1994 British League Division Two season#British League Division Two Knockout Cup
{{Short description|Sports event}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox speedway league season
| competition = British League Division Two
| competitors = 10
| domesticcup1 = Champions
| domesticcup1 winners = Glasgow Tigers
| domesticcup2 = Knockout Cup
| domesticcup2 winners = Glasgow Tigers
| domesticcup3 = Individual
| domesticcup3 winners = Paul Bentley
| domesticcup4 = Pairs
| domesticcup4 winners = Swindon Robins
| domesticcup5 = Fours
| domesticcup5 winners = Oxford Cheetahs
| highest average = Jan Stæchmann
| league above = British League (Div 1)
| leagues below = British League (Div 3)
| prevseason = 1993
| nextseason = 1997
}}
The 1994 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. The British League Divisions 2 and 3 were disbanded after this season and did not return until 1997. An Academy League was introduced.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html|title=Historic league tables|publisher=Speedway Archive}}
Summary
The title and knockout Cup was won by the Glasgow Tigers, who achieved the feat of recording the 'double double' (the league and cup double for two consecutive seasons).{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/history/leaguetables1991-present|title=
BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)|website=Official British Speedway website|access-date=11 September 2021}}{{cite news |title=Tigers just too strong |work=Edinburgh Evening News |date=17 October 1994 |access-date=26 April 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000740/19941017/277/0016 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
Final table
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! Pos ! Team ! PL ! W ! D ! L ! BP ! Pts |
| 1
| align="center" | 36 | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 67 |
| 2
| align="center" | 36 | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 65 |
| 3
| align="center" | 36 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 51 |
| 4
| align="center" | 36 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 49 |
| 5
| align="center" | 36 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 48 |
| 6
| align="center" | 36 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 48 |
| 7
| align="center" | 36 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 40 |
| 8
| align="center" | 36 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 38 |
| 9
| align="center" | 36 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 24 |
| 10
| align="center" | 36 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 20 |
British League Division Two Knockout Cup
The 1994 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 27th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition for the second successive year.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2015/04/british-league-division-two-ko-cup-1994.html|title=1994 National League Knockout Cup|publisher=Speedway archive}}
=First round=
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!width=80| Date !width=250| Team one !width=80| Score !width=250| Team two | |||
| 29/04 | Edinburgh | 54-42 | Newcastle |
| 24/04 | Newcastle | 46-50 | Edinburgh |
| 24/04 | Glasgow | 56-40 | Oxford |
| 22/04 | Oxford | 39-57 | Glasgow |
=Quarter-finals=
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!width=80| Date !width=250| Team one !width=80| Score !width=250| Team two | |||
| 30/07 | Swindon | 56-40 | Glasgow |
| 10/06 | Peterborough | 58-38 | Sheffield |
| 09/06 | Middlesbrough | 62-34 | Exeter |
| 09/06 | Sheffield | 44-52 | Peterborough |
| 06/06 | Exeter | 50-46 | Middlesbrough |
| 05/06 | Glasgow | 66-30 | Swindon |
| 04/06 | Swindon | rain | Glasgow |
| 03/06 | Edinburgh | 49-47 | Long Eaton |
| 01/06 | Long Eaton | 45-51 | Edinburgh |
=Semi-finals=
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!width=80| Date !width=250| Team one !width=80| Score !width=250| Team two | |||
| 23/09 | Peterborough | 50-45 | Glasgow |
| 16/09 | Peterborough | rain | Glasgow |
| 11/09 | Glasgow | 54-42 | Peterborough |
| 12/08 | Edinburgh | 52-44 | Middlesbrough |
| 11/08 | Middlesbrough | 49-47 | Edinburgh |
=Final=
First leg
{{footballbox
|date = 14 October 1994
|team1 = Edinburgh Monarchs
Kenny McKinna 12
Les Collins 11
Scott Lamb 11
Jan Andersen 9
Kevin Little 4
Stuart Robson 3
Lawrence Hare 0
|score = 50 – 46
|team2 = Glasgow Tigers
David Walsh 14
Mick Powell 9
Nigel Crabtree 9
Sean Courtney 7
Róbert Nagy 4
James Grieves 2
Stewart McDonald 1
|stadium = Powderhall Stadium
}}
Second leg
{{footballbox
|date = 16 October 1994
|team1 = Glasgow Tigers
David Walsh 13
Nigel Crabtree 10
Sean Courtney 9
Róbert Nagy 9
Mick Powell 8
James Grieves 5
Stewart McDonald 1
|score = 55 – 41
|team2 = Edinburgh Monarchs
Kenny McKinna 12
Les Collins 10
Scott Lamb 9
Jan Andersen 6
Stuart Robson 3
Kevin Little 1
Lawrence Hare 0
|stadium = Shawfield Stadium
}}
Glasgow were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 101–91.
