1970 British League season

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1970 British League season
LeagueBritish League
ChampionsBelle Vue Aces
No. of competitors19
Knockout CupWimbledon Dons
IndividualBarry Briggs
Highest averageIvan Mauger
Division/s belowBritish League (Div 2)

The 1970 British League season was the 36th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the sixth season known as the British League.[1][2]

Summary[]

Wembley Lions under the promotion of Trevor Redmond and Bernard Cottrel entered the British league having bought the licence - and inherited the riders - from the Coatbridge Monarchs.[3] It was the first time since 1956 that Wembley would compete in the league.[4]

Belle Vue Aces secured their first British League title. The Manchester team were once again led by the brilliant Ivan Mauger who would secure a third consecutive world champion title before the end of the season. He topped the averages with 11.18 as the team finished ten points ahead of their nearest rivals Wimbledon Dons. The Dons found some consolation when winning their third consecutive British League Knockout Cup.[5]

Final table[]

Pos Team PL W D L Pts
1 Belle Vue Aces 36 27 2 7 56
2 Wimbledon Dons 36 22 2 12 46
3 Coventry Bees 36 22 1 13 45
4 Leicester Lions 36 21 0 15 42
5 Poole Pirates 36 20 0 16 40
6 Halifax Dukes 36 19 1 16 39
7 Sheffield Tigers 36 18 3 15 39
8 Glasgow Tigers 36 18 1 17 37
9 Wolverhampton Wolves 36 16 2 18 34
10 Exeter Falcons 36 16 1 19 34
11 Hackney Hawks 36 15 2 19 33
12 King's Lynn Stars 36 16 0 20 32
13 Oxford Cheetahs 36 16 0 20 32
14 Wembley Lions 36 15 2 19 32
15 Cradley Heath Heathens 36 15 1 20 31
16 Swindon Robins 36 14 2 20 30
17 Newcastle Diamonds 36 15 0 21 30
18 West Ham Hammers 36 14 2 20 30
19 Newport Wasps 36 12 0 24 24

M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

Leading riders[]

Rider Nat Team C.M.A.
1 Ivan Mauger New Zealand Belle Vue Aces 11.18
2 Anders Michanek Sweden Newcastle Diamonds 10.88
3 Jim Airey Australia Sheffield Tigers 10.86
4 Ray Wilson England Leicester Lions 10.80
5 Nigel Boocock England Coventry Bees 10.66
6 Eric Boocock England Halifax Dukes 10.54
7 Barry Briggs New Zealand Swindon Robins 10.53
8 Jim McMillan Scotland Glasgow Tigers 10.27
9 Ole Olsen Denmark Wolverhampton Wolves 10.25
10 Martin Ashby England Exeter Falcons 10.09
11 Trevor Hedge England Wimbledon Dons 9.97
12 Ronnie Moore New Zealand Wimbledon Dons 9.95
13 Bob Kilby England Swindon Robins 9.68
14 Sören Sjösten Sweden Belle Vue Aces 9.66
15 Bengt Jansson Sweden Hackney Hawks 9.49
16 Bruce Cribb New Zealand Exeter Falcons 9.47
17 Olle Nygren Sweden West Ham Hammers 9.36
18 John Boulger Australia Leicester Lions 9.34
19 Bernt Persson Sweden Cradley Heathens 9.29
20 Terry Betts England King's Lynn Stars 922

British League Knockout Cup[]

The 1970 Speedway Star British League Knockout Cup was the 32nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Wimbledon Dons were the winners for the third consecutive year.[6] It was the first time that the competition was sponsored by the Speedway Star.

First Round[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
23/04 Wimbledon 44-34 Hackney
21/04 Exeter 51-27 King's Lynn
21/04 West Ham 29-49 Belle Vue

Second Round[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
06/06 Halifax 43-35 Coventry
06/06 Swindon 44-34 Wolverhampton
05/06 Newport 35-43 Leicester
01/06 Newcastle 41-37 Wembley
28/05 Oxford 38-40 Poole
28/05 Sheffield 44-34 Glasgow
28/05 Wimbledon 49-29 Cradley Heath
23/05 Belle Vue 49-29 Exeter
07/05 Romford 48-30 Reading

