Middlesbrough/Teesside

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Middlesbrough/Teesside

Years of Operation

1939, 1947-1948, 1961-1964, 1968-1996

Nicknames

Bears (1939, 1947-1948, 1961-1964, 1989-1996)
Teessiders (1968-1972)
Tigers (1973-1988)

Tracks

Cleveland Park

Track Record


Honours

Division II Champions (1947, 1981)
Division II National Trophy Winners (1947)
Division II Fours Winners (1985, 1986)

League Record 1965 onwards

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

1968..ii..18..10..1..7..21..3rd of 10
1969..ii..30..14..1..15..29..9th of 16
1970..ii..32..18..0..14..36..5th of 17
1971..ii..32..13..0..19..26..13th of 17
1972..ii..32..14..3..15..31..10th of 17
1973..ii..34..19..0..15..38..6th of 18
1974..ii..36..19..1..16..39..6th of 19
1975..ii..38..13..0..25..26..17th of 20
1976..ii..34..10..0..24..20..Last of 18
1977..ii..36..17..1..18..35..9th of 19
1978..ii..38..12..0..26..24..18th of 20
1979..ii..36..17..1..18..35..11th of 19
1980..ii..38..27..2..9..56..3rd of 20
1981..ii..36..30..1..5..61..1st of 19
1982..ii..36..24..1..11..49..4th of 19
1983..ii..34..18..3..13..39..7th of 18
1984..ii..30..13..2..15..28..9th of 16
1985..ii..36..25..1..10..51..3rd of 19
1986..ii..38..25..1..12..51..3rd of 20
1987..ii..30..13..3..14..29..9th of 16
1988..ii..30..7..1..22..15..15th of 16
1989..ii..34..14..0..20..28..13th of 18
1990..ii..32..22..2..8..46..2nd of 17
1991..ii..22..9..0..13..20..8th of 12
1992..ii..20..6..0..14..12..Last of 11
1993..ii..40..21..0..19..42..7th of 11
1994..ii..36..19..1..16..48..6th of 10
1995..i..40..10..2..28..24..20th of 21
1996..i..36..11..1..24..29..16th of 19

[speedway_history]

1968

Allan Brown..13..54..125..5..9.63..4F..1P
Graham Plant..20..89..186..4..8.54..5F
Graham Edmonds..3..13..27..0..8.31
Tom Leadbitter..20..85..137..8..6.82..1P
Terry Lee..20..85..115..29..6.78
Paul O'Neal..20..81..105..18..6.07
Lex Fielding..1..2..2..1..6.00
Jack Lee..1..3..3..1..5.33
Pete Reading..17..64..64..12..4.75
Dave Durham..1..2..2..0..4.00
Dave Hardy..2..6..4..1..3.33
Alan Palmer..7..16..10..3..3.25
Brian Foote..2..6..3..1..2.67
John Spilsbury..10..21..8..3..2.09

1969

Terry Lee..31..131..301..3..9.28..6F..1P
Tom Leadbitter..29..124..269..9..8.97..3F
Roger Mills..31..114..182..23..7.19..1F..2P
Pete Reading..32..113..135..35..6.02
Dave Durham..29..112..121..31..5.43
Bruce Forrester..21..67..68..18..5.13
Tim Swales..32..112..113..20..4.75
Paul O'Neal..6..21..16..8..4.57
John Spilsbury..5..16..12..2..3.50
Freddie Greenwell..2..5..2..0..1.60
Gerry Richardson..1..2..0..0..0.00
Peter Thompson..1..3..0..0..0.00

1970

Tom Leadbitter..34..147..334..17..9.55..4F..1P
Mick Moore..1..3..5..1..8.00
Roger Mills..34..133..231..16..7.43..1F..3P
Bruce Forrester..25..94..146..25..7.28..1F..3P
Tim Swales..32..129..208..22..7.13..1F..1P
Bob Jameson..34..131..187..30..6.63
Dave Durham..33..118..141..25..5.63
Pete Reading..33..108..121..25..5.41
Tony Swales..5..15..14..4..4.80
Brian Whaley..3..6..3..1..2.67
John Knock..2..7..4..0..2.29
Malcolm McPhie..2..4..0..0..0.00

1971

Bruce Forrester..28..120..244..6..8.33..3F..2P
Tim Swales..31..125..207..13..7.04..3F
Dave Durham..34..144..225..27..7.00..1F..1P
Bob Jameson..23..91..124.5..19..6.31..1P
Terry Lee..11..42..57..7..6.09
Frank Auffret..27..104..125..29..5.92..1P
Pete Reading..24..76..86.5..17..5.45
Tony Swales..33..111..115..23..4.97
Dene Davies..12..45..47..5..4.62
Mick Moore..13..35..29..10..4.46

