2008 Premier League speedway season

2008 Premier League speedway season
League	Premier League
Champions	Edinburgh Monarchs
Knockout Cup	Somerset Rebels
Premier Trophy	Edinburgh Monarchs
Young Shield	Workington Comets
Individual	Tai Woffinden
Pairs	Workington Comets
Fours	Workington Comets
Highest average	Daniel Nermark
Division/s above	2008 Elite League
Division/s below	2008 Conference
	← 2007; 2009 →;

The 2008 Premier League speedway season was the second division of motorcycle speedway racing in the United Kingdom and the 14th season since its creation in 1995. The league was governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

LeaguePremier League

ChampionsEdinburgh Monarchs

Knockout CupSomerset Rebels

Premier TrophyEdinburgh Monarchs

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Pos	Club	M	Home			Away			F	A	Pts
Pos	Club	M	W	D	L	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Edinburgh Monarchs	30	15	0	0	7	2	6	1562	1161	53
2	Somerset Rebels	30	15	0	0	6	0	9	1517	1223	48
3	Kings Lynn Stars	30	14	1	0	4	4	7	1624	1111	45
4	Rye House Rockets	30	15	0	0	4	0	11	1500	1232	42
5	Workington Comets	30	12	2	1	5	0	10	1435.5	1300.5	41
6	Berwick Bandits	30	13	2	0	3	0	12	1428	1316	37
7	Redcar Bears	30	12	0	3	4	1	10	1369	1374	37
8	Sheffield Tigers	30	12	1	2	3	1	11	1381	1345	35
9	Reading Racers	30	12	1	2	3	0	12	1350	1405	34
10	Scunthorpe Scorpions	30	12	0	3	3	0	12	1309	1434	33
11	Isle of Wight Islanders	30	14	0	1	1	0	14	1359	1390	31
12	Birmingham Brummies	30	9	0	6	4	0	11	1317.5	1401.5	30
13	Stoke Potters	30	9	1	5	2	0	13	1307	1441	25
14	Newcastle Diamonds	30	8	0	7	2	0	13	1220	1501	22
15	Glasgow Tigers	30	8	0	7	1	0	14	1297	1469	19
16	Mildenhall Fen Tigers	30	0	0	15	0	0	15	932	1804	0

Home \ Away	BER	BIR	ED	GLA	IOW	KL	MT	NEW	RR	RED	RYE	SCU	SHE	SOM	STO	WOR
Berwick Bandits		58–34	45–45	54–39	46–44	45–45	72–18	62–31	61–32	46–44	60–33	48–42	52–41	58–35	52–41	48–41
Birmingham Brummies	42–48		40–51	52–40	52–38	38–54	61–32	46–44	40–49	46–45	42–48	53–37	46–44	48–44	46–47	47.5–42.5
Edinburgh Monarchs	59–33	52–29		54–39	67–23	54–39	69–21	64–29	49–43	55–37	47–46	68–22	56–33	66–24	54–39	59–30
Glasgow Tigers	50–43	40–53	45–47		51–42	46–47	55–37	44–46	60–32	42–48	52–41	46–44	44–46	51–39	56–36	41–49
Isle of Wight Islanders	53–40	51–41	60–32	51–42		49–41	65–28	68–22	58–34	53–40	51–42	60–32	54–39	41–49	56–37	49–44
King's Lynn Stars	61–29	66–24	45–45	61–32	68–23		72–18	65–27	59–31	66–27	62–31	63–28	59–35	68–25	67–25	61–32
Mildenhall Fen Tigers	29–61	36–55	30–60	35–56	41–52	23–67		39–53	42–51	35–58	27–65	40–53	27–65	37–55	34–56	31–53
Newcastle Diamonds	47–42	44–46	40–49	53–42	48–42	50–42	68–22		45–44	42–48	33–41	46–47	48–41	47–48	48–42	42–48
Reading Racers	47–46	48–42	41–48	51–43	46–44	45–45	60–33	60–32		57–35	47–46	49–44	60–33	39–53	54–41	54–39
Redcar Bears	51–41	46–44	49–41	55–38	52–41	43–47	53–40	59–33	42–48		50–43	50–40	54–39	39–54	51–40	47–43
Rye House Rockets	57–33	53–40	48–42	65–27	66–24	49–41	66–23	59–34	54–39	65–26		54–38	61–32	65–25	55–37	52–40
Scunthorpe Scorpions	52–41	49–44	39–53	54–39	53–40	46–43	48–42	56–36	53–40	52–41	40–53		43–47	51–39	46–44	47–43
Sheffield Tigers	48–42	40–44	55–36	63–29	59–33	48–40	65–27	55–38	51–42	45–45	54–36	52–38		50–40	52–38	40–50
Somerset Rebels	58–34	48–45	48–44	63–29	67–22	53–40	72–18	65–25	62–31	48–42	66–27	63–29	60–30		68–22	57–36
Stoke Potters	55–37	56–36	36–57	49–43	53–40	45–45	54–39	54–38	51–40	41–48	54–35	43–47	58–34	43–45		36–59
Workington Comets	42–51	51–41	53–39	59–36	58–32	45–45	64–28	61–31	54–36	49–44	46–44	54–39	45–45	46–44	59–34

