Bradford/Odsal

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Bradford/Odsal

Years of Operation

1945-1962
1970-1975
1986-1997

Nicknames

Boomerangs (1945-1949)
Tudors (1950-1960)
Panthers (1960-1962)
Northern (1970-1973)
Barons (1974-1975)
Dukes (1986-1997)

Tracks

Odsal Stadium (1945-1960, 1970-1975, 1986-1997)
Greenfield Stadium (1961-1962)

Track Record


Honours

Division I Champions (1997)
Division I KOC Winners (1991, 1992, 1993, 1995)
Gold Cup Winners (1990)
BSPA Cup Winners (1991)


League Record 1965 onwards

Year..Level..Played..Won..Drew..Lost..Pts..Final Pos

1970..ii..32..18..1..13..37..4th of 17
1971..ii..32..21..1..10..43..2nd of 17
1972..ii..32..15..0..17..30..11th of 17
1973..ii..34..18..0..16..36..7th of 18
1974..ii..36..19..1..16..39..7th of 19
1975..ii..38..17..2..19..36..11th of 20
1986..i..20..8..1..11..21..6th of 11
1987..i..22..10..3..9..30..5th of 12
1988..i..39..10..0..29..22..Last of 11
1989..i..32..9..2..21..23..8th of 9
1990..i..32..16..1..15..41..5th of 9
1991..i..24..15..4..5..43..2nd of 13
1992..i..24..15..0..9..38..2nd of 13
1993..i..40..19..3..18..48..7th of 11
1994..i..40..18..1..21..48..7th of 11
1995..i..40..25..2..13..69..2nd of 21
1996..i..36..16..0..20..41..11th of 19
1997..i..36..23..1..12..62..1st of 10

[speedway_history]

Bradford

1970*

Gary Peterson..22..94..250..3..10.76..11F..1P
Alf Wells..21..79..171..13..9.32..2F..4P
Alan Knapkin..28..131..293..11..9.28..5F..3P
Dave Schofield..32..132..168..35..6.15..4P
Sid Sheldrick..29..108..132..28..5.93..2P
Alan Bridgett..29..121..154..23..5.85..1F..2P
Peter Thompson..16..49..55..9..5.22
Robin Adlington..19..79..74..12..4.35
Rob Jackson..1..2..1..0..2.00
Jack Lee..2..6..3..0..2.00
John Lynch..1..4..2..0..2.00
Adrian Baker..1..3..1..0..1.33
Alan Druggett..1..3..1..0..1.33
Mick Fairbairn..1..3..1..0..1.33
Barry Fitzgerald..3..7..2..0..1.14
Brian Clark..1..2..0..0..0.00
Stan Holey..1..2..0..0..0.00
Roger Knight..1..3..0..0..0.00

*Bradford took over Nelson's Division 2 fixtures mid-season.

1971

Alan Knapkin..35..153..371..18..10.17..8F..4P
Alf Wells..26..106..215..24..9.02..2F..1P
Dave Baugh..36..156..312..19..8.49..2F..3P
Dave Schofield..18..69..113..17..7.54..1F
Robin Adlington..34..152..239..32..7.13..2P
Sid Sheldrick..25..87..91..21..5.15
Rod Chessell..4..17..17..4..4.94
Alan Bridgett..31..102..101..22..4.82
Brian Murray..12..46..42..9..4.43
Peter Thompson..8..23..19..6..4.35
Stan Dewhurst..8..23..10..1..1.91
Mick Fielding..4..11..1..0..0.36
Barry Fitzgerald..1..1..0..0..0.00
Mike Weston..1..2..0..0..0.00

1972

Dave Baugh..36..157..318..23..8.69..2F..4P
Alan Knapkin..29..112..218..9..8.11..3F..2P
Robin Adlington..34..146..276..12..7.89..4F..1P
Colin Meredith..13..50..64..10..5.92
Alf Wells..13..48..63..8..5.92
Alan Bridgett..36..134..170..25..5.82..1P
Barry Meeks..17..59..65..6..4.81
Sid Sheldrick..36..143..139..30..4.73
Mick Fielding..12..33..25..7..3.88
Mick Fairbairn..15..52..35..11..3.54
Chris Drewett..1..2..1..0..2.00
Stan Dewhurst..2..6..1..1..1.33
Graham Tattersall..1..4..1..0..1.00
Roy Young..1..2..0..0..0.00

