National League 1981

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League Table Team PL W D L F A Pts 1 Middlesbrough Tigers 36 30 1 5 1740 1139 61 2 Weymouth Wildcats 36 26 1 9 1653 1309 53 3 Newcastle Diamonds 36 25 1 10 1652.5 1301.5 51 4 Edinburgh Monarchs 36 25 0 11 1577.5 1282.5 50 5 Glasgow Tigers 36 24 0 12 1546.5 1326.5 48 6 Boston Barracudas 36 22 0 14 1548.5 1332.5 44 7 Exeter Falcons 36 22 0 14 1578 1380 44 8 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 36 20 0 16 1459.5 1419.5 40 9 Peterborough Panthers 36 19 1 16 1504 1452 39 10 Crayford Kestrels 36 19 0 17 1437.5 1512.5 38 11 Ellesmere Port Gunners 36 18 1 17 1490 1388 37 12 Oxford Cheetahs 36 18 1 17 1436 1441 37 13 Wolverhampton Wolves 36 14 1 21 1390 1485 29 14 Canterbury Crusaders 36 10 4 24 1378 1500 24 15 Stoke Potters 36 14 0 22 1383 1488 28 16 Rye House Rockets 36 11 0 25 1393 1563 22 17 Berwick Bandits 36 6 1 29 999 1026 13 18 Workington Comets 36 6 1 29 1079 1797 13 19 Milton Keynes Knights 36 4 0 32 1224 1722 8 Rider Averages Fixtures 28/03/1981 Canterbury 38 40 Berwick 29/03/1981 Wolverhampton 45 33 Berwick 29/03/1981 Boston 53 25 Milton Keynes 31/03/1981 Milton Keynes 36 42 Wolverhampton 03/04/1981 Workington 34 44 Stoke 04/04/1981 Stoke 42 36 Berwick 05/04/1981 Boston 47 30 Canterbury 05/04/1981 Mildenhall 45 33 Milton Keynes 05/04/1981 Rye House 55 22 Scunthorpe 05/04/1981 Wolverhampton 37 41 Weymouth 06/04/1981 Newcastle 60 18 Mildenhall 06/04/1981 Scunthorpe 26 52 Weymouth 10/04/1981 Ellesmere Port 51 26 Exeter 10/04/1981 Edinburgh 41 37 Stoke 13/04/1981 Newcastle 53 24 Milton Keynes 13/04/1981 Scunthorpe 28 49 Rye House 14/04/1981 Weymouth 39 39 Wolverhampton 17/04/1981 Exeter 44 34 Newcastle 17/04/1981 Edinburgh 43 30 Scunthorpe 17/04/1981 Glasgow 55 23 Workington 18/04/1981 Stoke 23 54 Middlesbrough 18/04/1981 Berwick 57 21 Scunthorpe 19/04/1981 Workington 28 49 Glasgow 19/04/1981 Boston 51 27 Oxford 20/04/1981 Scunthorpe 24 54 Boston 20/04/1981 Exeter 62 16 Crayford 20/04/1981 Weymouth 43 35 Crayford 21/04/1981 Milton Keynes 34 44 Mildenhall 21/04/1981 Crayford 40 37 Weymouth 23/04/1981 Oxford 42 36 Boston 26/04/1981 Workington 29 49 Edinburgh 27/04/1981 Mildenhall 42 36 Berwick 27/04/1981 Scunthorpe 38 40 Canterbury 28/04/1981 Milton Keynes 43 35 Berwick 28/04/1981 Weymouth 51 27 Glasgow 28/04/1981 Crayford 25 52 Middlesbrough 30/04/1981 Middlesbrough 48 30 Berwick 30/04/1981 Oxford 35 43 Mildenhall 01/05/1981 Peterborough 44 34 Ellesmere Port 01/05/1981 Workington 37 41 Oxford 02/05/1981 Canterbury 36 42 Boston 02/05/1981 Stoke 41 37 Oxford 03/05/1981 Ellesmere Port 43 34 Peterborough 05/05/1981 Milton Keynes 41 37 Canterbury 06/05/1981 Mildenhall 41 37 Canterbury 07/05/1981 Middlesbrough 58 19 Milton Keynes 07/05/1981 Wolverhampton 60 18 Scunthorpe 07/05/1981 Wolverhampton 51 27 Workington 08/05/1981 Ellesmere Port 44 34 Berwick 08/05/1981 Glasgow 44 34 Boston 08/05/1981 Workington 36 42 Milton Keynes 09/05/1981 Stoke 