Old British Track Programmes Gallery(mainly pre-1960)

Last updated : 10th February,2024  

A selection of different programme cover designs from myself and friends collections

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Ainsdale - Individual 12/2/1950 : Junior meetings held on Ainsdale Beach nr Liverpool
Aldershot (Boxalls Lane) - Individual 16/8/1931 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Aldershot (Tongham) - Individual 7/4/1950 : First ever meeting
Aldershot vs Wolverhampton (sl) 3/5/1952
Aldershot 13/4/1953 Individual
Aldershot vs Ringwood (chal) 15/8/1953
Aldershot vs Rye House (sal) 29/5/1954
Aldershot vs Rye House (sal) 13/7/1957 : California Poppies ran their meetings at Aldershot this season.
Aldershot vs Eastbourne (sal) 8/8/1959
Ashington vs Birmingham (chal) 5/4/1972 : First of only two meetings ever run
Audenshaw - Individual 3/3/1928 : First meeting at this venue, and Second ever meeting in Britain
Ballymena vs Ivan Mauger World Select (chal) 17/7/1982 : Only meeting ever held
Barnet vs Reading (chal) 6/9/1936
Barnsley (Lundwood) - Individual 29/5/1928 : First Ever Meeting {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Barnsley (Lundwood) - Individual 3/5/1930 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Barrow (Holker Street) - Individual 7/7/1930 {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Belfast (Dunmore Park) vs Glasgow W.C. (chal) 18/8/1950
Bell End (Holbeach) - Holbeach & Spalding vs Bill Kitchen's Northern Stars (chal) 16/4/1939
Bell End (Holbeach) - England vs Dominions (chal) 15/9/1946 {By kind permission of the owner:- Roger Stevens}
Bell End (Holbeach) - Bill Kitchen's Team vs Norman Parker's Team (chal) 15/6/1947
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) - Individual 23/3/1929 : First Ever Meeting {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) vs Walthamstow (nal) 22/9/1934
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) vs Harringay (nat) 14/9/1935
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) vs Hackney (nal) 29/8/1936
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) Merseysiders vs Nottingham (npl) 15/9/1937
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) vs Wimbledon (bsc) 3/6/1939
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) vs The Rest (chal) 11/5/1940
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) - England vs Overseas (chal) 10/7/1943
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) vs New Cross (bsc) 27/9/1947
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) vs Bradford (nal) 17/5/1948
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) vs Bristol (nal) 28/4/1951
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) vs Wembley (nal) 20/9/1952
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) vs Wimbledon (nal) 7/7/1956
Belle Vue (Hyde Rd) vs Southampton (nal) 15/6/1957
Belle Vue (Kirkmanshulme Lane) - Individual 28/7/1928 : First Ever Meeting
{By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Belle Vue (Kirkmanshulme Lane) - Individual 21/8/1928
Birmingham (Hall Green) - Individual 24/8/1928
Birmingham (Hall Green) - Individual 8/5/1931
Birmingham (Hall Green) vs Plymouth (nal) 24/8/1934
Birmingham (Hall Green) vs Sheffield (northern cup) 19/10/1938 : Last ever meeting & was promoted by A.L. Pilley instead of Birmingham Speedways Ltd.
Birmingham (Alexander Sports Stadium) - Individual 28/7/1928 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Birmingham (Alexander Sports Stadium) vs Norwich (nat) 4/5/1946 : 1st post-war meeting
Birmingham (Alexander Sports Stadium) vs Glasgow (nal) 16/8/1947
Birmingham (Alexander Sports Stadium) vs Wembley (nal) 11/10/1950
Birmingham (Alexander Sports Stadium) vs Swindon (nal) 27/7/1957 : Last meeting till 1960
Birmingham (Alexander Sports Stadium) vs London (chal) 23/9/1960 : Last meeting till rebuilt stadium & track in 2007
Birmingham (Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium) - Individual 15/6/1929
Birmingham (Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium) - Individual 28/5/1930 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Blackpool (Sports Ground) - Individual 21/4/1928
Bolton - Individual 6/4/1929
Bothwell - Best Pairs 19/11/1950
Bradford (Greenfield) vs Sheffield (pl) & vs Leicester(pl) 9/10/1962 : Last Ever Meeting
Bradford (Odsal) Individual 23/6/1945 : First Ever Meeting
Bradford (Odsal) vs Belle Vue (nat) 10/9/1949
Bradford (Odsal) vs Birmingham (nal) 23/6/1951
Bradford (Odsal) vs Liverpool (chal) 25/7/1959 : Pirate Speedway & Midget Cars
Brafield vs Eastbourne (sal) 2/5/1954 : First Ever Meeting
Brighton - Individual 7/7/1928 : Third Meeting, promoted by Associated Southern Speedways (Brighton) Ltd.