Quarter Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
25/07 Belle Vue 56-22 Poole
22/07 Swindon 46-32 Leicester
02/07 Sheffield 41-37 Halifax
25/06 Wimbledon 46-32 Newcastle

Semi Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
24/09 Wimbledon 44-34 Swindon
23/09 Belle Vue 40-38 Sheffield

Final[]

First leg[]

Wimbledon Dons
Trevor Hedge 12
Ronnie Moore 11
Cyril Maidment 6
6
Reg Luckhurst 5
Bob Dugard 4
4		46 - 31Belle Vue Aces
Tommy Roper 10
Ivan Mauger 8
Chris Pusey 6
Sören Sjösten 4
Ken Eyre 2
1
0
[7]
Wimbledon Stadium

Second leg[]

Belle Vue Aces
Ivan Mauger 12
Sören Sjösten 10
Tommy Roper 6
6
4
Chris Pusey 3
Ken Eyre 3		44 - 34Wimbledon Dons
Ronnie Moore 13
Trevor Hedge 10
Reg Luckhurst 5
Cyril Maidment 2
2
Bob Dugard 1
1
[7]
Hyde Road Stadium

Wimbledon Dons were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 80-75.

Teams[]

Belle Vue Aces[]

Coventry Bees[]

Cradley Heath[]

  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • New Zealand
  • Sweden Bernt Persson
  • England Colin Pratt
  • England Malcolm Shakespeare
  • Sweden Jan Simensen
  • England
  • England Roy Trigg
  • England

Exeter Falcons[]

Glasgow Tigers[]

Hackney Hawks[]

  • England Bob Andrews
  • England Frank Auffret
  • Australia Jack Biggs
  • England Laurie Etheridge
  • England Jimmy Gooch
  • Sweden Bengt Jansson
  • England
  • Australia Garry Middleton
  • England
  • Australia
  • England Hugh Saunders
  • England
  • England Barry Thomas

Halifax Dukes[]

King's Lynn Stars[]

  • England
  • England Terry Betts
  • New Zealand
  • Wales Howard Cole+ (+ rode under the name of Kid Brodie)
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England John Jackson
  • New Zealand
  • England
  • England Arthur Price
  • England Malcolm Simmons
  • England Ian Turner

Leicester Lions[]

  • England Malcolm Brown
  • Australia John Boulger
  • England Alan Cowland
  • England Bruce Forrester
  • England John Hart
  • England Tom Leadbitter
  • England Graham Plant
  • England Norman Storer
  • England Ray Wilson

Newcastle Diamonds[]

Newport Wasps[]

Oxford Cheetahs[]

Poole Pirates[]

  • England Mike Cake
  • England
  • Norway Odd Fossengen
  • Australia Gordon Guasco
  • Poland
  • Australia Geoff Mudge
  • New Zealand Frank Shuter
  • England Pete Smith
  • England
  • England

Sheffield Tigers[]

  • Australia Jim Airey
  • England
  • England
  • England John Dews
  • England Arnold Haley
  • Sweden
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • Australia Bob Valentine
  • England Reg Wilson
  • England Doug Wyer

Swindon Robins[]

  • England
  • New Zealand Barry Briggs
  • England Mike Broadbank
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England Bob Kilby
  • England
  • England
  • England

Wembley Lions[]

  • Sweden
  • England
  • England George Barclay
  • United States Steve Bast
  • New Zealand Wayne Briggs
  • England
  • England
  • Norway Reidar Eide
  • England Brian Foote
  • Sweden Ove Fundin
  • Scotland
  • England Dave Jessup
  • Scotland Bert Harkins
  • England Brian Leonard
  • England Des Lukehurst
  • Australia
  • England
  • England Reg Wilson

West Ham Hammers[]

Wimbledon Dons[]

  • England Bob Dugard
  • England
  • England Trevor Hedge
  • England Gordon Kennett
  • England Reg Luckhurst
  • England Cyril Maidment
  • New Zealand Ronnie Moore
  • Scotland
  • England
  • England
  • England

Wolverhampton Wolves[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 100. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 129–133. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  4. ^ Jacobs, Norman (2001). Speedway in London. ISBN 0-7524-2221-9
  5. ^ "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. ^ "1970 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  7. ^ a b "Season 1970" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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