1992 British League Division Two season

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/history/leaguetables1991-present|title= BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)|website=Official British Speedway website |access-date=11 September 2021}}

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

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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

First leg Jason Crump 13 Mick Poole 10 Paul Hurry 9 Neville Tatum 8 Stephen Davies 8 Rod Colquhoun 8 Mark Blackbird 4 Jens Rasmussen 12 Martin Goodwin 8 Mark Courtney 4 Robert Ledwith 3 Mikael Teurnberg 2 Jan Pedersen 1 Sean Courtney 0 Second leg Mikael Teurnberg 16 Martin Goodwin 11 Jens Rasmussen 8 Sean Courtney 6 Jan Pedersen 6 Mark Courtney 3 Robert Ledwith 1 Mick Poole 9 Neville Tatum 9 Stephen Davies 7 Jason Crump 6 Paul Hurry 5 Rod Colquhoun 3 Mark Blackbird 0 Peterborough were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 99–81.

Gold Cup

North Group

** South Group**

Final

Newcastle won 104–75 on aggregate.

Final leading averages

Riders' Championship

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

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Fours

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

Final

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

References

References

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