Midland Cup (speedway)

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Midland Cup (speedway)
SportSpeedway
Founded1951
Ceased1987
CountryUnited Kingdom

The Midland Cup was a motorcycle speedway competition held in the United Kingdom from 1951 to 1987, that was restricted to teams from the Midlands area.[1][2]

The competition was a significant competition at the time, due to the speedway teams from the Midlands being some of the leading teams in the United Kingdom (particularly in the 1980s).

Midland Cup[edit]

Season Champions Runner-Up Ref
1951 Leicester Birmingham [3]
1952 Coventry Birmingham [4]
1953 Birmingham Coventry [5][6]
1954 Birmingham Coventry [7]
1955 Birmingham Leicester [8]
1960 Coventry Leicester [9]
1966 Coventry Wolverhampton [10]
1967 Swindon Coventry [11]
1968 Swindon Leicester [12]
1969 Coventry Leicester [13]
1970 Coventry Leicester [14]
1971 Coventry Leicester [15]
1972 Leicester Wolverhampton [16]
1973 Wolverhampton Leicester [17]
1974 Leicester Wolverhampton [18]
1975 Oxford Wolverhampton [19]
1976 Coventry Wolverhampton [20]
1977 Coventry Cradley Heath [21]
1978 Coventry Leicester [22]
1979 Coventry Leicester [23]
1980 Cradley Heath Coventry [24]
1981 Coventry Cradley Heath [25]
1982 Coventry Cradley Heath [26]
1983 Cradley Heath Coventry [27]
1984 Cradley Heath Swindon [28]
1985 Oxford Cradley Heath [29]
1986 Oxford Coventry [30]
1987 Cradley Heath Wolverhampton [31]

Discontinued

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. ^ "Hunters' Cup Win in Last heat". Leicester Daily Mercury. 20 October 1951. Retrieved 5 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Bees great win in Speedway Cup final". Coventry Evening Telegraph -. 27 October 1952. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Bees well beaten at Birmingham". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 28 September 1953. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Birmingham's easy win in Midland Trophy". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 4 October 1953. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Bees just failed in Midland Cup". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 18 October 1954. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Hunters triumph but trophy lost". Leicester Evening Mail. 1 October 1955. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Bees' Sparkling Win in Midland Cup Final". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 26 September 1960. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Coventry Win Midland Cup". Birmingham Daily Post. 20 September 1966. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Speedway Trophy won by Swindon". Bristol Evening Post. 5 October 1967. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Lions Lode By Point On Aggregate". Leicester Daily Mercury. 16 October 1968. Retrieved 19 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Big crowd at Speedway final". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 13 October 1969. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "Boulger on form for Lions". Nottingham Evening Post. 14 October 1970. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "Fifth heat settles Lions". Leicester Daily Mercury. 13 October 1971. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Speedway". Daily Mirror. 25 October 1972. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ "Midland Speedway Cup". Leicester Daily Mercury. 10 October 1973. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ^ "Wolves beaten in cup final". Birmingham Daily Post. 12 October 1974. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ "Speedway rider Gary Peterson killed". Reading Evening Post. 18 October 1975. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  20. ^ "Muddy Marvel, Ole rubs it in". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 23 October 1976. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  21. ^ "Super Shirra leads Bees in Cup romp". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 30 September 1977. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  22. ^ "Bees live up to double glory". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 16 October 1978. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ^ "...and they're cup kings, too!". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 October 1979. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  24. ^ "Schwartz is a cup hit for Cradley". Sandwell Evening Mail. 10 October 1980. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ^ "Heathens Fury". Sandwell Evening Mail. 11 October 1981. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  26. ^ "Heathens Misery". Sandwell Evening Mail. 12 October 1982. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  27. ^ "Cradley's treble glory!". Birmingham Mail. 25 October 1983. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  28. ^ "Cradley finish on high note". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 28 October 1984. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  29. ^ "Grahame's glory". Birmingham Mail. 1 November 1985. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  30. ^ "Bees:We had fight". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 30 October 1986. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  31. ^ "Speedway". Daily Mirror. 22 October 1987. Retrieved 21 October 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Midland_Cup_(speedway)&oldid=1181508519"