Bristol vs Southampton (chal) 16/10/1936
Bristol vs Birmingham (npl) 1/10/1937
Bristol - Individual 26/7/1946
Bristol vs New Cross (nal) 11/5/1951
Bristol vs Wimbledon (nat) 7/8/1953
California - Individual 30/5/1937 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
California - Individual 19/6/1938 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
California - Individual 20/8/1939 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
California - Easterners vs Westerners (chal) 15/5/1949
California vs Rye House (sal) 6/5/1956
California - Individual 5/8/1957 : Last ever meeting {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Cardiff (Grangetown) vs Rayleigh (nat) 5/4/1951 : First ever meeting
Cardiff (Grangetown) - Best Pairs 2/7/1953 : Last ever meeting
Cardiff (White City) - Individual 20/5/1929
Cardiff (White City) - Individual 24/7/1937 : Last Ever Meeting {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Carlisle (Moorville) - Individual 18/9/1937 : Only Meeting Ever Held {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Caxton - Individual & 9 ht team match : Caxton vs Peterborough 10/4/1932
Coventry (Brandon) - Individual 13/10/1928 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Coventry (Brandon) vs Wembley (nal) 4/5/1933
Coventry (Brandon) vs Wombwell (nal) 7/8/1948
Coventry (Brandon) vs Wimbledon (nal) 17/8/1957
Coventry (Foleshill) - Individual 23/6/1930
Cradley Heath vs Southampton (nal) 9/8/1947
Cradley Heath vs Plymouth (nal) 9/7/1948
Cradley Heath vs Glasgow Ashfield (nal) 29/5/1950
Cradley Heath vs Edinburgh (nal) 20/6/1952
Cradley Heath - Midlanders vs Bradford (chal) 29/8/1959 : Pirate Speedway & Midget Cars
Crystal Palace - Australia vs England 19/5/1928 : First ever meeting
Crystal Palace vs Stoke (nal) 24/6/1939
Crystal Palace - Composite Meeting 13/5/1940 : Believed to be Last ever meeting
Dagenham vs Smallford (sdl) 29/5/1938
Dagenham - Individual 16/7/1939
Dagenham vs High Beech (chal) 6/8/1939
Drogheda (Lourdes Stadium) - Individual 2/6/1968 : only meeting ever held     [added 10/2/2024]
Dublin (Chapelizod) vs Liverpool (chal) 19/8/1950 : First ever meeting
Dublin (Chapelizod) vs Liverpool(chal) 20/6/1954 : re-issued programme of 6/6/1954 : Last ever meeting
Dublin (Santry Sports Stadium) vs Belfast (chal) 12/9/1948
Dublin (Shelbourne) - Shelbourne Championship 7/5/1950 : First ever meeting
Dublin (Shelbourne) vs Halifax (chal) 13/8/1950
Dublin (Shelbourne) vs Wembley (chal) 4/7/1954
Earls Barton - Irthlingborough Bats M.C.C. vs Stewarts & Lloyds M.C.C. 21/8/1949 : closed club Speedway
Eastbourne vs Rye House (sdl) 10/7/1938 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Eastbourne - Individual 11/8/1946 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Eastbourne vs Tamworth (nal) 20/9/1947
Eastbourne vs Brafield (sal) 4/9/1955
Edinburgh (Marine Gardens) - Scottish Open 25/8/1928
Edinburgh (Marine Gardens) - Individual 20/6/1931
Edinburgh (Marine Gardens) vs West Ham (chal) 23/7/1938
Edinburgh (Marine Gardens) - Best Pairs Championship29/8/1939 : Last Ever Meeting
Edinburgh (Old Meadowbank) vs Walthamstow (nal) 20/8/1949
Edinburgh (Old Meadowbank) vs Stoke (nal) 27/9/1952
Edinburgh (Old Meadowbank) - WCQR 10/7/1954
Edinburgh (Old Meadowbank) - Individual 18/4/1959
Exeter (Alphington) - Individual 5/7/1945 : First ever meeting
Exeter (County Ground) - Individual 9/3/1929 : First ever meeting
Exeter (County Ground) - Individual 25/9/1929 : I consider this to be the most eccentric old programme cover in my collection !