37 41 Ellesmere Port 09/05/1981 Canterbury 41 37 Oxford 10/05/1981 Boston 52 26 Scunthorpe 10/05/1981 Mildenhall 48 30 Stoke 12/05/1981 Crayford 39 38 Stoke 14/05/1981 Oxford 49 29 Milton Keynes 15/05/1981 Workington 41 35 Crayford 15/05/1981 Glasgow 50 28 Exeter 15/05/1981 Edinburgh 46 32 Weymouth 16/05/1981 Berwick 44 34 Crayford 16/05/1981 Stoke 40 37 Exeter 16/05/1981 Canterbury 60 18 Workington 17/05/1981 Rye House 31 46 Glasgow 17/05/1981 Boston 42 36 Peterborough 17/05/1981 Mildenhall 53 25 Weymouth 18/05/1981 Newcastle 49 29 Oxford 19/05/1981 Crayford 40 38 Glasgow 19/05/1981 Milton Keynes 52 26 Workington 21/05/1981 Wolverhampton 55 23 Rye House 22/05/1981 Peterborough 44 33 Canterbury 22/05/1981 Glasgow 58 20 Ellesmere Port 22/05/1981 Workington 49 29 Rye House 22/05/1981 Edinburgh 49 29 Wolverhampton 23/05/1981 Canterbury 36 42 Stoke 24/05/1981 Stoke 38 40 Edinburgh 24/05/1981 Ellesmere Port 37 41 Glasgow 24/05/1981 Scunthorpe 31 47 Middlesbrough 24/05/1981 Rye House 37 41 Wolverhampton 25/05/1981 Newcastle 58 20 Ellesmere Port 25/05/1981 Exeter 51 27 Wolverhampton 26/05/1981 Milton Keynes 32 46 Middlesbrough 26/05/1981 Weymouth 44 34 Oxford 28/05/1981 Middlesbrough 59 19 Scunthorpe 29/05/1981 Glasgow 55 23 Scunthorpe 30/05/1981 Berwick 44 34 Exeter 30/05/1981 Stoke 37 41 Weymouth 31/05/1981 Mildenhall 50 28 Crayford 31/05/1981 Boston 51 27 Ellesmere Port 01/06/1981 Newcastle 44 34 Weymouth 02/06/1981 Weymouth 40 38 Edinburgh 05/06/1981 Workington 33 45 Mildenhall 05/06/1981 Ellesmere Port 52 26 Stoke 06/06/1981 Canterbury 43 35 Milton Keynes 07/06/1981 Wolverhampton 46 32 Exeter 08/06/1981 Scunthorpe 33 45 Wolverhampton 08/06/1981 Exeter 52 26 Workington 09/06/1981 Milton Keynes 37 41 Oxford 09/06/1981 Crayford 55 23 Rye House 11/06/1981 Oxford 44 34 Stoke 12/06/1981 Ellesmere Port 48 30 Canterbury 12/06/1981 Workington 36 42 Exeter 12/06/1981 Peterborough 48 29 Middlesbrough 12/06/1981 Glasgow 40 38 Weymouth 13/06/1981 Stoke 28 50 Mildenhall 14/06/1981 Milton Keynes 35 43 Crayford 14/06/1981 Rye House 34 44 Exeter 14/06/1981 Boston 51 27 Weymouth 15/06/1981 Exeter 47 31 Berwick 15/06/1981 Newcastle 42 36 Wolverhampton 16/06/1981 Weymouth 42 36 Berwick 16/06/1981 Crayford 44 34 Milton Keynes 18/06/1981 Middlesbrough 42 36 Mildenhall 19/06/1981 Peterborough 34 44 Edinburgh 19/06/1981 Workington 24 54 Middlesbrough 19/06/1981 Glasgow 41 34 Mildenhall 19/06/1981 Peterborough 47 31 Scunthorpe 20/06/1981 Canterbury 41 37 Glasgow 20/06/1981 Stoke 57 21 Workington 21/06/1981 Wolverhampton 35 43 Edinburgh 21/06/1981 Mildenhall 53 25 Glasgow 21/06/1981 Scunthorpe 38 40 Newcastle 21/06/1981 Rye House 37 41 Oxford 22/06/1981 Exeter 59 19 Scunthorpe 23/06/1981 Crayford 47 31 Canterbury 23/06/1981 Milton Keynes 38 40 Glasgow 23/06/1981 Weymouth 47 31 Scunthorpe 25/06/1981 Middlesbrough 51 27 Crayford 25/06/1981 Oxford 42 36 Glasgow 26/06/1981 Workington 46 32 Boston 26/06/1981 Edinburgh 47 30 Crayford 27/06/1981 Stoke 43 35 