Riders' Championship
Paul Bentley won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 17 September at Brandon Stadium.{{cite news |title=Rickardsson does Sweden proud |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=19 September 1994 |access-date=22 June 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19940919/024/0024 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
| class=wikitable
!width=25px|Pos. | width=180px|Rider | width=100px|Pts | width=50px|Total |
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|1 | align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Bentley | 3 3 3 2 2 | 13 |
| align=center
|2 | align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Tony Olsson | 3 3 2 2 2 | 12 |
| align=center
|3 | align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Tony Langdon | 1 1 3 3 3 | 11 |
| align=center
|4 | align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Grahame | 2 0 2 3 3 | 10 |
| align=center
|5 | align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Roman Matoušek | 2 1 3 3 1 | 10 |
| align=center
|6 | align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Mick Poole | 2 2 1 3 1 | 9 |
| align=center
|7 | align=left|{{flagicon|SCO}} Kenny McKinna | 3 0 1 1 3 | 8 |
| align=center
|8 | align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Dixon | 3 2 2 1 0 | 8 |
| align=center
|9 | align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Róbert Nagy | 0 3 1 0 3 | 7 |
| align=center
|10 | align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} Ronni Pedersen | 1 1 1 2 2 | 7 |
| align=center
|11 | align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Zdeněk Tesař | 0 0 3 1 2 | 6 |
| align=center
|12 | align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} Mark Thorpe | 0 3 0 2 0 | 5 |
| align=center
|13 | align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Les Collins | 1 2 2 0 0 | 5 |
| align=center
|14 | align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Fry | 2 2 0 0 1 | 5 |
| align=center
|15 | align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Crabtree | 0 1 0 1 0 | 2 |
| align=center
|16 | align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} Richard Hellsen | 1 0 0 0 1 | 2 |
Pairs
The British League Division Two Pairs Championship, sponsored by the Speedway Star, was held at Arena Essex Raceway on 28 May. The event was won by Swindon Robins.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1994record.pdf |title=1994 season results |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=26 May 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004974/19940530/019/0019 |title=Top pair take a title at last |website=Western Daily Press |date=30 May 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 September 2024}}
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!colspan="4"|Qualifying | ||
| width=20|Pos
!width=80|Team !width=20|Pts !width=200|Riders | ||
|---|---|---|
| style="background:#ACE1AF;"
!1 |Swindon | 20 | Olsson 12, Langdon 8 |
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!2 |Glasgow | 17 | Crabtree 12, Walsh 5 |
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!3 |Edinburgh | 16 | Ylinen 9, Collins L 7 |
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!4 |Peterborough | 16 | Tesar 12, Monaghan 4 |
| 5
|Long Eaton || 14|| Collins N 8, Dixon 6 |
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| class="wikitable"
!colspan="4"|Qualifying |
| width=20|Pos
!width=80|Team !width=20|Pts !width=200|Riders |
|---|
| 6
|Middlesbrough || 13 || Sumner 7, Bentley 6 |
| 7
|Newcastle || 13|| Thorpe 10, Juul 3 |
| 8
|Oxford || 9|| Goodwin 6, Poole 3 |
| 9
|Exeter || 9|| Svab 9, Verner 0 |
| 10
|Sheffield || 8|| Matousek 8, Bartlett 0 |
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Semi finals
- Swindon bt Peterborough
- Glasgow bt Edinburgh
Final
- Swindon bt Glasgow
Fours
Oxford Cheetahs won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 7 August.{{cite news |title=Speedway |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=8 August 1994 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19940808/015/0015 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1994record.pdf |title=1994 complete season records |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=13 May 2023}}
Final
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!width=25px|Pos | width=150px|Team | width=50px|Pts | width=400px|Riders |
| align=center
|1 | align=left| Oxford Cheetahs | 24 | Goodwin 11, Poole 7, Karlsson 5, Alan Grahame 1, Sumner 0 |
| align=center
|2 | align=left| Long Eaton Invaders | 17 | Dixon 7, Collins N 5, Johnston 4, Hellsen 1 |
| align=center
|3 | align=left| Peterborough Panthers | 16 | Tesar 7, Monaghan 4, Pedersen 3, Sullivan 1, Nicholls 1 |
| align=center
|4 | align=left| Edinburgh Monarchs | 15 | Lamb 5, McKinna 4, Collins L 3, Andersen 3, Hare 0 |
Final leading averages
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!width=200| Rider !width=200| Team !width=40| Average | ||
| align="left"| Jan Stæchmann | Long Eaton | 10.10 |
| align="left"| Tony Olsson | Swindon | 10.07 |
| align="left"| Nigel Crabtree | Glasgow | 9.74 |
| align="left"| David Walsh | Glasgow | 9.72 |
| align="left"| Paul Bentley | Middlesbrough | 9.39 |
| align="left"| Robert Nagy | Glasgow | 9.18 |
| align="left"| Zdeněk Tesař | Peterborough | 9.13 |
| align="left"| Martin Dixon | Long Eaton | 8.94 |
| align="left"| Mark Thorpe | Newcastle | 8.95 |
| align="left"| Michael Coles | Edinburgh | 8.57 |
Riders & final averages
Edinburgh
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- Kenny McKinna 8.40
- Les Collins 8.23
- Scott Lamb 7.85
- Vesa Ylinen 7.68
- Jan Andersen 7.12
- Lawrence Hare 5.48
- Kevin Little 4.91
- Peter Scully 3.62
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Exeter
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- Paul Fry 7.66
- Antonín Šváb Jr. 6.99
- Václav Verner 6.44
- David Smart 6.38
- Mark Simmonds 6.29
- Mika Pellinen 6.24
- Andreas Bössner 5.30
- Scott Pegler 4.87
- Nigel Leaver 3.73
- Tommy Palmer 3.52
- Henk Bangma 2.29
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Glasgow
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- Nigel Crabtree 9.74
- David Walsh 9.72
- Robert Nagy 9.18
- Mick Powell 7.22
- Sean Courtney 6.36
- James Grieves 6.01
- Jesper Olsen 4.90
- Stewart McDonald 3.67
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Long Eaton
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- Jan Stæchmann 10.10
- Martin Dixon 8.94
- Neil Collins 8.07
- Richard Hellsen 7.86
- Steve Johnston 7.48
- Stuart Swales 4.47
- Mike Hampson 3.89
- Mark Bruton 2.74
- Scott Kirton 2.00
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Middlesbrough
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- Paul Bentley 9.39
- Jens Rasmussen 7.01
- Daz Sumner 6.99
- Alan Mogridge 6.71
- Stuart Swales 6.08
- Mike Smith 5.96
- Paul Whittaker 5.5
- Chris Readshaw 4.25
- Will Beveridge 1.79
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Newcastle
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- Mark Thorpe 8.95
- Scott Robson 7.39
- Garry Stead 7.19
- Richard Juul 6.67
- Petri Kokko 6.15
- Stuart Robson 4.95
- Chris Readshaw 4.94
- Max Schofield 4.85
- Anthony Barlow 2.55
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Oxford
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- Mick Poole 8.44
- Martin Goodwin 7.65
- Daz Sumner 7.06
- Alan Grahame 6.96
- Niklas Karlsson 6.86
- David Smart 6.15
- Rene Madsen 5.85
- Stefan Ekberg 5.54
- Andy Meredith 4.55
- Stephen Morris 4.48
- Spencer Timmo 2.75
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Peterborough
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- Zdeněk Tesař 9.13
- Carl Stonehewer 8.33
- Ronni Pedersen 7.60
- Ryan Sullivan 7.09
- Eric Monaghan 6.72
- Ian Barney 4.57
- Jason Gage 4.51
- Scott Nicholls 3.35
- Darren Shand 3.15
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Sheffield
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- Roman Matoušek 8.22
- George Štancl 7.65
- Alan Mogridge 6.86
- Shawn Moran 6.35
- Greg Bartlett 5.94
- Rod Colquhoun 5.36
- Robbie Kessler 5.00
- Rob Woffinden 5.00
- Shawn Venables 4.26
- Steve Knott 4.13
- Louis Carr 3.57
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Swindon
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- Tony Olsson 10.07
- Tony Langdon 8.05
- David Blackburn 6.81
- Gary Chessell 6.63
- Patrik Olsson 6.44
- Glenn Cunningham.5.53
- John Jefferies 1.96
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See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Speedway in the United Kingdom}}
{{United Kingdom Speedway Seasons}}
{{Speedway British League Division Two seasons}}
Category:Speedway British League Division Two / National League