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National League Four-Team Championship

{{short description|Speedway competition in Britain}}

{{Infobox sports league

| title = National League Four-Team Championship

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| sport = Speedway

| founded = 1976

| folded = 1994

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Premier League Four-Team Championship

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The National League Four-Team Championship was a contest between teams competing in the second tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. Teams were grouped into fours, with one rider from each team in each race. The winners and second place of each group compete for the Championship in the final. It was known as the National League Four-Team Championship from 1976 until 1990, and as the British League Division Two Four-Team Championship from 1991 until 1994, reflecting the different names used for the league.{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/resultarchive|title=British Speedway Archive|publisher=Speedway GB|access-date=15 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html|title=Fours champions|publisher=Speedway Archive|access-date=15 October 2021}}Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-7524-4250-1}}

In 1995, a new competition called the Premier League Four-Team Championship replaced this league. However because division 1 and 2 merged for the 1995 and 1996 seasons, the event was run as the only Fours championship. From 1997 it reverted back to an event for tier two teams only.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/yearbyyear.html|title=Year by Year|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=15 October 2021}}

Winners

class="wikitable"

! width=50px| Year

! width=175px| Winners

! width=175px| 2nd Place

! width=175px| 3rd Place

! width=175px| 4th Place

1976{{cite news |title=Brothers clinch win for Diamonds |work=Lynn Advertiser |date=20 July 1976 |access-date=9 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003432/19760720/602/0033 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Newcastle Diamonds

| Eastbourne Eagles

| Ellesmere Port Gunners

| Workington Comets

1977{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=1978 Speedway Yearbook |year=1978 |page=39 |publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd |isbn=978-0904584509}}

| Peterborough Panthers

| Canterbury Crusaders

| Eastbourne Eagles

| Stoke Potters

1978{{cite news |title=Speedway |work=Daily Mirror |date=31 July 1978 |access-date=10 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19780731/225/0027 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Peterborough Panthers

| Stoke Potters

| Canterbury Crusaders

| Ellesmere Port Gunners

1979{{cite news |title=Speedway |work=Daily Mirror |date=30 July 1979 |access-date=10 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19790730/233/0027 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Ellesmere Port Gunners

| Mildenhall Fen Tigers

| Peterborough Panthers

| Berwick Bandits

1980{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=1981 Speedway Yearbook |year=1981 |page= 69 |publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd |isbn=0-86215-017-5}}

| Crayford Kestrels

| Rye House Rockets

| Ellesmere Port Gunners

| Stoke Potters

1981{{cite news |title=Tigers miss the boat in four teams final |work=Cambridge Daily News |date=27 July 1981 |access-date=23 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19810727/015/0015 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Edinburgh Monarchs

| Newcastle Diamonds

| Middlesbrough Tigers

| Wolverhampton Wolves

1982{{cite news |title=Gunners fail to qualify |work=Liverpool Daily Post |date=26 July 1982 |access-date=10 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004924/19820726/024/0024 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Newcastle Diamonds

| Mildenhall Fen Tigers

| Middlesbrough Tigers

| Rye House Rockets

1983{{cite news |title=Tigers miss out again in dramatic finish |work=Cambridge Daily News |date=25 July 1983 |access-date=10 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19830725/019/0019 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Newcastle Diamonds

| Mildenhall Fen Tigers

| Milton Keynes Knights

| Long Eaton Invaders

1984{{cite news |title=Red hot Tigers takes fours crown at last |work=Cambridge Daily News |date=23 July 1984 |access-date=8 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19840723/022/0022 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Mildenhall Fen Tigers

| Stoke Potters

| Milton Keynes Knights

| Boston Barracudas

1985{{cite news |title=Speedway |work=Daily Mirror |date=22 July 1985 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19850722/260/0027 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Middlesbrough Tigers

| Peterborough Panthers

| Hackney Kestrels

| Stoke Potters

1986{{cite news |title=Speedway |work=Cambridge Daily News |date=11 August 1986 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19860811/023/0023 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Middlesbrough Tigers

| Arena Essex Hammers

| Hackney Kestrels

| Mildenhall Fen Tigers

1987{{cite news |title=Fantastic Fours! |work=Cambridge Daily News |date=31 October 1987 |access-date=8 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19871031/023/0023 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Mildenhall Fen Tigers

| Arena Essex Hammers

| Eastbourne Eagles

| Wimbledon Dons

1988{{cite news |title=Speedway |work=Cambridge Daily News |date=8 August 1988 |access-date=11 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19880808/022/0022 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Peterborough Panthers

| Mildenhall Fen Tigers

| Eastbourne Eagles

| Poole Pirates

1989{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=Speedway Yearbook 1990 |year=1990 |page=46 |publisher=Front Page Books |isbn=0-948882-15-8}}

| Peterborough Panthers

| Stoke Potters

| Exeter Falcons

| Eastbourne Eagles

1990{{cite news |title=Potters capture fours title for the first time |work=Staffordshire Sentinel |date=6 August 1990 |access-date=8 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19900806/186/0021 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Stoke Potters

| Poole Pirates

| Hackney Kestrels

| Ipswich Witches

1991{{cite news |title=Speedway |work=Western Daily Press |date=22 July 1991 |access-date=13 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004974/19910722/031/0031 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Arena Essex Hammers

| Edinburgh Monarchs

| Long Eaton Invaders

| Milton Keynes Knights

1992{{cite news |title=Speedway |work=Birmingham Mail |date=27 July 1992 |access-date=13 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002139/19920727/035/0035 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Peterborough Panthers

| Edinburgh Monarchs

| Rye House Rockets

| Glasgow Tigers

1993{{cite news |title=Invaders can't take the heat |work=Derby Evening Telegraph |date=26 July 1993 |access-date=13 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005014/19930726/033/0033 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

| Edinburgh Monarchs

| Swindon Robins

| Long Eaton Invaders

| Rye House Rockets

1994{{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 }}

| Oxford Cheetahs

| Long Eaton Invaders

| Peterborough Panthers

| Edinburgh Monarchs

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Speedway in the United Kingdom}}

{{United Kingdom Speedway Seasons}}

Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom