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Monarchs 2014
Cook, Masters, S Worrall, Sneddon, Sedgmen, Fox, Fricke

Not a team of 'world class' riders but we went 25 matches in a row unbeaten that season. Winning the Play Offs, KOC, Premier Trophy and topping the league. Could also add in the pairs Masters and Fricke won

Cant recall a better team in my time as a Monarchs fan im sure there was some that featured more high profile riders.

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Glasgow's first ever league champions in 1993 .

Robert Nagy

Shane Bowes

David Walsh

Nigel Crabtree

Mick Powell

Jesper Olsen

James Grieves

Won the league in a canter and beat Jason Crump's Swindon in the KO Cup Final

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Plus David Nagel...

Yes plus David Nagel

 

And swap Sean Courtney for Shane Bowes and Stewart MacDonald for Nagel and you have a pretty good 1994 side too

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Monarchs 2014

Cook, Masters, S Worrall, Sneddon, Sedgmen, Fox, Fricke

Not a team of 'world class' riders but we went 25 matches in a row unbeaten that season. Winning the Play Offs, KOC, Premier Trophy and topping the league. Could also add in the pairs Masters and Fricke won

 

Cant recall a better team in my time as a Monarchs fan im sure there was some that featured more high profile riders.

Beat me too it cj!

 

And it was the big improvements they each made in their averages and their standards.

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Hackney Hawks 1980: Petersen, Plech, Thomsen, Thomas, White, Willmott and Jankowski..Wooden spoonists in 79 to runners-up, with only one change (Jankowski for Bobby McNeil.)

 

Hackney Kestrels 1988: Galvin, Loram, Louis, Mogridge, Whittaker, Thomas and Rolls..2 draws and 2 defeats (both by 2 points) all season, with an all British team.

1980, that was the first side I can remember supporting for a whole season.

 

1988, still my favourite side. I recently re-read Mike Western's book about that season.

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1980, that was the first side I can remember supporting for a whole season.

 

1988, still my favourite side. I recently re-read Mike Western's book about that season.

 

Seven men for one season, a great read. It was a shame we lost half the team to Ipswich the following year.

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Very difficult trying to come up with the best ever team what with different eras, points limits, compulsory junior regulation, assessed averages etc etc which determined team make-ups over a long period.

 

However I still think that the Belle Vue team of 1972 would take some beating in my view when all things taken into consideration but it's always going to be subjective depending on the criteria involved as touched upon above.

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