1972 (Teesside)

Roger Wright..22..93..191..8..8.56..2F
Dave Durham..36..160..290..26..7.90..3F
Bruce Forrester..19..74..124..12..7.35..2F
Frank Auffret..35..153..238..27..6.93..4P
Pete Reading..36..153..224..26..6.54..1F
Tim Swales..22..81..103..18..5.97..1P
Mick Moore..27..87..103..23..5.79
Tony Swales..34..101..85..24..4.32
Maxwell Clift..8..20..11..4..3.00
Brian Havelock..3..8..4..2..3.00
Mick Ramsell..1..2..0..0..0.00

Peter Taylor..1..?..1..?..?.??

1973 (Teesside)

Bruce Forrester..32..129..278..17..9.15..3F..2P
Frank Auffret..37..156..327..9..8.61..5F..2P
Roger Wright..33..129..196..45..7.47..3P
Pete Reading..37..146..223..27..6.85..3F
Dave Durham..32..119..161..28..6.35
Tim Swales..38..147..190..35..6.12..1F..2P
Les Glover..1..2..3..0..6.00
Colin Rogerson..4..16..22..1..5.75
Russ Hodgson..29..90..94..27..5.38..1P
Tom Black..7..21..23..3..4.95
Mick Moore..7..22..20..2..4.00
Alan Emerson..4..9..2..1..1.33

1974

Tim Swales..1..4..9..2..11.00
Tom Black..1..2..3..2..10.00
Bruce Forrester..36..144..326..12..9.39..5F..2P
Dave Durham..39..154..282..21..7.87..6F..2P
Pete Reading..40..164..286..31..7.73..3F..2P
Roger Wright..38..141..217..34..7.12..1F..1P
Russ Hodgson..37..139..198..25..6.42..1P
Alan Emerson..40..154..177..21..5.14
Colin Pestell..2..6..5..1..4.00
Tony Swales..26..75..56..12..3.63
Merv Salt..15..45..28..9..3.29
Martin Hitch..1..3..1..1..2.67
Paul Willets..1..2..0..0..0.00

1975

Tom Leadbitter..33..154..346..16..9.40..5F..3P
Bruce Forrester..6..22..45..4..8.91..1P
Doug Underwood..41..189..360..34..8.34..2F..2P
Alan Emerson..26..110..219..10..8.33..3F..2P
Roger Wright..11..38..67..6..7.68
Stuart Mountford..1..4..5..2..7.00
Dave Durham..12..43..56..9..6.05
Pete Reading..41..173..212..34..5.69..1F..2P
Harry MacLean..13..48..47..16..5.25
Richard Davey..1..2..2..0..4.00
Mike Pither..1..2..2..0..4.00
Trevor Stead..14..43..30..7..3.44
David Levings..23..78..52..8..3.08
Bob Young..1..4..3..0..3.00
Pete Smith..6..18..12..1..2.89
Colin Pestell..29..89..54..9..2.83
Brian Johnson..2..6..4..0..2.67
Ian Silk..8..28..15..1..2.29
Andy Cowan..1..4..1..0..1.00
Graham Tattersall..3..11..1..0..0.36
Robin Dixon..1..2..0..0..0.00
Steve Gibson..1..2..0..0..0.00
Graham Hartley..1..1..0..0..0.00
Shane Hearty..1..2..0..0..0.00
John Waldrab..1..2..0..0..0.00

1976

Alan Emerson..30..127..260..7..8.41..3F
Tom Leadbitter..25..108..189..18..7.67..1F..3P
Steve Wilcock..36..145..191..21..5.85..1P
Pete Reading..35..140..172..22..5.54..2F
Andy Cowan..34..132..150..24..5.27..1F..1P
Pete Smith..35..135..150..16..4.92..1F
Nigel Close..23..77..81..11..4.78
David Levings..6..18..14..1..3.33
John Robson..7..19..11..3..2.95
Mike Beaumont..5..14..6..4..2.86
Martyn Cusworth..7..16..8..2..2.50
Mike Pither..1..2..1..0..2.00
Trevor Stead..3..6..1..0..0.67
Garry May..1..2..0..0..0.00

