{"id":951139,"date":"2026-05-10T20:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/951139\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T20:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T20:27:17","slug":"sheffield-tigers-speedway-official-website-stead-plus-points-all-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/951139\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Tigers Speedway Official Website: STEAD: PLUS POINTS ALL ROUND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheffield-speedway.com\/news.php?extend.3810.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"news_image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/stead_simon26_CF.jpg\" width=\"640\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:0px\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\nSHEFFIELD boss Simon Stead feels Thursday\u2019s 14 point home victory over champions Ipswich was \u201ca long time coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers opened their ROWE Motor Oil Premiership account for the season with a 52-38 win over the Witches in their first home league fixture of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Going into the contest, the Steel City side may have only managed one win in five in all competitions &#8211; but had clocked at least 41 points in each outing.<\/p>\n<p>Stead was thrilled to see his team finally come away on the right side of the scoreline, and whilst there may have been knocks for Chris Holder and Jye Etheridge, he insists there are plenty of plus points for his riders to build on when they host newcomers Northampton this Thursday (May 14, 7.30pm).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a result that has kind of felt like it\u2019s been a long time coming,\u201d Stead said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve said it on a couple of occasions, whilst the results haven\u2019t been with us, our overall performance levels have been good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think had it not been for the home loss against Leicester, a lot more people would\u2019ve seen it that way also and they\u2019d have agreed it had been quite a solid little start with plenty to build on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThursday we had a better contribution from down at reserve and that probably made the difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut minus the spills for Chris and Jye, I think there were positives from all of the lads, particularly the way they managed to turn the screw in the second half of the meeting.\u201d&#13;&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<td style=\"padding-left:2px\"><strong>Share This:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<td style=\"padding-right:4px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheffield-speedway.com\/javascript:void(window.open(\" http:=\"\" plus=\"\" points=\"\" all=\"\" round=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/facebook.png\" style=\"border: 0px\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Send to Facebook\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<td style=\"padding-right:4px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheffield-speedway.com\/javascript:void(window.open(\" http:=\"\" plus=\"\" points=\"\" all=\"\" round=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/twitter.png\" style=\"border: 0px\" alt=\"Twitter\" title=\"Tweet This\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13;&#13; 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