Nicholls made a huge impression on the Plymouth club as a mid-season signing this year,  with the crowd responding in big numbers at the Coliusum towards the end of the season.

With the Promoters Conference taking place in early November, it remains to be seen if Plymouth and Scotty will be racing in the second-tier Championship again or if they will be part of a newly formed single league.

The full announcement from Plymouth is below:

The Plymouth Gladiators are delighted to announce that Scott Nicholls will be joining our side for the 2026 Speedway season.

A proven winner and one of British Speedway’s most respected riders, Scott brings a wealth of experience, leadership, and determination to the Gladiators campaign after joining mid way through the season of 2025.

We can’t wait to see him in Gladiators colours as we build towards an exciting new season on the track!

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Nicholls rolled back the years in 2024 with some superb performances while guesting in the Premiership and leading the Oxford Cheetahs to the Championship Playoff and KOC Finals against the Poole Pirates.

Nicholls crashed out of the KOC final and dislocated his left shoulder. He will be operated on on November 26th, which will mean he will miss the start of the season, which will be a huge blow for the Cheetah’s who were likely to have him as their spearhead again in 2025.

His full statement reads as follows:

🚨Let’s pause for a minute 😞
Hey all, not really the news I wanted to be delivering, but I’d like to share where I’m at. As you’ll know my season ended with an unfortunate crash where I dislocated my left shoulder. As we all do, I was sure it would just be a case of a couple weeks rest and a bit of physio and I’d be back to business….sadly, that isn’t the case and I have to have surgery on 26th November. It’s a race against time to be fit and I will work hard to be back as soon as I can, but sadly, I won’t be ready to start the season. I have informed Oxford Speedway of the situation and they will be doing what they can build the best team possible for the start of the season without my presence. I’m truly devastated by my current situation, but as you all know, I’ll do my best to be back to my best asap!!
Thank you for all the love and support this year, had a cracking year just a shame to round it out like this 🙏❤️

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The British legend stepped in at short notice following injury to winter signing Piotr Pawlicki – who has now been redeclared in the Curtis Sport Brummies’ 1-7 ahead of Thursday’s (April 4, 7.30) trip to King’s Lynn, subject to approval.

Nicholls top scored in three of his four meetings, totalling 44+4 points, including 15+1 in Monday’s 48-42 home defeat at the hands of Oxford.

“We have to say a big thanks to Scotty for helping us out, he’s been in great form,” team manager Ermolenko said.

“But now we’ve got Piotr in the team, I’m really looking forward to working with him.

“He might be the ingredient we need to spice things up a little bit – hopefully he’ll be able to get more out of his fellow Polishman Wiktor Lampart also.”

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The seven-times British Champion will start the season with the Curtis Sport Brummies and will remain in the team until Piotr Pawlicki is fit to take his place following leg muscle damage.

Club CEO Nigel Tolley said: “First and foremost we’d like to thank Scott for stepping in at short notice and getting us out of a big hole.

“Because Piotr hasn’t yet made an appearance for Birmingham, the rules dictate and we aren’t granted a facility in terms of being able to use a guest.

“Therefore, we had to sign another rider who will go into our declared 1-7 ahead of our first meeting in a few days time.

“I’m not exaggerating when I say we must’ve looked at 30 or so riders.

“But there are so many complications with riders who are not based in the UK now it’s unreal.

“Whether that be with visas, travel, getting bikes here in time, each time we thought we were making progress we’d hit some sort of stumbling block.

“It’s well known that Scotty didn’t race in the Premiership full-time last season due to his broadcasting commitments within the sport.

“But with their fixtures not starting until next month, we’ve been able to agree a deal.

“As I’ve said before, we’ll be assessing the situation with Piotr on a day-by-day basis and while he was able to accept a last minute appointment for some treatment on Monday, Scott will be in the Brummies team for the trip to Oxford, a track he is very familiar with of course having ridden for them in the second division for the last couple of seasons.

“Only time will tell if Piotr will be ready or not for the first home meeting against Sheffield on (Monday) March 25, but if he isn’t, Scott is a big fan of the Perry Barr track and he’ll relish the challenge of facing the reigning Champions.

“Should we need him at Ipswich on March 28 then again, that is what it is and Foxhall Stadium is another place Scotty knows extremely well.

“Piotr is itching to get started with us at the earliest opportunity but in the meantime it’s great to have such an experienced head joining us at Brummies in Scott and we thank him for stepping in.”

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