1977

Alan Emerson..36..142..295..9..8.56..3F
Steve Wilcock..38..159..254..18..6.84..1F..1P
Pete Reading..38..152..199..35..6.16..1P
Pete Smith..38..157..218..21..6.09..1P
Nigel Close..37..137..157..19..5.14
Martyn Cusworth..38..143..146..31..4.95
John Robson..8..20..20..4..4.80
Mike Beaumont..12..30..24..11..4.67
Andy Cowan..3..11..7..2..3.27
Harry MacLean..15..36..20..3..2.56
Mike Sanderson..4..6..0..0..0.00

1978

Steve Wilcock..40..192..367..14..7.94..1P
Nigel Close..12..59..104..5..7.39
Pete Smith..38..176..296..22..7.23..1F
Pete Reading..28..124..173..17..6.13..1P
Martyn Cusworth..40..159..161..28..4.75
Peter Spink..21..70..64..14..4.46
Martin Dixon..40..140..122..21..4.09
Kevin Cox..1..4..3..1..4.00
Bob Watts..12..39..35..2..3.79
John Robson..6..14..9..2..3.14
Dave Gatenby..22..58..35..7..2.90
Mike Sanderson..4..5..0..0..0.00

1979

Steve Wilcock..38..169..341..38..8.97..3F..3P
Malcolm Corradine..28..107..201..10..7.88..3F
Geoff Pusey..38..161..258..22..6.96..1P
Mark Courtney..38..159..261..14..6.92..1F..2P
Martin Dixon..38..153..165..27..5.02
Martyn Cusworth..29..105..104..21..4.76
Paul Stead..28..87..73..9..3.77..1F
Mike Sanderson..9..21..9..1..1.90
Pete Reading..6..15..4..0..1.07
Mick Conroy..5..12..3..0..1.00
Paul Holdbrook..1..2..0..0..0.00

1980

Steve Wilcock..46..193..447..49..10.28..6F..6P
Mark Courtney..46..190..406..30..9.18..9F..4P
Brian Havelock..36..136..227..35..7.71..1F
Mike Spink..44..182..302.5..38..7.48..3P
Geoff Pusey..46..185..284..39..6.98..2P
Martin Dixon..46..176..239..55..6.68..1F..3P
Pete Reading..4..12..14..5..6.33
Bernie Collier..39..104..90..23..4.35
Dave Butt..4..11..4..0..1.45
Alan Armstrong..1..2..0..0..0.00
John Clegg..3..6..0..0..0.00

1981

Mark Courtney..42..174..437..17..10.44..10F..1P
Steve Wilcock..43..185..409..51..9.95..7F..8P
Martin Dixon..42..171..309..45..8.28..1F..4P
Brian Havelock..41..160..254..34..7.20..1F
Mike Spink..43..176..260..56..7.18..2P
Geoff Pusey..43..177..250..47..6.71..1F..2P
Bernie Collier..22..61..64..13..5.05
Peter Tarrant..7..20..13..5..3.60
Alan Armstrong..11..26..20..3..3.54
John Place..4..10..4..1..2.00

1982

Martin Dixon..38..201..440..32..9.39..4P
Steve Wilcock..37..201..423..43..9.27..3F..4P
Brian Manning..1..1..2..0..8.00
Mike Spink..38..205..361..32..7.67..1F..2P
Geoff Pusey..38..193..316..38..7.34..4P
Frank Auffret..3..13..19..1..6.15
Paul Price..37..158..172..34..5.21
Rob Woffinden..24..116..115..26..4.86
Alan Armstrong..16..48..45..7..4.33
Peter Spink..10..31..23..5..3.61
Ashley Norton..4..13..9..2..3.38
Bernie Collier..10..22..6..3..1.64
John Place..6..14..3..0..0.86

1983

Steve Wilcock..36..187..412..31..9.48..1F..1P
Mike Spink..38..207..421..27..8.66..3P
Geoff Pusey..34..162..240..32..6.72..1F..2P
Brian Havelock..36..165..231..23..6.16
Rob Woffinden..38..188..244..34..5.92
Paul Price..16..65..73..16..5.48
Ashley Norton..38..150..152..27..4.77..1P
Alan Armstrong..4..9..5..3..3.56
Peter Nightingale..15..51..32..6..2.98
Mark Crang..7..25..15..3..2.88
Miles Evans..2..8..4..1..2.50
Tim Fey..1..2..0..0..0.00

1984

Steve Wilcock..36..154..362..12..9.71..7F..2P
Mike Spink..36..153..308..17..8.50..3P
Geoff Pusey..36..156..247..36..7.26..1F..3P
Paul Price..32..115..144..20..5.70..1F
Pete Smith..29..106..111..18..4.87
Mark Crang..25..85..79..22..4.75..1P
Jim Burdfield..11..47..44..11..4.68
Ashley Norton..15..50..49..4..4.24
Rob Carter..19..51..37..4..3.22
John Place..13..31..15..1..2.06

