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2004 Premier League speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	Premier League
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Hull Vikings
domesticcup2	Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winners	Hull Vikings
domesticcup3	Young Shield
domesticcup3 winners	Hull Vikings
domesticcup4	Premier Trophy
domesticcup4 winners	Exeter Falcons
domesticcup5	Individual
domesticcup5 winners	Andre Compton
domesticcup6	Pairs
domesticcup6 winners	Reading Racers
domesticcup7	Fours
domesticcup7 winners	Workington Comets
highest average	Jason Lyons
league above	2004 Elite League
leagues below	2004 Conference League
prevseason	2003
nextseason	2005

The 2004 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

Season summary

The League consisted of 15 teams for the 2004 season after the Swindon Robins and Arena Essex Hammers elected to compete in the Elite League and the closure of the Trelawny Tigers.

The League was run on a standard format with no play-offs and was won by Hull Vikings.

League

Final table

15	Newcastle Diamonds	28	8	0	20	1133	1473	16	1	17

Fixtures and results

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2004 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 37th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Hull Vikings were the winners of the competition.

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
12/05	Hull	59-36	Berwick
24/07	Berwick	42-42	Hull
31/05	Exeter	53-19	Newport
22/07	Newport	46-50	Exeter
11/05	Isle of Wight	63-29	King's Lynn
12/05	King's Lynn	56-39	Isle of Wight
15/05	Rye House	55-39	Newcastle
16/05	Newcastle	41-49	Rye House
15/05	Workington	57-35	Edinburgh
14/05	Edinburgh	50-43	Workington
14/05	Somerset	48-42	Stoke
15/05	Stoke	44-46	Somerset
10/05	Reading	52-43	Glasgow
09/05	Glasgow	47-43	Reading

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
18/08	Hull	53-39	Reading
23/08	Reading	51-42	Hull
26/07	Exeter	62-29	Sheffield
22/07	Sheffield	57-37	Exeter
06/07	Isle of Wight	59-36	Rye House
31/07	Rye House	52-42	Isle of Wight
26/06	Workington	54-40	Somerset
25/06	Somerset	48-44	Workington

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
06/10	Hull	62-35	Exeter
20/09	Exeter	57-34	Hull
02/09	Isle of Wight	56-38	Workington
18/09	Workington	43.5-46.5	Isle of Wight

Final

First leg Garry Stead 15 Emil Kramer 11 Emiliano Sanchez 11 Magnus Karlsson 10 Paul Thorp 8 Joel Parsons 1 Ross Brady R/R Craig Boyce 11 Sebastian Trésarrieu 10 Ray Morton 6 Krister Marsh 6 Ulrich Østergaard 3 Jason Bunyan 2 Glenn Phillips 1 Second leg Jason Bunyan 12 Craig Boyce 9 Krister Marsh 9 Sebastian Trésarrieu 7 Ray Morton 6 Ulrich Østergaard 5 Glenn Phillips 4 Magnus Karlsson 12 Garry Stead 11 Paul Thorp 9 Emil Kramer 6 Emiliano Sanchez 4 Joel Parsons 1 Ross Brady R/R Hull were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 99–91.

Premier Trophy

North Group

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Glasgow	14	10	1	3	21
2	Sheffield	14	8	0	6	16
3	Edinburgh	14	8	0	6	16
4	Hull	14	8	0	6	16
5	Workington	14	7	0	7	14
6	Berwick	14	7	0	7	14
7	Stoke	14	6	1	7	13
8	Newcastle	14	1	0	13	2

** South Group**

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Exeter	12	8	0	4	16
2	Reading	12	7	1	4	15
3	Rye House	12	7	1	4	15
4	Somerset	11	6	1	4	13
5	King's Lynn	12	4	1	7	9
6	Isle of Wight	10	3	2	5	8
7	Newport	11	2	0	9	4

Semi-final

Team one	Team two	Score
Glasgow	Reading	50–40, 36–57
Exeter	Sheffield	64–30, 38–56

Final

Team one	Team two	Score
Reading	Exeter	46–43, 35–59

Young Shield

End of season competition for the highest eight league teams

First Round

Team one	Team two	Score
King's Lynn	Workington	52–41, 41–55
Reading	Sheffield	58–34, 41–56
Rye House	Hull	47–44, 42–52
Stoke	Isle of Wight	52–40, 32–59

Semi-final

Team one	Team two	Score
Workington	Hull	52–44, 42–52
Isle of Wight	Reading	53–45, 42–51

Final

Team one	Team two	Score
Reading	Hull	41–52, 44–52

Riders' Championship

Andre Compton won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held on 19 September at Owlerton Stadium. Compton was awarded the title following a last bend crash in the final with Simon Stead, the latter was attributed as the cause of the crash.

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Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Smallmead Stadium on 20 June. The event was won by Reading (Danny Bird & Phil Morris) who beat Stoke (Paul Pickering & Alan Mogridge) in the final.

Group A	Pos	Team	Pts	Riders	1	2
Rye House		Neath, Robson
Glasgow		Parker, Stancl

Group B	Pos	Team	Pts	Riders	1	2
Reading		Bird, Morris
Stoke		Pickering, Mogridge

Other teams

Berwick: Kristensen, Franc
Exeter: Lemon, Stephens
Isle of Wight: Boyce, Bunyan
Sheffield: Ashworth, Compton
Somerset: Fry, Cunningham
Workington: Stonehewer, Collins

Semi finals

Reading bt Glasgow 6–3
Stoke bt Rye House 5–4

Final

Reading bt Stoke 7–2

Fours

Workington Comets won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 21 August 2004, at Derwent Park.