Exeter (County Ground) vs West Ham (chal) 23/4/1930
Exeter (County Ground) - Individual 20/4/1934 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Exeter (County Ground) vs Wombwell (nal) 28/7/1947
Exeter (County Ground) vs Swindon (nal) 7/8/1950
Exeter (County Ground) vs Ipswich (nal) 10/8/1953
Exeter (County Ground) vs Norwich (chal) 22/7/1957
Exeter (Exwick Field) - Individual 21/5/1945 : One and only meeting held at this venue
Fleetwood vs Edinburgh (nal) 13/4/1948 : First ever meeting
Fleetwood vs Newcastle (nal) 18/5/1948
Fleetwood vs Glasgow W.C. (ns) 20/5/1950
Fleetwood vs Glasgow Ashfield (chal) 25/6/1952
Glasgow Ashfield vs Walthamstow (nal) 19/4/1949 : First ever meeting
Glasgow Ashfield - Eagles vs Tigers (chal) 28/7/1953
Glasgow Celtic Park - Individual 28/4/1928 : First ever meeting
Glasgow Nelson - Individual 9/4/1928 : First ever meeting Held in Scotland
Glasgow Nelson - Individual 21/4/1928
Glasgow White City - Individual 29/6/1928 : First Ever Meeting {By kind permission of the owner:- Jim Henry of Edinburgh}
Glasgow White City - Individual 18/6/1929 {By kind permission of the owner:- Jim Henry of Edinburgh}
Glasgow White City vs Preston (nat) 26/5/1931
Glasgow White City vs New Cross (chal) 24/6/1939
Glasgow White City vs London (chal) 15/8/1945
Glasgow White City vs Sheffield (nl) 29/5/1946
Glasgow White City vs Bradford (chal) 2/7/1947
Glasgow White City vs Sheffield (nal) 26/5/1948
Glasgow White City vs Poole (nal) 29/7/1953
Glasgow White City vs Norwich (chal) 11/7/1956
Greenford - Individual 14/4/1928
Greenford - Individual 8/6/1929 {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Hackney vs New Cross (nal) 3/5/1935 : First ever meeting
Hackney vs Harringay (nat) 17/7/1936
Halifax (The Shay) vs Yarmouth (nal) 6/4/1949 : First ever meeting
Halifax (Thrum Hall) vs Leeds (edtl) 3/8/1929
Halifax (Thrum Hall) - Individual 14/7/1930
Halifax (Thrum Hall) - England vs Australia (International Challenge) 4/9/1930 :Last ever meeting
{By kind permission of the owner:- Roger Stevens}
Harringay - Individual 21/8/1928
Harringay vs Crystal Palace (sl) 3/8/1929
Harringay vs Stamford Bridge (London Cup) 23/9/1930 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Harringay vs Crystal Palace (sl) 12/5/1931
Harringay vs West Ham (nal) 16/6/1934
Harringay vs Wimbledon (nal) 27/4/1935
Harringay vs Wembley (nal) 23/5/1947
Harringay vs Motherwell (nat) 5/7/1953
Hastings vs Stoke (nal) 21/4/1948 : First ever meeting
Hastings vs Tamworth (nal) 5/10/1949 : Last ever meeting
High Beech (Kings Oak) - Individual 19/2/1928 - First ever meeting held in U.K
{By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
High Beech (Kings Oak) - Individual 7/4/1928 : 2nd mtg @ venue, & the circuit had been entirely rebuilt from the one in use on 19 February
High Beech (Kings Oak) vs Crystal Palace (sl) 26/7/1930
High Beech (Kings Oak) vs Rye House (chal) 26/9/1937
High Beech (Kings Oak) vs Speedway World (chal) 16/4/1949
Hounslow - Individual 7/7/1935 : Fred Tuck won Scratch & Handicap Finals.
Reports from Middlesex Chronicle mention at least four meetings were run (30 June, 7,14,21 July 1935).