1973

Mick Fishwick..3..9..17..6..10.22..1P
Alan Knapkin..14..57..136..7..10.03..1F..1P
Dave Baugh..34..145..317.5..17..9.23..2F..3P
Robin Adlington..38..164..304..21..7.93..1F..3P
Tony Featherstone..24..107..199..8..7.74..3F
Brenton Langlois..38..145..179..28..5.71
Mick Fairbairn..17..58..68..14..5.65
Colin Meredith..32..121..132.5..30..5.37
Mike Fullerton..36..128..129..23..4.75
Tony Freegard..18..60..60..10..4.67
Rob Maxfield..12..30..30..3..4.40
Mick Fielding..3..7..5..2..4.00
Rod Chessell..7..22..18..1..3.45

1974

Alan Knapkin..12..45..92..13..9.33..2F..1P
Tony Featherstone..38..163..336..17..8.66..3F..3P
Colin Meredith..38..156..313..12..8.33..4F..1P
Mick Fairbairn..30..117..154..21..5.98..2F
Mick Fishwick..25..98..114..24..5.63
Eddie Argall..15..55..58..13..5.16
Steve Wilcock..26..94..93..28..5.15
Roger Austin..27..105..110..15..4.76
Mick Fielding..31..103..106..16..4.74
Brian Chaldecott..4..11..8..3..4.00
Dave Parkin..14..43..23..6..2.70
Brian Donovan..3..8..1..0..0.50
Paul Tillman..1..2..0..0..0.00

1975

Tony Featherstone..41..174..345..18..8.34..3F
Colin Meredith..39..151..270..29..7.92..3F..1P
Dave Baugh..42..174..294..29..7.42..3P
Tony Boyle..21..85..134..17..7.11..1F..1P
Steve Wilcock..42..158..197..30..5.75
Andy Cowan..10..31..39..4..5.55
Alan Knapkin..21..84..94..21..5.48..1P
Eddie Argall..5..17..18..4..5.18
Mick Fielding..21..73..72..10..4.49
Brenton Langlois..30..95..83..20..4.34
Dave Parkin..7..17..9..4..3.06
John Wilkins..4..10..5..1..2.40
Barry Weaver..8..22..8..2..1.82
Mick Fairbairn..2..5..1..1..1.60

1976-1985 - Track closed

1986

Neil Evitts..37..154..345..14..9.32..7F
Lance King..27..118..234..8..8.20..1F
Gary Havelock..15..65..98..20..7.26..1P
Sean Willmott..41..160..199..53..6.30
Larry Ross..39..151..197..30..6.01..1P
Eric Monaghan..4..13..12..2..4.31
Gordon Whitaker..41..125..114..16..4.16
Paul Stead..1..4..3..1..4.00
Michael Graves..43..134..108..22..3.88
Anthony Hulme..2..6..1..0..0.67
Robin Archer..1..3..0..0..0.00
David Clay..1..3..0..0..0.00
Bruce Cribb..1..1..0..0..0.00

1987

Neil Evitts..41..185..378..19..8.58..4F..1P
Lance King..38..169..337..21..8.47..3F..1P
Sean Willmott..48..209..320..64..7.35..1F..1P
Gary Havelock..41..174..289..29..7.31..3F..1P
Steve Bastable..48..187..217..51..5.73
Randy Green..37..117..139..28..5.71
Michael Graves..47..152..146..43..4.97..2P
Anthony Hulme..19..46..16..1..1.48
David Clay..5..8..1..0..0.50

1988

Steve Bastable..1..4..9..0..9.00
Gary Havelock..33..174..338..23..8.30..2F..1P
Neil Evitts..37..179..315..18..7.44
Sean Willmott..39..176..239..26..6.02
Alan Mogridge..1..4..5..1..6.00
Rob Pfetzing..33..151..184..30..5.67
Michael Graves..37..149..171..26..5.29..1P
Randy Green..18..73..82..12..5.15
Steve Regeling..1..6..7..0..4.67
Olli Tyrvainen..33..118..116..21..4.64
Henrik Kristensen..4..16..12..4..4.00
Bryan Larner..1..3..4..0..4.00
Anthony Hulme..31..112..76..24..3.57
Simon Green..5..15..7..1..2.13
Alan Rivett..1..2..0..0..0.00
Darren Sumner..1..4..0..0..0.00

1989

Paul Thorp..36..189..352..16..7.79..2F
Neil Evitts..35..154..274..15..7.51
Andy Smith..36..169..275..32..7.27..2P
Bryan Larner..6..20..22..5..5.40
Henrik Kristensen..30..111..123..14..4.94..1P
Glenn Doyle..23..95..96..17..4.76
Antal Kocso..29..113..111..19..4.60
Michael Graves..31..116..103..18..4.17..1P
Derek Green..1..3..0..0..0.00
Stuart Parnaby..2..6..0..0..0.00

