1975 British League season

1975 British League season

League	British League
Season	1975
Champions	Ipswich Witches
No. of competitors	18
Knockout Cup	Belle Vue Aces
Division/s below	1975 National League

The 1975 Gulf Oil British League season was the eleventh season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary

The league was sponsored for the first time by Gulf Oil. Reading Racers returned after a one-season absence to increase the size of the league back to eighteen teams and the ban on Overseas riders that rode in other leagues abroad was lifted. The Ipswich Witches won their first title.

Final table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Ipswich Witches	34	26	1	7	53
Belle Vue Aces	34	25	2	7	52
Newport	34	24	1	9	49
Exeter Falcons	34	20	3	11	45
Sheffield Tigers	34	21	0	13	42
Reading Racers	34	21	0	13	42
Oxford Rebels	34	18	0	16	36
Leicester Lions	34	16	4	14	36
Wimbledon Dons	34	16	2	16	34
Halifax Dukes	34	15	3	16	33
Cradley United	34	15	2	17	32
King's Lynn Stars	34	14	3	17	31
Wolverhampton Wolves	34	13	1	20	27
Hull Vikings	34	10	4	20	24
Poole Pirates	34	10	3	21	23
Coventry Bees	34	9	2	23	20
Hackney Hawks	34	9	1	24	19
Swindon Robins	34	8	0	26	16

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

Top Ten Riders

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Ivan Mauger		Exeter Falcons	11.45
2	Peter Collins		Belle Vue Aces	11.27
3	Phil Crump		Newport	11.17
4	Anders Michanek		Reading Racers	11.03
5	Ole Olsen		Wolverhampton Wolves	10.79
6	John Louis		Ipswich Witches	10.67
7	Dave Jessup		Leicester Lions	10.45
8	Malcolm Simmons		Poole Pirates	10.37
9	Dag Lövaas		Oxford Rebels	10.22
10	Reg Wilson		Sheffield Tigers	10.18

British League Knockout Cup

The 1975 British League Knockout Cup was the 37th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Belle Vue Aces were the winners.

First Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
22/05	Sheffield	44-34	Exeter
19/04	Belle Vue	49-29	Wolverhampton
18/04	Wolverhampton	37-41	Belle Vue
14/04	Exeter	47-31	Sheffield

Second Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
01/07	Leicester	47-31	Hackney
27/06	Hackney	40-38	Leicester
23/06	Cradley Heath	46-32	Kings Lynn
21/06	Kings Lynn	42-36	Cradley Heath
19/06	Oxford	60-18	Coventry
19/06	Ipswich	42-36	Belle Vue
16/06	Exeter	43-35	Poole
16/06	Reading	38-40	Newport
14/06	Swindon	47-31	Hull
14/06	Coventry	33-45	Oxford
11/06	Poole	41-37	Exeter
11/06	Hull	46-32	Swindon
07/06	Halifax	58-20	Wimbledon
06/06	Newport	46-32	Reading
05/06	Wimbledon	49-29	Halifax
04/06	Belle Vue	49-28	Ipswich

Quarter Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
09/08	Cradley Heath	51-27	Newport
09/08	Belle Vue	45-33	Oxford
08/08	Newport	49-29	Cradley Heath
07/08	Oxford	36-42	Belle Vue
02/08	Swindon	32-46	Leicester
29/07	Leicester	42-36	Swindon
17/07	Exeter	43-35	Halifax
05/07	Halifax	47-31	Exeter

Semi Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
05/10	Belle Vue	44-34	Cradley Heath
27/09	Halifax	37-40	Leicester
26/09	Leicester	47-31	Halifax
22/09	Cradley Heath	32-45	Belle Vue

Final

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
22/10	Belle Vue	46-32	Leicester
07/10	Leicester	38-40	Belle Vue

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions