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2014 Premier League speedway season

The 2014 Premier League was the second division of British speedway.

Summary

The season took place between March and October 2014. The Somerset Rebels were the defending champions after winning in 2013. This season saw a change to the line-up of teams, with the Peterborough Panthers dropping down from the Elite League and replacing the Leicester Lions who moved up to take Peterborough's place in the Elite League.

Edinburgh Monarchs, led by Craig Cook and Sam Masters won the treble of League, Knockout Cup and League Cup, while going on a 27 match unbeaten run. Masters and Max Fricke also won the Premier Pairs.

Final League table

<small> Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points<br> Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less<br> M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points</small>

'A' Fixtures & results

'B' Fixtures & results

4 extra random matches per team were held counting towards the league standings

Play Offs

Group 1

Group 2

Final

First leg

Second leg

Edinburgh were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 96–95.

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2014 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 47th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Edinburgh Monarchs were the winners of the competition.

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

First leg

Second leg

Edinburgh were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 105–75.

Riders' Championship

Simon Stead won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 21 September at Owlerton Stadium.

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Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 11 July. The event was won by Edinburgh Monarchs.

Semi finals

  • Somerset bt Workington 7–2
  • Edinburgh bt Redcar 7–2

Final

  • Edinburgh bt Somerset 5–4

Fours

Somerset Rebels won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 3 August 2014, at the East of England Arena.

Final Leading averages

Riders & final averages

Berwick

  • 8.11
  • 7.67
  • 7.24
  • 6.83
  • 6.64
  • 6.31
  • 4.94
  • 2.61

Edinburgh

  • 10.41
  • 9.12
  • 8.76
  • 8.67
  • 8.31
  • 5.44
  • 4.00

Glasgow

  • 7.31
  • 6.97
  • 6.53
  • 6.28
  • 5.64
  • 5.21
  • 5.20
  • 5.00
  • 2.53

Ipswich

  • 8.06
  • 8.00
  • 7.98
  • 6.84
  • 6.29
  • 6.14
  • 6.10

Newcastle

  • 9.34
  • 8.59
  • 7.81
  • 7.41
  • 6.98
  • 6.59
  • 5.28
  • 4.90
  • 4.41
  • 4.39

Peterborough

  • 9.02
  • 8.40
  • 8.00
  • 7.90
  • 7.17
  • 5.85
  • 4.71
  • 4.31
  • 4.06
  • 3.80
  • 3.14

Plymouth

  • 9.48
  • 7.18
  • 6.81
  • 6.80
  • 6.41
  • 5.97
  • 5.84
  • 3.73
  • 1.53

Redcar

  • 9.31
  • 8.02
  • 7.23
  • 6.07
  • 5.99
  • 5.41
  • 3.03
  • 2.89

Rye House

  • 8.70
  • 7.10
  • 6.33
  • 5.81
  • 5.33
  • 5.32
  • 5.32
  • 4.25
  • 1.50

Scunthorpe

  • 7.85
  • 7.54
  • 7.49
  • 7.14
  • 7.13
  • 6.71
  • 2.21

Sheffield

  • 9.70
  • 6.28
  • 6.15
  • 5.96
  • 5.60
  • 5.54
  • 4.84
  • 4.28
  • 3.91

Somerset

  • 8.83
  • 8.34
  • 8.19
  • 7.74
  • 7.55
  • 6.79
  • 5.93

Workington

  • 9.04
  • 7.88
  • 7.49
  • 6.79
  • 5.76
  • 5.54
  • 5.54
  • 4.58
  • 3.24

See also

References