British League 1978

1978 British League

P W D L F A Pts Coventry Bees 36 27 0 9 1542 1257 54 Belle Vue Aces 36 26 0 10 1528.5 1356.5 52 Hull Vikings 36 22 2 12 1477 1324 46 Wimbledon Dons 36 22 1 13 1575 1383 45 Cradley Heath 36 21 1 14 1476 1322 43 Ipswich Witches 36 21 1 14 1471 1330 43 Exeter Falcons 36 20 1 15 1532 1269 41 Sheffield Tigers 36 19 2 15 1412.5 1471.5 40 Bristol Bulldogs 36 19 0 17 1432 1367 38 Poole Pirates 36 17 3 16 1426 1379 37 Leicester Lions 36 17 0 19 1368 1434 34 Halifax Dukes 36 14 3 19 1371.5 1431.5 31 King's Lynn Stars 36 14 2 20 1391 1412 30 Reading Racers 36 13 3 20 1338 1462 29 White City Rebels 36 12 3 21 1319.5 1474.5 27 Swindon Robins 36 12 3 21 1255 1544 27 Wolverhampton 36 11 1 24 1312 1491 23 Birmingham Brummies 36 11 1 24 1280 1525 21 Hackney Hawks 36 10 1 25 1264 1538 19 Fixtures & Results 16/03/1978 Wimbledon 52 26 Sheffield 18/03/1978 Halifax 44 34 Bristol 24/03/1978 Hackney 39 36 White City 24/03/1978 Reading 45 33 Birmingham 24/03/1978 White City 40 38 Hackney 25/03/1978 Belle Vue 43 35 Wimbledon 25/03/1978 Coventry 54 24 Reading 25/03/1978 Cradley Heath 34.5 43.5 Kings Lynn 27/03/1978 Coventry 45 33 Sheffield 27/03/1978 Kings Lynn 47 31 Swindon 27/03/1978 White City 36 42 Wimbledon 27/03/1978 Wimbledon 47 31 White City 29/03/1978 Birmingham 41 37 Reading 01/04/1978 Belle Vue 42 36 Coventry 05/04/1978 White City 45 33 Birmingham 07/04/1978 Wolverhampton 36 42 Swindon 08/04/1978 Cradley Heath 43 35 Wimbledon 08/04/1978 Halifax 54 24 Wolverhampton 08/04/1978 Swindon 48 30 Leicester 10/04/1978 Birmingham 34 43 White City 11/04/1978 Leicester 39 38 Bristol 14/04/1978 Bristol 49 29 Sheffield 14/04/1978 Hackney 38 40 Hull 14/04/1978 Wolverhampton 27 51 Coventry 15/04/1978 Belle Vue 52 26 Wolverhampton 15/04/1978 Coventry 53 25 Poole 15/04/1978 Cradley Heath 41 37 Ipswich 15/04/1978 Halifax 51 27 Leicester 15/04/1978 Kings Lynn 54 24 Birmingham 15/04/1978 Swindon 42 36 Hackney 17/04/1978 Exeter 52 26 Leicester 19/04/1978 Hull 48 30 Bristol 20/04/1978 Sheffield 44 34 Leicester 20/04/1978 Swindon 40 37 Cradley Heath 20/04/1978 Wimbledon 56 22 Reading 21/04/1978 Hackney 44 34 Bristol 21/04/1978 Wolverhampton 28 50 Wimbledon 22/04/1978 Belle Vue 47 31 Poole 22/04/1978 Coventry 40 37 Cradley Heath 22/04/1978 Halifax 50 28 Swindon 24/04/1978 Reading 40 38 Wimbledon 25/04/1978 Leicester 32 46 Belle Vue 27/04/1978 Ipswich 48 30 Birmingham 27/04/1978 Sheffield 42 36 Wolverhampton 28/04/1978 Wolverhampton 41 37 Hackney 29/04/1978 Coventry 43 35 Belle Vue 29/04/1978 Cradley Heath 50 28 Leicester 29/04/1978 Halifax 58 20 Reading 29/04/1978 Swindon 