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
11/04	Scunthorpe	44-48	Sheffield
10/04	Sheffield	55-36	Scunthorpe

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
23/04	Birmingham	43-47	Glasgow
20/04	Glasgow	40-52	Birmingham
24/04	Redcar	53-40	Mildenhall
27/04	Mildenhall	40-50	Redcar
13/05	Isle of Wight	54-38	Sheffield
24/04	Sheffield	52-38	Isle of Wight
25/04	Edinburgh	54-38	Berwick
26/04	Berwick	42-51	Edinburgh
25/04	Somerset	64-28	Newcastle
27/04	Newcastle	39-39	Somerset
26/04	Rye House	60-30	Newport
07/05	Kings Lynn	55-38	Reading
28/04	Reading	59-34	King's Lynn
27/04	Stoke	42-50	Workington
26/05	Workington	54-36	Stoke

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
25/06	Birmingham	42-51	Rye House
31/05	Rye House	62-30	Birmingham
17/06	Isle of Wight	51-43	Workington
07/06	Workington	53-38	Isle of Wight
30/05	Edinburgh	55-38	Redcar
29/05	Redcar	39-53	Edinburgh
30/05	Somerset	53-39	Reading
29/06	Reading	51-44	Somerset

2008 Premier League speedway season

Summary

League

Final league table

Fixtures and results

Premier League Knockout Cup

Premier Trophy

Young Shield

Riders' Championship

Pairs

Fours

Final leading averages

Riders & final averages

See also

References

Related Articles

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
27/09	Workington	53-39	Edinburgh
26/09	Edinburgh	49-41	Workington
25/08	Rye House	50-43	Somerset
22/08	Somerset	53-38	Rye House

Team one	Team two	Score
Birmingham	Sheffield	57–37, 37–53
Edinburgh	Reading	56–34, 44–46

Team one	Team two	Score
Birmingham	Berwick	50–42, 40–50
Redcar	Reading	52–40, 60–33
Isle of Wight	Sheffield	57–36, 41–52
Scunthorpe	Workington	51–39, 35–58

Team one	Team two	Score
Isle of Wight	Berwick	53–42, 37–58
Redcar	Workington	50–43, 42–51

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Tai Woffinden	2 1 3 3 3	12	-	3
2	Jason Doyle	1 3 2 2 3	11	2	2
3	Adrian Rymel	2 2 3 3 2	12	-	1
4	Kauko Nieminen	3 3 3 2 fex	11	3	0
5	Ben Barker	3 3 2 0 3	11	1
6	Jason Bunyan	3 3 2 2 2	12	0
7	Shane Parker	1 2 3 3 1	10
8	Ulrich Østergaard	2 0 2 1 2	7
9	Jason King	1 1 1 2 1	6
10	Kevin Doolan	0 2 1 3 0	6
11	Magnus Karlsson	2 1 0 1 1	5
12	Andre Compton	3 1 fex 1 ef	5
13	Jason Lyons	tex 2 0 1 2	5
14	Gary Havelock	1 ef 1 0 1	3
15	William Lawson	0 0 0 ef 3	3
16	Scott Richardson (res)	1 1 0	2
17	Ben Taylor (res)	0 0	0
18	Henning Loof	ef ns ns ns ns	0

Final
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Workington	20+3	Nieminen 6+3, Stonehewer 6, Wright C 5, Haines 3
2	King's Lynn	20+2	Topinka 9+2, Dolan 7, Tacey 2, Lambert 2
3	Somerset	19	Doyle 7, Katt 5, Frampton 4, Werner 3
4	Scunthorpe	13	Wilkinson 5, Hall 5, Bergstrom 3, Karlsson 0

Rider	Team	Average
Daniel Nermark	Workington	10.53
Kevin Doolan	Kings Lynn	10.47
Ulrich Østergaard	Reading	10.29
Jason Doyle	Somerset	10.28
Tai Woffinden	Rye House	10.15
Adrian Rymel	Berwick	10.07
Tomáš Topinka	Kings Lynn	9.98
Jason Lyons	Birmingham	9.97
Kauko Nieminen	Workington	9.50
Shane Parker	Glasgow	9.38

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Promotion Play-Offs