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One Club Foreign Riders?


steve roberts

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27 minutes ago, chunky said:

Come on, you should get the Rye House one! Not like there were many Aussies there...

I did think Trevor O'Brien but didn't think he met my "five year" criteria!

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37 minutes ago, arnieg said:

Rye House - Trevor O'Brien 89- 93

Middlesbrough - Ashley Norton two spells in the 80s

Yeah, as soon as you said Aussie, it had to be Trevor, as Kerry Gray wasn't around that long.

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8 hours ago, norbold said:

Bluey Wilkinson - ten years at West Ham.

Oh sorry, you said British League.

It's not an issue as far as I'm concerned...it's always interesting how any particular thread develops as that's how public forums work. ;)

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1 hour ago, JoeW said:

If he qualifies - also rode in division one for three teams in a few meetings - how about Robbie Blackadder of Newcastle?

He doesn't qualify because of several outings for Hull.

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Although his time riding in England came during the Elite League/Premier League era, surely Freddie Lindgren takes first prize for the foreign rider who spent the longest time at just one club? 

Freddie spent 14 years at Wolves, 2003-2013 and then again 2015-2017, and only ever rode for Wolves in England. 

I can't think of another one club foreign rider who comes close to Freddie's loyalty to Wolves. 

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9 hours ago, JoeW said:

If he qualifies - also rode in division one for three teams in a few meetings - how about Robbie Blackadder of Newcastle?

I was thinking Robbie Blackadder...of course some riders used to "double-up" with their sister club.

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7 hours ago, Stephen Doughty said:

Although his time riding in England came during the Elite League/Premier League era, surely Freddie Lindgren takes first prize for the foreign rider who spent the longest time at just one club? 

Freddie spent 14 years at Wolves, 2003-2013 and then again 2015-2017, and only ever rode for Wolves in England. 

I can't think of another one club foreign rider who comes close to Freddie's loyalty to Wolves. 

Good call!

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8 hours ago, Stephen Doughty said:

Although his time riding in England came during the Elite League/Premier League era, surely Freddie Lindgren takes first prize for the foreign rider who spent the longest time at just one club? 

Freddie spent 14 years at Wolves, 2003-2013 and then again 2015-2017, and only ever rode for Wolves in England. 

I can't think of another one club foreign rider who comes close to Freddie's loyalty to Wolves. 

I was about to add Ronnie Moore who had 18 seasons at Wimbledon but it seems that he also rode for Coventry in 1974, something that I was hitherto unaware of. 

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14 minutes ago, Sotonian said:

I was about to add Ronnie Moore who had 18 seasons at Wimbledon but it seems that he also rode for Coventry in 1974, something that I was hitherto unaware of. 

Yeah, that is still something that people argue about. Even though it was a very temporary stint, it should actually disqualify him as a "one-club" rider.

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