1995 Premier League speedway season
The 1995 Premier League season was the 61st season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. It was also the first for the new league, and the first of two seasons in which British speedway was competed as a single division.[1]
League | Premier League |
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Champions | Eastbourne Eagles |
Knockout Cup | Bradford Dukes |
Individual | Gary Havelock |
Fours | Cradley Heathens |
Highest average | Billy Hamill |
Division/s below | 1995 Academy League |
Summary
The gulf in quality of teams was highlighted because of the merging of the two leagues, with Eastbourne Eagles winning the title 56 points clear of bottom club Exeter Falcons.[2] Eastbourne had been an easy runner-up the previous year to runaway winners Poole Pirates and retained four of their riders Martin Dugard, Dean Barker, Stefan Dannö and Stefan Andersson, which provided enough firepower to seal the Championship. Poole finished mid-table but were missing Craig Boyce who had switched to Swindon Robins.[3]
Bradford Dukes won their fourth Knockout Cup in the last five years. Former World Champion Gary Havelock guided Bradford to the Cup success and also picked up the Premier League Riders Championship.[4]
Final table
Pos | Team | PL | W | D | L | BP | Pts |
1 | Eastbourne Eagles | 40 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 77 |
2 | Bradford Dukes | 40 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 69 |
3 | Cradley Heath Heathens | 40 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 68 |
4 | Peterborough Panthers | 40 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 62 |
5 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 40 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 60 |
6 | Ipswich Witches | 40 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 59 |
7 | Glasgow Tigers | 40 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 57 |
8 | Belle Vue Aces | 40 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 55 |
9 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 40 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 54 |
10 | Arena Essex Hammers | 40 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 52 |
11 | Swindon Robins | 40 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 52 |
12 | Poole Pirates | 40 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 47 |
13 | Reading Racers | 40 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 47 |
14 | Sheffield Tigers | 40 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 47 |
15 | Coventry Bees | 40 | 17 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 43 |
16 | Hull Vikings | 40 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 40 |
17 | Oxford Cheetahs | 40 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 39 |
18 | Long Eaton Invaders | 40 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 39 |
19 | King's Lynn Stars | 40 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 38 |
20 | Middlesbrough Bears | 40 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 24 |
21 | Exeter Falcons | 40 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 21 |
M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points
Leading averages
Rider | Team | Average |
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![]() | Cradley Heath | 10.91 |
![]() | Bradford | 10.82 |
![]() | Ipswich | 10.52 |
![]() | Wolverhampton | 10.50 |
![]() | Poole | 10.44 |
![]() | Cradley Heath | 10.42 |
![]() | Wolverhampton | 10.37 |
![]() | Bradford | 10.25 |
![]() | Eastbourne | 10.22 |
![]() | Swindon | 9.99 |
![]() | Arena Essex | 9.96 |
![]() | Poole | 9.94 |
![]() | Exeter | 9.78 |
![]() | Coventry | 9.53 |
![]() | Eastbourne | 9.35 |
![]() | Belle Vue | 9.06 |
![]() | Kings Lynn | 8.98 |
![]() | Hull | 8.97 |
![]() | Reading | 8.90 |
![]() | Peterborough | 8.85 |
Premier League Knockout Cup
The 1995 Speedway Star Knockout Cup was the 57th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams but the first to be known as the Premier League Knockout Cup. Bradford Dukes were the winners of the competition.[5]
First Round
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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21/04 | Peterborough | 64-42 | Ipswich |
20/04 | Ipswich | 65-44 | Peterborough |
22/04 | Eastbourne | 52-54 | Arena Essex |
21/04 | Arena Essex | 56-53 | Eastbourne |
23/04 | Glasgow | 63-43 | Middlesbrough |
27/04 | Middlesbrough | 43-64 | Glasgow |
18/05 | Sheffield | 63-43 | Long Eaton |
19/04 | Long Eaton | 54-52 | Sheffield |
21/04 | Oxford | 72-36 | Poole |
19/04 | Poole | 54-51 | Oxford |
Second Round
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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20/07 | Ipswich | 52-56 | Reading |
17/07 | Reading | 46-59 | Ipswich |
15/07 | Bradford | 70-38 | Wolverhampton |
05/07 | Kings Lynn | 55-53 | Coventry |
17/06 | Coventry | 65-43 | Kings Lynn |
14/06 | Cradley Heath | 59-53 | Glasgow |
09/06 | Edinburgh | 46-61 | Hull |
05/06 | Exeter | 47-57 | Swindon |
05/06 | Wolverhampton | 58-46 | Bradford |
04/06 | Glasgow | 54-53 | Cradley Heath |
03/06 | Swindon | 55-50 | Exeter |
31/05 | Hull | 59-49 | Edinburgh |
02/06 | Belle Vue | 68-36 | Sheffield |
01/06 | Sheffield | 61-46 | Belle Vue |
02/06 | Arena Essex | 58-48 | Oxford |
29/05 | Oxford | 58.5-47.5 | Arena Essex |
Quarter Finals
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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10/08 | Ipswich | 57-50 | Coventry |
05/08 | Bradford | 72-35 | Hull |
26/07 | Coventry | 58-49 | Ipswich |
26/07 | Hull | 54-41 | Bradford |
22/07 | Cradley Heath | 61-47 | Oxford |
22/07 | Swindon | 57-50 | Belle Vue |
21/07 | Belle Vue | 68-38 | Swindon |
21/07 | Oxford | 54-52 | Cradley Heath |
Semi Finals
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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13/09 | Coventry | 52-55 | Bradford |
02/09 | Bradford | 58-50 | Coventry |
19/08 | Cradley Heath | 49-57 | Belle Vue |
18/08 | Belle Vue | 59-48 | Cradley Heath |
First leg
Bradford Dukes Sean Wilson 17 Gary Havelock 14+1 Paul Pickering 11+2 Darren Pearson 10+3 Joe Screen 6 Tony Atkin 3+1 Garry Stead R/R | 68 - 39 | Belle Vue Aces Jason Lyons 9 Chris Manchester 8 Niklas Klingberg 6 Kevin Little 5+1 Frede Schött 3 Max Schofield 3+3 John Jørgensen 1 |
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Second leg
