The White City Rebels were a motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...

 team who operated from the White City Stadium

White City Stadium

White City Stadium was built in White City, London, for the 1908 Summer Olympics, often seen as the precursor to the modern seater stadium and noted for hosting the finish of the first modern distance marathon. It also hosted speedway and a match at the 1966 World Cup, before the stadium was...

, Wood Lane in London

London

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White City were inaugural members of the Southern League in 1929. They re-opened in 1976 but the team closed after only three seasons due to poor crowds levels, despite finishing the 1977 season as champions of the British League

Speedway British League

The British League was the top division of Speedway in the United Kingdom from 1965 until 1995 when it became known as the Premier League. Prior to 1965 the division had been known as the National League....

. The Rebels' most notable rider was England International Gordon Kennett

Gordon Kennett

Gordon William Kennett is a former motorcycle speedway rider. In 1978 he won the World Pairs Championship with Malcolm Simmons. He also finished runner-up to Ole Olsen in the 1978 Speedway World Championship at Wembley...

. Other notable riders were Steve Weatherley

Steve Weatherley

Stephen John Weatherley is a former motorcycle speedway rider who was twice runner-up in the British Speedway Under 21 Championship....

, Trevor Geer

Trevor Geer

Trevor Geer was a speedway rider in the 1970s and 1980s and is currently Team Manager for Eastbourne Eagles-Career:He raced for Eastbourne Eagles in the early seventies before a move to Oxford in 1975...

, Marek Cieślak

Marek Cieslak

Marek Kazimierz Cieślak is a former Polish speedway rider and a current speedway coach.In 2007 he was a manager of Poland national team. Poland won Speedway World Cup and Team U-21 World Championship...

 and Kai Niemi

Kai Niemi

Kai Juhani Niemi is former international motorcycle speedway rider who represented Finland in the World Team Cup...

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