steve roberts Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 14 minutes ago, The White Knight said: 1) Ellesmere Port - Gunners 2) Hull - Vikings 3) Romford - Bombers 4) Belle Vue - Aces 5) Coventry - Bees 6) Exeter - Falcons 7) Berwick - Bandits 8) Canterbury - Crusaders 9) Reading - Racers 10) Hackney - Hawks These Race Jackets appealed to me anyway. No Sunderland "Stars" White Knight? I rather liked the 1972 version...I guess an adaptation of the football team with its red and white stripes and star incorprated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 20 minutes ago, steve roberts said: No Sunderland "Stars" White Knight? I rather liked the 1972 version...I guess an adaptation of the football team with its red and white stripes and star incorprated? I thought we were not supposed to include our own Team. Sunderland 'Stars' 1971/72 and 'Saints' 1964 were my all time favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie B Posted May 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, The White Knight said: I thought we were not supposed to include our own Team. Sunderland 'Stars' 1971/72 and 'Saints' 1964 were my all time favourites. All changed now White Knight and you can include your own team. What year Ellesmere Port the yellow background or the red one? or the teams has some changed during the 1970s. Edited May 2, 2020 by Robbie B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 14 minutes ago, Robbie B said: All changed now White Knight and you can include your own team. What year Ellesmere Port the yellow background or the red one? or the teams has some changed during the 1970s. Sorry - I hadn't noticed. Thanks for the information. I will promote my Team to number one on my list. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie B Posted May 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 34 minutes ago, The White Knight said: Sorry - I hadn't noticed. Thanks for the information. I will promote my Team to number one on my list. Any particular year for 1) Sunderland (1972) I have this one done for you already. 2) Ellesmere Port - Gunners 197? 3) Hull - Vikings 197? 4) Romford - Bombers 1970-71 5) Belle Vue - Aces 197? 6) Coventry - Bees 197? 7) Exeter - Falcons 197? 8) Berwick - Bandits 197? 9) Canterbury - Crusaders 197? 10) Reading - Racers 197? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 24 minutes ago, Robbie B said: Any particular year for 1) Sunderland (1972) I have this one done for you already. 2) Ellesmere Port - Gunners 197? 3) Hull - Vikings 197? 4) Romford - Bombers 1970-71 5) Belle Vue - Aces 197? 6) Coventry - Bees 197? 7) Exeter - Falcons 197? 8) Berwick - Bandits 197? 9) Canterbury - Crusaders 197? 10) Reading - Racers 197? I have updated my Post for both the inclusion of Sunderland, and the years to the best of my memory which is not great these days. Thank you RB for your input - it is much appreciated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Must admit I'm looking forward to the result of the poll...just needs some more input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Ok now a top ten as requested... 1. West Ham 1970-71 2. Cradley 1970-72 3. Halifax 1971 4. Belle Vue 1970-72 5. Wembley 1970 6. Oxford Rebel 1972? 7. Glasgow 1972 ( liked the stripes on the back) 8. Wimbledon 1970 9. Birmingham 1974 10. Romford 1973? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, salty said: Ok now a top ten as requested... 1. West Ham 1970-71 2. Cradley 1970-72 3. Halifax 1971 4. Belle Vue 1970-72 5. Wembley 1970 6. Oxford Rebel 1972? 7. Glasgow 1972 ( liked the stripes on the back) 8. Wimbledon 1970 9. Birmingham 1974 10. Romford 1973? Surprised that you have nominated the Cradley "United" jacket (1973 - 76)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie B Posted May 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) 46 minutes ago, salty said: Ok now a top ten as requested... 1. West Ham 1970-71 2. Cradley 1970-72 3. Halifax 1971 4. Belle Vue 1970-72 5. Wembley 1970 6. Oxford Rebel 1972? 