Guest Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 In its hey day Wembley was the pinnacle team of British speedway. At individual level the club had three world champions in Lionel Van Praag, Tommy Price and Fred Williams. As a team there was a period when they dominated the National League, National Trophy and London Cup competitions. Here is an interesting Link in regard to the club: http://www.national-speedway-museum.co.uk/wembley index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 May I point out a mistake on this website?Wembley Lions until 1985!!!The world final comes home in 1985!!!The world final of 1985 was at Bradford I am fairly sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) 31 minutes ago, gustix said: In its hey day Wembley was the pinnacle team of British speedway. At individual level the club had three world champions in Lionel Van Praag, Tommy Price and Fred Williams. As a team there was a period when they dominated the National League, National Trophy and London Cup competitions. Here is an interesting Link in regard to the club: http://www.national-speedway-museum.co.uk/wembley index.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship I was right,it seems Edited December 31, 2018 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 I can also recommended a good book on pre-war Wembley,which i am sure has less mistakes than the museum website https://www.amazon.de/Wembley-Speedway-Pre-War-Years-Greats/dp/075243750X 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) Wembley world final year error. There is a function on the SMO website where one can contact its Moderator. The website indicates that the author of the item is Robert Rogers. Edited December 31, 2018 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Anyway,here a little tribute to the Wembley impresario,Sir Arthur Elvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 It was great to be there and see the Tiger get on the rostrum... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Yes,I was there as well,hoping Tommy Jansson or if not PC would win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterPlinge Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, iris123 said: May I point out a mistake on this website?Wembley Lions until 1985!!!The world final comes home in 1985!!!The world final of 1985 was at Bradford I am fairly sure. And Bruce Penhall didn't win the 1985 world final, Erik Gunderson did. And Penhall's Wembley World final win wasn't 48 years after Jack Milne won. It was 44 years. Milne won in 1937 not 1933. As I remember it, the 1970 Wembley promoter was Trevor Redmond, not Trevor Readman. And I'm guessing "Brain" Leonard may have been the more intelligent brother of a chap called Brian. Very poor and outdated website riddled with errors. Edited January 1, 2019 by WalterPlinge 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 This Link provides much detail in regard to the history of speedway at Wembley: http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/Wembley.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, iris123 said: May I point out a mistake on this website?Wembley Lions until 1985!!!The world final comes home in 1985!!!The world final of 1985 was at Bradford I am fairly sure. 12 hours ago, gustix said: Wembley world final year error. There is a function on the SMO website where one can contact its Moderator. The website indicates that the author of the item is Robert Rogers. 5 hours ago, WalterPlinge said: And Bruce Penhall didn't win the 1985 world final, Erik Gunderson did. And Penhall's Wembley World final win wasn't 48 years after Jack Milne won. It was 44 years. Milne won in 1937 not 1933. As I remember it, the 1970 Wembley promoter was Trevor Redmond, not Trevor Readman. And I'm guessing "Brain" Leonard may have been the more intelligent brother of a chap called Brian. Very poor and outdated website riddled with errors. Please contact the Speedway Museum Online in regard to the errors on their site. Go to: http://www.national-speedway-museum.co.uk/welcome.html Edited January 1, 2019 by Guest Updated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 12 hours ago, iris123 said: May I point out a mistake on this website?Wembley Lions until 1985!!!The world final comes home in 1985!!!The world final of 1985 was at Bradford I am fairly sure. I think you will find that Wembley was the preferred venue for the 1985 World Final. Once it was confirmed they couldnt hold it, plans went ahead to develop Odsal. As we all now know, its unlikely to ever return to Wembley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 hour ago, BobC said: I think you will find that Wembley was the preferred venue for the 1985 World Final. Once it was confirmed they couldnt hold it, plans went ahead to develop Odsal. As we all now know, its unlikely to ever return to Wembley. But that really has nothing to do with a historical article that has got things totally wrong.Shame that the site has numerous mistakes throughout 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, iris123 said: But that really has nothing to do with a historical article that has got things totally wrong.Shame that the site has numerous mistakes throughout 2 hours ago, gustix said: Please contact the Speedway Museum Online in regard to the errors on their site. Go to: http://www.national-speedway-museum.co.uk/welcome.html Any errors on the Speedway Museum Online website will never be resolved by complaints on here. The Moderator of it asks for any errors to be drawn to the website's attention. For some reason however that remedy is discounted by Posters on this thread. Edited January 1, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) I just wanted to be helpful and point out a mistake that stuck out like a sore thumb as soon as I went on your link!You do seem to be a bit obsessed with a number of things,but not this museum site.You even have made a number of contributions,i see,so already I woud guess have made contact with the person or persons who run the site.I just thought seeing that connection had been made it would be easy for you,probably in your interest,to help a site you are connected with to correct the error(s).I am only a member of this site and only really have any interest in things posted on this site.At least I have pointed out,to any people who go to your link,that the site has many errors and people should be careful of what they read.For me,my job is done Edited January 1, 2019 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor... Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 6 hours ago, gustix said: Any errors on the Speedway Museum Online website will never be resolved by complaints on here. The Moderator of it asks for any errors to be drawn to the website's attention. For some reason however that remedy is discounted by Posters on this thread. John, they're simply pointing the errors out, they aren't asking you to fix them. If the mod can't be bothered to keep an eye or even vet what's uploaded to their own website, maybe that's an issue for their moderator. You give the moderators here a lot of grief as if they are the worst around, it sounds like the one on that website ain't doing such a good job either. I personally wouldn't want to be posting links to a site riddled with factual errors as i would feel a tad silly poitning knowledgeable speedway fans to a site with such basic errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) The Speedway Museum Online moderator has advised me that she has made recommended corrections in regard to the Wembley item which has created much debate on here. If further essential corrections are needed to the item, written by Robert Rogers, please advise on here or contact SMO direct. http://www.national-speedway-museum.co.uk/wembley lions 1956 - 1983.html Edited January 1, 2019 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor... Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 25 minutes ago, gustix said: The Speedway Museum Online moderator has advised me that she has made recommended corrections in regard to the Wembley item which has created much debate on here. If further essential corrections are needed to the item, written by Robert Rogers, please advise on here or correct SMO direct. http://www.national-speedway-museum.co.uk/wembley lions 1956 - 1983.html Much debate ? A couple of people pointed stuff and you've got umbrage from it. Maybe if you've got the ear of the mod she might wanna fact-check articles before uploading rather than waiting for people to find fault. The credibility of that site may come under scrutiny if old Bobby Rogers continues with that standard of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 5 hours ago, The Doctor... said: Much debate ? A couple of people pointed stuff and you've got umbrage from it. Maybe if you've got the ear of the mod she might wanna fact-check articles before uploading rather than waiting for people to find fault. The credibility of that site may come under scrutiny if old Bobby Rogers continues with that standard of work. This site SHOULD be one of the most fascinating, and most valuable speedway websites out there, but the overall quality is extremely poor. I usually do the "right thing" and contact the webmasters to rectify errors, but - and I really hate to say it, - there are so many items in need of correction (from poor spelling and grammar to factual mistakes) that I fear I would appear a bombastic nitpicker with my honest input (that I would basically rewrite and reformat everything). As I said, I hate to feel this way, as I know only too well the time and effort that goes into such projects. Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterPlinge Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 6 hours ago, gustix said: The Speedway Museum Online moderator has advised me that she has made recommended corrections in regard to the Wembley item Well, Trevor "Readman" seems to have been changed to Trevor "Redman"..... Still doesn't seem to have any connection to the Wembley promoter Trevor Redmond though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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