Nelson Admirals

{{Infobox motorcycle speedway team

|clubname = Nelson Admirals

|image = 150px

|track = Seedhill Stadium
Carr Road
Nelson
Lancashire

|country = England

|founded = 1967

|closed = 1970

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|colours = Blue & White

|tracksize = {{convert|360|yd|m}}

|track record time= 63.0 seconds

|track record date= 13/07/1969

|track record holder= Alan Paynter

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The Nelson Admirals were a motorcycle speedway team who operated from Seedhill Stadium in Nelson, Lancashire, England, from 1967 to 1970.{{cite web |url=http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Nelson.htm|title=Nelson Speedway|website=Defunct Speedway|access-date=30 August 2021}}

History

During March 1967, promoter Mike Parker applied for a speedway licence for Seedhill Stadium{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001529/19670331/158/0016 |title=Fundin, Briggs at Seedhill? |website=Barnoldswick & Earby Times |date=31 March 1967 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 February 2025 }} and the stadium duly hosted racing starting on 29 July 1967.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001529/19670728/133/0010 |title=Roaring into a new era |website=Barnoldswick & Earby Times |date=28 July 1967 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 February 2025 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1967fixtures.pdf |title=1967 season |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=10 February 2025 }}

The following season, Nelson were founder members of British League Division Two in 1968 and finished runners-up in its inaugural season.{{cite book|last=Rogers|first=Martin|title=The Illustrated History of Speedway|year=1978|page=129|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-904584-45-3}} The following season the team finished 13th.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/history/leaguetables1965-1990|title=British League Tables - British League Era (1965-1990)|website=Official British Speedway website|access-date=29 August 2021}}

In June 1970, halfway through the season, promoters Les Whaley, Mike Parker and Bill Bridgett moved the British League Division Two side across the Pennines to Bradford.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/yearbyyear.html|title=Year by Year|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=29 August 2021}} Parker moved the team following difficulties in finding available race days for speedway and stock car racing.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001805/19700501/036/0003 |title=Speedway move from Nelson |website=Nelson Leader |date=1 May 1970 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=10 February 2025 }}

Season summary

width=350\|Year and league !width=50\|Position !width=350\|Notes
class="wikitable"
align=center \|align="left"\| 1968 British League Division Two season	2nd
align=center \|align="left"\| 1969 British League Division Two season	13th
align=center \|align="left"\| 1970 British League Division Two season	N/A	operation moved to Bradford

References

Category:Defunct speedway teams in the United Kingdom

Category:Sport in the Borough of Pendle