Premiership

The Premiership was an early season competition between the previous seasons two top teams the League champions agaisnt the Cup winners

1983 20/03/1983 Belle Vue 37 41 Cradley Heath 19/03/1983 Cradley Heath 36 42 Belle Vue 1984 17/03/1984 Belle Vue 38 40 Cradley Heath 21/03/1984 Cradley Heath 42 36 Belle Vue 1985 28/03/1985 Ipswich 38 40 Cradley Heath 30/03/1985 Cradley Heath 41 37 Ipswich 1986 15/03/1986 Coventry 41 37 Oxford 21/03/1986 Oxford 33 45 Coventry 1987 21/03/1987 Cradley Heath 37 41 Oxford 03/04/1987 Oxford 41 36 Cradley Heath 1988 04/04/1988 Cradley Heath 43 47 Coventry a second leg was never raced as Coventry were unable to find a suitable date for the match. Cradley were therefor awarded the trophy 1989 27/03/1989 Coventry 33 57 Cradley Heath 27/03/1989 Cradley Heath 55 34 Coventry 1990 31/03/1990 Cradley Heath 50 40 Oxford 30/03/1990 Oxford 45 45 Cradley Heath 1991 08/07/1991 Reading 54 36 Poole 18/06/1991 Poole 49 41 Reading 29/03/1991 Poole 51 39 Reading 25/03/1991 Reading 51 39 Poole 1992 18/04/1992 Bradford 44 46 Wolverhampton 20/04/1992 Wolverhampton 50 40 Bradford 1993 27/03/1993 Bradford 54 54 Reading 22/03/1993 Reading 58 50 Bradford 1994 22/04/1994 Arena Essex 54 42 Bradford 16/04/1994 Bradford 60 36 Arena Essex 1995 26/03/1995 Eastbourne 57 38 Poole 29/03/1995 Poole 43 53 Eastbourne 1996 06/04/1996 Bradford 49 47 Eastbourne 07/04/1996 Eastbourne 55 41 Bradford 1997 04/04/1997 Peterborough 55 35 Wolverhampton 07/04/1997 Wolverhampton 58 32 Peterborough