Boston 27/06/1981 Glasgow 58 20 Crayford 27/06/1981 Canterbury 39 38 Edinburgh 28/06/1981 Rye House 33 44 Edinburgh 28/06/1981 Wolverhampton 44 34 Ellesmere Port 28/06/1981 Boston 43 35 Newcastle 29/06/1981 Exeter 53 25 Peterborough 29/06/1981 Scunthorpe 44 33 Workington 30/06/1981 Crayford 37 40 Edinburgh 30/06/1981 Milton Keynes 38 40 Exeter 30/06/1981 Weymouth 47 31 Peterborough 02/07/1981 Oxford 43 35 Edinburgh 02/07/1981 Middlesbrough 41 37 Stoke 03/07/1981 Edinburgh 41 35 Canterbury 03/07/1981 Workington 36 40 Newcastle 03/07/1981 Ellesmere Port 51 27 Rye House 03/07/1981 Peterborough 44 33 Wolverhampton 04/07/1981 Glasgow 46 32 Canterbury 04/07/1981 Stoke 40 38 Newcastle 05/07/1981 Rye House 42 36 Berwick 05/07/1981 Boston 53 25 Glasgow 05/07/1981 Wolverhampton 36 39 Oxford 06/07/1981 Scunthorpe 44 34 Glasgow 06/07/1981 Exeter 51 27 Oxford 06/07/1981 Newcastle 53 25 Workington 07/07/1981 Weymouth 48 30 Newcastle 07/07/1981 Crayford 43 35 Peterborough 07/07/1981 Milton Keynes 34 41 Scunthorpe 09/07/1981 Oxford 36 42 Newcastle 09/07/1981 Middlesbrough 44 34 Rye House 10/07/1981 Workington 32 45 Berwick 10/07/1981 Ellesmere Port 40 38 Boston 10/07/1981 Peterborough 43 35 Newcastle 10/07/1981 Edinburgh 50 27 Rye House 10/07/1981 Glasgow 54.5 23.5 Wolverhampton 11/07/1981 Stoke 48 30 Rye House 12/07/1981 Mildenhall 57 20 Wolverhampton 12/07/1981 Boston 55 23 Workington 13/07/1981 Newcastle 44 34 Canterbury 13/07/1981 Exeter 45 33 Edinburgh 13/07/1981 Scunthorpe 42 36 Ellesmere Port 14/07/1981 Crayford 44 34 Boston 14/07/1981 Milton Keynes 34 44 Edinburgh 16/07/1981 Stoke 38 40 Canterbury 16/07/1981 Middlesbrough 55 23 Peterborough 16/07/1981 Oxford 43 35 Rye House 17/07/1981 Glasgow 41 35 Newcastle 17/07/1981 Edinburgh 51 27 Peterborough 17/07/1981 Ellesmere Port 63 14 Workington 18/07/1981 Canterbury 43 35 Exeter 19/07/1981 Boston 45 33 Berwick 19/07/1981 Mildenhall 47 31 Scunthorpe 19/07/1981 Wolverhampton 38 40 Stoke 20/07/1981 Newcastle 45 32 Berwick 20/07/1981 Exeter 49 29 Middlesbrough 20/07/1981 Scunthorpe 39 39 Peterborough 21/07/1981 Crayford 54 24 Exeter 21/07/1981 Weymouth 45 33 Middlesbrough 21/07/1981 Milton Keynes 37 40 Stoke 23/07/1981 Wolverhampton 48 30 Mildenhall 23/07/1981 Wolverhampton 41 37 Milton Keynes 24/07/1981 Edinburgh 58 20 Mildenhall 24/07/1981 Ellesmere Port 60 18 Milton Keynes 24/07/1981 Glasgow 41 37 Oxford 24/07/1981 Workington 47 31 Scunthorpe 25/07/1981 Canterbury 34 44 Newcastle 25/07/1981 Stoke 45 33 Wolverhampton 26/07/1981 Rye House 42 35 Boston 27/07/1981 Exeter 48 30 Canterbury 27/07/1981 Scunthorpe 36 42 Crayford 27/07/1981 Newcastle 47 31 Stoke 28/07/1981 Crayford 42 36 Berwick 28/07/1981 Weymouth 44 34 Canterbury 28/07/1981 Milton Keynes 37 41 Ellesmere Port 30/07/1981 Oxford 44 34 Berwick 30/07/1981 Middlesbrough 46 32 Weymouth 31/07/1981 Peterborough 40 38 Berwick 31/07/1981 Glasgow 47 31 Milton Keynes 31/07/1981 Ellesmere Port 37 41 Weymouth 31/07/1981 Edinburgh 62 16 Workington 