Bradford Dukes were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 111-97.
Teams
Arena Essex Hammers
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Leigh Adams
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Paul Hurry
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Josh Larsen
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Robert Ledwith
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Gareth Martin
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David Mason
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Alan Mogridge
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Jan Pedersen
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Christer Rohlén
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Mikael Teurnberg
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Paul Whittaker
Belle Vue Aces
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Louis Carr
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Peter Carr
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Duncan Chapman
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Chris Cobby
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Andre Compton
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Greg Daniels
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Neil Evitts
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John Jørgensen
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Niklas Klingberg
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Phil Knowles
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Kevin Little
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Jason Lyons
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Chris Manchester
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Darren Pearson
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Frede Schött
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Max Schofield
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Peter Scully
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Craig Taylor
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Glyn Taylor
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Vesa Ylinen
Bradford Dukes
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Tony Atkin
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Simon Green
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Gary Havelock
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Paul Pickering
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Darren Pearson
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Joe Screen
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Garry Stead
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Sean Wilson
Coventry Bees
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Brian Andersen
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Paul Bentley
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Will Beveridge
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Paul Clews
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Andre Compton
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John Jørgensen
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Robert Larsen
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Kevin Little
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Stuart Robson
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Andy Smith
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Darren Spicer
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Shaun Tacey
Cradley Heath
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David Clarke
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Simon Cross
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Jonathan Forsgren
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Billy Hamill
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Greg Hancock
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Steve Knott
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Gareth Martin
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Scott Smith
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Craig Taylor
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John Wilson
Eastbourne Eagles
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Stefan Andersson
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Dean Barker
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Mark Bruton
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Stefan Dannö
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Martin Dugard
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Stefan Ekberg
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Paul Lydes-Uings
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Stewart McDonald
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Darren Pearson
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Darren Shand
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Scott Swain
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Kelvin Tatum
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Paul Whittaker
Edinburgh Monarchs
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Jan Andersen
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Les Collins
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Robert Eriksson
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Lawrence Hare
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Mike Faria
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Scott Lamb
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Kevin Little
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Robert Larsen
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Kenny McKinna
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Peter Scully
Exeter Falcons
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Will Beveridge
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Greg Daniels
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Paul Fry
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Paul Fudge
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Graeme Gordon
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Borivoj Hadek
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Neil Hewitt
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Mark Loram
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Scott Pegler
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Mark Simmonds
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Antonín Šváb Jr.
