1991 British League Division Two season

1991 British League Division Two season
League	British League Division Two
No. of competitors	12
Champions	Arena Essex Hammers
Knockout Cup	Arena Essex Hammers
Gold Cup	Newcastle Diamonds
Fours	Arena Essex Hammers
Individual	Jan Stæchmann
Highest average	Bo Petersen
Division/s above	British League (Div 1)
	← 1990; 1992 →;

The 1991 British League Division Two season (sponsored by Sunbrite) was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. The league had been renamed from the National League.^[1] The season saw one of the rare occasions that speedway operated a promotion/relegation system.

LeagueBritish League Division Two

No. of competitors12

ChampionsArena Essex Hammers

Knockout CupArena Essex Hammers

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Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	BP	Pts
1	Arena Essex Hammers	22	21	0	1	11	53
2	Glasgow Tigers	22	14	0	8	8	36
3	Newcastle Diamonds	22	13	1	8	8	35
4	Edinburgh Monarchs	22	12	0	10	7	31
5	Sheffield Tigers	22	12	0	10	7	31
6	Long Eaton Invaders	22	11	0	11	5	27
7	Exeter Falcons	22	9	0	13	8	26
8	Middlesbrough Bears	22	9	0	13	2	20
9	Rye House Rockets	22	8	0	14	4	20
10	Stoke Potters	22	7	2	13	2	18
11	Milton Keynes Knights	22	7	0	15	3	17
12	Peterborough Panthers	22	7	1	14	1	16

Home \ Away	AE	ED	EX	GLA	LE	MID	MK	NEW	PET	RH	SHE	STO
Arena Essex		47–43	68–22	57–33	54–36	64–26	63–26	52–38	62–28	57–33	63–27	60–30
Edinburgh	32–57		64–26	54–36	46–44	62–28	57–33	44–46	51–39	54–35	49–41	63–27
Exeter	44–46	51–39		59–31	57–33	59–31	57–33	44–45	55–34	61–29	57–33	58–32
Glasgow	43–47	56–34	53–37		53–37	60–30	49–39	46–44	48–42	60–29	51–39	49–41
Long Eaton	38–52	50–40	52–38	46–44		50–40	48–42	46–43	63–27	50–40	63–27	61–29
Middlesbrough	37–53	38–52	54–36	48–42	50–40		55–35	40–47	61–29	49–41	49–41	51–39
Milton Keynes	36–54	46–44	47–43	36–54	54–34	56–33		41–48	51–38	53–37	40–50	49–41
Newcastle	40–50	42–46	46–43	46–44	50–40	45–44	46–44		61–28	49–34	41–49	55–35
Peterborough	43–47	46–44	52–38	39–51	42–47	46–44	52–38	47–42		49–41	46–44	45–45
Rye House	31–59	43–47	45–44	29–60	50–38	57–33	52–37	43–47	50–40		54–36	47–41
Sheffield	59–31	55–35	49–41	44–46	57–33	57–33	46–44	55–35	59–31	57–27		54–36
Stoke	39–51	52–38	51–38	48–42	56–34	43–47	65–25	45–45	50–40	44–46	52–38

Team one	Team two	1st leg	2nd leg
Long Eaton	Edinburgh	54–36	45–45
Stoke	Rye House	54–36	35–54
Exeter	Newcastle	49–40	35–54
Middlesbrough	Arena Essex	51–39	36–53

Team one	Team two	1st leg	2nd leg
Glasgow	Milton Keynes	61–28	45–44
Rye House	Long Eaton	46–43	40–50
Newcastle	Hackney	52–38	44–46
Peterborough	Arena Essex	50–40	29–61

Team one	Team two	1st leg	2nd leg
Arena Essex	Long Eaton	65–25	47–43
Glasgow	Newcastle	48–42	43–46

1991 British League Division Two season

Summary

Final table

Fixtures and results

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

Gold Cup

Riders' Championship

Fours

Leading averages

Riders and final averages

See also

References

Related Articles

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total
1	Jan Stæchmann	3 2 3 3 3	14+3
2	David Bargh	3 3 3 2 3	14+2
3	Troy Butler	3 3 3 0 3	12
4	Les Collins	2 3 1 3 2	11
5	Neil Evitts	3 3 2 1 2	11
6	Mark Thorpe	f 2 3 2 2	9
7	Steve Regeling	2 1 0 3 2	8
8	Stephen Davies	2 0 2 2 1	7
9	Kenny McKinna	0 2 0 3 1	6
10	Bo Petersen	1 2 2 ef fex	5
11	Carl Blackbird	1 1 1 1 0	4
12	Eric Monaghan	0 0 1 2 1	4
13	Steve Lawson	1 0 0 1 1	3
14	Shane Bowes	2 0 1 tex r	3
15	Peter Carr	1 1 2 1 0	5
16	Melvyn Taylor	0 1 0 0 3	4
17	Chris Clarence (res)	0	0

Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Arena Essex	32	Karger 9, Petersen 9
2	Edinburgh	15+	Saunders 6 Collins L 5, Coles 2, Walker 2
3	Long Eaton	15	Blackbird C 4, Steachmann 4, O'Hare
4	Milton Keynes	10	Butler 6 Keats 2

Rider	Team	Average
Bo Petersen	Arena Essex	10.54
Brian Karger	Arena Essex	10.23
Mark Thorpe	Newcastle	9.93
Neil Evitts	Sheffield	9.79
Mikael Blixt	Peterborough	9.69
David Bargh	Newcastle	9.55
Andy Grahame	Wimbledon	9.44
Jan Stæchmann	Long Eaton	9.39
Peter Carr	Sheffield	9.36
Troy Butler	Milton Keynes	9.26