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15 minutes ago, BL65 said:

George was with Swindon from 1954 to 1961, but rode for Yarmouth in 1953.

Damn! Caught out again...many thanks! It's very difficult finding riders who fell into that particular category? I'm obviously not looking at riders who did a couple of years (mainly overseas like Roman Jankowski for example) but who remained loyal to one particular club for, say, five years or more.

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3 hours ago, steve roberts said:

Damn! Caught out again...many thanks! It's very difficult finding riders who fell into that particular category? I'm obviously not looking at riders who did a couple of years (mainly overseas like Roman Jankowski for example) but who remained loyal to one particular club for, say, five years or more.

Five years minimum would seem to be a good starting point...

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1 minute ago, Andrew said:

Karol did (Jan Zabik's son)

Bruce Penhall and Gert Handberg only ever rode for Cradley in the UK.

Bruce 1978/82 (well,most of it!)

Gert 1988/93

A rider I felt who never really did himself justice in Britain despite a fine international record (World under 21 Champion and a third in the World one year)

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9 minutes ago, bruno said:

Bending the rules a tad here but Bernie Persson for Cradley, he's last season over here at Sheffield I'm ignoring

You would have to bend the rules even further to ignore 1965 and 1967 when he was with Edinburgh and 1968 at Coatbridge.

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How about Bill Landels for Edinburgh-he became Scottish Champ one year-bit of an upset result. I think Bill emigrated to Oz-anyone know if he is still with us? Maybe Mike Watkin for Newcastle could be another?

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5 minutes ago, BOBBATH said:

How about Bill Landels for Edinburgh-he became Scottish Champ one year-bit of an upset result. I think Bill emigrated to Oz-anyone know if he is still with us? Maybe Mike Watkin for Newcastle could be another?

Bill, perhaps. He did make an appearance for Kings Lynn in 1966, but I don't have any details; it may have been a guest outing.

Mike Watkin definitely not. He rode for Barrow in 1972.

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5 minutes ago, Normski said:

Graham Jones 1972-1981 Berwick

Rob Grant 1978-1991 Berwick Michael Makovsky 2001 - 2010 Berwick

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10 minutes ago, Normski said:

Graham Jones 1972-1981 Berwick

Graham would also qualify as one of those who travelled a great distance to attend home meetings travelling from Lowestoft.

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