01/08/1981 Berwick 46 32 Milton Keynes 01/08/1981 Canterbury 45 33 Rye House 01/08/1981 Stoke 56 22 Scunthorpe 02/08/1981 Wolverhampton 36 42 Canterbury 02/08/1981 Wolverhampton 48 29 Crayford 02/08/1981 Workington 36 42 Ellesmere Port 02/08/1981 Mildenhall 48 28 Peterborough 02/08/1981 Rye House 41 36 Stoke 03/08/1981 Newcastle 55 23 Crayford 03/08/1981 Scunthorpe 31 47 Stoke 03/08/1981 Exeter 43 35 Weymouth 04/08/1981 Milton Keynes 38 40 Boston 04/08/1981 Weymouth 50 28 Exeter 04/08/1981 Crayford 63 15 Workington 06/08/1981 Weymouth 54 24 Mildenhall 07/08/1981 Glasgow 46 32 Berwick 07/08/1981 Ellesmere Port 39 39 Oxford 07/08/1981 Peterborough 58 20 Workington 08/08/1981 Berwick 37 41 Newcastle 08/08/1981 Canterbury 44 34 Peterborough 09/08/1981 Mildenhall 34 44 Edinburgh 09/08/1981 Rye House 37 41 Middlesbrough 09/08/1981 Boston 40 38 Wolverhampton 10/08/1981 Exeter 44 34 Boston 10/08/1981 Newcastle 44 34 Edinburgh 11/08/1981 Milton Keynes 40 38 Rye House 11/08/1981 Crayford 51.5 26.5 Wolverhampton 14/08/1981 Workington 42 36 Peterborough 15/08/1981 Berwick 46 31 Peterborough 15/08/1981 Canterbury 32 45 Wolverhampton 16/08/1981 Wolverhampton 42 36 Boston 16/08/1981 Rye House 43 35 Crayford 16/08/1981 Wolverhampton 32 45 Glasgow 17/08/1981 Newcastle 45 32 Boston 17/08/1981 Exeter 43 35 Ellesmere Port 17/08/1981 Scunthorpe 34 43 Oxford 18/08/1981 Weymouth 52 26 Ellesmere Port 18/08/1981 Milton Keynes 36 42 Newcastle 18/08/1981 Crayford 60 18 Scunthorpe 20/08/1981 Middlesbrough 45 33 Exeter 20/08/1981 Oxford 44 34 Wolverhampton 20/08/1981 Oxford 62 15 Workington 21/08/1981 Edinburgh 47 31 Exeter 21/08/1981 Ellesmere Port 30 48 Middlesbrough 21/08/1981 Peterborough 56 22 Milton Keynes 21/08/1981 Glasgow 46 32 Rye House 22/08/1981 Berwick 55 23 Rye House 23/08/1981 Boston 57 21 Crayford 23/08/1981 Mildenhall 46 32 Exeter 23/08/1981 Wolverhampton 31 46 Newcastle 23/08/1981 Middlesbrough 54 24 Oxford 23/08/1981 Wolverhampton 44 34 Peterborough 23/08/1981 Middlesbrough 63 15 Workington 24/08/1981 Exeter 40 35 Stoke 25/08/1981 Crayford 39 38 Newcastle 25/08/1981 Weymouth 53 25 Stoke 27/08/1981 Middlesbrough 48 29 Glasgow 27/08/1981 Oxford 34 43 Weymouth 28/08/1981 Edinburgh 49 29 Ellesmere Port 28/08/1981 Glasgow 47 30 Peterborough 28/08/1981 Workington 36 42 Weymouth 29/08/1981 Stoke 37 41 Peterborough 29/08/1981 Canterbury 53 25 Scunthorpe 29/08/1981 Berwick 37 41 Weymouth 30/08/1981 Ellesmere Port 45 33 Edinburgh 30/08/1981 Wolverhampton 28 50 Middlesbrough 30/08/1981 Boston 47 31 Rye House 30/08/1981 Mildenhall 41 37 Rye House 31/08/1981 Exeter 47 31 Glasgow 31/08/1981 Newcastle 39 39 Middlesbrough 31/08/1981 Scunthorpe 40 38 Mildenhall 31/08/1981 Rye House 34 44 Weymouth 01/09/1981 Weymouth 49 29 Boston 03/09/1981 Middlesbrough 55 23 Canterbury 03/09/1981 Oxford 46 30 Ellesmere Port 04/09/1981 Edinburgh 42 36 Berwick 04/09/1981 Workington 39 39 Canterbury 04/09/1981 Glasgow 40 38 Middlesbrough 04/09/1981 Ellesmere Port 