STEVE5705 Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 im sure it was when hackney finshed runners up to cheque book reading racers, i think hackney got four 5-1s and a 3-3 in the last 5 races,think this is correct, can anybody remember this ? and has anybody got the scorers for that match thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 I remember the Aces coming back from about 14 points down to win at the Shay, many moons ago, but not the one you mention. Pretty sure the score was 15-3 after 3 heats then about 22-8 after 5. As I recall we ended up winning quite comfortably! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WembleyLion Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Poole made a late recovery from a bad position in a KOC final at Coventry a few years ago. I'll have to dig out my programme to check but I do recall that Coventry also helped by gifting some silly points in heat 14! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Most infamous must be Peterborough vs. Reading in that Play Off Final - but that was the crazy 'Golden Double' rule which allowed that injustice to occur... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Oxford beat the Wimbledon Wombles at Plough Lane in 1984. They needed 5-1s from the final three races and got them. And later in the same season, Oxford repeated that feat at King's Lynn, which caused Martin Rogers to throw his toys out of the pram and prevent the Cheetahs having a victory parade. But as far as I know, the biggest ever comeback was Arena Essex at Exeter who came from 18 (yes, EIGHTEEN) points behind to win at Exeter. I think it came during Arena's all conquering 1991 season. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 im sure it was when hackney finshed runners up to cheque book reading racers, i think hackney got four 5-1s and a 3-3 in the last 5 races,think this is correct, can anybody remember this ? and has anybody got the scorers for that match thanks The match in question was Halifax v Hackney in 1980. Score after Heat 8: 31-16. Four successive 5-1s to Hackney transformed the scoreline to 35-36 and then the final heat was shared, final score 38-39. There's a report in "Speedway's Classic Meetings" book. I'll post the scorers this evening if someone else hasn't beaten me to it. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Oxford beat the Wimbledon Wombles at Plough Lane in 1984. All the best Rob Hmm, you WOULD remember that!!! Don't suppose a young Ronnie Allen was the ref was he..?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Hmm, you WOULD remember that!!! Don't suppose a young Ronnie Allen was the ref was he..?! Oh NOT again with the "we wuz robbed!" stance please Parsnips old fruit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Oxford beat the Wimbledon Wombles at Plough Lane in 1984. They needed 5-1s from the final three races and got them. And later in the same season, Oxford repeated that feat at King's Lynn, which caused Martin Rogers to throw his toys out of the pram and prevent the Cheetahs having a victory parade. But as far as I know, the biggest ever comeback was Arena Essex at Exeter who came from 18 (yes, EIGHTEEN) points behind to win at Exeter. I think it came during Arena's all conquering 1991 season. All the best Rob hi rob, you beat me to it. i was at that meeting at the county ground in 1991. i'm sure the hammers got a 5-1 in the last race to complete a remarkable comeback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 But as far as I know, the biggest ever comeback was Arena Essex at Exeter who came from 18 (yes, EIGHTEEN) points behind to win at Exeter. I think it came during Arena's all conquering 1991 season. Good knowledge! I was there too. Arena were head and shoulders above everyone that year...think they had Bo Petersen and Brian Karger as their spearhead, both were essentially top league riders. So it was surprising that the Falcons stormed into such a big lead. But the turnaround was still shocking. They just suddenly turned it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 (edited) To answer the original question on this thread: August 9, 1980 Halifax 38: Kenny Carter 9 (5) Tormod Langli R/R Ian Cartwright 5+2 (5) Mick McKeon 6+1 (4) Merv Janke 4 (4) Piotr Pysny 12+1 (5) Craig Pendlebury 2+1 (3) Hackney 39: Finn Thomsen 11 (5) Barry Thomas 0 (2) Bo Petersen 8+2 (5) Sean Wilmott 0 (2) Zenon Plech 14+1 (5) Roman Jankowsi 6+2 (5) Keith White 0 (2) Progressive scores 31-16 >>>> 35-36 > 38-39 Edited August 4, 2010 by lucifer sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE5705 Posted August 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 To answer the original question on this thread: August 9, 1980 Halifax 38: Kenny Carter 9 (5) Tormod Langli R/R Ian Cartwright 5+2 (5) Mick McKeon 6+1 (4) Merv Janke 4 (4) Piotr Pysny 12+1 (5) Craig Pendlebury 2+1 (3) Hackney 39: Finn Thomsen 11 (5) Barry Thomas 0 (2) Bo Petersen 8+2 (5) Sean Wilmott 0 (2) Zenon Plech 14+1 (5) Roman Jankowsi 6+2 (5) Keith White 0 (2) Progressive scores 31-16 >>>> 35-36 > 38-39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE5705 Posted August 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 thanks guys nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC! Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 im sure it was when hackney finshed runners up to cheque book reading racers, i think hackney got four 5-1s and a 3-3 in the last 5 races,think this is correct, can anybody remember this ? and has anybody got the scorers for that match thanks I was at this one, a fantastic match won by the 4 man Hawks, Plech was unstoppable. The match was most memorable, however, for the amazing team riding display by Bo Petersen, the Hawks suddenly started gating like lightening half way through then Bo made sure no-one was passing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 Oxford beat the Wimbledon Wombles at Plough Lane in 1984. They needed 5-1s from the final three races and got them. And later in the same season, Oxford repeated that feat at King's Lynn, which caused Martin Rogers to throw his toys out of the pram and prevent the Cheetahs having a victory parade. All the best Rob I was at that match at Plough Lane. Early season League Cup match. Rooted out the programme which shows that Wimbledon were 8 points ahead with 3 races to go and indeed the Cheetahs got 3 consecutive 5-1's to clinch a 37-41 victory. For Oxford Taylor, Wigg and Rasmussen all got paid wins in their last outings and they were their only ones of the night. Gordon Kennett only got 1 point from 4 rides and John Davis was last in Heats 11 and 13 for the Dons. Ref was Reg Trott. Next night Wimbledon won at Oxford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Clemens Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Yep we was there and with the score 31 - 16 at heat 8, we were ruminating on what a bit of a walkover it was and why we hadn't gone to Belle Vue instead. Being a Zenon Plech fan though was the reason I was there. We even calculated what they had to do to beat the Dukes, which we dismissed out of hand, as it was unlikely they would get five 5 - 1's Didn't even think they couldn't do it as there was no indication in the way the meeting was going it was ever likely to happen. When they did, of course there were thoughts of subterfuge flying around, but really we just wrote it off as a strange state of affairs, that we hadn't seen happen before or think likely to happen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatwick Rocket Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 There was a similar meeting in 1975 when Scunthorpe were at home to Workington in the New National League. It was on 18 August and after heat 7 the scoreline was Scunthorpe 29 Workington 13. After that Workington collected two 4-2s and four 5-1s to finish winners by 41 points to 37. Taffy Owen scored 16 points from 6 rides for Workington to spearhead the remarkable comeback, and Robbie Gardner, Lou Sansom and Terry Kelly all provided valuable support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burton Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 i remember stoke been 15 points down at long eaton in 1985 and winning 40 37.also in 1986 we were 22-8 down at hackney and eneed up winning 40 38. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomcat Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 The Ipswich comeback at Poole in I think 2002/3... cant remember exactly now. 16 down at the midway point and we came back to the win. In the Ipswich team that day was Chris Louis, Craig Boyce and I think Scott Nicholls.... I was in the pits and the look on the Pirates riders faces was something else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifer sam Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 The Ipswich comeback at Poole in I think 2002/3... cant remember exactly now. 16 down at the midway point and we came back to the win. In the Ipswich team that day was Chris Louis, Craig Boyce and I think Scott Nicholls.... I was in the pits and the look on the Pirates riders faces was something else... Tomcat, it was in 2001 and it helped cost Poole the league title that season. All the best Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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