Premier League Knockout Cup

The Premier League Knockout Cup is a motorcycle speedway competition in the United Kingdom governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). The teams from the second tier of league racing, the Premier League, take part. In the past, the cup has been known as the British League Division Two Knockout Cup and the National League Knockout Cup. The 2010 holders of the Knockout Cup are the Newcastle Diamonds who gained a 91–88 aggregate victory over the Edinburgh Monarchs over two legs.[1]

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Competition format

The competition is run on a knockout principle; teams drawn together race home and away matches against each other, with the aggregate score deciding the result. In the event of the aggregate score being level, the teams again race home and away against each other until the tie is decided by an aggregate win.[2] With the current 14 teams, 12 teams will be drawn into the first round, with two other teams receiving a bye into the next round. Each round is contested with a home and away leg, with the winner on aggregate qualifying for the next round.

Winners

Year Winners Runners-up
British League Division Two Knockout Cup
1968 Canterbury Crusaders Reading Racers
1969 Belle Vue Colts Crewe Kings
1970 Ipswich Witches Berwick Bandits
1971 Ipswich Witches Crewe Kings
1972 Crewe Kings Peterborough Panthers
1973 Boston Barracudas Workington Comets
1974 Birmingham Brummies Eastbourne Eagles
National League Knockout Cup
1975 Eastbourne Eagles Workington Comets
1976 Newcastle Diamonds Berwick Bandits
1977 Eastbourne Eagles Berwick Bandits
1978 Eastbourne Eagles Rye House Rockets
1979 Rye House Rockets Berwick Bandits
1980 Berwick Bandits Middlesbrough Bears
1981 Edinburgh Monarchs Berwick Bandits
1982 Newcastle Diamonds Ellesmere Port Gunners
1983 Exeter Falcons Weymouth Wildcats
1984 Hackney Kestrels Berwick Bandits
1985 Eastbourne Eagles Ellesmere Port Gunners
1986 Eastbourne Eagles Mildenhall Fen Tigers
1987 Eastbourne Eagles Mildenhall Fen Tigers
1988 Hackney Kestrels Wimbledon Dons
1989 Berwick Bandits Poole Pirates
1990 Poole Pirates Middlesbrough Bears
British League Division Two Knockout Cup
1991 Arena Essex Hammers Glasgow Tigers
1992 Peterborough Panthers Rye House Rockets
1993 Glasgow Tigers Swindon Robins
1994 Glasgow Tigers Edinburgh Monarchs
Premier League Knockout Cup
1995 Bradford Dukes Belle Vue Aces
1996 Wolverhampton Wolves Peterborough Panthers
1997 Edinburgh Monarchs Oxford Cheetahs
1998 Reading Racers Peterborough Panthers
1999 Edinburgh Monarchs Arena Essex Hammers
2000 Swindon Robins Hull Vikings
2001 Hull Vikings Exeter Falcons
2002 Sheffield Tigers Hull Vikings
2003 Isle of Wight Islanders Sheffield Tigers
2004 Hull Vikings Isle of Wight Islanders
2005 Kings Lynn Stars Rye House Rockets
2006 Kings Lynn Stars Somerset Rebels
2007 Kings Lynn Stars Somerset Rebels
2008 Somerset Rebels Workington Comets
2009 Kings Lynn Stars Edinburgh Monarchs
2010 Newcastle Diamonds Edinburgh Monarchs
2011 Newport Wasps Glasgow Tigers

References

  1. ^ "2010 Season Overview". British Speedway Promoters' Association. 2010. http://www.speedwaygb.com/finaltables10.html. 
  2. ^ "SCB Speedway Regulations" (pdf). Speedway Control Board. 2008. http://www.acu.org.uk/uploaded/documents/The%20SPEEDWAY%20REGULATIONS%202008.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-02. 

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