British League 1979

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League Table M W D L F A Pts 1 Coventry 34 26 0 8 1418 1231 52 2 Hull 34 24 2 8 1546 1099 50 3 Cradley Heath 34 24 0 10 1500 1146 48 4 Kings Lynn 34 22 1 11 1396 1256 45 5 Exeter 34 21 0 13 1413 1230 42 6 Halifax 34 18 0 16 1336.5 1311.5 36 7 Reading 34 17 0 17 1345 1305 34 8 Swindon 34 15 3 16 1350 1299 33 9 Wimbledon 34 16 1 17 1327 1320 33 10 Belle Vue 34 14 4 16 1323 1326 32 11 Wolverhampton 34 15 1 18 1306 1342 31 12 Poole 34 14 3 17 1297 1352 31 13 Sheffield 34 14 2 18 1228 1420 30 14 Birmingham 34 13 2 19 1257 1392 28 15 Ipswich 34 12 2 20 1264 1381 26 16 Eastbourne 34 10 2 22 1242 1406 22 17 Leicester 34 10 0 24 1150.5 1497.5 20 18 Hackney 34 9 1 24 1130 1515 19 Rider Averages Fixtures 01/11/1979 Swindon 38 39 Exeter 29/10/1979 Cradley Heath 64 14 Halifax 27/10/1979 Cradley Heath 57 21 Exeter 26/10/1979 Wolverhampton 33 45 Cradley Heath 25/10/1979 Swindon 40 38 Cradley Heath 22/10/1979 Birmingham 43 35 Wimbledon 21/10/1979 Halifax 41 37 Exeter 21/10/1979 Halifax 45 33 Wimbledon 21/10/1979 Reading 43 35 Swindon 18/10/1979 Ipswich 43 35 Swindon 17/10/1979 Poole 33 45 Reading 15/10/1979 Birmingham 32 45 Ipswich 15/10/1979 Reading 48 30 Halifax 15/10/1979 Sheffield 45 32 Wimbledon 13/10/1979 Coventry 42 36 Hull 13/10/1979 Kings Lynn 49 29 Reading 12/10/1979 Hackney 36 42 Kings Lynn 12/10/1979 Wolverhampton 40 38 Swindon 11/10/1979 Sheffield 49 29 Eastbourne 09/10/1979 Wimbledon 48 30 Halifax 08/10/1979 Exeter 52 26 Wimbledon 07/10/1979 Eastbourne 38 40 Belle Vue 06/10/1979 Kings Lynn 52 26 Wimbledon 05/10/1979 Exeter 57 21 Leicester 05/10/1979 Hackney 37 41 Cradley Heath 05/10/1979 Wolverhampton 26 52 Hull 04/10/1979 Sheffield 48 30 Hackney 04/10/1979 Wimbledon 33 45 Wolverhampton 03/10/1979 Birmingham 42 36 Reading 03/10/1979 Kings Lynn 47 31 Cradley Heath 02/10/1979 Leicester 40 38 Reading 01/10/1979 Birmingham 39 38 Poole 01/10/1979 Reading 42 36 Ipswich 29/09/1979 Belle Vue 39 39 Swindon 29/09/1979 Cradley Heath 53 24 Leicester 28/09/1979 Hackney 33 45 Hull 28/09/1979 Wolverhampton 28 50 Coventry 27/09/1979 Ipswich 41 37 Eastbourne 27/09/1979 Sheffield 41 37 Wolverhampton 27/09/1979 Wimbledon 41 37 Poole 26/09/1979 Hull 41 37 Cradley Heath 26/09/1979 Poole 33 45 Exeter 25/09/1979 Leicester 44 34 Hackney 24/09/1979 Reading 56 22 Leicester 22/09/1979 Coventry 40 38 Exeter 22/09/1979 Cradley Heath 57 21 Wimbledon 22/09/1979 Halifax 47 31 Sheffield 22/09/1979 Kings Lynn 44 34 Wolverhampton 22/09/1979 Swindon 41 37 Belle Vue 20/09/1979 Ipswich 52 26 Hackney 20/09/1979 Sheffield 46 32 Swindon 20/09/1979 Wimbledon 41 36 Exeter 19/09/1979 Belle Vue 40 38 Kings Lynn 18/09/1979 Leicester 38 40 Hull 17/09/1979 Birmingham 59 19 Halifax 15/09/1979 Coventry 48 30 Poole 15/09/1979 Halifax 42 36 Eastbourne 15/09/1979 Kings Lynn 40 38 Hull 14/09/1979 Eastbourne 35 43 Kings Lynn 14/09/1979 Hackney 41 37 Ipswich 