41 37 Wimbledon 03/05/1978 Hull 47 31 White City 03/05/1978 Poole 43 35 Wolverhampton 04/05/1978 Ipswich 51 27 Halifax 04/05/1978 Sheffield 39 39 White City 05/05/1978 Bristol 37 41 Wimbledon 06/05/1978 Belle Vue 43 35 Leicester 06/05/1978 Cradley Heath 44 34 Wolverhampton 06/05/1978 Halifax 48 29 Hackney 06/05/1978 Kings Lynn 49 29 Bristol 06/05/1978 Swindon 26 52 Coventry 08/05/1978 Birmingham 40 38 Hull 09/05/1978 Hull 46 32 Cradley Heath 09/05/1978 Leicester 48 30 Wolverhampton 10/05/1978 Poole 46 32 Halifax 10/05/1978 White City 35 43 Belle Vue 11/05/1978 Ipswich 50 28 Leicester 12/05/1978 Bristol 47 31 Halifax 13/05/1978 Cradley Heath 45.5 32.5 White City 13/05/1978 Halifax 41 37 Birmingham 13/05/1978 Swindon 41 37 Wolverhampton 18/05/1978 Sheffield 46 32 Wimbledon 18/05/1978 Sheffield 46 32 Wimbledon 19/05/1978 Hackney 38 40 Cradley Heath 20/05/1978 Belle Vue 47 31 Hull 20/05/1978 Coventry 53 25 Swindon 20/05/1978 Kings Lynn 37 41 Leicester 22/05/1978 Birmingham 50 28 Kings Lynn 22/05/1978 Exeter 47 31 Cradley Heath 22/05/1978 Reading 34 43 White City 23/05/1978 Leicester 48 30 Halifax 23/05/1978 White City 36 42 Exeter 24/05/1978 Hull 52 26 Kings Lynn 24/05/1978 Poole 44 34 Cradley Heath 25/05/1978 Ipswich 46 32 Belle Vue 25/05/1978 Wimbledon 41 37 Coventry 26/05/1978 Bristol 44 33 Wolverhampton 26/05/1978 Hackney 38 40 Wimbledon 27/05/1978 Belle Vue 46 32 Reading 27/05/1978 Coventry 41 37 Ipswich 27/05/1978 Cradley Heath 50 28 Sheffield 27/05/1978 Swindon 39 39 Halifax 28/05/1978 Wolverhampton 38 39 Bristol 29/05/1978 Exeter 46 32 Bristol 29/05/1978 Halifax 43 35 Cradley Heath 29/05/1978 Kings Lynn 36 42 Belle Vue 29/05/1978 Reading 38 40 Poole 30/05/1978 Birmingham 45 33 Exeter 30/05/1978 Leicester 43 35 Wimbledon 30/05/1978 White City 42 36 Reading 31/05/1978 Hull 44 33 Reading 31/05/1978 Poole 35 43 Belle Vue 01/06/1978 Ipswich 46 32 Hull 01/06/1978 Wimbledon 53 24 Hackney 02/06/1978 Hackney 51 27 Swindon 03/06/1978 Cradley Heath 50 28 Bristol 03/06/1978 Halifax 39 39 Ipswich 03/06/1978 Swindon 44 34 Birmingham 05/06/1978 Birmingham 46 32 Bristol 05/06/1978 Exeter 45 33 Ipswich 06/06/1978 Hull 50 28 Wimbledon 06/06/1978 White City 46 32 Wolverhampton 08/06/1978 Sheffield 44 34 Reading 08/06/1978 Wimbledon 41 37 Belle Vue 10/06/1978 Belle Vue 51 27 Hackney 12/06/1978 Birmingham 37 41 Belle Vue 12/06/1978 Exeter 49 29 Wimbledon 12/06/1978 Reading 42 36 Sheffield 14/06/1978 Poole 41 37 Reading 15/06/1978 Sheffield 42 35 Bristol 15/06/1978 Wimbledon 44 33 Cradley Heath 16/06/1978 Hackney 40 38 Leicester 16/06/1978 Wolverhampton 38 40 Belle Vue 17/06/1978 Coventry 