1971 British League season

1971 British League season

League	British League
Season	1971
Champions	Belle Vue Aces
No. of competitors	19
Knockout Cup	Hackney Hawks
Division/s below	British League (Div 2)

The 1971 British League season was the seventh season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary

Reading Racers moved up from Division 2. Newcastle Diamonds dropped out. Belle Vue Aces retained their title to become the first team to win the title for the second time.

Final table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Belle Vue Aces	36	25	1	10	51
Leicester Lions	36	22	3	11	47
Coventry Bees	36	23	0	13	46
Sheffield Tigers	36	21	1	14	43
Swindon Robins	36	19	3	14	40
Reading Racers	36	18	4	14	41
Hackney Hawks	36	17	4	15	38
Newport Wasps	36	19	0	17	37
Wembley Lions	36	17	3	16	37
Wimbledon Dons	36	18	1	17	36
Poole Pirates	36	17	2	17	35
Wolverhampton Wolves	36	17	1	18	34
King's Lynn Stars	36	16	2	18	34
Halifax Dukes	36	16	2	18	32
Exeter Falcons	36	16	0	20	31
Glasgow Tigers	36	15	1	20	25
Oxford Cheetahs	36	12	1	23	20
Cradley Heath Heathens	36	8	4	24	20
West Ham Hammers	36	9	1	26	19

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

Top Ten Riders

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Ivan Mauger		Belle Vue Aces	11.42
2	Ray Wilson		Leicester Lions	10.97
3	Ole Olsen		Wolverhampton Wolves	10.96
4	Jim Airey		Sheffield Tigers	10.70
5	Barry Briggs		Swindon Robins	10.64
6	Bengt Jansson		Hackney Hawks	10.21
7	Eric Boocock		Halifax Dukes	10.14
8	Anders Michanek		Reading Racers	10.03
9	Nigel Boocock		Coventry Bees	9.95
10	Ronnie Moore		Wimbledon Dons	9.93

British League Knockout Cup

The 1971 British League Knockout Cup was the 33rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Hackney were the winners.

First Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
08/05	Halifax	49-29	West Ham
08/05	Swindon	43-35	Wimbledon
06/05	Oxford	46-32	Poole

Second Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
25/06	Wolverhampton	43-35	Belle Vue
21/06	Reading	38-40	Cradley Heath
17/06	Oxford	39-38	Exeter
12/06	King's Lynn	46-32	Newport
11/06	Glasgow	43-34	Leicester
10/06	Sheffield	48-30	Wembley
05/06	Halifax	42-36	Coventry
05/06	Swindon	36-42	Hackney

Quarter Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
14/08	Halifax	43-35	Sheffield
06/08	Wolverhampton	45-32	Oxford
31/07	King's Lynn	39-39	Hackney
31/07	Cradley Heath	40-38	Glasgow
03/09	Hackney	49-29	King's Lynn

Semi Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
17/09	Hackney	50-27	Halifax
06/09	Cradley Heath	50-28	Wolverhampton

Final

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
04/10	Cradley Heath	41-37	Hackney
08/10	Hackney	51-27	Cradley Heath

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions