1999 Premier League speedway season

The League consisted of 13 teams for the 1999 season with the addition of the Swindon Robins who dropped down from the Elite League and a new team, the Workington Comets who replaced the Hull Vikings and the Peterborough Panthers who moved up to the Elite League.

The League was run on a standard format with no play-offs and was won by Sheffield Tigers.[1]

The 1999 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 32nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Edinburgh Monarchs were the winners of the competition.[2]

Sean Wilson won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 12 September at Owlerton Stadium.[5]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Sean Wilson	3 1 3 3 3	13	-	3
2	Jesper Olsen	2 3 3 3 2	13	3	2
3	Craig Watson	3 2 2 0 3	10	2	1
4	Carl Stonehewer	3 3 3 1 3	13	-	0
5	Michael Coles	3 1 1 3 3	11	1
6	Paul Pickering	2 3 3 2 1	11	0
7	Glenn Cunningham	2 2 2 1 2	9
8	Peter Carr	ex 3 2 2 2	9
9	Les Collins	1 ex 2 2 2	7
10	Anders Henriksson	1 0 1 3 1	6
11	Phil Morris	1 1 1 2 0	5
12	Paul Bentley	1 2 0 1 1	5
13	Leigh Lanham	ex 2 0 1 1	4
14	James Grieves	2 0 0 0 0	2
15	Neville Tatum	0 1 1 0 0	2
16	David Meldrum	0 0 0 0 0	0

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The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Hayley Stadium on 25 July. The event was won by Workington Comets.[6][7]

Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Workington 38 Stonehewer 20, Werner 18 2 Arena Essex 31 Lanham 18, White 13 3 Newport 28 Smart 18, Watson 10 5 Edinburgh 24 Grieves 20, Little 4 u Sheffield ? Wilson, Compton u Glasgow ? Collins, Sanchez u Newcastle ? Olsen, Eriksson Fours Sheffield Tigers won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 29 August 1999, at the East of England Arena.[8] Group A Pos Team Pts Riders 1 isle of Wight 17 Swain 6, Berge 5, Tatum 4, Carter 2 2 Newport 13 Henriksson 5, Appleton 4, Watson 3, Smart 1 3 Swindon 12 Bishop 5, Collins N 3, Masters 2, Cunningham 2 4 Edinburgh 6 Little 4, Grieves 1, Carr P 1, Brady 0 Group B Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Sheffield 16 Compton 5, Wilson 4, Stead 4, Smith 3 2 Arena Essex 14 Lanham 6, White 4, Lobb 2, Pratt 2 3 Newcastle 11 Olsen 6, Walsh 3, Eriksson 2, Swales 0 4 Glasgow 7 Collins L 4, Bentley 3, Beveridge 0, Felton 0 Final Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Sheffield 28 Smith 8, Compton 7, Stead 6, Wilson 5, Lee 2 2 Newport 24 Watson 9, Smart 8, Henriksson 5, Appleton 2 3 Isle of Wight 10 Lanham 3, White 3, Lobb 3, Pratt 1 4 Arena Essex 10 Tatum 4, Carter 2, Berge 2, Swain 2 Final leading averages Rider Team Average Sean Wilson Sheffield 10.56 Carl Stonehewer Workington 9.92 Paul Bentley Glasgow 9.76 Jesper Olsen Newcastle 9.68 Peter Carr Edinburgh 9.59 Craig Watson Newport 9.59 Petri Kokko Reading 9.42 Michael Coles Exeter 9.36 Les Collins Glasgow 9.23 Leigh Lanham Arena Essex 9.10 Riders & final averages Arena Essex Leigh Lanham 9.10 Colin White 8.76 Troy Pratt 7.19 Gary Corbett 5.99 Matt Read 5.37 Roger Lobb 5.33 John Wainwright 3.59 Berwick Scott Lamb 8.65 Mick Powell 8.63 Alan Mogridge 7.05 Claus Kristensen 6.20 David Meldrum 6.09 Tom P. Madsen 6.04 Wesley Waite 4.33 Dean Felton 4.04 Freddie Stephenson 3.35 Phil Pickering 2.27 Edinburgh Peter Carr 9.59 James Grieves 9.02 Kevn Little 7.84 Ross Brady 6.99 Blair Scott 5.67 Stewart McDonald 5.32 David McAllan 4.06 Jonathan Swales 2.88 James Birkinshaw 2.52 Justin Elkins 1.91 Exeter Michael Coles 9.36 Mark Simmonds 8.03 Graeme Gordon 7.75 Lee Dicken 6.46 Wayne Barrett 5.39 Chris Harris 4.86 Gary Lobb 4.03 Chris Courage 2.24 Glasgow Paul Bentley 9.76 Les Collins 9.23 Mick Powell 8.16 Emiliano Sanchez 7.14 Will Beveridge 6.28 Sean Courtney 4.48 Brian Turner 3.59 Stuart Coleman 2.25 Jitendra Duffill 1.36 Scott Courtney 1.14 Isle of Wight Neville Tatum 8.54 Scott Swain 8.02 Philippe Bergé 7.46 Danny Bird 6.39 Wayne Carter 5.74 Tommy Palmer 5.70 Nick Simmons 4.45 Jeremy Barraud 2.67 Glen Phillips 1.47 Newcastle Jesper Olsen 9.68 Robert Eriksson 8.93 David Walsh 8.82 Stuart Swales 7.67 Derrol Keats 5.75 Paul Gould 5.60 Jonathan Swales 3.89 Anthony Barlow 3.55 Steven Jones 3.51 Newport Craig Watson 9.59 Anders Henriksson 9.02 Emil Lindqvist 8.86 Frank Smart 8.51 Scott Pegler 6.61 Bjorn Gustafsson 5.58 Chris Neath 5.50 Andrew Appleton 5.47 Bobby Eldridge 3.75 Reading Petri Kokko 9.42 Dave Mullett 9.04 Per Wester 9.00 Phil Morris 7.49 Paul Clews 5.70 Justin Elkins 5.59 Jarno Kosonen 4.51 Marc Norris 3.83 Shane Colvin 2.35 Peter Collyer 1.81 Sheffield Sean Wilson 10.56 Andre Compton 9.00 Scott Smith 8.05 Simon Stead 7.76 Paul Lee 5.96 Simon Cartwright 5.54 Peter Boast 3.69 Adam Allott 3.00 Stoke Paul Pickering 9.03 Mark Burrows 6.55 Paul Fry 6.47 Tony Atkin 6.21 Jon Armstrong 5.92 Rene Aas 5.01 Rob Clarence 3.51 Wayne Broadhurst 3.41 Swindon Glenn Cunningham 8.81 Neil Collins 8.13 Steve Masters 7.96 Oliver Allen 5.67 Seemond Stephens 5.45 Steve Bishop 5.16 Krister Marsh 4.92 Workington Carl Stonehewer 9.92 Brent Werner 7.70 Peter Ingvar Karlsson 6.36 Grant MacDonald 6.00 Barry Campbell 5.12 Peter Scully 5.00 Geoff Powell 4.44 Darren Groves 4.34 Wayne Broadhurst 3.07 James Birkinshaw 2.74 Mark Blackwell 2.21 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021. "1999 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive. "1999 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021. "Edinburgh fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021. "Wilson on top". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 13 September 1999. Retrieved 25 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. "1999 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 27 May 2023. "Speedway". Reading Evening Post. 26 July 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive. "Wasps speed wat to Premier Fours runners-up spot". South Wales Echo. 30 August 1999. Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.