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S Glasgow Tigers Speedway Results 1979 Glasgow Tigers S Speedway Results 1979 Blantyre Stadium Glasgow Road Blantyre S.C.B. Licence No. 79/24 Track Length: 310 yards (283 metres) Compiled by Dave Allan Version 2 September 2020 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My thanks to: Steve Ashley Tracy Bird Peter Colvin Gary Done Neil Fife Robin Goodall Matt Jackson Gary Weldon Bryan Wilcock Steve Wilkes The knowledgable members of the British Speedway Forum and the Easy, Tiger! Forum. CONTACT If you discover any inaccuracies, can provide missing details or have any information which you feel may benefit this file, please contact: [email protected] A list of main requirements can be found at the end of this file. REVISIONS Version 1 first published August 2018. Version 2 first published September 2020. THE FOLLOWING NOTATION IS IN USE THROUGHOUT THIS FILE SCORECHART HEAT DETAILS DESCRIPTION (guest) Rider making a ‘full and proper’ guest appearance (loanee) Rider drafted in from home or local track to make up a short-handed team (F) Rider scored a full maximum (see note A) (P) Rider scored a paid maximum (see note A) R/R Rider replacement rule in operation * Denotes bonus point awarded N Rider replaced by reserve TS Rider replaced by tactical substitute (see note B) R (ret) Rider did not finish for reason other than fall or exclusion F (fell) Rider fell and did not remount FX (f, exc) Rider fell and was excluded from race or rerun FN (f, ns) Rider fell and was unable to take their place in rerun X (exc, reason ) Rider excluded for any other reason not E or M (reason appended where known) E (exc, tapes) Rider excluded for starting offence (including tape breaking, tape touching, etc.) M (exc, 2 mins) Rider excluded under the two minute rule NS (ns) Rider failed to start but was not excluded or replaced (tapes, +XX yards) Rider committed a starting offence and was given a handicap in the rerun (2 mins, +XX yards) Rider penalised under the two minute rule and given a handicap in the rerun (ef - pushed) Rider suffered machine failure and pushed to finish the race (awar) Rider was awarded their placing (f, rem) Rider fell and remounted to finish (f, awar) Rider fell or was caused to fall and was awarded their placing (f - pushed) Rider fell and pushed their machine to finish the race NTR Winning time set a new track record ETR Winning time equalled the existing track record Note A: Qualification for full & paid maximums is 4 rides. For junior mini-matches the qualification is 2 rides. Note B: Some reserve replacement rides (N) may in fact have been tactical substitute (TS) rides. Due to the difficulty in determining this information, only proven tactical substitute rides are recorded. 1979 SEASON SUMMARY NATIONAL LEAGUE P W D L F A Pts +/- Home 18 18 0 0 877 521 36 0 Away 18 1 0 17 555 847 2 +2 Totals 36 19 0 17 1432 1368 38 +2 Finished 7th of 19 teams. NATIONAL LEAGUE KNOCK-OUT CUP 1st Round: Bye. 2nd Round: Lost v Rye House 71-85 (24-54 & 47-31). INTER-LEAGUE KNOCK-OUT CUP 1st Round: Lost v Hull 28-50. NATIONAL LEAGUE FOUR TEAM TOURNAMENT Finished 3rd in qualifying round and did not progress (Glasgow 87, Berwick 113, Newcastle 103, Edinburgh 77). NATIONAL LEAGUE PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP Steve Lawson & Derek Richardson represented Glasgow. They finished 3rd in qualifying group C with 9 points (Lawson 3, Richardson 