Competition: | Premier League |
Domesticcup1: | Champions |
Domesticcup1 Winners: | Hull Vikings |
Domesticcup2: | Knockout Cup |
Domesticcup3: | Young Shield |
Domesticcup4: | Individual |
Domesticcup4 Winners: | Andre Compton |
Domesticcup5: | Pairs |
Domesticcup5 Winners: | Reading Racers |
Domesticcup6: | Fours |
Domesticcup6 Winners: | Workington Comets |
Highest Average: | Jason Lyons |
League Above: | 2004 Elite League |
Leagues Below: | 2004 Conference League |
Prevseason: | 2003 |
Nextseason: | 2005 |
The 2004 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).[1]
The League consisted of 15 teams for the 2004 season after the Swindon Robins and Arena Essex Hammers elected to compete in the Elite League and the closure of the Trelawny Tigers.[2]
The League was run on a standard format with no play-offs and was won by Hull Vikings.[3]
Pos | M | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Bon | Tot | ||
1 | Hull Vikings | 28 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1445 | 1166 | 46 | 12 | 58 | |
2 | Workington Comets | 28 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 1425 | 1179 | 37 | 12 | 49 | |
3 | Reading Racers | 28 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 1389.5 | 1228.5 | 34 | 12 | 46 | |
4 | Stoke Potters | 28 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 1328 | 1268 | 30 | 9 | 39 | |
5 | Isle of Wight Islanders | 28 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 1370 | 1240 | 28 | 10 | 38 | |
6 | Rye House Rockets | 28 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 1243 | 1353 | 32 | 5 | 37 | |
7 | King's Lynn Stars | 28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1321 | 1281 | 28 | 7 | 35 | |
8 | Sheffield Tigers | 28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1344 | 1252 | 28 | 6 | 34 | |
9 | Berwick Bandits | 28 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 1282 | 1337 | 26 | 7 | 33 | |
10 | Exeter Falcons | 28 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 1306.5 | 1306.5 | 26 | 6 | 32 | |
11 | Glasgow Tigers | 28 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 1282 | 1310 | 24 | 8 | 32 | |
12 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 28 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 1282 | 1319 | 24 | 5 | 29 | |
13 | Somerset Rebels | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 1246 | 1361 | 25 | 4 | 29 | |
14 | Newport Wasps | 28 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 1127 | 1450 | 16 | 1 | 17 | |
15 | Newcastle Diamonds | 28 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 1133 | 1473 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
The 2004 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 37th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Hull Vikings were the winners of the competition.[4]
First round
width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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12/05 | Hull | 59-36 | Berwick | ||||
24/07 | Berwick | 42-42 | Hull | ||||
31/05 | Exeter | 53-19 | Newport | ||||
22/07 | Newport | 46-50 | Exeter | ||||
11/05 | Isle of Wight | 63-29 | King's Lynn | ||||
12/05 | King's Lynn | 56-39 | Isle of Wight | ||||
15/05 | Rye House | 55-39 | Newcastle | ||||
16/05 | Newcastle | 41-49 | Rye House | ||||
15/05 | Workington | 57-35 | Edinburgh | ||||
14/05 | Edinburgh | 50-43 | Workington | ||||
14/05 | Somerset | 48-42 | Stoke | ||||
15/05 | Stoke | 44-46 | Somerset | ||||
10/05 | Reading | 52-43 | Glasgow | ||||
09/05 | Glasgow | 47-43 | Reading |
width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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18/08 | Hull | 53-39 | Reading | ||||
23/08 | Reading | 51-42 | Hull | ||||
26/07 | Exeter | 62-29 | Sheffield | ||||
22/07 | Sheffield | 57-37 | Exeter | ||||
06/07 | Isle of Wight | 59-36 | Rye House | ||||
31/07 | Rye House | 52-42 | Isle of Wight | ||||
26/06 | Workington | 54-40 | Somerset | ||||
25/06 | Somerset | 48-44 | Workington |
width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
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06/10 | Hull | 62-35 | Exeter | ||||
20/09 | Exeter | 57-34 | Hull | ||||
02/09 | Isle of Wight | 56-38 | Workington | ||||
18/09 | Workington | 43.5-46.5 | Isle of Wight |
First legSecond legHull were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 99–91.
