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On 8/30/2018 at 3:53 PM, TesarRacing said:

Is Somerset the only speedway team currently and over the years to be named after a county as opposed to a town or city etc?

 

Just something that sprung to my mind today!! 

You're not very good at geography either

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Was Teesside a county in the early/mid 1970s when Middlesbrough rode as 'Teesside Tigers'?

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On 8/30/2018 at 4:06 PM, waytogo28 said:

Berwick - it's neither here nor there and has been both.

Not true.

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On 9/1/2018 at 7:58 AM, crazyb said:

You're not very good at geography either

Why?

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On 8/31/2018 at 6:57 PM, chunky said:

What about Todd Wiltshire, David Cheshire and Lee Derbyshire?

Steve

Very good Chunky!

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Lanarkshire Eagles? Does that count? 

Was this their official name or was it really Motherwell?

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 23 August 1928 Yorkshire Wolves v Manchester City Tigers. Possibly the earliest team and nickname classification.

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1 hour ago, dukes said:

 23 August 1928 Yorkshire Wolves v Manchester City Tigers. Possibly the earliest team and nickname classification.

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Very interesting! Of course, there were no "official" teams in 1928, so that was probably some kind of representative event. You only have a small snippet of the pic here, but were there any other similar events on that programme?

Where was that, incidentally? I had a look on the Speedway Researcher website, and didn't find anything. I know that George Reynard rode at some of the northern tracks, and had ridden at Rochdale the previous Saturday...

Steve

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1 hour ago, dukes said:

 23 August 1928 Yorkshire Wolves v Manchester City Tigers. Possibly the earliest team and nickname classification.

DSC00553.jpg

Were these even teams in the sense of there being more than one rider representing them?I know in London there were also match races where one rider rode for White City (Clem Cort from memory )and another represented another track.This looks on the face of it like it was also a match race?

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9 minutes ago, iris123 said:

Were these even teams in the sense of there being more than one rider representing them?I know in London there were also match races where one rider rode for White City (Clem Cort from memory )and another represented another track.This looks on the face of it like it was also a match race?

That's more of what I was thinking... Adds a little bit of interest with an "us against them" feature.  It would be a help to see the whole evening's programme.

Steve

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On 8/30/2018 at 3:56 PM, TesarRacing said:

Ah, good shout! Don't know why I missed that one.

Is there any reason why these teams have been named after their counties?

Burnham on Sea Rebels just ain't the same as good ole Zummerzet!

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3 hours ago, auntie doris said:

Burnham on Sea Rebels just ain't the same as good ole Zummerzet!

Why Burnham on Sea when they are based in Highbridge?? ;)

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16 hours ago, dukes said:

 23 August 1928 Yorkshire Wolves v Manchester City Tigers. Possibly the earliest team and nickname classification.

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Great find Dukes! I love the name 'Skid' Skinner!! 

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21 hours ago, dukes said:

 23 August 1928 Yorkshire Wolves v Manchester City Tigers. Possibly the earliest team and nickname classification.

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Wasn't 'Skid' Skinner from the family who did the stunt 'wall of death' shows?

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