Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Poole have been around (as we know...) for over 60 years now.. And that basically means they've met at one time or another the great majority of other British club sides.. But can people help out letting me know if - in official competition - the Pirates have ever paid host to the following clubs: Isle of Wight Scunthorpe (I know briefly they competed together in the 1985 NL but Scunny closed early season and their results were expunged. Did the phantom matches include a visit to Wimborne Rd., does anyone know? Weymouth - surely they must've but they were in BL days in different divisions... Buxton :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wessex Wanderer Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Hi Parsloes From memory only (so well open to correction): The only league match between Poole and Weymouth was at the Wessex in the Scorchers short 1955 NL2 season before they folded. (BobC and co are still celebrating their very lucky win that time - it was only by about 30 or 40 points!) Since then the teams have met at the Wessex for a number of challenge or fours matches but the only "League" meetings involving the pair were the Weymouth v Newpool match in the 1964 Metropolitan League and the return match which was staged at Newport. However, in the early 80's a "National League Select" team rode at Poole against a Pirates team short of a couple of their regulars. The NL team just happened to be the Weymouth team of the previous night's match at the Wessex but they could not be called Weymouth due to the inter league rules of the time!!!! Stupid bloody rules in Speedway are nothing new!!!!!! I can't offhand remember the year but it could very well be the same year as Wiggy finished 3rd in the Blue Riband (surely one of the best NL individual performances of all time). Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Scunthorpe (I know briefly they competed together in the 1985 NL but Scunny closed early season and their results were expunged. Did the phantom matches include a visit to Wimborne Rd., does anyone know? No, they didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 I reckon Poole have never raced against Fleetwood or Walthamstow-they would all have overlapped seasons but were in different divisions from Poole-what do others think?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 I reckon Poole have never raced against Fleetwood or Walthamstow-they would all have overlapped seasons but were in different divisions from Poole-what do others think?? I thought it was a specific question about the four teams mentioned rather than a general one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott0311 Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Poole have been around (as we know...) for over 60 years now.. And that basically means they've met at one time or another the great majority of other British club sides.. But can people help out letting me know if - in official competition - the Pirates have ever paid host to the following clubs: Isle of Wight Scunthorpe (I know briefly they competed together in the 1985 NL but Scunny closed early season and their results were expunged. Did the phantom matches include a visit to Wimborne Rd., does anyone know? Weymouth - surely they must've but they were in BL days in different divisions... Buxton :unsure: Link to the Poole website and opponents met Poole Speedway Website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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