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Now her's a challenge, even for Norbold with the propensity of London teams since 1928. Think of the World Champions that have graced London sides. Think of the great riders who rode for West Ham, Wimbledon, New Cross and Harringay. I doubt any 2 members will agree on the top 7, so I'll start this off with; Wilkinson Young Knutsson Briggs Moore Johnson Waterman Over to you...

Can't argue with Wilkinson, Stevenson or Atkinson. I was largely going from my memories and my Mother's memories, although she went pre-war also but was a child at the time. Let's make it a West Ham top 10 shall we?.

As always...who do you leave out?. Of course, being a World Champion Bluey is an all-time great, but pre-war was so different from post-war. So I concentrated on post-war.

3 World titles PLUS...just look at all the stats from his GP's. With a GP round at least equivalent to a World Final his record is awesome. Nobody knows how well Mauger, Fundin, Briggs et al would have fared under a GP system, but Greg is right up there with them. Mauger was never exciting but Greg certainly can be. Possibly Greg can not be put alongside Mauger, Rickardson, Fundin, Briggs and Nielsen but he ranks alongside Olsen, Gundersen and Crump...in my opinion of course.

Jack Young Aub Lawson Bjorn Knutsson Sverre Harrfeldt Ken McKinlay Eric Chitty Malcolm Simmons

Glad to know I can still count

You would think I'd remember that.

I'm not sure I follow your reasoning Mr.T.

Where is my abacus when I need it?.

Not only the best Belle Vue team ever but possibly the best World team ever, with 17 World titles. Spot on Norbold.

There's no substitute for age and experience.

Now i know I'm going dotty...I thought the comparison was between George Formby! Could not work out what Greg Hancock had to do with cleaning windows!.

Hans Nielsen!...stretching the rules a tad, wot!

For sure the greatest American and given he is WC at 44 probably one of the top 3 or 4 of all time.

Too many Great Danes...whoever you leave out should be kept in.

If he meets my criteria I must have missed something!.

I'm sure I saw him ride but I can't remember where.

What about them?.

I may have false memory syndrome but I seem to recall seeing him ride at a grasstrack meeting in Kent c. 1967. If I am right Malcolm Simmons and Don Godden were also competing, but I do sometimes get my memories muddled. No doubt Norbold will know if I am right.

It is on my map!.

if we want to be really precise it should be Southern, as South Africa is a nation in its own right, and some of the team are Rhodesian. Yes?.

Thank you.

B Nilsen, Adams, Hampel, Jonsson, Kasprzak C sullivan, sayfutdinov, Iversen, Wiltshire, Handberg, Boyce

Henry Long Buddy Fuller Fred Wills Peter Prinsloo Deon Prinsloo Byron Bekker Mike Ferreira Any advance on this list?.

He is.