White City Speedway (Manchester)

White City Speedway (Manchester)
Club information
Track addressWhite City Stadium (Manchester)
Chester Road
Old Trafford
Greater Manchester
CountryEngland
Founded1928
Closed1930
LeagueEnglish Dirt Track League
Northern League

White City Speedway (Manchester) were a British motorcycle speedway team who operated between 1928 and 1930 and were based at White City Stadium (Manchester), Chester Road, Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.[1]

Dirt track racing started on Saturday, June 1928.[2][3][4]

During the 1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League season, the team led the league table by four points, having won 18 of their 20 matches, but following a dispute, they withdrew from the league handing Leeds the title.[5][6]

The club closed in 1930 but was revived for a meeting in 1958.[7]

Season summary

Year and league Position Notes
1929 Speedway English Dirt Track League N/A withdrew, results expunged
1930 Speedway Southern League 3rd withdrew, results stood

Notable riders

References

  1. ^ "Manchester White City". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Manchester White City Speedway Track". The National Speedway Museum.
  3. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  4. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Dirt-Track Topics". Yorkshire Evening Post. 20 September 1929. Retrieved 25 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "1929 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 17 August 2021.


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