Malcom Simmons

[iris123]

Martin Ashby.Always seemed to get overshadowed by the other english riders,but was great.Helped the Dons out a bit when Tommy died.

[Subedei]

or Roger Johns ... great servant to Wimbledon

 

or Mike Ferreira ... how he could dominate the NL but struggled to progress

 

Or Bruce Cribb - did he really pull his own teeth with pliers? And given the dearth of NHS dentists at the minute, has he considered a career change?

[spin king]

Sounds painful.

[whowasthatberntpersson]

An interview with Cribby would be fantastic, he's been around a while and would certainly have a story or two to tell.....Both on and off track.

 

Another interesting character is Alan Grahame, one of the greatest team men of all time.

[WATigerman]

I don't think I've put it across very well, I am also curious to know about his life now etc.

 

Do I remember that crash, I was on the 3rd bend at the time, I still wonder how they both managed to get out of it alive.  GG ended up with the two bikes and Reg on top of him, it was horrendous.

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Have to say I remeber it all too well too - one of the worst crashes I saw; was it the last match of that season ?

[Tigerblade]

Have to say I remember it all too well too - one of the worst crashes I saw; was it the last match of that season ?

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Next to last match of season, Reg also had a bad crash in the last one as well

[tarabanko]

Erik Gundersen

Tommy Knudsen

Jan Andersson

Pierre Brannefors

Per Jonsson

Kai Niemi

Dan Forsberg

Ove Fundin

John Cook

Mark Loram

Tommy Johansson

Jimmy Nilsen

[beercellar]

ok,has there been an artical on tommy jansson ? or am i a bit behind ?

 

malcom simmons was at the brighton bananza when it first startedmhe was still going good then.i remember him at wimbledon,those were the days.great atmosphere on the first bend.

[lionheart]

That would indeed be interesting. a good example of a rider who threw a very promising career away.

 

I would also like to hear about Ray Wilson one of the top riders in the early 70's who never seems to get the recognition he deserves. (imo)

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I think that it would be great for Ray to tell us how it was. Remember when England really had a cracking team ?

 

Ray W

P.C.

Mort.

Dave Jessup

Malc Simmons

 

Those were the days.With so many foreign riders in our leagues I doubt if we will ever put together such a team again