56 22 Hackney 17/06/1978 Cradley Heath 42 36 Poole 17/06/1978 Halifax 37 41 Wimbledon 17/06/1978 Kings Lynn 55 23 Ipswich 17/06/1978 Swindon 40 38 Reading 19/06/1978 Exeter 56 21 Kings Lynn 20/06/1978 Leicester 41 36 Exeter 21/06/1978 Hull 55 22 Coventry 22/06/1978 Ipswich 42 36 Kings Lynn 22/06/1978 Wimbledon 44 33 Hull 24/06/1978 Coventry 41 37 Wolverhampton 24/06/1978 Cradley Heath 45 33 Hackney 24/06/1978 Swindon 39 39 Sheffield 26/06/1978 Reading 39 39 Hull 27/06/1978 Leicester 37 41 Coventry 28/06/1978 Hull 52 26 Hackney 28/06/1978 Poole 43 34 Kings Lynn 29/06/1978 Ipswich 56 22 Bristol 29/06/1978 Sheffield 43 35 Poole 29/06/1978 Wimbledon 47 30 Halifax 30/06/1978 Bristol 40 38 Kings Lynn 01/07/1978 Belle Vue 47 31 Swindon 01/07/1978 Halifax 37 41 Sheffield 01/07/1978 Kings Lynn 39 39 Poole 03/07/1978 Exeter 47 31 Wolverhampton 03/07/1978 Reading 53 24 Hackney 04/07/1978 White City 31 47 Ipswich 04/07/1978 White City 40 37 Kings Lynn 05/07/1978 Poole 53 25 White City 06/07/1978 Ipswich 39 38 Reading 07/07/1978 Bristol 47 31 Swindon 07/07/1978 Wolverhampton 39 39 Hull 08/07/1978 Belle Vue 44 34 White City 08/07/1978 Coventry 39 38 Bristol 08/07/1978 Halifax 45 33 Hull 10/07/1978 Reading 35 43 Belle Vue 11/07/1978 White City 43 34 Coventry 12/07/1978 Hull 48 29 Leicester 13/07/1978 Ipswich 42 36 Exeter 13/07/1978 Wimbledon 50 28 Swindon 14/07/1978 Hackney 35 43 Ipswich 15/07/1978 Coventry 48 30 Halifax 15/07/1978 Cradley Heath 43 35 Belle Vue 17/07/1978 Birmingham 30 48 Ipswich 17/07/1978 Exeter 56 22 Hackney 18/07/1978 Leicester 40 38 Reading 18/07/1978 White City 38 40 Poole 18/07/1978 White City 51 27 Sheffield 19/07/1978 Hull 54 24 Belle Vue 20/07/1978 Sheffield 40 38 Coventry 20/07/1978 Wimbledon 43 35 Ipswich 21/07/1978 Hackney 41 37 Sheffield 21/07/1978 Wolverhampton 41 37 Halifax 22/07/1978 Belle Vue 42 36 Kings Lynn 22/07/1978 Coventry 47 31 White City 22/07/1978 Cradley Heath 51 27 Exeter 22/07/1978 Halifax 49 27 Poole 22/07/1978 Ipswich 51 27 Sheffield 22/07/1978 Swindon 34 44 Hull 24/07/1978 Exeter 53 25 Sheffield 24/07/1978 Reading 38 40 Coventry 25/07/1978 Leicester 42 36 Kings Lynn 25/07/1978 White City 36 42 Hull 25/07/1978 White City 42 29 Swindon 26/07/1978 Hull 41 37 Halifax 26/07/1978 Poole 42 36 Ipswich 27/07/1978 Sheffield 54 24 Swindon 27/07/1978 Wimbledon 61 17 Birmingham 28/07/1978 Bristol 43 35 Coventry 28/07/1978 Hackney 38 40 Belle Vue 28/07/1978 Poole 45 33 Leicester 28/07/1978 Wolverhampton 41 37 Kings Lynn 29/07/1978 Coventry 48 30 Hull 29/07/1978 Halifax 41.5 36.5 Belle Vue 29/07/1978 Kings Lynn 36 42 Sheffield 29/07/1978 Swindon 41 36 