1985

Steve Wilcock..42..182..401..19..9.23..5F..2P
Martin Dixon..42..177..358..37..8.93..4F..5P
Mark Fiora..33..133..263..22..8.57..2F..1P
Gary Havelock..38..150..239..36..7.33..2P
Jim Burdfield..39..150..215..37..6.72..1P
Geoff Pusey..42..165..199..50..6.04..1P
Mark Crang..16..46..38..6..3.83
Ian Wedgwood..18..45..25..9..3.02
Bernie Collier..4..12..7..2..3.00
Vic Gollagher..1..2..1..0..2.00
Roland Tebbs..11..26..10..0..1.54
Wayne Ross..2..6..1..0..0.67

1986

Martin Dixon..42..169..371..22..9.30..8F..5P
Mark Courtney..41..172..380..16..9.21..7F..2P
Gary Havelock..35..131..253..30..8.64..1F..5P
Steve Wilcock..42..179..324..33..7.98..5F..2P
Jim Burdfield..42..160..170..41..5.27..1F
Tony Forward..18..53..48..9..4.30
Roland Tebbs..30..107..103..12..4.30
Glenn Hornby..28..94..74..14..3.74
Paul Heyes..3..9..5..1..2.67
David Holliday..6..15..3..0..0.80

1987

Martin Dixon..32..151..369..9..10.01..4F..2P
Mark Fiora..10..45..97..3..8.89..1F
Steve Wilcock..27..126..221..17..7.56..3P
Ian Atkinson..3..7..8..2..5.71
Peter McNamara..30..134..163..18..5.40
Ashley Norton..31..135..146..29..5.18
Andy Buck..9..33..32..9..4.97
Mark Burrows..23..73..65..15..4.38
Geoff Pusey..32..123..112..13..4.06
David Holliday..3..7..2..2..2.29
Tracy Bray..6..14..4..2..1.71

1988

Mark Fiora..32..182..414..16..9.45..3F..2P
Darren Sumner..34..191..363..24..8.10
Martin Dixon..23..124..236..12..8.00
Peter McNamara..32..164..201..37..5.80
Ashley Norton..17..85..83..14..4.56
Nigel Sparshott..12..61..59..10..4.52
Geoff Pusey..12..41..35..4..3.80
Andy Sumner..21..76..60..11..3.74
Andy Buck..14..54..35..6..3.04
David Clay..7..21..15..0..2.86
Max Schofield..16..42..21..4..2.38
Paul Bentley..13..43..21..4..2.33
David Blackburn..1..3..1..0..1.33
Ian Atkinson..2..4..1..0..1.00

1989

Darren Sumner..36..197..377..17..8.00..2P
Jamie Luckhurst..16..82..147..9..7.61
Martin Dixon..36..195..351..17..7.55..1P
Paul Bentley..36..180..221..34..5.67
Steve Wilcock..36..169..182..39..5.23
Nigel Sparshott..35..163..156..26..4.47
Peter McNamara..10..42..34..11..4.29
Andy Sumner..15..46..35..5..3.48
Max Schofield..7..22..16..3..3.45
Dave Edwards..14..41..27..6..3.22
Ian Atkinson..2..4..2..0..2.00
Duncan Chapman..5..13..0..0..0.00

1990

Rod Hunter..40..205..486..23..9.93..8F..2P
Darren Sumner..40..206..415..29..8.62..4F..1P
David Cheshire..40..200..334..37..7.42
Jamie Luckhurst..33..151..245..33..7.36..3P
Steve Wilcock..38..170..248..63..7.32..4P
Paul Bentley..38..194..294..58..7.26
Max Schofield..1..3..4..0..5.33
Mark Crang..5..17..12..4..3.76
Duncan Chapman..26..85..64..13..3.62
Dave Edwards..12..34..26..3..3.41
Paul Smith..1..4..2..0..2.00
Andy Sumner..3..8..3..1..2.00
Martin Jones..3..9..2..1..1.33