Huddersfield - Individual 4/8/1928 : First ever meeting
Hull (Hedon) vs Stoke (chal) 27/3/1948 : First ever meeting
Hull (Hedon) vs Liverpool (nal) 27/8/1949 :Last ever meeting
Ipswich - Practice Programme 25/10/1950 : Practice meeting prior to Official Opening in 1951
Ipswich : Norwich vs Southampton (chal) 24/3/1951 : Official first ever meeting {By kind permission of the owner:- Mike Kemp of East Anglia}
Ipswich vs Yarmouth (sal) 27/8/1959
Kings Lynn - Individual 7/9/1952 : First ever meeting {By kind permission of the owner:- Mike Kemp of East Anglia}
Lea Bridge (Clapton) vs White City (London) (chal) 6/8/1928
Lea Bridge (Clapton) vs Crystal Palace (sl) 20/5/1932
Lea Bridge (Clapton) vs Crystal Palace (sl) 19/8/1931
Lea Bridge (Clapton) - Individual 26/3/1932 : First betting meeting using the Tote
{By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Lea Bridge (Clapton) vs Crystal Palace (nal) 29/6/1932
Lea Bridge (Clapton) vs Crystal Palace (nal) 7/10/1933
Lea Bridge (Clapton) vs Wimbledon (nal) 16/5/1934
Lea Bridge (Clapton) vs Leeds (nal) 26/9/1938 : Last ever meeting
Leeds (Fullerton Park) - Individual 3/11/1928
Leeds (Fullerton Park) vs Manchester W.C. (edtl) 21/5/1929
Leeds (Fullerton Park) - England vs Scotland (chal) 6/8/1930
Leeds (Fullerton Park) vs Hackney (nal) 1/8/1938
Leeds (Post Hill) - Individual 2/9/1928
Leicester (Stadium) - Individual 18/4/1929
Leicester (Stadium) vs West Ham (sl) 16/4/1931 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Leicester (Stadium) vs Exeter (nal) 6/5/1949
Leicester (Stadium) vs Tamworth (nal) 21/7/1950
Leicester (Super) - Individual 22/6/1929
Leicester (Super) vs Belle Vue (nl) 20/6/1931
Lisburn (Lambeg Stadium) : Shelbourne Tigers vs Yorkshire Selection (ch) 29/5/1971 : First ever meeting
Liverpool (Seaforth) - North West Lancs vs South West Lancs (chal) 26/9/1934
Liverpool (Stanley) - Individual 22/9/1928 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Liverpool (Stanley) vs Barnsley (nl) 28/5/1930
Liverpool (Stanley) vs Bristol (npl) 10/8/1936
Liverpool (Stanley) vs Poole (nal) 24/10/1949
Liverpool (Stanley) vs Glasgow W.C. (nal) 8/6/1953
Liverpool (Stanley) vs Rayleigh (chal) 27/5/1957
Liverpool (Stanley) vs Bradford (chal) 29/7/1959 : Pirate Speedway & Midget Cars
London White City - Individual 19/5/1928 : First ever meeting (issued as an insert in volume 1, number 1 of the Speedway News magazine, at the Track)
London White City vs Stamford Bridge (sl) 30/8/1929
Long Eaton vs Third Division Stars (chal) 25/5/1950 : First post-war meeting
Long Eaton vs Ipswich (sl) 26/4/1952
Long Eaton - East Midlands vs West Midlands (chal) 28/8/1954
Lowestoft (Kessingland Road) - Individual 16/7/1933 : meetings advertised as held on Australian style Motor Racing Track & mtg photo of riders on speedway bikes
Luton vs Wembley Reserves (chal) 18/5/1935 {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Manchester White City - Individual 22/8/1928 [These programmes were used for both the Wednesday & Saturday meeetings, with a separate 4 page, non stapled, racecard inserted for either the Wednesday or Saturday meeting]
Manchester White City vs Burnley (edtl) 20/4/1929
Manchester White City - Individual 31/3/1930
March (G.E.R. Sports Auto Club, Cambridgeshire) : Peterborough vs Middlesbrough (chal) 31/8/1946
Melton Mowbray vs The Rest (chal) 7/8/1949 : First ever meeting