55 23 Mildenhall 04/09/1981 Peterborough 54 24 Stoke 04/09/1981 Peterborough 45 33 Weymouth 06/09/1981 Boston 47 31 Edinburgh 06/09/1981 Stoke 37 41 Glasgow 06/09/1981 Oxford 33 45 Middlesbrough 06/09/1981 Mildenhall 38.5 39.5 Newcastle 06/09/1981 Milton Keynes 27 51 Weymouth 07/09/1981 Scunthorpe 35 43 Edinburgh 07/09/1981 Newcastle 51 27 Glasgow 07/09/1981 Exeter 58 20 Milton Keynes 08/09/1981 Weymouth 56 22 Milton Keynes 08/09/1981 Crayford 42 36 Oxford 10/09/1981 Middlesbrough 55 23 Wolverhampton 11/09/1981 Peterborough 48 30 Glasgow 11/09/1981 Ellesmere Port 57 21 Scunthorpe 11/09/1981 Workington 41 36 Wolverhampton 12/09/1981 Stoke 35 39 Crayford 12/09/1981 Canterbury 31 46 Middlesbrough 13/09/1981 Rye House 48 30 Canterbury 13/09/1981 Mildenhall 38 40 Middlesbrough 13/09/1981 Boston 51 25 Stoke 14/09/1981 Scunthorpe 49 29 Milton Keynes 14/09/1981 Newcastle 50 28 Peterborough 15/09/1981 Crayford 50 28 Mildenhall 15/09/1981 Weymouth 54 24 Rye House 17/09/1981 Middlesbrough 51 27 Edinburgh 17/09/1981 Oxford 41 37 Exeter 18/09/1981 Peterborough 43 35 Exeter 18/09/1981 Edinburgh 48 29 Glasgow 18/09/1981 Ellesmere Port 55 22 Wolverhampton 20/09/1981 Rye House 45 33 Ellesmere Port 20/09/1981 Boston 50 28 Mildenhall 21/09/1981 Newcastle 52 26 Rye House 22/09/1981 Crayford 47 30 Ellesmere Port 22/09/1981 Milton Keynes 33 45 Peterborough 22/09/1981 Weymouth 63 15 Workington 24/09/1981 Middlesbrough 57 21 Boston 24/09/1981 Oxford 37 40 Canterbury 25/09/1981 Edinburgh 50.5 27.5 Boston 25/09/1981 Ellesmere Port 50 28 Newcastle 25/09/1981 Peterborough 42 36 Rye House 25/09/1981 Glasgow 55 22 Stoke 27/09/1981 Scunthorpe 35 43 Exeter 27/09/1981 Rye House 45 33 Newcastle 27/09/1981 Rye House 63 15 Workington 28/09/1981 Exeter 47 31 Mildenhall 28/09/1981 Exeter 57 21 Rye House 28/09/1981 Newcastle 54 24 Scunthorpe 01/10/1981 Oxford 44 34 Crayford 01/10/1981 Oxford 43 35 Scunthorpe 02/10/1981 Peterborough 52 26 Oxford 03/10/1981 Canterbury 35 43 Ellesmere Port 03/10/1981 Stoke 48 30 Milton Keynes 04/10/1981 Boston 48 30 Exeter 04/10/1981 Middlesbrough 43 35 Newcastle 04/10/1981 Rye House 59 19 Peterborough 04/10/1981 Mildenhall 48 30 Workington 08/10/1981 Oxford 42 36 Peterborough 09/10/1981 Peterborough 44 34 Mildenhall 09/10/1981 Edinburgh 36 42 Newcastle 10/10/1981 Glasgow 52 25 Edinburgh 11/10/1981 Boston 40 38 Middlesbrough 11/10/1981 Mildenhall 40 38 Oxford 12/10/1981 Newcastle 50 27 Exeter 16/10/1981 Peterborough 52 26 Boston 16/10/1981 Ellesmere Port 56 22 Crayford 16/10/1981 Edinburgh 37 41 Middlesbrough 17/10/1981 Mildenhall 38 40 Boston 17/10/1981 Mildenhall 44 34 Ellesmere Port 18/10/1981 Rye House 38 39 Mildenhall 23/10/1981 Peterborough 54 24 Crayford 23/10/1981 Edinburgh 53 13 Milton Keynes 23/10/1981 Edinburgh 42 36 Oxford 24/10/1981 Canterbury 35 43 Mildenhall 25/10/1981 Middlesbrough 55 22 Ellesmere Port 25/10/1981 Rye House 51 27 Milton Keynes 31/10/1981 Canterbury 35 43 Weymouth 07/11/1981 Canterbury 40 38 Crayford