7. Glasgow 1972 ( liked the stripes on the back) 8. Wimbledon 1970 9. Birmingham 1974 10. Romford 1973? Hi Salty Did you mean Romford 1970-71 as they did not race n 1973 Also just checked the Glasgow jacket for 1970-72 and they used the Tiger on their race bib that Mildenhall and Sheffield in 1976. Between (1977-79) Glasgow used a slightly different version using the same Tiger, which one do you want to vote for (70-72) or (77-79)? Edited May 2, 2020 by Robbie B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Sorry, obviously should have been Romford 1970-71. Definitely Glasgow 1970-72 of their Jimmy Mac BL days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie B Posted May 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 9 hours ago, salty said: Sorry, obviously should have been Romford 1970-71. Definitely Glasgow 1970-72 of their Jimmy Mac BL days. Hi Salty It is all a very long time ago and everyone including myself get things slightly wrong. I glad that someone this icon Glasgow race jacket. I may be wrong but I think the tiger image from this bib is the only one to be later adopted by others teams namely Sheffield and Mildenhall. Jimmy Mcmillan was always one of my favourite riders to watch when I started attending speedway meetings in 1976 and would be in my top 10 British riders of the 1970s without any shadow of a doubt. I have already made the 1976 Coatbridge race jacket last year and be seen in my 1976 speedway race jackets on YouTube at the following address https://youtu.be/wSf0gkQXR-U Many thanks for taking the time to vote and it will be interesting to see what teams finshes as number 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 Was it Chris Pusey and Eric Broadbelt who rode for Halifax in the 70s and what did they have on their race jacket? I vaguely remember either a castle like the ones in Chess or an elephant for some reason, in red and blue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie B Posted May 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, DC2 said: Was it Chris Pusey and Eric Broadbelt who rode for Halifax in the 70s and what did they have on their race jacket? I vaguely remember either a castle like the ones in Chess or an elephant for some reason, in red and blue? Hi Dc2 Eric Boocock would have ridden with Halifax race jacket between 1970- 74 and would not have used the 1975-78 version or the 1979 version. Chris Pusey would have ridden using the versions before 1979. Hope this helps Edited May 3, 2020 by Robbie B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 13 minutes ago, Robbie B said: Hi Dc2 Eric Boocock would have ridden with Halifax race jacket between 1970- 74 and would not have used the 1975-78 version or the 1979 version. Chris Pusey would have ridden using the versions before 1979. Hope this helps Thanks. Just looked it up. Eric Broadbelt rode too in 1978. All the race jackets had elephants though and not the castle that I remember? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie B Posted May 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 37 minutes ago, DC2 said: Thanks. Just looked it up. Eric Broadbelt rode too in 1978. All the race jackets had elephants though and not the castle that I remember? Sorry I was thinking about Eric Boocock and not Broadbelt when I replied earlier. I know there is no castle on the 1979 Halifax race jacket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie B Posted May 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) Please note that only fully completed top 10s will be counted. Many thanks for everyone that has voted so far. Just Halifax, Leicester and Reading to do tomorrow then i have completed all British League race bibs from 1965-68 now off to a much deserved rest. Edited May 4, 2020 by Robbie B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 On 5/2/2020 at 2:34 PM, iris123 said: Indeed. I was actually wondering the point of the thread. Is it looking for specific jackets that were only or first used in the 70s ? As a lot of the choices seem to not really fall into the category Wembley or West Ham for instance are no different in the 70s to what they were in the 40s as is Belle Vue...... West Ham were very different. From 1967 to 1971 they had West Ham, London on their jackets, which made them really stand out. It really hooked me as a kid, and I'm fortunate to own two originals. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie B Posted May 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 3 hours ago, cityrebel said: West Ham were very different. From 1967 to 1971 they had West Ham, London on their jackets, which made them really stand out. It really hooked me as a kid, and I'm fortunate to own two originals. So true Cityrebel just by adding the words made all the difference to the race jacket. One of my favourite from prior to the 1970s is the 1969 Nelson bib that has a ship on the front of a blue race jacket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie B Posted May 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 As not many people have bothered to vote i have closed the voting as this topic is sinking faster than the Titanic. the top 30 race jacket video is now on YouTube for a limited time only at https://youtu.be/BdPJDoi3q-0 Many thanks to those forum members who voted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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