6) and did not progress. NATIONAL LEAGUE RIDERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Steve Lawson qualified and scored 3 points (joint 13th place). GRAND NATIONAL Steve Lawson, Derek Richardson, Andy Reid & Keith Bloxsome all contested the Northern Final but none progressed to the Grand Final. Lawson scored 7 points (joint 8th place), Richardson scored 5 (joint 13th place) and Reid & Bloxsome both scored 2 (joint 16th place). SILVER HELMET Steve Lawson (challenger) lost to Tom Owen (Newcastle): 1st Leg at Glasgow 24th August: Owen won 2-0. 2nd Leg at Newcastle 27th August: Owen won 2-0. SCOTTISH CUP Semi-Final: Bye. Final: Won v Berwick 81-74 (27-51 & 54-23). 1979 RESULTS Date Venue Meeting Event Result Notes Friday 06/04/1979 Home Glasgow v Berwick Challenge Postponed Rain Friday 13/04/1979 Home Glasgow v Workington Anglo-Scottish Cup L1 Postponed Rain Saturday 14/04/1979 Away Berwick v Glasgow Challenge 46-32 Sunday 15/04/1979 Away Workington v Glasgow Anglo-Scottish Cup L1 49-29 Friday 20/04/1979 Home Glasgow v Milton Keynes National League 41-37 Tuesday 24/04/1979 Away Weymouth v Glasgow National League Postponed Rain Thursday 26/04/1979 Away Oxford v Glasgow National League 52-26 Friday 27/04/1979 Home Glasgow v Weymouth National League 51-27 Monday 30/04/1979 Away Newcastle v Glasgow v Berwick v Edinburgh National League 4TT QR L1 34 v 21 v 24 v 15 Tuesday 01/05/1979 Away Weymouth v Glasgow National League 41-36 Friday 04/05/1979 Away Edinburgh v Glasgow v Berwick v Newcastle National League 4TT QR L2 27 v 24 v 23 v 21 Saturday 05/05/1979 Away Berwick v Glasgow v Edinburgh v Newcastle National League 4TT QR L3 36 v 16 v 22 v 22 Sunday 06/05/1979 Home Glasgow v Berwick v Edinburgh v Newcastle National League 4TT QR L4 26 v 30 v 13 v 26 Sunday 13/05/1979 Home Scotland v England International - Second Test 60-48 Friday 18/05/1979 Home Glasgow v Hull Inter-League KOC R1 28-50 Friday 25/05/1979 Home Glasgow v Scunthorpe National League 51-27 Friday 01/06/1979 Home Glasgow v Crayford National League 46-30 Sunday 03/06/1979 Away Rye House v Glasgow National League KOC R2 L1 54-24 Friday 08/06/1979 Home Glasgow v Rye House National League KOC R2 L2 47-31 Monday 11/06/1979 Away Scunthorpe v Glasgow National League 36-42 Tuesday 12/06/1979 Away Crayford v Glasgow National League 49-29 Friday 15/06/1979 Away Edinburgh v Glasgow Inter-City Cup L1 42-36 Sunday 17/06/1979 Home Glasgow v Edinburgh Inter-City Cup L2 50-28 Friday 22/06/1979 Home Glasgow v Nottingham National League 52-26 Wednesday 27/06/1979 Away Nottingham v Glasgow National League 52-26 Friday 29/06/1979 Home Glasgow v Mildenhall National League 47-31 Friday 06/07/1979 Home Glasgow v Canterbury National League 52-26 Friday 13/07/1979 Home Scottish Pairs Championship Best Pairs Merv Janke & Colin Caffrey Thursday 19/07/1979 Away Middlesbrough v Glasgow National League 50-27 Friday 20/07/1979 Home Glasgow v Oxford National League 41-37 Friday 27/07/1979 Home Glasgow v Newcastle National League 43-35 Friday 03/08/1979 Home Glasgow v Berwick National League 45-33 Saturday 04/08/1979 Away Berwick v Glasgow National League 40-38 Monday 06/08/1979 Away Newcastle v Glasgow National League 45-33 Tuesday 07/08/1979 Away Milton Keynes v Glasgow National League Postponed Rain 1979 RESULTS (continued) Date Venue Meeting Event Result Notes Friday 10/08/1979 Home Glasgow v Middlesbrough National League 62-16 Friday 17/08/1979 Home Glasgow v Peterborough National League 44-33 Friday 24/08/1979 Home Glasgow v Ellesmere Port National League 51-27 Saturday 25/08/1979 Away Stoke v Glasgow National League 42-36 Sunday 26/08/1979 Away Ellesmere Port v Glasgow National League 49-29 Monday 27/08/1979 Away Workington v Glasgow National League 49-29 Friday 31/08/1979 Away Peterborough v Glasgow National League 46-32 Sunday 02/09/1979 Home Glasgow v Stoke National League 50-27 Friday 07/09/1979 Home Glasgow v Boston National League 52-25 Saturday 08/09/1979 Away Canterbury v Glasgow National League 49-29 Sunday 09/09/1979 Away Mildenhall v Glasgow National League 55-23 Tuesday 11/09/1979 Away Milton Keynes v Glasgow National League 54-24 Friday 14/09/1979 Home Glasgow v Rye House National League 45-32 Friday 21/09/1979 Away Edinburgh v Glasgow National League 41-37 Sunday 23/09/1979 Home Glasgow v Edinburgh National League 51-27 Friday 28/09/1979 Home Scottish Junior League v Anglia Junior League Junior Representative Match 38-39 Sunday 30/09/1979 Away Rye House v Glasgow National League 54-24 Friday 05/10/1979 Home Glasgow v Workington National League 53-25 Sunday 07/10/1979 Away Boston v Glasgow National League 43-35 Friday 12/10/1979 Home Glasgow v Belle Vue Inter-League Challenge 45-33 Friday 19/10/1979 Home Glasgow v Workington Anglo-Scottish Cup L2 51-27 Sunday 21/10/1979 Away Berwick v Glasgow Scottish Cup Final L1 51-27 Friday 26/10/1979 Home Glasgow v Berwick Scottish Cup Final L2 54-23 1979 National League Home Away Overall Final Table P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A PTS P W D L F A DIFF PTS +/- 1 Mildenhall 18 18 0 0 935 465 36 18 12 0 6 723.5 674.5 24 36 30 0 6 1658.5 1139.5 519 60 +24 2 Rye House 18 18 0 0 947 453 36 18 11 1 6 737 663 23 36 29 1 6 1684 1116 568 59 +23 3 Oxford 18 16 0 2 886 513 32 18 8 1 9 661 737 17 36 24 1 11 1547 1250 297 49 +13 4 Berwick 18 17 1 0 910 492 35 18 4 2 12 630.5 769.5 10 36 21 3 12 1540.5 1261.5 279 45 +9 5 Milton Keynes 18 15 0 3 798 598 30 18 6 0 12 643 760 12 36 21 0 15 1441 1358 83 42 +6 6 Newcastle 18 13 0 5 822 579 26 18 7 0 11 658 742 14 36 20 0 16 1480 1321 159 40 +4 7 Glasgow 18 18 0 0 877 521 36 18 1 0 17 555 847 2 36 19 0 17 1432 1368 64 38 +2 8 Peterborough 18 15 1 2 819 584 31 18 3 1 14 603 797 7 36 18 2 16 1422 1381 41 38 +2 9 Ellesmere Port 18 15 1 2 845 555 31 18 3 0 15 590 811 6 36 18 1 17 1435 1366 69 37 +1 10 Canterbury 18 14 1 3 821 582 29 18 3 1 14 580 822 7 36 17 2 17 1401 1404 -3 36 0 11 Middlesbrough 18 14 0 4 768 633 28 18 3 1 14 577 824 7 36 17 1 18 1345 1457 -112 35 -1 12 Crayford 18 14 0 4 764 636 28 18 2 0 16 559 843 4 36 16 0 20 1323 1479 -156 32 -4 13 Stoke 18 12 1 5 763 638 25 18 3 1 14 558.5 839.5 7 36 15 2 19 1321.5 1477.5 -156 32 -4 14 Nottingham 18 12 1 5 774.5 628.5 25 18 2 0 16 577 824 4 36 14 1 21 1351.5 1452.5 -101 29 -7 15 Workington 18 14 1 3 787 615 29 18 0 0 18 532 871 0 36 14 1 21 1319 1486 -167 29 -7 16 Boston 18 12 1 5 776 624 25 18 1 1 16 541 857 3 36 13 2 21 1317 1481 -164 28 -8 17 Edinburgh 18 11 0 7 747.5 653.5 22 18 2 1 15 526 871 5 36 13 1 22 1273.5 1524.5 -251 27 -9 18 Weymouth 18 9 1 8 718.5 683.5 19 18 0 0 18 525 877 0 36 9 1 26 1243.5 1560.5 -317 19 -17 19 Scunthorpe 18 4 1 13 658 733 9 18 0 0 18 410 987 0 36 4 1 31 1068 1720 -652 9 -27 Glasgow Tigers v Berwick Bandits Friday 6th April 1979 (Challenge, 1st Leg) Meeting postponed over a week before - track heavily waterlogged.
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