what year did peter craven win the speedway final at wembley
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Peter Craven Peter Craven got his first taste of motorcycle speedway racing in 1949 at the Stanley Stadium, Prescot Road, Liverpool. He visited the stadium a day after his sixteenth birthday and drove a few laps on his brother's bike, before hitting the safety fence and sustaining a concussion.n 1955, on his second try, Peter sensationally won the first of his two FIM World Championships at Wembley. In 1958, Peter captained the English team against Sweden in Sweden, finishing top scorer; he also top-scored in the five-test series against Australasia.
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Don Warrington Warrington is known for playing Philip Smith in Rising Damp, from 1974 to 1978, alongside Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale, and Frances de la Tour. Warrington also appeared as series regular in the crime drama C.A.T.S. Eyes, as government contact Nigel Beaumont (1985–1987); in Impact Earth (2007) playing General Harris; and in New Street Law as Judge Ken Winyard.
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1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final The 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match between Scottish team Rangers and Soviet team Dynamo Moscow. It took place at the Camp Nou in Barcelona on 24 May 1972 in front of a crowd of 24,701.It was the final of the 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup, one of three football competitions run by UEFA at the time. Both teams had to go through four qualifying rounds to get reach the final.Rangers won three of their four qualifying matches in regulation time, with their second round match against Sporting Lisbon going into extra time. Dynamo was required to win a penalty shootout to beat Dynamo Berlin in their semi-final match..n 2006 Rangers opened Bar 72 in the Govan stand which was named in honour of the team that won the Cup Winners Cup. In 2012 Rangers celebrated 40 years since winning the trophy by wearing a 2012-13 home strip of a similar style as the one worn during the 1972 final.
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SpeedwayElvis Movie #27 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1968 Elvis Movie #27. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1968. Speedway was Elvis Presley's 27th movie in order of release but actually his 26th to be filmed. (MGM shot Speedway before Stay Away, Joe but released it afterwards.) It would be the last in a long line of light, song-filled, musical-comedies featuring Presley.
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BBC Sportfootball Ormerod's goal on the stroke of half-time earned Blackpool victory. Blackpool twice came from behind to defeat Cardiff and reach the Premier League for the first time after an engaging and, at times, breathtaking final at a sun-soaked Wembley. 45:00+0:14 GOAL-Brett Ormerod:Blackpool 3 - 2 Cardiff Brett Ormerod scores a goal from inside the six-yard box to the bottom left corner of the goal. 2  Blackpool 3-2 Cardiff. 3  44:01 Dudley Campbell challenges Kevin McNaughton unfairly and gives away a free kick. 4  Free kick taken by Mark Hudson.
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Bruno Sammartino 1 December 10, 1973: Bruno Sammartino defeated Stan Stasiak to recapture the WWWF World title. ~~~ Bruno Sammartino’s second WWWF World title reign lasted just over 3 years, Bruno was the 1st to win the title twice.
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Important Events From This day in History April 15th They were crushed to death at Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield during the FA Cup semi-final between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool. The crush is said to have resulted from too many Liverpool fans being allowed in to the back of an already full stand at the Leppings Lane end of the ground.
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'Kill off the demon child and let Fatboy resurrect!' EastEnders fans upset as Ricky Norwood's character meets a grisly end... but Bobby Beale heads to boarding school His last appearance on screen was on Christmas Eve. But Ricky Norwood's Arthur 'Fatboy' Chubb's fatal finale on EastEnders was finally revealed on Saturday's Boxing Day episode of the BBC soap. The grisly storyline saw the soap favourite crushed in a car in a serious case of mistaken identity. Scroll down for video.
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Twickenham Stadium Twickenham was also host of the 1991 Rugby World Cup Final in which Australia beat England 12-6. For this game, England changed their style of play, opting for the sort of running-game that had brought them victory against Ireland in the March 1988 game referred to above.t is also the venue for the final of the Aviva Premiership as well as the season-opening London Double Header and the Christmas holiday Big Game, and has hosted the Anglo-Welsh Cup final in the past. Twickenham also hosted the 2006-07 Heineken Cup final.
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- By Toby Babb. Last week we were fortunate to meet Sir Dave Brailsford, Performance Director of Team Sky and the man behind some of the most celebrated British sporting stories of the last century. Brailsford has built on Peter Keen’s work to engineer Olympic dominance for Team GB in the Velodrome.Going further than this, his bold predictions came true when Sir Bradley Wiggins became the first Brit to win the Tour De France and followed it up with a back to back win for Chris Froome the following year.railsford has built on Peter Keen’s work to engineer Olympic dominance for Team GB in the Velodrome. Going further than this, his bold predictions came true when Sir Bradley Wiggins became the first Brit to win the Tour De France and followed it up with a back to back win for Chris Froome the following year.
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Former Indy mechanic Joe Granatelli dies The car coasted to a halt. Joe Leonard, Graham Hill and Art Pollard drove turbine powered Lotus cars in 1968 and experienced similar misfortunes. USAC then changed the turbine air inlet rules for 1969 and the Whoosh Mobile became a museum piece. Joe Granatelli, who was with Andy at the Speedway through 1973 when Gordon Johncock won in an STP car, tested often at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
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Team Canada nails down trip to Tim Hortons Brier final “We needed an inch or two more curl on my last one to make it really difficult. But just too many opportunities missed.”. Team Canada will now meet Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario in Sunday’s 5 p.m. (all times Mountain) final. Jacobs won his berth in the final by beating Gushue in the Page 1-2 playoff game on Friday.Jacobs will be gunning for his second Tim Hortons Brier title in three years. Simmons, second Carter Rycroft and lead Nolan Thiessen will be after their second straight championship, with two different skips.eam Canada’s miraculous turn-around in the Tim Hortons Brier, presented by SecurTek Monitoring Solutions, continued Saturday with two victories that moved the Pat Simmons-led squad into today’s final. Team Canada skip Pat Simmons is pumped after winning Saturday night’s semifinal.
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- Three Witches Take 16 Lap Classic Honours. Friday, 25 September 2015 07:26. Ipswich skipper Danny King won the 16 Lap Classic at Foxhall on Thursday night with Nico Covatti second and Stefan Nielsen third. Nico won the actual 16 Lap Final leading from start to finish after starting from the front row.hree Witches Take 16 Lap Classic Honours. Friday, 25 September 2015 07:26. Ipswich skipper Danny King won the 16 Lap Classic at Foxhall on Thursday night with Nico Covatti second and Stefan Nielsen third. Nico won the actual 16 Lap Final leading from start to finish after starting from the front row.
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- Heysel Stadium Disaster. It is incongruous to attempt to draw a parallel between the two disasters, given that the cause of Heysel was hooliganism. However, if there was one common denominator, it concerned the inadequate crowd arrangements..- Alan Hansen.On the 29th May 1985 Liverpool F.C played Juventus F.C(Italy) in the European Cup Final held at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.The events prior to the match ensured that the match would prove insignificant.t is incongruous to attempt to draw a parallel between the two disasters, given that the cause of Heysel was hooliganism. However, if there was one common denominator, it concerned the inadequate crowd arrangements..
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Federal Election 2015: Elmwood-Transcona riding results A A. Listen. Summary: The longtime home of former NDP MP Bill Blaikie is a riding to watch this election, as his son hopes to retake the seat for the party, after the Conservatives won by a narrow margin in 2011.ast Election: Conservative candidate Lawrence Toet defeated one-term NDP MP Jim Maloway by 300 votes. Story continues below. History: Prior to Toet’s win in 2011, this riding had exclusively gone NDP, primarily under Bill Blaikie, who served as an MP in the area from 1979 to 2008.
