1980 National League season

1980 National League season
League National League
Season 1980
Champions Rye House Rockets
No. of competitors 20
Knockout Cup Berwick Bandits
Division/s above 1980 British League

The 1980 National League was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom.[1]

Summary

Rye House Rockets won the title.[2][3]

Final table

Team PL W D L Pts
Rye House Rockets 38 31 0 7 62
Newcastle Diamonds 38 30 1 7 61
Middlesbrough Tigers 38 27 2 9 56
Berwick Bandits 38 24 1 13 48
Edinburgh Monarchs 38 23 2 13 48
Boston Barracudas 36 23 2 13 48
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 38 21 2 15 44
Peterborough Panthers 38 21 0 17 42
Crayford Kestrels 37 20 1 16 41
Glasgow Tigers 38 19 2 17 40
Ellesmere Port Gunners 38 20 0 18 40
Exeter Falcons 38 17 1 20 35
Scunthorpe Stags 38 15 1 22 31
Nottingham Outlaws 38 14 2 22 30
Oxford Cheetahs 38 14 1 23 29
Stoke Potters 38 14 0 24 28
Weymouth Wildcats 37 13 1 23 27
Canterbury Crusaders 38 10 4 24 24
Milton Keynes Knights 38 8 2 28 18
Workington Comets 38 2 0 36 4

Leading averages

[4]

Rider Team Average
England Dave PerksOxford10.94
England Paul WoodsCrayford10.55
England Steve WilcoxMiddlesbrough10.29
Zimbabwe Mike FerreiraCanterbury10.21
England Steve LawsonGlasgow10.07
England Steve FinchEllesmere Port9.93
England Bob GarradRye House9.92
England Mike SampsonNottingham9.88
England David GagenBoston9.86
England Karl FialaRye House9.61

National League Knockout Cup

The 1980 National League Knockout Cup was the 13th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Berwick Bandits were the winners of the competition for the second successive year.[5]

First Round

Date Team One Score Team Two
03/05Berwick52-26Newcastle
28/04Newcastle41-37Berwick
25/05Mildenhall45-33Rye House
26/05Rye House44-34Mildenhall
04/05Boston54-24Stoke
05/05Stoke27-51Boston

Second Round

Date Team One Score Team Two
07/06Berwick46-32Ellesmere Port
13/06Ellesmere Port42-36Berwick
23/05Edinburgh42-34Glasgow
25/05Glasgow40-37Edinburgh
01/06Mildenhall46-32Nottingham
18/06Nottingham37-41Mildenhall
07/06Canterbury44-33Milton Keynes
10/06Milton Keynes40-38Canterbury
19/06Middlesbrough51-27Scunthorpe
29/06Scunthorpe37-40Middlesbrough
05/06Oxford40-37Weymouth
27/06Weymouth40-38Oxford
08/06Boston59-19Workington
11/07Workington26-52Boston
13/06Peterborough42-25Crayford
22/07Crayford41-37Peterborough

Quarter Finals

Date Team One Score Team Two
20/07Berwick47-31Edinburgh
18/07Edinburgh39-39Berwick
23/07Mildenhall51-27Canterbury
26/07Canterbury44-34Mildenhall
24/07Middlesbrough45-33Oxford
06/08Oxford32-46Middlesbrough
31/08Boston50-27Peterborough
12/09Peterborough39-39Boston

Semi Finals

Date Team One Score Team Two
06/09Berwick52-26Mildenhall
07/09Mildenhall41-37Berwick
18/09Middlesbrough54-24Boston
05/10Boston42-36Middlesbrough

Final

Date Team One Score Team Two
26/10Middlesbrough42-36Berwick
29/10Berwick43-34Middlesbrough

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

  1. ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, pages 101. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. ↑ http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speedwayyears/1980.html
  4. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, pages 108-111. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  5. ↑ "1980 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
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