First of all it was Birmingham vs Ellesmere Port (not Newcastle as stated above). Joe was riding for Ellesmere Port at the time and it was 1985 not 1986.
As far as Tom is concerned, he has his own Plant Hire business (also races pigeons I think!), which is doing very well.
Also Tom's daughter (Emma) is married Mark Lemon.
The 1976 (I think it was '76!!) team that rode at Newcastle included Jiri Stancl (George's dad), Peter Ondrasik(Pavel's dad), Lubos Tomicek and the two Verner brothers.
I used to have the programme, but gave it to George Stancl a while back and can't remember, off the top of my head, the other riders!
After a search on 'Google', there was a speedway story in 'Tiger' called "Tallon of the Track", which featured a female speedway rider as the main character.
http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Interviews/Scott...cottGoodall.asp
Correct - it was PC.
During that bit Rory McGrath said to Gary Lineker "You used to go to Leicester speedway, didn't you Gary?" and Lineker admitted he had been "once or twice".