The Third Man

Hyde Road then halifax sheffield, leicester, cradley and KL in the 70s / 80s in no particular order wembly in 81 was very good as well

i believe phil white is a commercial pilot, quite frightening with the number of engine failures he used to have

or even a cardiff based event where the world championship was up for grabs

coatbridge in 68 & 69 wasnt it?

in the sheffield pics, the unknown is bent larsson, i think and the two riders against wimbledon are larsson and haley great pics

Airey, the best rider to ride for sheffield

rode for doncaster on loan from sheffield also rode in 1970 for sheffield tiger cubs in a number of challenge matches when the bspa wouldnt let sheffield put out a second team

dont remember a steve collins at sheffield ever, definatly not in 1971 Do you mean steven collins the fourth collins brother

If its wombwell rather than barnsley i think they were known as the colliers

There was meeting afeter the final in Norden in 83 which i went to. as far as i can remember the pitch was untouched

Well couldnt care less about all the people on here who think they know the truth about bob, and certainly couldnt be botherd about whether he was gay or not. what i remember most about him was his riding for sheffield, some great rides come to mind, beating ivan mauger at sheffield arount 72 or 73 and beating eric boothroyd and eric boocock at halifax in 1968 in heat 13 with his back wheel on fence for all four laps to get sheffield a 39-39 draw. That and his captaincy of the 74 team which i believe is still the only team to have won every leg home and away in a cup competion so lets forget the was he or wasnt he gay and remember him as agreat servant of sheffield who would always chat with supporters and sign autographs. RIP Bob one of the best captains sheffield has ever had, if not the best

sad about the county ground, but good to see another owls fan on the forum, couldnt get much further apart than you and king jamie either. heres hoping for another victory tonight at west brom

its either greg or mark dekok, both rode in the second halfs at sheffield in the 80s and could easily have ridden at scunthorpe in that period

checked now im at home, either greg or mark dekok, not sure but think its greg

brett saunders?

thought he went to wimbledon then oxford, but could be other way round

Yes bob was a very rare rider, one that only rode for one team. one of the best captains sheffield ever had, remember him standing down from a few rides to let an in form reserve have another ride. Captained us to only ever british league trophy in 1974. Joh dews only left us because of rider control, we were never allocated another rider in his place though, his place in the team being shared by reg wilson and doug wyer who were riding in division 2 at the time, a fortaste of doubling up?

what bruce did at white city has been going on in individual meetings for ever, i cant belive any supporter has not seen this done at individual meetings elsewhere, what he did was to be too honest about what he was doing, he should have had an EF at the gate then all would be OK why did he quit, to become a well paid actor instead of risking his life every time he went on the track, who wouldnt have done the same if the offer had come along, not good timing i agree, but it was then or never

so its not skillful to ride a bike on a big track?? its jsut as skillful to ride a big SPEED way track as a small speedway track, justv a different sort of skill,

Bengt Larsson was quite tall, mind anyone stood next to billy bales looked tall

Remember rick from what was probably the best ever sheffield team in 1973, great entertainer

Agree, we cant airbrush him from history because that would be devalueing history, what he did on and off track need to remembered

the connection with billy sanders is what they are on about and as they have said enough said and change the subject

have some more somewhere see if i can find it

Team from 22/06/1969 v kings lynn starlets Geoff Ambrose Alan Bridgett Guy Hawkes (sheffield) derek timms George davenport Stuart Ulph (Sheffield) Neil Glover (nothing to do with the Sheffield Glovers) with doug wyer one of the 2nd half riders, Doncaster won 40 - 36 with a 5-0 in the last race. promoters mike parker and bill bridgett Team from 13th September 1970 v berwick Gordon McGregor Ian Wilson Chris Harrison Dennis Wasden (Sheffield) George major Hec haslinger Cliff Emms doncaster won 48-30 Riding numer 6 for berwick doug wyer with 7 points from 3 completed rides. one of the promoters was john berry clerk of the course one wilf jay (another sheffield connection) track record george major 69.0 track 350yds george major won the last meeting, the ronnie cliffe trophy with a 15point maximum, the team the moved to birmingham the following year hope this helps address was doncaster greyhound stadium, york road, doncaster