Birmingham Brummies
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Perry Barr Stadium Birmingham |
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| Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1928 2006 (re-founded) 2015 (reformed) |
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| Closed | 1986-2006 2014 |
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| Team manager | Graham Drury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team captain | Tom Perry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | National League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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| Colours | Yellow and Red | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track size | 292 metres (319 yd) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track record time | 56.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track record date | 25 June 2008, 2 July 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track record holder | Jason Lyons & Kevin Doolan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birmingham Brummies are a British speedway team, who competed in the Elite League from 2011 until they folded part way through the 2014 season, and now in the National League. The team was originally formed in 1928 until they closed for the first time in 1986. Then in 2006 the club was brought back into British Speedway.
Birmingham had two teams in the Southern League of the inaugural season of British speedway in 1929. One was based at Perry Barr Stadium and the other was based at Hall Green Stadium. The Hall Green team, known during their time as Birmingham Bulldogs, closed in 1938. Speedway continued at Perry Barr Stadium until 1983 before moving to Bordesley Green until closing in 1986. Although Birmingham did win trophies during their initial spell in Speedway these achievements were often dwarfed by the success of fellow West Midlands Speedway teams, the Wolverhampton Wolves, Coventry Bees and Cradley Heathens.
After 20 years away from the sport Birmingham were reformed in 2006 and then accepted into the Premier League in 2007. The first meeting of the new era, the Alan Hunt Memorial, took place on 21 March 2007. In a successful first season the team finished in second place in the league table, and runner-up in both the Premier Trophy and the Young Shield, despite having only two members of their own team actually fit to ride. During the majority of their time in the Premier League they were captained by Australian Jason Lyons who went on to become extremely popular at the club and is now a member of the club's Hall of Fame.The club when re founded was sponsored by Richard Meredith of Mercom Water Products
Birmingham were accepted into the Elite League for 2011 and finished their first season in ninth place out of ten. Ahead of their second season in the top flight they retained the services of the previous season's star performers Danny King and Ben Barker as well as adding Speedway Grand Prix star Bjarne Pedersen. Although Pedersen's time at Birmingham was an unhappy one the team made a big improvement on their first season in the Elite League, finishing in 3rd place and achieving a spot in the play-offs. The 2013 season was filled with success, with the Brummies finishing in 1st place in the Elite League and achieving a place in the Elite League Grand Final. They found themselves outclassed in the final, losing out on aggregate 104-79 to the Poole Pirates, who were inspired by Greg Hancock.
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