1991 British League season

1991 British League season
League	British League
No. of competitors	13
Champions	Wolverhampton Wolves
Knockout Cup	Bradford Dukes
Gold Cup	Berwick Bandits
Individual	Sam Ermolenko
Highest average	Sam Ermolenko
Division/s below	British League (Div 2)
	← 1990; 1992 →;

The 1991 British League season was the 57th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 27th known as the British League.^[1]^[2]

LeagueBritish League

No. of competitors13

ChampionsWolverhampton Wolves

Knockout CupBradford Dukes

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Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	BP	Pts
1	Wolverhampton Wolves	24	19	1	4	10	49
2	Bradford Dukes	24	15	4	5	9	43
3	Cradley Heath Heathens	24	15	1	8	10	41
4	Belle Vue Aces	24	12	3	9	6	33
5	Berwick Bandits	24	13	0	11	6	32
6	Ipswich Witches	24	12	1	11	7	32
7	Coventry Bees	24	12	0	12	6	30
8	King's Lynn Stars	24	12	1	11	5	30
9	Oxford Cheetahs	24	8	3	13	6	25
10	Poole Pirates	24	8	2	14	5	23
11	Reading Racers	24	9	0	15	3	21
12	Eastbourne Eagles	24	6	3	15	3	18
13	Swindon Robins	24	5	1	18	2	13

Home \ Away	BV	BER	BRA	COV	CH	EAS	IPS	KL	OX	PP	RR	SWI	WOL
Belle Vue		50–40	45–45	50–39	48–42	49–41	54–36	60–28	45–45	50–39	49–41	50–40	44–46
Berwick	60–0		49–41	47–42	42–48	53–35	48–41	48–42	35–55	50–40	50–40	54–36	47–43
Bradford	57–33	48–42		58–32	49–41	50–40	67–23	52–38	55–35	45–45	58–32	59–30	47.5–41.5
Coventry	49–41	49–41	40–50		48–41	41–49	53–37	56–34	46–44	48–42	56–34	50–40	41–49
Cradley Heath	51–39	50–40	49–41	48–42		53–37	48–42	57–32	46–40	47–43	52–38	52–37	53–37
Eastbourne	45–45	42–48	45–45	53–36	49–41		39–50	55–35	42–47	45–45	43–47	50–40	37–53
Ipswich	41–49	49–41	41–49	40–50	58–32	57–33		52–38	53–37	48–42	51–39	48–41	52–38
King's Lynn	47–43	56–34	37–53	29–60	45–45	51–39	48.5–40.5		54–36	50–40	46–44	46–44	40–50
Oxford	42–47	54–36	45–45	48–42	43–47	47–43	41–49	44–46		52–38	55–35	54–36	35–55
Poole	51–39	43–47	38–52	54–36	46–43	50–40	61–28	44–46	48–42		52–38	48–41	36–54
Reading	42–47	49–41	47–43	50–40	46–43	50–37	44–46	42–46	46–44	55–35		53–37	41–49
Swindon	55–35	41–49	52–38	44–46	44–46	43–47	52–38	41–49	45–45	47–43	47–43		43–47
Wolverhampton	60–30	59–31	53–37	56–34	46–43	49–41	45–45	60–30	51–39	60–30	56–34	48–42

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
25/05	Cradley Heath	50-39	Ipswich
22/05	Wimbledon	52-38	Kings Lynn
20/05	Reading	48-42	Poole
16/05	Ipswich	46-44	Cradley Heath
13/05	Wolverhampton	50-40	Oxford
10/05	Oxford	49-41	Wolverhampton
30/04	Poole	47-43	Reading
27/04	Kings Lynn	40-50	Wimbledon
27/04	Swindon	46-44	Belle Vue
26/04	Belle Vue	55-35	Swindon
26/04	Berwick	47-43	Coventry
20/04	Coventry	46-44	Berwick

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
07/09	Cradley Heath	50-39	Reading
02/09	Reading	46-43	Cradley Heath
02/08	Berwick	43-47	Bradford
02/08	Eastbourne	50-40	Reading
16/07	Bradford	50-40	Berwick
01/07	Reading	56-34	Eastbourne
14/06	Belle Vue	44-46	Wolverhampton
10/06	Wolverhampton	42.5-47.5	Belle Vue

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
02/09	Reading	46-43	Cradley
07/09	Cradley	50-39	Reading
05/10	Bradford	56-34	Belle Vue
11/10	Belle Vue	51-39	Bradford

1991 British League season

Summary

Final table

Fixtures and results

British League Knockout Cup

Gold Cup

Riders' Championship

Leading final averages

Riders and final averages

See also

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Sam Ermolenko	3 3 3 3 3	15
2	Hans Nielsen	3 3 3 3 2	14
3	Joe Screen	2 3 2 2 3	12
4	Ronnie Correy	3 1 3 2 2	11
5	Kelvin Tatum	1 3 3 2 1	10
6	Marvyn Cox	0 2 2 3 3	10
7	Jan Staechmann	2 2 2 1 2	9
8	Gary Havelock	2 2 0 3 1	8
9	Jan O. Pedersen	3 1 0 0 3	7
10	Henka Gustafsson	1 0 1 2 1	5
11	Dave Bargh	2 1 1 0 0	4
12	Les Collins	0 2 0 1 1	4
13	Leigh Adams	1 0 0 0 2	3
14	Alan Grahame	0 1 2 0 0	3
15	Shane Parker	1 0 1 1 0	3
16	Tommy Knudsen	0 0 1 1 0	2

Rider	Team	Average
Sam Ermolenko	Wolverhampton	10.74
Hans Nielsen	Oxford	10.50
Kelvin Tatum	Berwick	9.92
Gary Havelock	Bradford	9.89
Jimmy Nilsen	Berwick	9.63
Ronnie Correy	Wolverhampton	9.58
Jan O. Pedersen	Cradley Heath	9.54
Andy Grahame	Eastbourne	9.44
Martin Dugard	Oxford	9.12
Henrik Gustafsson	Kings Lynn	9.06