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1980 National League season

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

1980 National League season
LeagueNational League
No. of competitors20
ChampionsRye House Rockets
Knockout CupBerwick Bandits
IndividualWayne Brown
PairsMiddlesbrough Tigers
FoursCrayford Kestrels
Highest averageDave Perks
Division/s above1980 British League

Summary

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The league was increased from 19 teams to 20 from the previous season. Exeter Falcons dropped down from the British League to join the 19 incumbent sides.[2]

Rye House Rockets who had been pipped to the title in the previous season in the last meeting, won the title by just one point from Newcastle Diamonds to win their first National League title.[3][4] Rye House had managed to retain all of their top riders from the previous season and the solid performances of Bob Garrad, Karl Fiala, Kelvin Mullarkey and Kevin Smith for the second year running made up for the disappointment of 1979. Newcastle's second-place finish was remarkable bearing in mind that they had lost the league's leading rider Tom Owen to Hull Vikings in the highest division.[5] Despite signing 1979 Riders' champion Ian Gledhill, the defending champions Mildenhall suffered after losing Melvyn Taylor and Mick Hines to other teams.[5]

Final table

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PosTeamPLWDLPts
1Rye House Rockets38310762
2Newcastle Diamonds38301761
3Middlesbrough Tigers38272956
4Berwick Bandits382411349
5Edinburgh Monarchs382321348
6Boston Barracudas382321348
7Mildenhall Fen Tigers382121544
8Peterborough Panthers382101742
9Crayford Kestrels372011641
10Ellesmere Port Gunners382011741
11Glasgow Tigers381921740
12Exeter Falcons381712035
13Scunthorpe Stags381512231
14Nottingham Outlaws381422230
15Oxford Cheetahs381412329
16Stoke Potters381402428
17Weymouth Wildcats371312327
18Canterbury Crusaders381042424
19Milton Keynes Knights38822818
20Workington Comets3820364
  • Crayford v Weymouth fixture was never ridden.

National League Knockout Cup

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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 first time, having been runners-up three times in the previous four seasons.[6]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
03/05Berwick52-26Newcastle
28/04Newcastle41-37Berwick
25/05Mildenhall45-33Rye House
26/05Rye House44-34Mildenhall
04/05Boston54-24Stoke
05/05Stoke27-51Boston

Second round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam 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

DateTeam oneScoreTeam 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

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
06/09Berwick52-26Mildenhall
07/09Mildenhall41-37Berwick
18/09Middlesbrough54-24Boston
05/10Boston42-36Middlesbrough

Final

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First leg

Middlesbrough Tigers
Brian Havelock 10
Mike Spink 10
Steve Wilcock 9
Mark Courtney 6
Geoff Pusey 4
Martin Dixon 3
John Clegg 0		42 – 36Berwick Bandits
Mike Fullerton 11
Steve McDermott 9
Brett Saunders 6
Mike Caroline 5
Rob Grant 3
Nigel Close 2
Wayne Brown R/R
[7]

Second leg

Berwick Bandits
Steve McDermott 15
Mike Fullerton 9
Nigel Close 8
Rob Grant 8
Brett Saunders 3
Mike Caroline 0
Wayne Brown R/R		43 – 34Middlesbrough Tigers
Mark Courtney 11
Steve Wilcock 9
Geoff Pusey 6
Martin Dixon 6
Mike Spink 2
John Clegg 0
Alan Armstrong 0
[7]
Brough Park* (Berwick evicted from Shielfield Park)

Berwick were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 79–76.