13/09/1979 Ipswich 41 37 Exeter 13/09/1979 Wimbledon 36 42 Cradley Heath 12/09/1979 Hull 57 21 Sheffield 12/09/1979 Poole 41 37 Wolverhampton 11/09/1979 Leicester 44 33 Eastbourne 10/09/1979 Exeter 51 27 Poole 10/09/1979 Reading 35 42 Coventry 08/09/1979 Belle Vue 47 31 Poole 08/09/1979 Cradley Heath 52 26 Ipswich 08/09/1979 Halifax 46 32 Reading 07/09/1979 Hackney 46 32 Reading 07/09/1979 Wolverhampton 49 29 Leicester 06/09/1979 Ipswich 35 42 Leicester 06/09/1979 Sheffield 29 49 Hull 05/09/1979 Hull 43 34 Halifax 05/09/1979 Poole 45 33 Sheffield 04/09/1979 Leicester 41 37 Cradley Heath 03/09/1979 Exeter 42 35 Sheffield 03/09/1979 Reading 49 29 Eastbourne 01/09/1979 Halifax 55 23 Hackney 01/09/1979 Swindon 45 33 Reading 31/08/1979 Eastbourne 37 41 Reading 31/08/1979 Wolverhampton 44 34 Ipswich 30/08/1979 Ipswich 33 45 Reading 30/08/1979 Sheffield 44 34 Halifax 30/08/1979 Wimbledon 50 28 Leicester 29/08/1979 Birmingham 38 40 Eastbourne 29/08/1979 Poole 39 39 Hull 27/08/1979 Birmingham 40 38 Exeter 27/08/1979 Cradley Heath 50 28 Swindon 27/08/1979 Exeter 53 25 Birmingham 27/08/1979 Hull 62 16 Poole 27/08/1979 Kings Lynn 58 20 Sheffield 27/08/1979 Reading 45 33 Wolverhampton 27/08/1979 Wimbledon 41 37 Ipswich 26/08/1979 Eastbourne 43 35 Coventry 25/08/1979 Belle Vue 42 36 Halifax 25/08/1979 Coventry 51 27 Sheffield 25/08/1979 Cradley Heath 49 29 Kings Lynn 25/08/1979 Ipswich 42 36 Wimbledon 25/08/1979 Swindon 39 39 Hull 24/08/1979 Eastbourne 39 39 Ipswich 24/08/1979 Kings Lynn 40 38 Leicester 24/08/1979 Wolverhampton 42 33 Exeter 23/08/1979 Sheffield 42 36 Birmingham 22/08/1979 Hull 51 27 Wimbledon 22/08/1979 Poole 44 34 Halifax 20/08/1979 Birmingham 28 50 Belle Vue 20/08/1979 Exeter 55 23 Wolverhampton 20/08/1979 Reading 48 30 Hackney 18/08/1979 Belle Vue 47 31 Ipswich 18/08/1979 Halifax 53 25 Poole 18/08/1979 Swindon 50 27 Sheffield 17/08/1979 Exeter 50 27 Hackney 17/08/1979 Wolverhampton 54 24 Poole 16/08/1979 Ipswich 35 42 Wolverhampton 16/08/1979 Wimbledon 45 32 Hackney 14/08/1979 Leicester 46 32 Wimbledon 11/08/1979 Belle Vue 44 33 Leicester 11/08/1979 Coventry 43 35 Birmingham 11/08/1979 Halifax 49 29 Kings Lynn 11/08/1979 Ipswich 45 33 Sheffield 10/08/1979 Hackney 44 34 Wolverhampton 09/08/1979 Sheffield 34 44 Coventry 08/08/1979 Hull 55 23 Swindon 08/08/1979 Poole 44 34 Ipswich 07/08/1979 Leicester 32 46 Exeter 06/08/1979 Birmingham 38 40 Coventry 06/08/1979 Exeter 55 23 Ipswich 06/08/1979 Reading 32 46 Cradley Heath 04/08/1979 Belle Vue 43 35 Reading 04/08/1979 Cradley Heath 47 31 Poole 04/08/1979 Halifax 43 35 Wolverhampton 04/08/1979 Kings Lynn 50 28 Coventry 03/08/1979 Eastbourne 50 28 Sheffield 03/08/1979 Wolverhampton 46 32 Hackney 02/08/1979 Sheffield 36 42 Exeter 01/08/1979 Hull 57 21 Ipswich 01/08/1979 Poole 44 34 Eastbourne 31/07/1979 Leicester 44 34 Sheffield 30/07/1979 Reading 46 32 Kings Lynn 28/07/1979 Coventry 42 36 Belle Vue 28/07/1979 Cradley Heath 41 37 Hull 28/07/1979 Halifax 45 33 Swindon 27/07/1979 Hackney 38 40 Eastbourne 27/07/1979 Wolverhampton 51 27 Sheffield 26/07/1979 Ipswich 36 41 Coventry 26/07/1979 Wimbledon 41 36 Hull 25/07/1979 Hull 60 18 Leicester 25/07/1979 Poole 39 39 Swindon 24/07/1979 Leicester 34 44 Kings Lynn 23/07/1979 Exeter 40 38 Coventry 21/07/1979 Belle Vue 29 49 Hull 21/07/1979 Coventry 43 34 Halifax 21/07/1979 Cradley Heath 45 33 Sheffield 21/07/1979 Kings Lynn 45 33 Exeter 21/07/1979 Swindon 46 31 Hackney 20/07/1979 Eastbourne 49 28 Exeter 20/07/1979 Hackney 43 35 Coventry 20/07/1979 Wolverhampton 36 42 Wimbledon 19/07/1979 Sheffield 39 39 Kings Lynn 18/07/1979 Kings Lynn 38 40 Halifax 18/07/1979 Poole 41 37 Cradley Heath 17/07/1979 Leicester 45 33 Wolverhampton 16/07/1979 Exeter 41 37 Belle Vue 16/07/1979 Reading 42 35 Hull 14/07/1979 Cradley Heath 51 27 Birmingham 14/07/1979 Kings Lynn 55 23 Hackney 13/07/1979 Eastbourne 42 36 Wimbledon 13/07/1979 Hackney 43 35 Exeter 12/07/1979 Ipswich 44 34 Halifax 12/07/1979 Sheffield 44 34 Cradley Heath 11/07/1979 Belle Vue 42 36 Cradley Heath 11/07/1979 Hull 50 28 Eastbourne 10/07/1979 Leicester 41 37 Swindon 09/07/1979 Birmingham 40 38 Kings Lynn 09/07/1979 Exeter 42 35 Halifax 09/07/1979 Reading 37 41 Belle Vue 07/07/1979 Belle Vue 42 36 Coventry 07/07/1979 Halifax 44.5 33.5 Leicester 07/07/1979 Swindon 46 32 Ipswich 06/07/1979 Hackney 46 31 Birmingham 06/07/1979 Wolverhampton 44 34 Kings Lynn 05/07/1979 Sheffield 41 37 Reading 04/07/1979 Coventry 48 30 Wolverhampton 04/07/1979 Poole 59 19 Hackney 03/07/1979 Leicester 28 50 Belle Vue 02/07/1979 Birmingham 41 37 Leicester 02/07/1979 Exeter 38 40 Kings Lynn 30/06/1979 Belle Vue 39 39 Birmingham 30/06/1979 Coventry 48 30 Hackney 30/06/1979 Cradley Heath 47 31 Wolverhampton 30/06/1979 Halifax 43 35 Ipswich 30/06/1979 Swindon 40 38 Wimbledon 29/06/1979 Eastbourne 31 47 Swindon 29/06/1979 Hackney 34 44 Halifax 29/06/1979 Wolverhampton 42 36 Belle Vue 28/06/1979 Ipswich 42 33 Hull 28/06/1979 Sheffield 44 34 Leicester 28/06/1979 Wimbledon 37 41 Coventry 27/06/1979 Hull 56 22 Hackney 27/06/1979 Poole 40 37 Wimbledon 26/06/1979 Leicester 40 38 Poole 25/06/1979 Birmingham 38 40 Hull 25/06/1979 Exeter 44 34 Swindon 23/06/1979 Coventry 52 26 Leicester 23/06/1979 Cradley Heath 50 25 Hackney 23/06/1979 Halifax 49 29 Belle Vue 23/06/1979 Kings Lynn 42 36 Ipswich 23/06/1979 Swindon 48 30 Eastbourne 22/06/1979 Eastbourne 36 42 Birmingham 21/06/1979 Ipswich 37 41 Kings Lynn 21/06/1979 Sheffield 41 36 Belle Vue 20/06/1979 Hull 51 27 Reading 20/06/1979 Poole 43 35 Birmingham 19/06/1979 Leicester 35 43 Halifax 18/06/1979 Exeter 50 28 Eastbourne 18/06/1979 Reading 41 37 Wimbledon 16/06/1979 Belle Vue 46 32 Eastbourne 16/06/1979 Halifax 38 40 Hull 14/06/1979 Wimbledon 45 33 Reading 12/06/1979 Hull 58 20 Birmingham 12/06/1979 Leicester 30 48 Coventry 11/06/1979 Birmingham 37 39 Cradley Heath 10/06/1979 Eastbourne 32 46 Wolverhampton 09/06/1979 