1989

Goalie	John 'Bernie' McCrone	Ayr Bruins
Goalie	David Graham	Nottingham Panthers
Defence	Moray Hanson	Murrayfield Racers
Defence	Alastair Reid	Ayr Bruins
Defence	Stephen Cooper (C)	Cardiff Devils	to read his bio in the Hall of Fame click here
Defence	Gordon Latto (AC)	Fife Flyers	to read his bio in the Hall of Fame click here
Defence	Paul Hand	Murrayfield Racers
Defence	Paul Pentland	Murrayfield Racers
Defence	Phill Lee	Solihull Barons
Defence	Terry Ord	Whitley Warriors
Forward	Jonh Kidd	Ayr Bruins
Forward	Ian Cooper	Cardiff Devils	to read his bio in the Hall of Fame click here
Forward	Ivor Bennett	Durham Wasps
Forward	Paul Smith	Durham Wasps
Forward	Tony Hand	Murrayfield Racers
Forward	Scott Neil	Murrayfield Racers
Forward	Nigel Rhodes	Nottingham Panthers
Forward	Peter Smith	Peterborough Pirates
Forward	Jim Pennycook	Tayside Tigers
Forward	John Iredale	Whitley Warriors
Forward	Stephen Smith	Whitley Warriors
Coach	Terry Matthews		to read his bio in the Hall of Fame click here
Ass Coach	Alfie Miller		to read his bio in the Hall of Fame click here
Gen Manager	Frank Dempster		to read his bio in the Hall of Fame click here
Team Manager	John Rost		to read his bio in the Hall of Fame click here
Physiotherapist	Luke Ram
Trainer	Dave Wilson

World Championships, Pool D – 1989 in Belgium.

Venues – Geel and Heist op-den-Berg.

Great Britain ended a self-imposed seven-year exile from World Championship hockey in March 1989, when they travelled to Belgium to participate in Pool D.

Coached by Terry Matthews, they took an exclusively British born and bred squad, but despite high hopes they missed out on promotion to Pool C, finishing third in the five-team group. Tony Hand top scored for the Great Britain team with 6+11 from the four games. John Iredale and Scott Neil both registered nine points each, as did 20-year old Ian Cooper, who was also in the line-up for Great Britain’s’ return to the World stage.

It was a loss to the hands of the host nation, Belgium, that ultimately cost Great Britain promotion and both coaches, Terry Matthews and Dirk Laenen for the Belgians, were in agreement that the GB team had failed to perform to anything like the levels they were capable of. Matthews noted, “the annoying thing is we are a much better side than the Belgians…. but on the night, they were the better side.” Laenen astutely pointed out, “I didn’t see the game of Great Britain like they played against Romania – they were not so organised. We are technically a better team than Great Britain, but physically, they are much better than us. We (Belgium) played with the brains and that was not the play of Great Britain.”

Tournament Results
March 16th	vs	New Zealand	W 26-0	(9-0, 9-0, 8-0)
March 17th	vs	Romania	T 6-6	(3-3, 0-1, 3-2)
March 19th	vs	Belgium	L 5-6	(2-3, 1-0, 2-3)
March 21st	vs	Spain	W 8-4	(3-3, 1-0, 4-1)

Compiled by Anthony Beer, using material reported at the time in the Ice Hockey News Review.