Riders' Championship

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Wayne Brown won the Riders' Championship, sponsored by Toshiba and held at Wimbledon Stadium on 28 September 1980.[8]

Pos.RiderPtsTotal
1 Wayne Brown3333214
2 Martin Yeates2133312
3 Steve Finch2223312
4 Gary Guglielmi3031310
5 Paul Woods233 210
6 Mike Ferreira3122210
7 Mike Sampson3222110
8 Rob Maxfield030238
9 Rod Hunter11316
10 Kelvin Mullarkey121116
11 Steve Wilcock200215
12 Andy Hines112105
13 Phil White101125
14 Ray Bales31 04
15 Derek Harrison020002
16 Graham Knowler10001
17 Keith Yorke00
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure

Pairs

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The National League Pairs was held at The Shay on 19 July and was won by Middlesbrough Tigers.[9][10]

Semi finals

  • Middlesbrough bt Crayford
  • Boston bt Peterborough

Final

  • Middlesbrough bt Boston

Fours

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Crayford Kestrels won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 27 July.[11][12]

Semi finals

  • SF1 = Crayford 17, Ellesmere Port 16, Berwick 8, Boston 7
  • SF2 = Rye House 18, Stoke 15, Glasgow 8, Oxford 7

Final

PosTeamPtsRiders
1Crayford Kestrels14Rumsey 7, Woods 4, Naylor 3, Sage 0, Etheridge 0
2Rye House Rockets13Garrad 4 Mullarkey 4, Smith 3, Pullen 2, Fiala 0
3Ellesmere Port Gunners12Carr L 5, Jackson 3, Carr P 2, Finch 2, Ellams 0
4Stoke Potters9Burton 6, Sawyer 2, Boyle 1, Stead 0, Evitts 0

Leading final averages

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RiderNatTeamC.M.A.
1Dave Perks Oxford Cheetahs10.82
2Paul Woods Crayford Kestrels10.47
3Mike Ferreira Canterbury Crusaders10.32
4Steve Wilcock Middlesbrough Tigers10.28
5Steve Lawson Glasgow Tigers10.17

Riders & final averages

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Berwick

Boston

Canterbury

Crayford

Edinburgh

Ellesmere Port

Exeter

Glasgow

Middlesbrough

Mildenhall

Milton Keynes

Newcastle

Nottingham

  • Mike Sampson 9.88
  • Ivan Blacka 7.85
  • Glenn MacDonald 7.56
  • Craig Featherby 7.45
  • Mark Collins 5.37
  • Arthur Price 4.84
  • Steve Sant 3.62
  • Mark Williams 3.60
  • Pete Bacon 3.43
  • John Homer 2.98

Oxford

Peterborough

Rye House

Scunthorpe

  • Phil White 9.07
  • Arthur Browning 8.59
  • Nicky Allott 7.08
  • Kevin Teager 5.31
  • Rob Woffinden 4.03
  • John Priest 4.00
  • Ian Jeffcoate 3.94
  • Ian Westwell 3.88
  • Graham Mortimer 2.96

Stoke

  • Billy Burton 8.02
  • Tony Boyle 7.26
  • Paul Stead 6.47
  • Les Sawyer 5.99
  • Alan MacLean 5.70
  • Neil Evitts 4.78
  • Ian Robertson 4.64
  • Rod North 4.58
  • Mike Wilding 3.86
  • Rob Lightfoot 3.34

Weymouth

Workington

  • Ian Hindle 6.65
  • Ian Robertson 5.16
  • Steve Regeling 4.51
  • Des Wilson 4.51
  • Wayne Jackson 4.43
  • Mark Dickinson 4.06
  • Terry Kelly 3.68
  • Chris Roynon 3.50
  • Kevin Clapham 3.45
  • Andy Margarson 2.76

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - BRITISH LEAGUE ERA (1965-1990)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). Daily Mirror 1981 Speedway Yearbook, pages 101. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. ^ "About - Exeter Speedway 1980". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Teams". wwosbackup. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. ^ "1980 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  7. ^ a b "1980 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Brown the King". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 1 October 1979. Retrieved 20 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "1980 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Tigers pairs champs". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 20 July 1980. Retrieved 22 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Speedway". Daily Mirror. 28 July 1980. Retrieved 10 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
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