Guest kent Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Anybody have any memories of their speedway team playing football for charity or against their supporters club as Canterbury used to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steve Dixon Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 I can remember 2 at Hyde Road, the first was about 1975, riders v wives/girlfriends and the next was in 1978/9 for a Wilkie benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 went to one for Ronnie Moore.think it was mostly journalists,Phil Rising was playing as was the Dons machine examiner against Celebs,including George Layton(Dr in the House) and Robin Asquith(Confesions of....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I think in the 50s and 60s there was a speedway football team with players from several tracks, and that they use to play for charity. I think that the captain was Wimbledon's Ron Howe, but no doubt Norbold will correct me on that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackofdiamonds Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 As well as football I can recall several times over the years, riders challenging their local cycle speedway team, and having quite some success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I remember seeing the Swindon team play in a charity Ice Hockey match once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 remember before the Internationale that there was a Cycle Speedway match.Bert Harkins and Ivan Mauger racing i think.Never went myself. Fished the programme out for the Footie and it was the speedway riders X1 vs.Journo`s/Showbusiness.Speedway team inc Martin Ashby,John Davis,Terry Betts,Ray Wilson and Slim Jim Tebby.Says in prog that the team was formed in Sutton 1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I think in the 50s and 60s there was a speedway football team with players from several tracks, and that they use to play for charity. I think that the captain was Wimbledon's Ron Howe, but no doubt Norbold will correct me on that! I can correct you on the spelling of Howe - it should be How - but not on whether he was captain or not. There certainly was a team called the Speedway Riders XI who played charity matches as iris says, but I can't remember who played for them or who the captain was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Thinking about it Sutton was a bit of a Kiwi outpost as Ronnie Moore,Briggo,Geoff Mardon and Trevor Redmond at one time all shared a house there.Don`t know if one or more of them was involved in the formation but would guess it some Dons riders were involved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMz Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I remeber one year the Swindon team played a ice hockey match, not quite football but still.... it was funny!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizHeathen Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Mid to late seventies the Oldbury Lions cycle speedway club organised a game involving riders and others associated with our great sport. It was actually played at Oldbury's ground. The likes of John Davis, Dave Lanning, Bruce Penhall, Michael Lee, etc etc. There was a nobbly knees comp...but I have no idea who performed on the pitch. I do remember that the Americans were crap...no great surprise there. Still got some pictures in my scrap book...I think they appeared in the speedway mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deak77 Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I can remember back in around 1988 when Sudden Sam played Pool and Darts against Steve Bull in a kind of "Clash of Wolverhampton's 2 Biggest Sport Stars" type thing. I think Bully won at both games but I'm not 100% sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Main Man Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 (edited) Mid to late seventies the Oldbury Lions cycle speedway club organised a game involving riders and others associated with our great sport.It was actually played at Oldbury's ground. The likes of John Davis, Dave Lanning, Bruce Penhall, Michael Lee, etc etc. There was a nobbly knees comp...but I have no idea who performed on the pitch. I do remember that the Americans were crap...no great surprise there. Still got some pictures in my scrap book...I think they appeared in the speedway mail. It was SWAPA (Speedway Writers and Photographers Association) who played a few matches for charity including this one at Oldbury. Came across the programme recently and had a chuckle or two at the pen-pics!! I had played in the morning for my Sandwell League side then borrowed a set of the club kit and headed for Oldbury to play in this one alongside Pat Foley, Rob Bishop, Phil Rising, Mike Partick etc against the riders. Also remember playing in a match at Port Vale's ground played in a blizzard at one stage with the former West Brom keeper John Osborne in goals --remember turning round to see the goals empty and Ossie sitting in the stand puffing on his pipe!! Happy memory though of getting a hat-trick in this game --my claim to football fortune scoring one on a Football Laegue ground!! Edited July 4, 2004 by Main Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boywonder Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Wasn't there a rider (maybe at Wimbledon) who also played a good non-league standard for Sutton in the Diadora league?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kent Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Former Canterbury rider Tony Reynolds played for Maidstone United,Ashford Town and Welling United at a good standard.Now assistant manager of Ashford Town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 A riders eleven took on a supporters eleven at Meggetland, Edinburgh on 22 April 1978. Among the riders were Mick Newton, Rob Hollingworth, Mal Chambers, Benny Rourke, Brian Collins, Alan Bridgett, Steve McDermott, Dave Trownson and Alan Morrison. I'm looking at the photo of the supporters team and the only one I recognise is Norrie Tait, currently the programme stall man at Armadale. Apparently a crowd of 325 turned up. Not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian H Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I remeber one year the Swindon team played a ice hockey match, not quite football but still.... it was funny!! Barry Briggs dressed up in ice-hockey gear when he signed as a Jawa/Eso works rider but I dont know if he actually played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Currently on eBay: TV Stars v. Speedway Riders' X1 "Programme from the Charity match played at Hornchurch Stadium,Upminster on 22/3/64. T.V Stars include;Jess Conrad,Mike and Bernie Winters and Bernard Bresslaw.I wouldn't know where to start with the Speedway Stars,so I won't bother!!" The seller is obviously not a fan. If someone buys it we can find out who the speedway team was. Any offers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shazzybird Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Former Canterbury rider Tony Reynolds played for Maidstone United,Ashford Town and Welling United at a good standard.Now assistant manager of Ashford Town. I understood he was a Driectory of Ashford is that right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kent Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Hes not a director just assistant manager and coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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