Bristol 01/08/1978 Leicester 43 35 Poole 02/08/1978 Hull 57 21 Birmingham 03/08/1978 Sheffield 46.5 31.5 Kings Lynn 03/08/1978 Wimbledon 51 27 Leicester 04/08/1978 Bristol 41 37 White City 04/08/1978 Hackney 35 43 Reading 05/08/1978 Halifax 36 42 Coventry 05/08/1978 Kings Lynn 40 38 Wimbledon 05/08/1978 Swindon 36 42 White City 07/08/1978 Birmingham 29 49 Wimbledon 07/08/1978 Exeter 40 38 Belle Vue 09/08/1978 White City 29 49 Leicester 10/08/1978 Sheffield 53 25 Hackney 11/08/1978 Bristol 46 31 Cradley Heath 11/08/1978 Hackney 36 42 Coventry 11/08/1978 Leicester 46 32 Ipswich 11/08/1978 Poole 51 27 Sheffield 11/08/1978 Wolverhampton 38 39 Exeter 12/08/1978 Cradley Heath 40 38 Reading 12/08/1978 Halifax 46 32 White City 12/08/1978 Kings Lynn 36 41 Hull 14/08/1978 Birmingham 47 31 Swindon 14/08/1978 Reading 46 32 Halifax 15/08/1978 Leicester 48 30 Hackney 17/08/1978 Ipswich 48 30 White City 17/08/1978 Ipswich 50 28 Swindon 17/08/1978 Wimbledon 40 37 Exeter 18/08/1978 Bristol 42 36 Birmingham 18/08/1978 Poole 43 35 Swindon 19/08/1978 Coventry 48 30 Birmingham 19/08/1978 Halifax 50 28 Kings Lynn 19/08/1978 Swindon 35 43 Exeter 20/08/1978 Kings Lynn 42 36 Cradley Heath 21/08/1978 Exeter 53 25 Swindon 21/08/1978 Reading 43 35 Wolverhampton 23/08/1978 Cradley Heath 48 30 Halifax 23/08/1978 Hull 49 29 Sheffield 23/08/1978 Poole 39 39 Wimbledon 24/08/1978 Sheffield 40 38 Ipswich 25/08/1978 Bristol 51 27 Poole 25/08/1978 Hackney 43 35 Wolverhampton 25/08/1978 Kings Lynn 42 35 Coventry 26/08/1978 Belle Vue 48 30 Halifax 26/08/1978 Coventry 48 30 Kings Lynn 26/08/1978 Cradley Heath 52 25 Hull 26/08/1978 Ipswich 43 35 Wimbledon 27/08/1978 Wolverhampton 40 37 Birmingham 28/08/1978 Birmingham 48 30 Sheffield 28/08/1978 Coventry 45 31 Leicester 28/08/1978 Cradley Heath 52 26 Swindon 28/08/1978 Exeter 53 25 Reading 28/08/1978 Hull 41 37 Poole 28/08/1978 Kings Lynn 52 26 White City 28/08/1978 Reading 40 37 Exeter 28/08/1978 Wimbledon 39 38 Bristol 29/08/1978 Bristol 45 33 Hackney 29/08/1978 Leicester 42 36 White City 29/08/1978 Leicester 43 35 Birmingham 30/08/1978 Poole 48 30 Hull 30/08/1978 White City 39 39 Cradley Heath 31/08/1978 Sheffield 41 37 Birmingham 31/08/1978 Swindon 47 31 Kings Lynn 01/09/1978 Hackney 47 31 Halifax 01/09/1978 Wolverhampton 44 34 Sheffield 03/09/1978 Kings Lynn 46 32 Halifax 04/09/1978 Birmingham 39 39 Poole 04/09/1978 Exeter 52 26 White City 04/09/1978 Reading 43 35 Leicester 06/09/1978 Hull 42 36 Ipswich 06/09/1978 Poole 46 32 Bristol 06/09/1978 White City 39 39 Halifax 07/09/1978 Ipswich 35 42 Coventry 07/09/1978 Sheffield 40 37 Belle Vue 07/09/1978 Wimbledon 