Club was formed in 1929 and the speedway
racing began at the
Sun Street Stadium in Hanley, Stoke on Trent.
This appeared brief
until pre-war 1939
when 30 thousand+
folk paid to watch
Speedway until July
when management
said it was making a
loss!!
Potters resumed
post war in 1947
and in
1949 were
Div 3
Champions and
also won the 3rd
Div national
Trophy.
1953 Saw another closure
until 1960 when
Mike
Parker and Reg
Fearman took the reigns, the early 60’s was a
successful era
for the Potters and would have been Provincial League
Champions in 63, but
they lost the title to close rivals Wolves, who
successfully appealed against
the use of a Middlesbrough rider guesting
for Stoke in which they lost!
The end of 1963 was the end of Speedway
in The Potteries until 1973, 10 years
later when over in the
neighbouring Borough of Newcastle under Lyme, The
Potters roared again,
hence under the name of Chesterton Potters, this name
lasted for one
season and then reverted back to the more traditional Stoke
Potters.
The sport has been ever present at
Loomer Road since 1973 apart from a
seasons hiatus in 1993 and also in
1996 when the team merged with the
recently closed Cradley Heath team to
become the Cradley/Stoke Heathens!!
Normality resumed in 1997 and Stoke
Potters have been known as that since!!
The current promoter is Dave Tattum.
For a whole lot
more Potters history take a look
here at Wikipedia's excellent
Stoke Speedway section.
