1972 BRITISH LEAGUE DIVISION 1
Team Mts Won Drn Lst For Agn Pts
1.BELLE VUE ‘Aces’ 34 31 1 2 1592½ 1051½ 63
2.Reading ‘Racers’ 34 25 1 8 1454 1194 51
3.King’s Lynn ‘Stars’ 34 24 3 7 1432 1219 51
4.Sheffield ‘Tigers’ 34 23 3 8 1488 1163 49
5.Leicester ‘Lions’ 34 17 5 12 1365 1287 39
6.Ipswich ‘Witches’ 34 17 1 16 1332 1313 35
7.Poole ‘Pirates’ 34 15 2 17 1307 1342 32
8.Hackney ‘Hawks’ 34 16 0 18 1306 1341 32
9.Wolverhampton ‘Wolves’ 34 16 0 18 1302 1348 32
10.Coventry ‘Bees’ 34 14 2 18 1327 1317 30
11.Exeter ‘Falcons’ 34 13 2 19 1291½ 1357½ 28
12.Halifax ‘Dukes’ 34 13 2 19 1261 1388 28
13.Wimbledon ‘Dons’ 34 14 0 20 1225 1421 28
14.Glasgow ‘Tigers’ 34 12 2 20 1263 1385 26
15.Swindon ‘Robins’ 34 12 1 21 1314 1337 25
16.Cradley Heath ‘Heathens’ 34 11 3 20 1234½ 1416½ 25
17.Oxford ‘Rebels’ 34 10 0 24 1200½ 1443½ 20
18.Newport ‘Wasps’ 34 9 0 25 1139 1510 18
KNOCK-OUT CUP FINAL: Belle Vue 82 Hackney 73
BL DIV. 1 RIDERS' CHAMPIONSHIP: Ole Olsen (Wolverhampton), 15 pts
1972 BRITISH LEAGUE DIVISION 2
Team Mts Won Drn Lst For Agn Pts
1.CREWE ‘Kings’ 32 22 1 9 1444 1041 45
2.Boston ‘Barracudas’ 32 21 1 10 1365 1127 43
3.Peterborough ‘Panthers’ 32 21 0 11 1312 1179 42
4.Rayleigh ‘Rockets’ 32 17 4 11 1333 1160 38
5.Eastbourne ‘Eagles’ 32 18 2 12 1323½ 1160½ 38
6.Birmingham ‘Brummies’ 32 18 1 13 1329 1157 37
7.Workington ‘Comets’ 32 18 0 14 1308 1183 36
8.Hull ‘Vikings’ 32 16 0 16 1223 1269 32
9.Barrow ‘Happy Faces’ 32 15 1 16 1260 1230 31
10.Teesside ‘Teessiders’ 32 14 3 15 1218 1270 31
11.Bradford ‘Northern’ 32 15 0 17 1227 1259 30
12.Sunderland ‘Stars’ 32 13 2 17 1180 1306 28
13.Canterbury ‘Crusaders’ 32 13 1 18 1229 1260 27
14.Berwick ‘Bandits’ 32 12 3 17 1156 1330 27
15.Ellesmere Port ‘Gunners’ 32 12 0 20 1156 1329 24
16.Long Eaton ‘Rangers’ 32 11 2 19 1104 1385 24
17.Scunthorpe ‘Saints’ 32 5 1 26 982½ 1504½ 11
Wd.West Ham ‘Bombers’ 12 4 0 8 469 465 8
NOTE: Barrow took over from West Ham upon their withdrawal.
KNOCK-OUT CUP FINAL: Crewe 89 Peterborough 67
BL DIV. 2 RIDERS' CHAMPIONSHIP: Phil Crump (Crewe), 12 pts