1990

Marvyn Cox..36..179..361..25..8.63..2F..2P
Gary Havelock..38..193..380..30..8.50..2F..1P
Andy Smith..27..117..191..34..7.69..3P
Paul Thorp..38..171..264..31..6.90..2P
Glenn Doyle..33..154..218..19..6.16
Neil Evitts..28..105..135..26..6.13..2P
Bryan Larner..27..87..31..13..2.02
Phil Disney..6..16..6..2..2.00
Lance Sealey..1..3..1..0..1.33

1991

Gary Havelock..30..158..364.5..26..9.89..1F..3P
Simon Wigg..29..131..246..30..8.43..1P
Paul Thorp..28..124..238..20..8.32
Glenn Doyle..30..140..213..30..6.94..1P
Sean Wilson..30..132..193..31..6.79..1P
Craig Hodgson..28..115..160..30..6.61
Michael Graves..28..90..57..22..3.51
Phil Disney..1..3..1..0..1.33
Darren Pearson..3..8..1..0..0.50

1992

Gary Havelock..26..133..292..24..9.50..5P
Kelvin Tatum..21..102..214..9..8.75..2F
Simon Wigg..29..158..292..34..8.25..4P
Sean Wilson..30..150..247..36..7.55..1P
Paul Thorp..30..134..199..22..6.70
Antal Kocso..20..87..120..14..6.16
Michael Graves..1..4..3..0..3.00
Kevin Little..6..18..10..1..2.44
Stuart Parnaby..6..19..9..1..2.11
Darren Pearson..18..67..27..3..1.79
Stuart Swales..8..26..8..1..1.38
Richard Smith..1..2..0..0..0.00

1993

Gary Havelock..43..225..470..30..8.89..1F
Kelvin Tatum..46..269..563..33..8.86..3P
Jimmy Nilsen..17..89..151..18..7.60
Paul Pickering..4..22..34..6..7.27
Sean Wilson..46..268..435..48..7.21
Craig Hodgson..21..102..148..24..6.75
Paul Bentley..46..244..276..50..5.34
Darren Pearson..45..176..177..34..4.80
Antal Kocso..12..63..65..10..4.76
Stuart Swales..16..50..44..10..4.32
Simon Green..20..74..57..7..3.46
Richard Smith..14..42..5..2..0.67
Andre Compton..5..14..1..0..0.29

1994

Joe Screen..40..221..517..16..9.65..4F..1P
Gary Havelock..38..217..490..30..9.59..1F..2P
Paul Thorp..25..154..254..28..7.32..2P
Jimmy Nilsen..37..222..352..40..7.06
Martin Goodwin..1..7..9..2..6.29
Scott Lamb..1..6..7..1..5.33
Jiri Stancl..2..12..12..3..5.00
Rene Madsen..1..5..4..2..4.80
Garry Stead..10..58..53..14..4.62
Steve Johnston..1..5..3..2..4.00
Antonin Svab..1..6..3..2..3.33
Paul Pickering..40..182..126..15..3.10
Mark Thorpe..5..30..19..4..3.07
Simon Green..33..145..90..7..2.68
Greg Bartlett..3..14..9..0..2.57
Scott Robson..1..5..1..1..1.60
Stuart Swales..4..11..3..1..1.45

1995

Joe Screen..37..193..504..18..10.82..10F..6P
Gary Havelock..44..231..561..31..10.25..3F..7P
Sean Wilson..48..258..487.5..36..8.12..1F..2P
Garry Stead..36..179..253..54..6.86
Paul Pickering..48..217..251..42..5.40
Tony Atkin..48..195..148..42..3.90
Darren Pearson..37..153..121..23..3.76
Simon Green..11..42..29..6..3.33

1996

Joe Screen..42..221..516..13..9.57..4F..1P
Gary Havelock..16..85..188..15..9.55..3P
Andy Smith..43..217..371..50..7.76..2P
Sean Wilson..38..191..325..34..7.52
Paul Pickering..42..163..173..20..4.74
Andre Compton..29..124..110..27..4.42
Glyn Taylor..19..69..45..8..3.07
Peter Scully..1..3..1..1..2.67
Jonathan Swales..1..3..1..1..2.67
Rene Aas..20..74..42..7..2.65
Chris Readshaw..12..44..16..3..1.73
Anthony Barlow..6..22..6..0..1.09

1997

Joe Screen..46..239..559..25..9.77..4F..1P
Mark Loram..46..232..530..26..9.59..4F..1P
Gary Havelock..48..242..421..38..7.59..1F..1P
Garry Stead..48..240..275..72..5.78
Josh Larsen..47..230..281..47..5.70
Shaun Tacey..4..18..18..5..5.11
David Walsh..35..170..153..36..4.45
Wayne Carter..1..4..2..0..2.00