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Wembley Lions

Wembley Lions
Name: Wembley Lions
Track: Wembley Stadium
First meeting: 5 May 1928
Final meeting: 5 September 1981
Honours:
National League Champions 1932, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
National Trophy Winners 1931, 1932, 1948, 1954
British Speedway Cup Winners 1947
Southern League Champions 1930, 1931
London Cup 1930, 1932, 1933, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951

Wembley staged the Speedway World Championship Final continuously from 1936 to 1938 and then when it was re-introduced after World War II from 1949 to 1960. It went on to stage the championship a further nine times before its last appearance at Wembley in 1981. Lions riders won in 1936 (Lionel Van Praag), 1949 (Tommy Price), and 1950 and 1953 (Freddie Williams). Wembley also hosted the British Riders' Championships Finals 1946 to 1948.
Wembley Lions 1951
M W D L F A Pts Pos
1928 Open
1929 Southern League 20 11 0 9 580 570 22 5th
1930 Southern League 24 20 1 3 768 496 41 1st
1931 Southern League 38 29 1 8 1149½ 822½ 59 1st
1932 National League 16 13 0 3 495 358 26 1st
1933 National League 36 19 1 16 1184 1057 39 2nd
1934 National League 32 26 0 6 980 731 52 2nd
1935 National League 24 11 0 13 855 852 22 4th
1936 National League 24 14 0 10 891 826 28 2nd
1937 National League 24 16 0 8 1054 943 32 2nd
1938 National League 24 13 1 10 1056 940 27 3rd
1939 National League 19 11 1 8 874 716 23 3rd
1946 National League 20 18 0 2 439 396 36 1st
1947 National League 24 19 0 5 1153 846 38 1st
1948 National League 24 12 1 11 1040.5 966.5 25 4th
1949 National League 42 28 1 13 1902.5 1620.5 57 1st
1950 National League Division One 32 24 0 8 1503 1173 48 1st
1951 National League 32 25 0 7 1535 1146 50 1st
1952 National League 36 28 1 7 1751 1260 57 1st
1953 National League 16 11 1 4 772.5 567.5 23 1st
1954 National League 28 20 0 8 1363 985 40 2nd
1955 National League 24 11 1 12 1169 1131 23 3rd
1956 National League 24 14 1 9 1061 948 29 2nd
Wembley Stadium hosted the
World Final 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1957, 1969
British Final 1964
World Team Cup 1968
European Final 1966
1970 British League Division One 36 15 2 19 1327.5 1474.5 32 14th
1971 British League Division One 36 17 3 16 1433 1372 37 9th
Wembley Stadium hosted the
World Final 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981
World Team Cup 1973
European Final 1974
Intercontinental Final 1976