{By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Middlesbrough - Individual 9/11/1928 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Middlesbrough vs Leeds (edtl) 28/6/1929
Middlesbrough - Individual 4/11/1930 {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Middlesbrough vs Newcastle (nat) 26/5/1939
Middlesbrough - Individual 25/9/1945
Middlesbrough vs Norwich (nal) 17/4/1947
Motherwell vs Newcastle (chal) 14/7/1950 : First ever meeting
Motherwell vs Glasgow White City(nal) 18/7/1952 : One-off change of regular cover design used between 1950 - 54
Motherwell vs Belle Vue (chal) 16/5/1958
Neath vs Wolverhampton (chal) 21/4/1962 : First scheduled meeting but cancelled
& Neath vs Sheffield (chal) : First ever meeting
New Brighton - Individual 21/5/1934 : First Ever Meeting {By kind permission of the owner:- Andy Reid of Edinburgh}
New Brighton - Individual 14/7/1934
Newcastle (Brough Park) - Individual 17/5/1929 : First ever meeting
Newcastle (Brough Park) vs Salford (edtl) 6/9/1929
Newcastle (Brough Park) vs Sheffield (est) 8/5/1939
Newcastle (Brough Park) vs Glasgow (chal) 10/9/1945
Newcastle (Brough Park) vs Glasgow (nl) 29/7/1946
Newcastle (Brough Park) vs Glasgow Ashfield (nal) 12/9/1949
Newcastle (Brough Park) vs Glasgow Ashfield (ns) 2/4/1951
Newcastle (Gosforth) - Individual 12/6/1929
Newcastle (Gosforth) - Scotland vs Tyneside 4/9/1929
New Cross vs West Ham (nal) 18/4/1934 : First ever meeting
New Cross - Ron Johnson's Team vs Eric Chitty's Team (chal) 25/7/1945
New Cross vs Belle Vue (nat) 12/6/1946
New Cross vs Wembley (nal) 27/8/1947
New Cross vs West Ham (nal) 10/6/1949
New Cross vs Bradford (nal) 5/7/1950
New Cross vs Wembley (nal) 4/7/1951
New Cross vs Bradford (nal) 3/9/1952
New Cross vs Belle Vue (chal) 2/9/1959
Newmarket vs Eastern Centre (chal) 9/4/1939
Newtongrange vs Bothwell (chal) 27/8/1950
Newton Heath - Individual 26/12/1953 : Little known training track
Northampton vs Wolverhampton (Inter-City Challenge) 18/6/1930 : Believed to be Last ever meeting
Norwich (The Firs) - Individual 21/4/1935
Norwich (The Firs) vs Newcastle (nat) 28/5/1938
Norwich (The Firs) vs Sheffield (nal) 3/7/1947
Norwich (The Firs) vs Glasgow Ashfield (nal) 24/9/1949
Norwich (The Firs) vs Wimbledon (nal) 22/6/1957
Norwich (Hevingham) - Individual 5/12/1976 : One and only meeting ever held
Nottingham (Olympic) vs Cardiff (chal) 1/8/1929
Nottingham (White City) vs Crystal Palace (nal) 7/9/1933
Nottingham (White City) vs County Durham (Inter County) 12/9/1934
Nottingham (White City) vs Southampton (npl) 30/6/1936
Nottingham (White City) vs Belle Vue (est) 31/5/1938 : Last ever meeting
Oxford vs Halifax (nal) 13/10/1949
Oxford vs Southampton (nal) 3/9/1959
Plymouth vs Lea Bridge (nat) 5/7/1932
Plymouth vs Nottingham (nat) 20/6/1933
Plymouth vs Lea Bridge (nal) 24/7/1934
Plymouth vs Liverpool (npl) 26/5/1936
Plymouth - Overseas vs English (chal) 11/5/1937
Plymouth vs Eastbourne (nal) 25/9/1947
Plymouth vs Wombwell (nal) 24/6/1948
Plymouth vs Glasgow Ashfield (nal) 17/8/1950
Plymouth vs Southampton (nal) 24/6/1954
Plymouth - Swedish Tourists vs Combined Stars (chal) 7/7/1959
Plymouth vs Bristol (chal) 8/9/1960
Poole vs Yarmouth (nal) 26/4/1948 : First ever meeting {By kind permission of the owner:- Gavin Davis }
Poole vs Halifax (nal) 17/10/1949
Poole vs Swindon (nal) 19/6/1950
Poole vs Glasgow Ashfield (nal) 25/8/1952
Poole vs Motherwell (nat) 25/5/1953
Poole vs Belle Vue (nal) 13/8/1956
