Leicester Stadium (speedway team)

Leicester Stadium were a motorcycle speedway team which operated from 1929 until 1931.

[1] Speedway was first staged in Leicester in 1928 and the following year a team based at Leicester Stadium joined the English Dirt Track League.

[1] Financial problems meant that the team failed to complete the 1931 season, with Coventry taking over the remaining fixtures in late May.

[2][3][1] League speedway was later briefly revived at the stadium in 1937.

[4][5] Notable Stadium riders include team captain Syd Jackson, Cyril "Squib" Burton, Billy Elmore, Alby Taylor, and John "Slider" Shuttleworth.