The 1973 British League Division Two season was the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.
Summary
The 1973 season saw the league expanded to 18 teams with the addition of
Chesterton Potters. The team had last raced during the
1963 Provincial Speedway League
The 1963 Provincial Speedway League was the fourth season of the Provincial League in the United Kingdom. Thirteen speedway teams took part.
Season summary
Wolverhampton won the league but there was controversy at the end of the year when Wolver ...
season under the name of the Stoke Potters.
Boston Barracudas
The Boston Barracudas were a speedway team that competed from 1970 to 1987 and again from 2000 to 2008. the team were based at Boston Sports Stadium in New Hammond Beck Road, Boston, Lincolnshire.
History 1970–1987
The Boston Barracudas were ...
won their first title and went on to win the league and cup double. Boston had finished runner-up to
Crewe Kings
The Crewe Kings was a British Speedway team which operated in Crewe, Cheshire from 1969 until its closure in 1975.
History
The team first competed in 1969 promoted by Maury Littlechild for Allied Presentations who also promoted the Rayleigh Ro ...
the previous season, with decent season averages recorded by five riders
Arthur Price
Arthur Price is a Sheffield-based manufacturer of cutlery and silverware, originally established in Birmingham, England in 1902, and later moving to Sheffield. It opened a subsidiary plant again in Birmingham and by the 1950s was the biggest ...
, Jim Ryman, Carl Glover, Russ Osborne and
Ray Bales. With a largely unchanged team, they went one place better by sealing the league title. Boston won easily, 14 points clear of their nearest rival, and four of the five riders improved their averages from 1972. Arthur Price also won the
Riders' Championship.
Final table
Top Five Riders
British League Division Two Knockout Cup
The 1973 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the sixth edition of the
Knockout Cup for tier two teams.
Boston Barracudas
The Boston Barracudas were a speedway team that competed from 1970 to 1987 and again from 2000 to 2008. the team were based at Boston Sports Stadium in New Hammond Beck Road, Boston, Lincolnshire.
History 1970–1987
The Boston Barracudas were ...
were the winners of the competition.
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
First leg
Second leg
Boston were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 89–66.
See also
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List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
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Knockout Cup (speedway)
Knockout Cup (sometimes referred to as the KO Cup) is a type of British motorcycle speedway competition, examples of which have run annually since 1929.
Each tier of British Speedway has its own respective Knockout Cup. The current Knockout Cup ...
References
{{Speedway British League Division Two seasons
Speedway British League Division Two / National League