1991

Simon Cross..6..26..63..2..10.00..1F
Kenny McKinna..22..125..236..14..8.00..2F
Darren Sumner..2..10..19..0..7.60
Paul Bentley..3..15..25..1..6.93
Steve Wilcock..22..107..162..22..6.88..1P
David Cheshire..2..10..15..2..6.80
Lars Munkedal..12..57..80..8..6.18..1P
Jamie Luckhurst..5..23..32..3..6.09
Mark Lemon..20..104..146..11..6.04
Duncan Chapman..9..38..45..5..5.26..1P
Wayne Carter..7..32..37..5..5.25
Shawn Venables..10..44..40..10..4.55
Carsten Pelzmann..7..31..29..6..4.52
Simon Green..3..12..10..2..4.00
Chris Readshaw..20..67..43..5..2.87
Stuart Swales..2..3..2..0..2.67
Jonathan Swales..1..2..0..0..0.00

1992

Steve Regeling..22..121..269..7..9.12..1P
Darren Sumner..20..100..184..9..7.72..1F
David Cheshire..8..36..55..3..6.44
Mark Lemon..10..45..55..10..5.78
Paul Whittaker..8..35..39..7..5.26
Doug Nicol..11..49..58..6..5.22
Duncan Chapman..20..92..105..12..5.09
Donny Odom..20..78..70..16..4.41
Paul Pickering..22..77..47..10..2.96
Stuart Swales..8..22..11..4..2.73
Mark Burrows..2..7..2..0..1.14

1993

Steve Regeling..41..207..378..23..7.75..1F..1P
Brett Saunders..32..169..297..24..7.60
Darren Sumner..41..209..366..23..7.44..1F
Mike Smith..42..198..284..39..6.53..1P
Paul Pickering..41..169..247..26..6.46..1F..1P
Mark Courtney..28..138..196..19..6.23
Wayne Carter..42..218..284..51..6.15
Duncan Chapman..14..63..63..15..4.95
Mark Burrows..1..5..5..1..4.80
Chris Readshaw..16..54..45..10..4.07..1P
Stuart Swales..18..58..40..9..3.38
Will Beveridge..2..3..1..1..2.67
Anthony Barlow..1..1..0..0..0.00
Kevin Brice..3..6..0..0..0.00
Dean Garrod..1..2..0..0..0.00
Jason Handley..1..4..0..0..0.00

1994

Graham Jones..2..6..16..2..12.00..1P*
Paul Bentley..40..218..485.5..26..9.39..2F..2P
Jens Rasmussen..13..69..112..9..7.01
Darren Sumner..19..87..139..13..6.99
Alan Mogridge..26..115..173..20..6.71..1F
Stuart Swales..18..102..130..25..6.08
Mike Smith..38..185..244..32..5.96
Paul Whittaker..35..154..192..22..5.56..1F
Chris Readshaw..22..97..84..19..4.25
Martin Willis..1..1..1..0..4.00
Mark Burrows..3..17..10.2..2.82
Will Beveridge..13..47..17..4..1.79
Duncan Chapman..2..8..1..1..1.00
Colin Earl..1..1..0..0..0.00
Peter Johnson..1..2..0..0..0.00
Jonathan Swales..1..1..0..0..0.00

*Jones was injured in his 2nd ride of his 2nd meeting and therefore is only credited with one maximum despite his 12 point average.

1995

Shane Parker..38..231..475..18..8.54..1F
Robert Nagy..27..163..243..24..6.55
Scott Robson..28..145..194..30..6.18
Martin Vinther..17..95..118..23..5.94
Mike Smith..26..132..169..18..5.67
Stuart Swales..38..185..185..32..4.69
Stewart McDonald..18..73..57..11..3.73
Colin Earl..2..7..4..1..2.86
Mark Burrows..1..3..2..0..2.67
Mark Harrison..2..8..4..1..2.50
Andre Pollehn..3..12..7..0..2.33
Martin Peterca..12..53..25..5..2.26
Chris Readshaw..3..11..2..1..1.09
Duncan Chapman..2..6..0..0..0.00
Mark Crang..1..1..0..0..0.00
Leigh Loomes..1..2..0..0..0.00
Jonathan Swales..1..3..0..0..0.00

1996

Shane Parker..32..180..369..21..8.67..2P
Antonin Svab..35..190..295..27..6.78..1F
David Walsh..36..196..300..32..6.78
Stuart Robson..16..77..99..21..6.23
Jesper Olsen..13..52..59..17..5.85
Scott Robson..38..187..233..39..5.82
Martin Dixon..19..84..93..9..4.86
Graham Jones..3..10..11..1..4.80
Martin Vinther..21..78..54..16..3.59
Wayne Carter..6..24..15..3..3.00
Martin Willis..1..3..1..1..2.67
Gareth Martin..1..3..1..0..1.33
Brian Turner..2..6..1..1..1.33
Paul Oughton..1..3..0..0..0.00