Cliff Carr, theꦡ man who revived speedway in Sheffield in the early 90s, 🎀has died.

Carr, a cousin of former Tigers riders Peter and Louis, brought the sport back at Owlerton in 199🎀1 after a two-ye෴ar gap.

Maurice Ducker pulled the p𝓀lug on the eve of 🌠the 1989 season after a row over stadium rental and relocation of the pits area.

And yet Carr, who arrived back in the UK on March 7, managed to get a team together and enter them into the Second Division - all in a matter of weeks. He signed former British Champion Neil Evitts from Bradford in what appeared to be one o📖f the biggest moves in the league at t🅘he time.

Carr reopened with a crowd restriction 𝓀of 2,400 and this was reached half an hour before the start of the opening meeting against Belle Vue - who included ex-Tigers heroes Shawn and Kelly Moran.

Sadly, in 1992, the club was losing money and that's when current Sheffield owner Neil Machin step𝕴ped in alongside Tim Lucking.

Said Machin: "Cliff Carr was a vital ingredient in the continuity of Speedway racing in♍ Sheffield. He endured some difficult times and I am sure will be mi♔ssed by many."