WEMBLEY LIONS

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SP Case.JPG (5768 bytes) Speedway racing first came to the World Famous Wembley Stadium on 16th May 1929. It is recorded that a gate of 19456 witnessed this first meeting, which was to prove successful for Roger Frogley in the Empire Stadium Shield. The team initially operated in the Southern League, but by 1932 had moved to the National League, and reached National League Division One by 1937. Training events also took place on the Stadium Car Park, with indoor events being held at the Wembley Arena. The final speedway event took place on 5th September 1981. SP Farndon.JPG (17647 bytes)
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View an early programme
The first greyhound meeting took place at Wembley on 10th December 1927, the first winner starting from Trap 4 was a dog called Spin. It has hosted some of the major events of the sport, including the Coronation Stakes over 490 metres, first won by Bearded Biddy in 1928, the Gold Cup over 655 metres, first won in 1929 by Chain Mail, and the Trafalgar Cup over 490 metres.
View Liam Devlin cards of BRUCE ABERNETHY & TREVOR REDMOND
The team were League Champions on no less than 10 occasions, including a consecutive set of victories from 1949 until 1953. The team have always been known as the Lions throughout their history. To view a complete collection of badges choose the relevant link below: 1930-81
This section gives a comprehensive picture of the badges produced for the team throughout the ages, but only provides the briefest of glimpses of its history. For those wishing to read more widely we recommend a visit to

http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21   especially

Speedway in London (Paperback)

by Norman Jacobs  ISBN-10: 0752422219

More detailed information is available from "Homes of British Speedway' by Robert Bamford & John Jarvis

A further great source of information is provided on John Skinner's excellent website on Defunct Speedway tracks, with a link given below.
http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/

For all Speedway enthusiasts, John Somerville’s website should always be your first port of call:-https://www.skidmarks1928.com/v/photos/john-somerville-collection
or email johnwslusar@gmail.com for inclusion of your comments and photos of speedway on this website.

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