Dream Team : Brian Longman

I first went to Hackney Speedway in 1976 with my mates from school and followed them until the end in 1991. 'Up the Hawks!'

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Finn Thomsen
Very classy, professional rider, like many other Danish riders at the time.

Barry Thomas
Hackney Legend, 20 years loyal service from the round the boards racer.

Zenon Plech
Big crowd favourite, exciting rider. Some good world final performances.

Bo Petersen
Massive points scorer for the Hawks, little known when Len brought him in. Developed into a top BL rider.

Dave Morton
Was awesome at Hackney for a few seasons.

Mark Loram
A real racer, very talented from an early age.

Andy Galvin
Led the side well from the No. 1 position.

This article was first published on 02/08/2003