BOBBATH Posted January 9, 2010 Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 Went to trackindown website-excellent thanx team bouchard-one thing I got wrong was the result of the meeting on 27 July 1965-it was Long Eaton 32 Newport 46.LE had started the season off well with a couple of away wins at Edinburgh and Halifax and for a while looked like they could be the team to beat in that first BL season.Sadly Ray Cresp got badly injured and they went downhill from there. I was hoping Newport would get their first away win of the season and they did--partly because Ray Wilson had two e.f.'s. The scorers were for Long Eaton-Ken Adams 10,Kid Bodie 9,Norman Storer 6,Clive Hitch 3, Ron Sharp 2, Ray Wilson 1, and Rim Malskaitis 1. For Newport Jack Biggs 11, Jon Erskine 9, Alby Golden 8, Peter Vandenberg 8, Ray Harris 7, Geoff Penniket 2 ,Bob Hughes 1. Ray Harris at the end of his career and a reserve usually good for the odd point by then became the surprise of the meeting scoring two wins from three rides-including beating Ken Adams. A great meeting and one I still recall-thanx for starting this thread because it prompted me to get the old programme out and it brought back great memories-can still taste the fish and chips from the shop outside the Station Rd. gate!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerowl Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 The Speedway Star and news on July 9, 1965 reports the change of colours. I quote: "Talking about Long Eaton, they reckoned their Green Archer was the reason for all the bad luck. So they had it painted red. First night they had the Red Archer on their breastplates, John Mills broke an arm. "It wasn't the Green Archer," drawled Ray Cresp, "it's the yellow background that's unlucky." Team manager Ron Wilson went white. Because his wife had only just finished repainting the colours to their new colours." From the Danny Carter Gossip and Gas section. Not sure if this helps with a date of the change but it might help with the reason. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBBATH Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Danny Carter-was he really Eric Linden writing under another name , to make it look like the Star had more contributors it they really did?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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