Cycle Speedway Teams Down the Ages
Lancashire: Salford Panthers
About the team
Track was in Queens Road, Cheetham.
Also track in Kirky Lane.
Club Secretary: Eric Marsden, 24 Kipling Street, Salford 7.
Individual Honours.
In 1949 Ernie Armitt won the Salford Track Championship, beating Lew Grepp into second place, with Jack Pennington 3rd.
Club Honours.
Came runners up in the 1948/49 Manchester, Stockport & District Association Winter League.
Speedway Riders.
Ricky Smith went into Speedway.
Riders
- Ernie Armitt
- Ken "Horizontal" Higgs
- D. Newton
- Ricky Smith