Andre Compton won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held on 19 September at Owlerton Stadium. Compton was awarded the title following a last bend crash in the final with Simon Stead, the latter was attributed as the cause of the crash.[5]
width=25px | Pos. | width=180px | Rider | width=100px | Pts | width=50px | Total | width=50px | SF | width=50px | Final |
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1 | 2 3 3 2 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
2 | 2 2 2 2 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
3 | 3 3 3 3 3 | 15 | - | 1 | |||||||
4 | 2 1 3 3 2 | 11 | - | ef | |||||||
5 | 3 3 2 ex 2 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||
6 | 2 ex 3 1 3 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
7 | 3 2 1 3 ex | 9 | |||||||||
8 | 1 3 1 0 3 | 8 | |||||||||
9 | 0 2 2 3 0 | 7 | |||||||||
10 | 1 2 2 1 1 | 7 | |||||||||
11 | 3 1 - - - | 4 | |||||||||
12 | 1 1 1 ex 1 | 4 | |||||||||
13 | ex 1 0 ex 2 | 3 | |||||||||
14 | ex ef 0 2 1 | 3 | |||||||||
15 | ex ex 0 2 1 | 3 | |||||||||
16 | Luke Priest (res) | 2 1 | 3 | ||||||||
17 | Paul Cooper (res) | 1 0 | 1 | ||||||||
18 | ex ex - - - | 0 |
The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Smallmead Stadium on 20 June. The event was won by Reading (Danny Bird & Phil Morris) who beat Stoke (Paul Pickering & Alan Mogridge) in the final.[6] [7]
Group A | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=80 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=200 | Riders |
1 | Rye House | Neath, Robson | |||||
2 | Glasgow | Parker, Stancl | |||||
Group B | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=80 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=200 | Riders |
1 | Reading | Bird, Morris | |||||
2 | Stoke | Pickering, Mogridge | |||||
Other teams
Semi finals
Final
Workington Comets won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 21 August 2004, at Derwent Park.[8] [9]
Group A | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=90 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=350 | Riders |
1 | Workington | 17 | Stonehewer, Stead, Nieminen, Collins | ||||
2 | Stoke | 13 | Pickering, Staechmann, Mogridge, Kessler | ||||
3 | Reading | 12 | Zagar, Bird, Morris, Appleton | ||||
4 | Berwick | 6 | Pietraszko, Rymel, Kristensen, Franc |
Group B | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=90 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=350 | Riders |
1 | Glasgow | 15 | Parker, Stancl, Bentley, Grieves | ||||
2 | Rye House | 14 | Werner, Neath, Watt, Robson | ||||
3 | Hull | 12 | Karlsson, Brady, Stead, Kramer | ||||
4 | Edinburgh | 7 | Schott, Carr, Schlein, Pijper |
Final | |||||||
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width=20 | Pos | width=90 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=350 | Riders |
1 | Workington | 29 | Stonehewer, Stead, Nieminen, Collins | ||||
2 | Stoke | 20 | Pickering, Staechmann, Mogridge, Kessler | ||||
3 | Glasgow | 12 | Parker, Stancl, Bentley, Grieves | ||||
4 | Rye House | 11 | Werner, Neath, Watt, Robson |
width=200 | Rider | width=200 | Team | width=40 | Average |
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Jason Lyons | Newcastle | 10.13 | |||
Matej Žagar | Reading | 10.02 | |||
Simon Stead | Workington | 10.01 | |||
Carl Stonehewer | Workington | 9.84 | |||
Sean Wilson | Sheffield | 9.69 | |||
Danny Bird | Reading | 9.67 | |||
Craig Watson | Newport | 9.66 | |||
Shane Parker | Glasgow | 9.58 | |||
Frede Schött | Edinburgh | 9.53 | |||
Craig Boyce | Isle of Wight | 9.47 |
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