Shane BowesGlasgow8.96

Riders' Championship Róbert Nagy won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 19 September at Brandon Stadium.

Pos. Rider Pts Total1 Róbert Nagy3 2 2 3 3 132 Mick Poole2 2 3 3 3 133 Richard Green 3 3 3 2 fex 114 Martin Goodwin f 3 2 3 2 10 5 Tony Langdon 3 2 0 1 2 8 6 Jan Staechmannfex 1 3 1 3 87 David Bargh 2 r 1 2 3 8 8 David Blackburn 3 3 r 0 2 8 9 Shane Bowes f 1 3 2 2 8 10 Andy Grahame 1 2 2 1 1 711 Kenny McKinna 2 0 1 3 1 712 Richard Knight 0 3 1 2 fex 6 13 Les Collins 2 1 0 1 1 514 Mark Thorpe 1 0 2 0 ef 315 Steve Regeling 1 0 1 r 0 2 16 Paul Whittaker 1 1 0 0 0 2 f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Fours Peterborough Panthers won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 26 July.

Final Pos TeamPts Riders1 Peterborough24 Poole 9, Hurry2 Edinburgh 23 Collins L 8, McKinna, 3 Rye House 17 Goodwin 64 Glasgow8 Nagy 3, Powell 3, Bowes 0

Riders & final averages Berwick

Richard Knight 10.32 David Walsh 8.38 David Blackburn 8.07 Scott Lamb 6.68 Scott Robson 6.52 Chris Readshaw 4.92 Michael Lowrie 2.53

Edinburgh

Les Collins 8.85 Kenny McKinna 8.44 Michael Coles 8.02 Johnny Jorgensen 6.93 Brett Saunders 6.68 Dariusz Fliegert 4.90 Jan Andersen 3.58 (5 matches only) Mike McLuskey 3.36 Mike Lewthwaite 3.26 John Wainwright 2.61

Exeter

Richard Green 8.80 Paul Fry 7.52 Peter Jeffery 6.60 Frank Smart 6.57 Colin Cook 6.44 Mark Simmonds 6.27 Ian Humphreys 4.74 Tommy Palmer 2.88

Glasgow

Shane Bowes 8.96 Robert Nagy 8.61 Neil Collins 8.37 Steve Lawson 7.90 Mick Powell 5.62 Jesper Olsen 4.78 James Grieves 4.59 Jason Straughan 2.92

Long Eaton

Jan Stæchmann 9.87 Carl Blackbird 8.03 Richard Hellsen 7.07 Deon Prinsloo 6.00 Martin Dixon 5.84 Gary O'Hare 5.41 Nigel Sparshott 4.85

Middlesbrough

Steve Regeling 9.12 Daz Sumner 7.72 David Cheshire 6.44 Mark Lemon 5.78 Paul Whittaker 5.26 Doug Nicol 5.22 Duncan Chapman 5.09 Donny Odom 4.41 Paul Pickering 2.96 Stuart Swales 2.73

Mildenhall (withdrew from league)

Nigel Leaver 8.61 Melvyn Taylor 7.24 Mikael Teurnberg 6.67 David Smart 6.10 Jamie Habbin 5.55 Jesper Olsen 5.14 Gary Tagg 4.29 Jason Gage 3.64

Milton Keynes (withdrew from league)

Peter Glanz 8.92 Richard Hellsen 7.60 David Steen 6.91 Kieran McCullagh 6.00 Frank Smart 4.40 Justin Walker 3.43 Ian Barney 2.86

Newcastle

David Bargh 9.89 Mark Thorpe 9.30 Scott Norman 7.67 Phil Jeffrey 6.42 Richard Juul 5.49 Wayne Garratt 4.63 Max Schofield 4.61 David Nagel 2.93

Peterborough

Mick Poole 8.77 Jason Crump 8.40 Stephen Davies 8.16 Rod Colquhoun 6.46 Neville Tatum 6.44 Mark Blackbird 5.93 Paul Hurry 5.64

Rye House

Martin Goodwin 9.67 Jens Rasmussen 7.52 Jan Pedersen 7.08 Mikael Teurnberg 6.51 Sean Courtney 6.15 Mark Courtney 5.89 Robert Ledwith 4.83 Chris Young 3.30

Sheffield

Neil Evitts 9.71 Peter Carr 9.47 Tony Langdon 9.21 Louis Carr 5.64 Simon Green 4.40 Steve Johnston 3.96 Mark Hepworth 3.73 Steve Knott 3.71

Stoke

Nigel Crabtree 8.66 Alan Grahame 8.36 Eric Monaghan 7.61 Gary Chessell 6.67 Garry Stead 5.68 David Steen 5.68 Andy Meredith 3.46 Darren Standing 2.18

See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)

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