Poole vs Coventry (nal) 29/5/1959
Portsmouth (Copnor) - Individual 17/8/1929 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Portsmouth (Copnor) vs Crystal Palace (chal) 25/9/1930
Portsmouth(Tipnor) - Harringay vs Hackney (nal) 2/10/1935 : First ever meeting
Portsmouth(Tipnor) - Portsmouth vs Reading (charity meeting chal) 29/9/1937 : Last ever meeting
Preston vs Leeds (edtl) 27/4/1929
Preston vs High Beech (nat) 2/7/1931
Preston 14/4/1932 - Individual : re-issue of 7/4/1932, reportedly Last ever meeting
Rayleigh vs Leicester (chal) 24/7/1948 : Official first ever meeting
Rayleigh vs Tamworth (nal) 29/4/1950
Rayleigh vs Glasgow W.C. (nat) 4/7/1953
Rayleigh vs Eastbourne (sal) 5/8/1957
Ringwood - Dennis Hayles' Team vs Jimmy Coughlan's Team 5/10/1952 (reissued from 28/10/1952)
Ringwood vs Aldershot (chal) 6/9/1953 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Ringwood vs California (sal) 11/7/1954
Rochdale - Individual 1/9/1928
Rochdale vs Warrington (nl) 3/5/1930
Rotherham - Individual 23/5/1929
Rye House - Individual 20/6/1937 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Rye House vs High Beech (chal) 5/6/1938
Rye House vs Norwich (chal) 24/8/1941
Rye House - Individual 13/9/1953
Rye House vs Rayleigh (sal) 22/9/1957
Rye House vs Aldershot (sal) 2/8/1959
Salford vs Newcastle (inter-league) 2/9/1929
Sheffield - Individual 27/4/1929
Sheffield - Beckett's Team vs Visitors 20/8/1930 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Sheffield vs Nottingham (nal) 5/7/1933
Sheffield vs Nottingham (eng spdway trphy) 28/4/1938
Sheffield vs Norwich (nat) 1/6/1939
Sheffield - Lancashire vs Yorkshire (chal) 20/9/1945
Sheffield vs Glasgow W.C. (nal) 2/9/1948
Sheffield vs Glasgow Ashfield (nal) 20/7/1950
Smallford - Individual 19/7/1936 : First ever meeting
Smallford vs High Beech (chal) 11/9/1938
Smallford vs High Beech (chal) 9/7/1939
Southampton - Individual 13/10/1928
Southampton vs Exeter (chal) 12/7/1930
Southampton vs Plymouth (npl) 7/5/1936
Southampton vs Belle Vue (nal) 14/6/1939
Southampton - Individual 22/3/1940
Southampton vs Wombwell (nal) 12/10/1948
Southampton vs Coventry (nal) 31/5/1955
Southampton vs Bradford (nal) 13/8/1957
Southampton vs Wimbledon (chal) 3/10/1963 [postponed of 1/10/1963 re-issued] : Last ever meeting
Staines vs Walton Bridge (ch) 13/11/1938 {By kind permission of the owner:- the late Geoff Parker of Swindon}
Stainforth (Doncaster) - Individual 4/8/1930 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Stamford Bridge - Individual 5/5/1928 : First ever meeting
Stamford Bridge vs Birmingham (Perry Barr) (sl) 26/6/1929
Stamford Bridge vs Wimbledon (sl) 16/7/1930
Stamford Bridge vs West Ham (sl) 2/5/1931
Stamford Bridge vs Wembley (nal) 6/7/1932
Stamford Bridge vs Wembley (nal) 1/10/1932 : Last ever meeting
St Austell - Robinson's Team vs Quick's Team (chal) 14/6/1949 : First ever meeting
St Austell vs Poole (nal) 19/6/1951
St Austell vs Southampton (sl) 2/9/1952
St Austell vs Plymouth (sl) 2/6/1953
St Austell - International Pairs 3/9/1958
Stoke (Hanley) - Individual 22/8/1929 {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Stoke vs Newcastle (nal) 8/6/1939
Stoke vs Exeter (nal) 15/5/1947
Stoke vs Motherwell (nal) 8/8/1953
Swindon (Blunsdon) vs Oxford (ch) 23/7/1949 : First ever meeting
Swindon (Blunsdon) vs St Austell (nal) 1/8/1953
Swindon (Blunsdon) vs Ipswich (nal) 14/8/1954