Group A	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Workington	17	Stonehewer, Stead, Nieminen, Collins
2	Stoke	13	Pickering, Staechmann, Mogridge, Kessler
3	Reading	12	Zagar, Bird, Morris, Appleton
4	Berwick	6	Pietraszko, Rymel, Kristensen, Franc

Group B	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Glasgow	15	Parker, Stancl, Bentley, Grieves
2	Rye House	14	Werner, Neath, Watt, Robson
3	Hull	12	Karlsson, Brady, Stead, Kramer
4	Edinburgh	7	Schott, Carr, Schlein, Pijper

Final	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Workington	29	Stonehewer, Stead, Nieminen, Collins
2	Stoke	20	Pickering, Staechmann, Mogridge, Kessler
3	Glasgow	12	Parker, Stancl, Bentley, Grieves
4	Rye House	11	Werner, Neath, Watt, Robson

Final leading averages

Rider	Team	Average
AUS Jason Lyons	Newcastle	10.13
SVN Matej Žagar	Reading	10.02
ENG Simon Stead	Workington	10.01
ENG Carl Stonehewer	Workington	9.84
ENG Sean Wilson	Sheffield	9.69
ENG Danny Bird	Reading	9.67
AUS Craig Watson	Newport	9.66
AUS Shane Parker	Glasgow	9.58
DEN Frede Schött	Edinburgh	9.53
AUS Craig Boyce	Isle of Wight	9.47

Riders & final averages

Berwick

Adrian Rymel 7.62
Michal Makovský 7.23
Lee Smethills 7.19
Claus Kristensen 6.80
Adam Pietraszko 6.70
Josef Franc 6.66
Ritchie Hawkins 6.20
Simon Cartwright 6.01
David Meldrum 5.80
Blair Scott 3.71
Tom Brown 2.47

Edinburgh

Frede Schott 9.53
Rory Schlein 8.94
Peter Carr 8.07
Theo Pijper 6.48
Matthew Wethers 5.26
Cameron Woodward 4.64
Sean Stoddart 1.22

Exeter

Mark Lemon 9.39
Graeme Gordon 7.74
Roger Lobb 7.55
Mark Simmonds 7.47
Seemond Stephens 7.41
Michael Coles 7.14
Nick Simmons 3.61

Glasgow

Shane Parker 9.58
George Štancl 8.56
James Grieves 8.11
Paul Bentley 7.98
Graham Jones 6.31
Eric Carrillo 5.93
David McAllan 4.09
Corey Blackman 2.57
James Cockle 2.08
Barry Campbell 1.94

Hull

Magnus Karlsson 8.50
Garry Stead 7.92
Paul Thorp 7.90
Ross Brady 7.68
Emil Kramer 7.60
Emiliano Sanchez 7.45
Joel Parsons 4.79
Danny Norton 1.71

Isle of Wight

Craig Boyce 9.47
Jason Bunyan 7.67
Sebastien Trésarrieu 7.53
Ray Morton 6.82
Krister Marsh 6.71
Ulrich Østergaard 6.68
Glen Phillips 6.24
Chris Johnson 3.23

King's Lynn

Tomáš Topinka 8.74
Kevin Doolan 7.70
Shaun Tacey 7.23
Tom P. Madsen 6.86
Adam Allott 6.75
Paul Lee 6.53
James Brundle 4.97
Trevor Harding 4.00
Darren Mallett 3.26

Newcastle

Jason Lyons 10.13
Richard Juul 6.16
Kristian Lund 6.06
Kevin Little 5.98
Lee Dicken 5.39
Lee Smethills 5.22
Jamie Robertson 4.77
William Lawson 4.03
Scott Smith 3.81
Luboš Tomíček Jr. 3.56

Newport

Craig Watson 9.66
Mads Korneliussen 6.95
Kristian Lund 6.10
Pavel Ondrašík 5.50
Tony Atkin 5.32
Carl Wilkinson 4.82
Luke Priest 2.43
Karl Mason 2.33
Barrie Evans 2.26

Reading

Matej Žagar 10.02
Danny Bird 9.67
Phil Morris 8.18
Andrew Appleton 8.10
Chris Schramm 5.01
Chris Mills 4.51
Steve Braidford 2.46
Jamie Westacott 1.83

Rye House

Davey Watt 8.43
Brent Werner 8.18
Chris Neath 7.71
Scott Robson 7.02
Steve Masters 6.46
Tommy Allen 4.61
Steve Boxall 4.07
Luke Bowen 1.57

Sheffield

Sean Wilson 9.69
Andre Compton 8.92
Ricky Ashworth 8.29
Andrew Moore 7.39
Richard Hall 5.48
James Birkinshaw 5.28
Ben Wilson 5.15

Somerset

Glenn Cunningham 8.02
John Jorgensen 7.96
Paul Fry 7.48
Neil Collins 6.72
Jamie Smith 6.02
Matt Read 5.23
Steve Bishop 4.79
Simon Walker 3.15

Stoke

Jan Staechmann 9.04
Paul Pickering 8.48
Alan Mogridge 8.28
Robbie Kessler 6.78
Paul Clews 5.47
Trent Leverington 5.06
Rob Grant Jr. 3.89
Daniel Giffard 2.51

Workington

Simon Stead 10.01
Carl Stonehewer 9.84
Kauko Nieminen 6.92
Rusty Harrison 6.66
Brett Woodifield 6.15
Aidan Collins 5.73
James Wright 5.48

References

"2004 tables". Speedway GB.
"Final tables". Speedway archive.
"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)".
"2004 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"2004 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
"2004 KO Cup final".
"Hull 2004 results".
"2003 fixtures and results". Speedway Researcher.
"2003 fixtures and results". Speedway Researcher.
"Controversial Compton claims PLRC".
"2004 fixtures".
"Reading race to Pairs title".
"2004 season fixtures and results".
"Comets set to host biggest ever meeting".

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