Belle Vue 38 40 Sheffield 09/06/1979 Coventry 42 36 Ipswich 09/06/1979 Swindon 36 42 Poole 07/06/1979 Ipswich 47 31 Belle Vue 06/06/1979 Poole 44 34 Kings Lynn 05/06/1979 Hull 42 36 Belle Vue 05/06/1979 Leicester 30 48 Birmingham 04/06/1979 Reading 45 33 Sheffield 02/06/1979 Cradley Heath 49 29 Coventry 02/06/1979 Kings Lynn 44 34 Swindon 01/06/1979 Eastbourne 44 34 Halifax 01/06/1979 Hackney 41 37 Poole 01/06/1979 Swindon 38 40 Kings Lynn 01/06/1979 Wolverhampton 45 33 Reading 31/05/1979 Wimbledon 42 36 Eastbourne 28/05/1979 Cradley Heath 55 23 Hull 28/05/1979 Kings Lynn 43 35 Belle Vue 28/05/1979 Reading 43 35 Poole 27/05/1979 Eastbourne 39 39 Poole 26/05/1979 Swindon 40 38 Halifax 25/05/1979 Hackney 41 37 Belle Vue 25/05/1979 Wolverhampton 44 34 Eastbourne 24/05/1979 Ipswich 44 34 Poole 24/05/1979 Wimbledon 43 35 Kings Lynn 23/05/1979 Hull 45 33 Exeter 21/05/1979 Exeter 45 33 Cradley Heath 19/05/1979 Belle Vue 46 32 Hackney 19/05/1979 Cradley Heath 51 27 Eastbourne 18/05/1979 Eastbourne 48 30 Leicester 18/05/1979 Wolverhampton 36 42 Birmingham 16/05/1979 Poole 51 26 Belle Vue 14/05/1979 Cradley Heath 46 32 Belle Vue 13/05/1979 Eastbourne 51 27 Hackney 12/05/1979 Coventry 54 24 Eastbourne 12/05/1979 Halifax 44 34 Birmingham 11/05/1979 Hackney 22 56 Wimbledon 09/05/1979 Birmingham 46 32 Hackney 09/05/1979 Hull 56 22 Kings Lynn 07/05/1979 Exeter 40 38 Reading 07/05/1979 Ipswich 39 39 Birmingham 07/05/1979 Reading 46 32 Exeter 07/05/1979 Wimbledon 44 34 Swindon 05/05/1979 Halifax 38 40 Coventry 05/05/1979 Swindon 46 32 Wolverhampton 28/04/1979 Kings Lynn 41 37 Birmingham 27/04/1979 Hackney 42 36 Leicester 26/04/1979 Ipswich 33 45 Cradley Heath 26/04/1979 Sheffield 46 32 Poole 25/04/1979 Hull 43 35 Wolverhampton 25/04/1979 Poole 55 23 Coventry 24/04/1979 Leicester 36 42 Ipswich 23/04/1979 Birmingham 38 40 Swindon 23/04/1979 Exeter 45 33 Hull 21/04/1979 Belle Vue 38 40 Exeter 21/04/1979 Coventry 42 36 Cradley Heath 21/04/1979 Kings Lynn 42 36 Poole 21/04/1979 Swindon 49 29 Birmingham 20/04/1979 Hackney 39 39 Sheffield 20/04/1979 Wolverhampton 43 35 Halifax 19/04/1979 Wimbledon 44 34 Belle Vue 18/04/1979 Hull 51 27 Coventry 18/04/1979 Poole 50 28 Leicester 16/04/1979 Birmingham 41 37 Wolverhampton 16/04/1979 Coventry 43 35 Swindon 16/04/1979 Kings Lynn 53 25 Eastbourne 16/04/1979 Wimbledon 56 22 Sheffield 15/04/1979 Eastbourne 36 41 Cradley Heath 14/04/1979 Belle Vue 39 39 Wimbledon 14/04/1979 Coventry 45 33 Kings Lynn 14/04/1979 Cradley Heath 40 38 Reading 14/04/1979 Swindon 59 19 Leicester 13/04/1979 Eastbourne 50 27 Hull 13/04/1979 Hackney 29 49 Swindon 13/04/1979 Reading 44 34 Birmingham 12/04/1979 Sheffield 47 31 Ipswich 07/04/1979 Belle Vue 39 39 Wolverhampton 07/04/1979 Swindon 37 41 Coventry 05/04/1979 Wimbledon 63 15 Birmingham 02/04/1979 Birmingham 49 29 Sheffield 31/03/1979 Coventry 43 35 Reading 31/03/1979 Halifax 46 31 Cradley Heath 24/03/1979 Coventry 54 24 Wimbledon