Newcastle Diamonds 1997 team line-up

Left to right: Glyn Taylor, Brian Turner, Paul Bentley, Jesper Olsen, Andre Compton and Stuart Swales.

Final Premier League Table


                            Home           Away
Team                P    W    D    L    W    D    L      F      A   Bonus    Total
Reading            26   13    0    0    9    0    4   1323   1011      13       57
Long Eaton         26   13    0    0    5    1    7   1227   1107      11       48
Edinburgh          26   11    1    1    6    0    7   1235   1102       8       43
Newcastle          26   11    0    2    4    0    9   1201   1134       8       38
Exeter             26   12    0    1    2    0   11   1213   1125       6       34
Glasgow            26   11    0    2    1    2   10   1158   1179       6       32
Arena-Essex        26    9    0    4    3    0   10   1157   1179       7       31
Isle of Wight      26   10    0    3    2    0   11   1149   1184       7       31
Hull               26   10    0    3    3    0   10   1134   1195       5       31
Sheffield          26   10    0    3    2    0   11   1116   1219       6       30
Oxford             26    9    0    4    0    0   13   1116   1219       5       23
Stoke              26    5    1    7    3    1    9   1111   1222       3       21
Berwick            26    6    1    6    1    0   12   1105   1223       4       19
Newport            26    6    1    6    1    0   12   1095   1241       2       17

Final Premier League Averages


Rider                  Matches     Rides     Points     Bonus     Total      CMA
Jesper Olsen             25        130        275        11        286      8.80
Paul Bentley             26        132        277         8        285      8.64
Richard Juul             22        125        220        31        251      8.03
Stuart Swales            25        124        194        27        221      7.13
Mike Smith                6         28         38         7         45      6.43
Glyn Taylor               8         36         50         4         54      6.00
Andre Compton             5         22         15         3         18      3.27
Brian Turner             13         57         36         8         44      3.09
James Birkinshaw         11         37         16         2         18      1.95
Jonathon Swales           1          5          2         0          2      1.60
Guests                   12         73         78        15         93      5.10

Knock-out Cup Northern Qualifying Round - Final Table


                            Home           Away
Team                P    W    D    L    W    D    L      F      A   Total
Hull               12    6    0    0    2    1    3    569    491      17
Edinburgh          12    6    0    0    1    0    5    541    539      14
Sheffield          12    6    0    0    0    0    6    562    515      12
Newcastle          12    4    0    2    2    0    4    554    524      12
Berwick            12    4    1    1    1    0    5    490    587      11
Stoke              12    5    0    1    0    0    6    516    542      10
Glasgow            12    4    0    2    0    0    6    522    556       8

Knock-out Cup - Final Averages


Rider                  Matches     Rides     Points     Bonus     Total      CMA
Paul Bentley             12         61        142         5        147      9.64
Jesper Olsen              5         28         52         2         54      7.71
Stuart Swales            12         69        118         9        127      7.36
Glyn Taylor              12         66         81        13         94      5.70
Andre Compton             4         19         18         3         21      4.42
Brian Turner             12         73         59        20         79      4.33
Chris Readshaw            2          2          0         0          0      0.00
Guests                    7         42         84         3         87      8.29