British League Division Two Knockout Cup
FormerlyNational Trophy
SportSpeedway
Founded1968
Ceased1994
Replaced byPremier League Knockout Cup
CountryUnited Kingdom
Last
champion(s)		Glasgow Tigers

The British League Division Two Knockout Cup (known as the National League Knockout Cup between 1976 and 1990 in line with the name of the league) was a motorcycle speedway Knockout Cup competition in the United Kingdom governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). The teams from the second and lowest tier of league racing, the British League Division Two, took part. Similar competitions have been held within the leagues that succeeded the British League.

Competition format

The competition was run on a knockout principle; teams drawn together race home and away matches against each other, with the aggregate score deciding the result. In the event of the aggregate score being level, the teams again raced home and away against each other until the tie was decided by an aggregate win.[1]

Winners

Year Winners Runners-up
British League Division Two Knockout Cup
1968 Canterbury Crusaders Reading Racers
1969 Belle Vue Colts Crewe Kings
1970 Ipswich Witches Berwick Bandits
1971 Ipswich Witches Crewe Kings
1972 Crewe Kings Peterborough Panthers
1973 Boston Barracudas Workington Comets
1974 Birmingham Brummies Eastbourne Eagles
New National League Knockout Cup
1975 Eastbourne Eagles Workington Comets
National League Knockout Cup
1976 Newcastle Diamonds Berwick Bandits
1977 Eastbourne Eagles Berwick Bandits
1978 Eastbourne Eagles Rye House Rockets
1979 Rye House Rockets Berwick Bandits
1980 Berwick Bandits Middlesbrough Tigers
1981 Edinburgh Monarchs Berwick Bandits
1982 Newcastle Diamonds Ellesmere Port Gunners
1983 Exeter Falcons Weymouth Wildcats
1984 Hackney Kestrels Berwick Bandits
1985 Eastbourne Eagles Ellesmere Port Gunners
1986 Eastbourne Eagles Mildenhall Fen Tigers
1987 Eastbourne Eagles Mildenhall Fen Tigers
1988 Hackney Kestrels Wimbledon Dons
1989 Berwick Bandits Poole Pirates
1990 Poole Pirates Middlesbrough Bears
British League Division Two Knockout Cup
1991 Arena Essex Hammers Glasgow Tigers
1992 Peterborough Panthers Rye House Rockets
1993 Glasgow Tigers Swindon Robins
1994 Glasgow Tigers Edinburgh Monarchs

See also

Knockout Cup (speedway) for full list of winners and competitions

References

  1. ↑ "SCB Speedway Regulations" (pdf). Speedway Control Board. 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
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