36 42 Wolverhampton 08/09/1978 Hackney 40 38 Poole 08/09/1978 Wolverhampton 42 36 White City 09/09/1978 Swindon 42 36 Poole 11/09/1978 Birmingham 57 21 Halifax 11/09/1978 Reading 43 35 Kings Lynn 12/09/1978 Leicester 51 27 Sheffield 13/09/1978 Hull 48 30 Wolverhampton 13/09/1978 Poole 49 29 Hackney 13/09/1978 White City 41 37 Bristol 14/09/1978 Wimbledon 42 36 Kings Lynn 15/09/1978 Bristol 44 34 Hull 15/09/1978 Hackney 45 33 Birmingham 15/09/1978 Wolverhampton 36 42 Reading 16/09/1978 Belle Vue 40 38 Cradley Heath 16/09/1978 Coventry 46 32 Wimbledon 18/09/1978 Birmingham 43 35 Leicester 18/09/1978 Exeter 61 17 Halifax 21/09/1978 Ipswich 41 37 Wolverhampton 21/09/1978 Ipswich 43 35 Hackney 21/09/1978 Sheffield 42 36 Halifax 21/09/1978 Wimbledon 38 40 Belle Vue 22/09/1978 Bristol 45 33 Ipswich 22/09/1978 Hackney 39 39 Exeter 23/09/1978 Cradley Heath 57 20 Birmingham 23/09/1978 Kings Lynn 44 34 Wolverhampton 25/09/1978 Birmingham 38 40 Cradley Heath 25/09/1978 Exeter 37 41 Coventry 25/09/1978 Reading 39 37 Ipswich 26/09/1978 Leicester 46 32 Swindon 26/09/1978 Leicester 55 23 Hull 27/09/1978 Hull 44 33 Exeter 27/09/1978 Poole 38 40 Coventry 28/09/1978 Sheffield 44 34 Hull 28/09/1978 Swindon 37 41 Belle Vue 29/09/1978 Bristol 54 24 Leicester 29/09/1978 Hackney 37 41 Kings Lynn 29/09/1978 Ipswich 41 37 Poole 29/09/1978 Wolverhampton 40 38 Cradley Heath 30/09/1978 Belle Vue 36 42 Bristol 30/09/1978 Belle Vue 49 29 Birmingham 30/09/1978 Kings Lynn 49 29 Hackney 02/10/1978 Birmingham 37 41 Hackney 02/10/1978 Reading 44 33 Bristol 03/10/1978 Belle Vue 38 40 Ipswich 04/10/1978 Hull 49 29 Swindon 04/10/1978 Poole 45 33 Exeter 05/10/1978 Sheffield 50 28 Exeter 05/10/1978 Wimbledon 42 36 Poole 06/10/1978 Bristol 52 26 Belle Vue 06/10/1978 Bristol 55 23 Reading 06/10/1978 Wolverhampton 53 25 Ipswich 07/10/1978 Belle Vue 42 36 Sheffield 07/10/1978 Cradley Heath 40 37 Coventry 07/10/1978 Swindon 42 36 Ipswich 08/10/1978 Wolverhampton 40 37 Leicester 09/10/1978 Birmingham 41 37 Coventry 09/10/1978 Reading 39 39 Swindon 10/10/1978 Belle Vue 52 26 Exeter 10/10/1978 Leicester 37 41 Cradley Heath 11/10/1978 Poole 53 25 Birmingham 12/10/1978 Sheffield 43 35 Cradley Heath 13/10/1978 Exeter 52 26 Birmingham 13/10/1978 Wolverhampton 45 33 Poole 14/10/1978 Coventry 45 33 Exeter 14/10/1978 Kings Lynn 39 39 Reading 15/10/1978 Halifax 41 36 Exeter 16/10/1978 Birmingham 41 37 Wolverhampton 16/10/1978 Exeter 47 31 Poole 20/10/1978 Bristol 41 37 Exeter 22/10/1978 Kings Lynn 43 35 Exeter 23/10/1978 Exeter 56 22 Hull 23/10/1978 Reading 38 40 Cradley Heath 26/10/1978 Ipswich 44 31 Cradley Heath Coventry Bees