Bradford Northern were a
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...
team based at
Odsal Stadium
Odsal Stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, is the home of Bradford Bulls Rugby League team. It has also been used by the Bradford Dukes speedway team, BRISCA F1 and F2 stock cars, the football team Bradford City, following the V ...
, in
Odsal
Odsal is an area of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
Odsal Stadium is the home of Bradford rugby league club. The Richard Dunn Sports Centre is named after the boxer who lived in Bradford at the time of his 1976 bout against Mu ...
,
Bradford, from 1970 to 1973.
[Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. ]
History
In June 1970, halfway through the
Division Two season, promoters Les Whaley, Mike Parker and Bill Bridgett moved the
Nelson Admirals side across the Pennines to
Bradford to resurrect speedway at
Odsal
Odsal is an area of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
Odsal Stadium is the home of Bradford rugby league club. The Richard Dunn Sports Centre is named after the boxer who lived in Bradford at the time of his 1976 bout against Mu ...
as Bradford Northern.
[ The team spent three years in the British League Division Two.
1974 saw the team name change to ]Bradford Barons
Bradford Barons were a motorcycle speedway team based at Odsal Stadium in Odsal, Bradford, from 1974 to 1975.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''.
History
1974 saw yet another name change with Bradford Barons replacing ...
.
Season summary
See also
* Odsal Boomerangs
Odsal Boomerangs were a motorcycle speedway team based at Odsal Stadium, Rooley Lane, Odsal, Bradford, West Yorkshire, from 1945 to 1950. The team became the Odsal Tudors during the 1950 season.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British S ...
* Bradford Panthers
The Bradford Panthers were a motorcycle speedway team based at Odsal Stadium and Greenfield Stadium, in Bradford, Yorkshire, from 1960 to 1963.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''.
History Odsal
In 1960 the Bradford Tu ...
* Bradford Tudors
The Odsal Tudors or Bradford Tudors were a motorcycle speedway team based at Odsal Stadium in Bradford from 1950 to 1960.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''.
History
At the end of July 1950 the Odsal Tudors replaced t ...
* Bradford Barons
Bradford Barons were a motorcycle speedway team based at Odsal Stadium in Odsal, Bradford, from 1974 to 1975.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''.
History
1974 saw yet another name change with Bradford Barons replacing ...
* Bradford Dukes
The Bradford Dukes were a British motorcycle speedway team which operated from the Odsal Stadium in Bradford from 1986 until their closure in 1997.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''.
History
Speedway has long been ass ...
References
Sport in Bradford
Defunct speedway teams in the United Kingdom
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