Data Collection

[Kieran22222]

I am collecting data for a project I am working on and I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find old logos and team names. I know there is some data out there, but it is not all in one place so was wondering if there was a place that had already collated this kind of thing.

[Byker Biker]

Just now, Kieran22222 said:

I am collecting data for a project I am working on and I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find old logos and team names. I know there is some data out there, but it is not all in one place so was wondering if there was a place that had already collated this kind of thing.

Speedway Researcher will give you team names and a very simple graphic that sort of resembles the logo.

[Kieran22222]

Yeah that was the best I found, but even then, the team names aren't always completely accurate. I was hoping this data would be nicely archived somewhere, but knowing British Speedway it probably isn't

[SteveLyric2]

1 hour ago, Kieran22222 said:

Yeah that was the best I found, but even then, the team names aren't always completely accurate. I was hoping this data would be nicely archived somewhere, but knowing British Speedway it probably isn't

I would try any of the several speedway fan groups on social media eg Facebook, as that is more suited to the older fans....!

[Chadster]

You might find this site helpful. Good luck!

 

Defunct Tracks

[Technik]

Go on Ebay & look up speedway badges

[IainB]

You could look at scraping data from an existing website using something like JSON, Python or Excel Power Query. 

[Kieran22222]

3 hours ago, IainB said:

You could look at scraping data from an existing website using something like JSON, Python or Excel Power Query. 

The existing data is fine, I have actually got all of that already. I am actually creating a migration process to convert the result PDFs found on the British Speedway website into SQL statements to fit my PostgreSQL database structure as well. Was just hoping for teams there was somewhere that had something like:
Oxford Cheetahs 1975-2005
Oxford Silver Machine 2005-2007
Oxford Cheetahs 2021-now
for example (dates might not be exact in the example). 

[frigbo]

12 hours ago, Kieran22222 said:

The existing data is fine, I have actually got all of that already. I am actually creating a migration process to convert the result PDFs found on the British Speedway website into SQL statements to fit my PostgreSQL database structure as well. Was just hoping for teams there was somewhere that had something like:
Oxford Cheetahs 1975-2005
Oxford Silver Machine 2005-2007
Oxford Cheetahs 2021-now
for example (dates might not be exact in the example). 

This might get you started with post 1965 clubs.  https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/71/teams

Edited January 29 by frigbo

[Kieran22222]

1 hour ago, frigbo said:

This might get you started with post 1965 clubs.  https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/71/teams

That is pretty much what I was looking for minus the logos, thanks for the help