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The 1988 British League season was the 54th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 24th known as the British League.[1][2]

Summary

Coventry Bees won the league for the second successive year and again by a 16 point margin. The Bees also reached the Knockout Cup final losing to Cradley Heath. Remarkably it was Cradley's seventh Cup win in 10 years. With the League Cup scrapped the Coventry team had less fixtures to ride and their pairing of Tommy Knudsen and Kelvin Tatum were once again the catalyst for the seasons success finishing 2nd and 4th respectively in the averages. Hans Nielsen topped the averages again for the sixth consecutive season.[3]

Final table

Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts
1 Coventry Bees 40 31 2 7 18 82
2 Belle Vue Aces 40 26 1 13 13 66
3 Cradley Heath Heathens 39 22 1 16 15 60
4 Oxford Cheetahs 40 20 6 14 13 59
5 Reading Racers 40 20 3 17 12 55
6 Sheffield Tigers 39 19 2 18 8 48
7 Swindon Robins 40 17 1 22 8 43
8 Wolverhampton Wolves 40 15 3 22 8 41
9 King's Lynn Stars 40 14 3 23 7 38
10 Ipswich Witches 39 13 0 26 4 30
11 Bradford Dukes 39 10 0 29 2 22

M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

British League Knockout Cup

The 1988 Speedway Star British League Knockout Cup was the 50th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Cradley Heath Heathens were the winners for the third successive year if including the tied 1986 final.[4]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
09/07 King's Lynn 47-43 Ipswich
08/07 Ipswich 34-55 King's Lynn
23/06 Sheffield 43-47 Cradley Heath
18/06 Cradley Heath 51-39 Sheffield
03/06 Belle Vue 53-37 Bradford
28/05 Bradford 36-54 Belle Vue

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
13/08 King's Lynn 40-50 Cradley Heath
10/08 Cradley Heath 53-37 King's Lynn
19/07 Coventry 53-37 Reading
15/07 Belle Vue 53-37 Wolverhampton
14/07 Oxford 48-42 Swindon
11/07 Reading 49-41 Coventry
11/07 Wolverhampton 45-45 Belle Vue

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
14/10 Belle Vue 48-42 Cradley Heath
13/10 Oxford 38-49 Coventry
08/10 Coventry 44-46 Oxford
14/09 Cradley Heath 49-41 Belle Vue

Final

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Second leg Шаблон:Footballbox

Cradley Heath were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 100-80.

Riders' Championship

Jan O. Pedersen won the British League Riders' Championship. It was the held at Belle Vue Stadium on 9 October.[5]

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Jan O. Pedersen 3 2 3 3 3 14
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Erik Gundersen 3 3 3 1 3 13
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Hans Nielsen 0 3 3 3 3 12+3
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Morton 2 2 3 2 3 12+2
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Shawn Moran 1 3 2 2 2 10
6 Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Knight 2 3 1 2 1 9
7 Шаблон:Flagicon Ronnie Correy 1 2 2 3 1 9
8 Шаблон:Flagicon Simon Wigg 2 1 0 3 2 8
9 Шаблон:Flagicon Kelvin Tatum 2 0 2 2 1 7
10 Шаблон:Flagicon Per Jonsson 3 2 0 0 0 5
11 Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Havelock 1 1 0 1 2 5
12 Шаблон:Flagicon Jan Andersson 1 1 1 1 1 5
13 Шаблон:Flagicon Kelly Moran 0 0 2 1 2 5
14 Шаблон:Flagicon Brian Karger 3 1 1 0 0 5
15 Шаблон:Flagicon Tommy Knudsen 0 1 0 1
16 Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Smith (res) 0 0 0
17 Шаблон:Flagicon Carl Stonehewer (res) 0 0 0
18 Шаблон:Flagicon Jeremy Doncaster 0 0 0 0
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Leading final averages

Rider Team Average
Шаблон:Flagicon Hans Nielsen Oxford 11.03
Шаблон:Flagicon Tommy Knudsen Coventry 10.08
Шаблон:Flagicon Erik Gundersen Cradley Heath 10.06
Шаблон:Flagicon Kelvin Tatum Coventry 10.04
Шаблон:Flagicon Jan O. Pedersen Cradley Heath 9.88
Шаблон:Flagicon Shawn Moran Sheffield 9.51
Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Ermolenko Wolverhampton 9.40
Шаблон:Flagicon Jeremy Doncaster Ipswich 9.34
Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Morton Belle Vue 9.01
Шаблон:Flagicon Steve Bastable Bradford 9.00

Riders & final averages

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Coventry Шаблон:Div col

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Ipswich Шаблон:Div col

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King's Lynn Шаблон:Div col

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Oxford Шаблон:Div col

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Reading Шаблон:Div col

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Sheffield Шаблон:Div col

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Swindon Шаблон:Div col

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Wolverhampton Шаблон:Div col

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See also

References

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Шаблон:Speedway in the United Kingdom Шаблон:United Kingdom Speedway Seasons Шаблон:British Speedway League seasons