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Northampton Foxes

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Northampton Foxes
Club information
Track addressNorthampton Shaleway
Brafield/Horton Road
Northamptonshire
CountryEngland
Founded2026
PromoterPaul Hunsdon / Tony Gaul
Team managerChris Adams
LeagueSGB Premiership
Websitenorthampton-speedway.com
Club facts
ColoursBlue, white and orange
Current team
Rider CMA
Australia Jaimon Lidsey
Denmark Nicolai Klindt
Denmark Niels-Kristian Iversen
Slovenia Matej Žagar
Australia Troy Batchelor
Australia Kye Thomson
England Luke Harrison

Northampton Foxes is Britain's newest speedway team that was formed in 2026 and competes in the highest tier of British speedway, the SGB Premiership.

History

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On 7 January 2026 the British Speedway Promoters Ltd. announced that a sixth club would join the SGB Premiership.[1] Subsequently the Northampton Foxes were announced as a new team for the 2026 SGB Premiership.[2]

The team's home venue is at the Northampton Shaleway owned by Spedeworth Motorsports, which peviously hosted the Brafield Flying Foxes[3] in the Southern Area League from 1954 to 1955.[4][5] The nickname adpoted by the team was the Foxes in honour of the former Brafield Flying Foxes[6] and on the 30 March 2026 the team was announced.[7][8]

Season summary

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Year and league Position Notes
2026 SGB Premiership tbd

References

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  1. ^ "British Speedway AGM Statement". British Speedway. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  2. ^ "Name of Northampton British Speedway team revealed". BBC Sport. 31 March 2026. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  3. ^ "British League Tables - Post War Era (1946-1964)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  4. ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  5. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  6. ^ "Introducing the Foxes". British Speedway. 28 March 2026. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  7. ^ "Northampton Seven Revealed". FIM. 30 March 2026. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
  8. ^ "Northampton Speedway unveils club nickname and rider line-up for first Premiership campaign". Northampton Chronicle and Echo. 1 April 2026. Retrieved 3 April 2026.