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Petr Vandirek
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Václav Verner
Glasgow Tigers
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Shane Bowes
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Sean Courtney
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Charles Ermolenko
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Andrew Giddings
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James Grieves
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Gareth Martin
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Stewart McDonald
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Jesper Olsen
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Mick Powell
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David Walsh
Hull Vikings
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Anthony Barlow
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Mark Burrows
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Duncan Chapman
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Chris Cobby
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Andre Compton
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Nigel Crabtree
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Lee Dicken
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Alan Grahame
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Graham Jones
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Paul Smith
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Jan Stæchmann
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Glyn Taylor
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Paul Thorp
Ipswich Witches
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Savalas Clouting
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Jeremy Doncaster
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Emmerson Fairweather
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Lawrence Hare
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Ben Howe
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Jorgen Hultgren
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Leigh Lanham
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Chris Louis
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Scott Nicholls
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Drew Wheeldon
King's Lynn Stars
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Morten Andersen
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Bohumil Brhel
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Mark Bruton
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Dean Chapman
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David Clarke
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Jason Gage
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Darren Grayling
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Bobby Ott
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Tommy Palmer
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Troy Pratt
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Chris Readshaw
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Glyn Taylor
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Tomáš Topinka
Long Eaton Invaders
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Mark Burrows
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David Clarke
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Ronnie Correy
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Martin Dixon
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Mike Hampson
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Richard Hellsen
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Jarno Kosonen
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Steve Johnston
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Kai Laukkanen
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Eric Monaghan
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Andre Pollehn
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Carl Stonehewer
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Craig Taylor
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Brent Werner
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Simon Wigg
Middlesbrough Bears
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Mark Burrows
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Duncan Chapman
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Mark Crang
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Colin Earl
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Mark Harrison
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Leigh Loomes
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Stewart McDonald
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Shane Parker
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Róbert Nagy
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Martin Peterca
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Andre Pollehn
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Chris Readshaw
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Scott Robson
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Mike Smith
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Jonathan Swales
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Stuart Swales
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Martin Vinther
Oxford Cheetahs
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Daniel Andersson
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Will Beveridge
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Steve Bishop
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Armando Castagna
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David Clarke
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Michael Coles
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Martin Goodwin
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Roger Horspool
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Gareth Martin
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David Mason
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Jimmy Nilsen
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Rene Madsen
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Davd Steen
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Craig Taylor
Peterborough Panthers
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Hans Clausen
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Lee Dicken
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Justin Elkins
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Jason Gage
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Andrew Giddings
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Roger Horspool
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Marián Jirout
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Ronni Pedersen
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Mick Poole
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Jens Rasmussen
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Ryan Sullivan
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Gary Sweet
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Zdeněk Tesař
Poole Pirates
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Mark Bruton
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Jason Bunyan
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Jason Crump
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Scott Donovan
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Bobby Eldridge
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Justin Elkins
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Dean Garrod
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Lars Gunnestad
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Ingar Hvamstad
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David Mason
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Steve Masters
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Alun Rossiter
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Steve Schofield
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Gary Sweet
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Kelvin Tatum
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Martin Willis
Reading Racers
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Chris Cobby
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Andre Compton
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Marvyn Cox
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Jason Gage
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Petri Kokko
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David Mason
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Phil Morris
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Ray Morton
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Dave Mullett
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David Norris
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Tony Olsson
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Lee Richardson
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Steve Targett
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Nick Upton
Sheffield Tigers
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Rene Aas
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Zoltán Adorján
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Greg Bartlett
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Will Beveridge
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Peter Boast
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Chris Cobby
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Neil Collins
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Paul Gould
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Mike Hampson
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Roman Matoušek
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George Štancl
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Rob Steman
Swindon Robins
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Will Beveridge
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Peter Boast
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Craig Boyce
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Barry Camnpbell
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Gary Chessell
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Chris Cobby
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Greg Daniels
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Paul Fudge
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Glenn Cunningham
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Richard Green
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Mark Harrison
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Andy Howe
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John Jefferies
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Brian Karger
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Jarno Kosonen
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David Mason
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Peter Nahlin
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Patrik Olsson
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Anthony Reason
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Chris Readshaw
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Frank Richt
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Lance Sealey
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Mark Thorpe
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Spencer Timmo
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Justin Walker
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Martin Willis
Wolverhampton Wolves
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Peter Boast
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Wayne Carter
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David Clarke
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Sam Ermolenko
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James Grieves
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Richard Juul
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Peter Karlsson
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Stephen Morris
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Jacob Olsen
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Craig Taylor
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Colin White
References
- "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
- "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- "1995 league tables". Speedway GB.
- "Bradford Dukes". Greyhound Derby .com. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- "1995 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.