Swindon (Blunsdon) vs Belle Vue (nal) 20/6/1959
Swindon (Gorse Hill) - Individual 15/9/1928 {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Swindon (Gorse Hill) - Individual 9/6/1930
Tamworth - Best Pairs 30/4/1947 : First ever meeting
Tamworth vs Plymouth (nal) 27/8/1947
Tamworth vs Aldershot (nal) 27/9/1950 : Last ever meeting
Tamworth (Mile Oak) - Individual 27/5/1934 {By kind permission of the owner:- Barry Stephenson of Stainburn}
Walthamstow vs Wimbledon (nal) 16/8/1934 : First Ever Meeting {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Walthamstow vs Southampton (nal) 4/4/1949 : First post-war home meeting
Walthamstow vs Edinburgh (nal) 8/10/1951 : Last ever meeting
Warrington vs Preston (nl) 20/6/1930
Wembley vs West Ham (sl) & vs Manchester (sl) 10/9/1931
Wembley vs New Cross (nal) 20/9/1934
Wembley vs Belle Vue (nat) 30/7/1936
Wembley vs Belle Vue (nal) 1/6/1939
Wembley vs Belle Vue (nal) 9/5/1946
Wembley vs Belle Vue (nat) 9/10/1947
Wembley vs New Cross (nal) 14/10/1948
Wembley vs Belle Vue (nal) & vs Bradford (nal) 26/7/1949
Wembley vs Poole (nal) 2/8/1956
West Ham - Individual 28/7/1928 : First ever meeting
West Ham vs Crystal Palace (sl) 15/7/1930
West Ham vs Crystal Palace (nal) 12/7/1932
West Ham - Individual 13/5/1940
West Ham vs Bradford (nal) 17/9/1946
West Ham vs Belle Vue (nal) 6/5/1947
West Ham vs Bristol (nal) 18/9/1951
West Ham vs Wimbledon (nal) & vs Birmingham (nal) 14/9/1954
West Maitland (Australia) 3rd Speedway Carnival 4/11/1925 : 19 heats of 5 lap handicap races, with Billy Lamonte & Billy Galloway off scratch
Weymouth : Young England vs Young Overseas (chal) 4/8/1954: First ever meeting {By kind permission of the owner:- Gavin Davis }
Whitley Bay - Individual 20/5/1929
Wigan (Poolstock) - Individual 4/4/1947 : First ever meeting
Wigan (Poolstock) vs Norwich (nal) 4/6/1947
Wigan (Poolstock) vs Bradford (chal) 1/8/1960 : Last ever meeting
Wigan (Woodhouse Lane) vs Stoke (chal) 2/5/1952 : First ever meeting
Wimbledon vs Southampton (sl) 15/7/1929
Wimbledon vs Belle Vue (nat) 27/7/1931
Wimbledon vs Crystal Palace (nal) 19/6/1933
Wimbledon vs Belle Vue (nal) 25/4/1938
Wimbledon vs Bradford (nal) 22/4/1946 : First post-war meeting
Wimbledon vs Wembley (nal) 6/6/1949
Wimbledon vs New Cross (nal) 7/5/1951
Wimbledon vs Bradford (nal) 18/6/1956
Wimbledon vs Southampton (nat) 14/9/1959
Wisbech vs The Rest (chal) 18/7/1948 : First ever meeting held in a Sports Stadium (since 1937, various grass & dust tracks in fields around Wisbech), Team name "Wizards", colours red & blue, acknowledges assistance of Fleetwood, Middlesbrough, Norwich, & Yarmouth in providing riders
Wolverhampton - Individual 3/9/1929
Wolverhampton - Individual 31/5/1930 {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}
Wolverhampton vs Sheffield (chal) 14/10/1950 : First post-war meeting
Wolverhampton vs Exeter (nal) 5/10/1951
Wolverhampton vs Motherwell (ns) 14/5/1954
Wombwell vs Preston (nl) 16/6/1930
Wombwell vs Tamworth (nal) 13/6/1947
Workington (Lonsdale Park) - Individual 9/7/1932
Yarmouth - Individual 20/4/1948 : First ever meeting
Yarmouth vs Norwich(nal) 3/10/1950
Yarmouth vs Glasgow Ashfield (nal) 26/8/1952
Yarmouth vs Ipswich (chal) 15/7/1958
Yarmouth - Individual 8/8/1961 : Last ever meeting
York - vs Leicester Super (nat) 25/5/1931 {By kind permission of the owner:- Ian Somerville of Linlithgow}

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