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- Published: July 8, 2000. LOUDON, N.H., July 7— Kenny Irwin, the Winston Cup rookie of the year in 1998, was killed today when his car slammed into a wall at 150 miles an hour at New Hampshire International Speedway, the track where another driver was killed eight weeks ago.
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- Bentley won the Allan Cup in 2009, and lost in the championship game in 2008, 2010 and 2011. Jason Churchill made 30 saves for the Caribous, who were looking for their second national title in three years.
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Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland's next outing in a major final came in 1992 when, as a Second Division club, they returned to the FA Cup final. There was to be no repeat of the heroics of 1973, as Sunderland lost 2–0 to Liverpool.n 5 December 1908, Sunderland achieved their highest ever league win, against north-east rivals Newcastle United. They won the game 9–1; Billy Hogg and George Holley each scored hat-tricks. The club won the league again in 1913, but lost their first FA Cup final 1–0 to Aston Villa, in a very tough loss.
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Sir Winston Churchill Conservative 1951 to 1955, 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill was an inspirational statesman, writer, orator and leader who led Britain to victory in the Second World War. He served as Conservative Prime Minister twice-from 1940 to 1945 (before being defeated in the 1945 general election by the Labour leader Clement Attlee) and from 1951 to 1955.
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BBC Sportfootball Chief football writer at the Millennium Stadium. England cruised to a comfortable victory against Wales in Cardiff as their campaign to reach Euro 2012 stayed on course at the Millennium Stadium. 6:41 GOAL-Frank Lampard:Wales 0 - 1 England Frank Lampard scores a penalty.
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World Snooker Championship Joe Davis never contested the world championship again, though he continued to play professional snooker. Walter Donaldson won in 1947, but it was Fred Davis who dominated the next few years, winning it three times in 1948, 1949 and 1951.he first championship was held in 1927 and Joe Davis helped to organise the event. Matches were held at various venues, and the final took place at Camkin's Hall, Birmingham. Joe Davis won the event, beating Tom Dennis 20-11. His prize money was £6.10s.
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Humpy Wheeler For other people named H. A. Wheeler, see Harold Alden Wheeler. Howard Augustine Humpy Wheeler, Jr. (born October 23, 1938 in Belmont, North Carolina, U.S.A) is the former President and General Manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway, one of the premier auto racing venues owned by Bruton Smith's Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
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Text file Text file. A text file is a computer file that only contains text and has no special formatting such as bold text, italic text, images, etc. With Microsoft Windows computers text files are identified with the .txt file extension, as shown in the example picture to the right.
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Whatever happened to Alan Sunderland? Written by Karl Sears | Comments(5). Alan Sunderland made a name for himself when he broke into the Wolves first team at the age of 17. He scored 30 goals in his six years at Molineux before securing a move to Arsenal, and it was there where he wrote himself into FA Cup folklore.In the 1979 ‘Five minute’ FA Cup Final, Sunderland converted a last minute Graham Rix cross to clinch a dramatic 3-2 win over Manchester United.e scored 30 goals in his six years at Molineux before securing a move to Arsenal, and it was there where he wrote himself into FA Cup folklore. In the 1979 ‘Five minute’ FA Cup Final, Sunderland converted a last minute Graham Rix cross to clinch a dramatic 3-2 win over Manchester United.
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Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland have also been Football League Cup finalists in 1985 and 2014. Sunderland won their first FA Cup in 1937 with a 3–1 victory over Preston North End, and remained in the top league for 68 successive seasons until they were relegated for the first time in 1958.n 5 December 1908, Sunderland achieved their highest ever league win, against north-east rivals Newcastle United. They won the game 9–1; Billy Hogg and George Holley each scored hat-tricks. The club won the league again in 1913, but lost their first FA Cup final 1–0 to Aston Villa, in a very tough loss.
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Whatever Happened to Tom Lehrer? For a songwriter who quit performing 53 years ago, Tom Lehrer still resonates in the public consciousness and remains remarkably current. Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe recently sang “The Elements” on TV, and a new Lehrer revue, “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,” had a hit run last year in Seattle.