National League 1977

1976 National League

M W D L F A Pts 1 Eastbourne Eagles 36 29 0 7 1752 1052 58 2 Rye House Rockets 36 24 3 9 1524 1273 51 3 Ellesmere Port Gunners 36 22 2 12 1493 1303 46 4 Canterbury Crusaders 36 23 0 13 1494 1307 46 5 Peterborough Panthers 36 22 0 14 1332 142 44 6 Newcastle Diamonds 36 21 1 14 1274 248 43 7 Boston Barracudas 36 20 0 16 1311 151 40 8 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 36 16 4 16 1382 1422 36 9 Teesside Tigers 36 17 1 18 1264 1538 35 10 Crayford Kestrels 36 17 0 19 1416 1375 34 11 Glasgow Tigers 36 16 0 20 1333 1442 32 12 Newport Wasps 36 16 0 20 1311 1482 32 13 Oxford Cheetahs 36 15 1 20 1399 1390 31 14 Scunthorpe Saints 36 15 1 20 1293 1508 31 15 Edinburgh Monarchs 36 15 0 21 1344 1457 30 16 Workington Comets 36 14 1 21 1288 1512 29 17 Weymouth Wizards 36 11 3 22 1326 1476 25 18 Berwick Bandits 36 11 1 24 1194 1606 23 19 Stoke Potters 36 9 0 27 1295 1506 18 Part way through the season, Coatbridge Tigers relocated and changed name to Glasgow Tigers   Coatbridge Tigers 15 6 0 9 574 567 12 Rider Averages Rider Team M Max Paid Rac Pts Bon Ave Tom Owen Newcastle 52 15 7 195 516 10 10.79 Martin Yeates Oxford 51 13 6 187 479.5 13 10.53 Colin Richardson Eastbourne 52 22 3 192 479 22 10.44 John Jackson Ellesmere Port 55 19 4 203 496 12 10.01 Mike Sampson Eastbourne 53 14 9 188 445 23 9.96 Rob Hollingworth Boston 52 7 6 181 430 18 9.90 Laurie Etheridge Crayford 47 5 4 167 372 19 9.37 Kelvin Mullarkey Rye House 53 5 6 181 385 32 9.22 Ted Hubbard Rye House 41 2 4 121 245 28 9.02 Dave Johnson Canterbury 2 4 9 0 9.00 Rider Averages by Name Rider averages by Team Eastbourne Eagles Gordon Kennett, Trevor Greer, Steve Weatherley, Bobby McNeil, Neil Middleditch, Roger Johns, Dave Jessup Fixtures & Results 27/03/1977 Eastbourne 49 29 Ellesmere Port   27/03/1977 Mildenhall     Coatbridge postponed rain 28/03/1977 Newcastle 43 34 Weymouth   29/03/1977 Ellesmere Port 43 35 Weymouth   31/03/1977 Teesside     Berwick postponed rain 01/04/1977 Coatbridge 45 33 Berwick   01/04/1977 Peterborough 43 35 Teesside   01/04/1977 Workington 48 30 Boston   02/04/1977 Berwick 36 42 Ellesmere Port   02/04/1977 Stoke 34 44 Mildenhall   03/04/1977 Mildenhall 45 32 Newcastle   04/04/1977 Newcastle 38 40 Teesside   05/04/1977 Ellesmere Port 48 30 Coatbridge   07/04/1977 Teesside 40 38 Oxford   08/04/1977 Coatbridge 49 29 Canterbury   08/04/1977 Oxford 53 25 Teesside   08/04/1977 Peterborough 42 36 Ellesmere Port   09/04/1977 Berwick 36 42 Canterbury   09/04/1977 Boston 42 36 Eastbourne   09/04/1977 Stoke 47 31 Newport   10/04/1977 Eastbourne 51 27 Rye House   11/04/1977 Rye House 31 47 Eastbourne   12/04/1977 Ellesmere Port 36 42 Peterborough   14/04/1977 Teesside 41 37 Coatbridge   15/04/1977 Coatbridge 52 25 Teesside   15/04/1977 Workington 54 23 Stoke   16/04/1977 Berwick 43 35 Edinburgh   17/04/1977 Boston 53 25 Canterbury   17/04/1977 Eastbourne 59 19 Newport   17/04/1977 Mildenhall 45 33 Crayford   18/04/1977 Scunthorpe 29 49 Ellesmere Port   19/04/1977 Crayford 40 36 Newcastle   19/04/1977 Ellesmere Port 44 34 Workington   19/04/1977 Weymouth 38 40 Mildenhall   21/04/1977 Newport 41 37 Crayford   23/04/1977 Berwick 37 41 Coatbridge   23/04/1977 Stoke 32 45 Teesside   24/04/1977 Boston 45 32 Ellesmere Port   24/04/1977 Eastbourne 49 29 Edinburgh   24/04/1977 Mildenhall 45 33 Weymouth   25/04/1977 Newcastle 36 42 Rye House   26/04/1977 Ellesmere Port 50 28 Rye House   26/04/1977 Weymouth 49 29 Canterbury   26/04/1977 Crayford 12 5 Stoke abandoned after 4 heats 28/04/1977 Teesside 35 43 Ellesmere Port   29/04/1977 Edinburgh 52 26 Newport   29/04/1977 Peterborough 43 35 Canterbury   29/04/1977 Workington 50 28 Teesside   30/04/1977 Berwick 42 36 Newport   30/04/1977 Canterbury 40 38 Peterborough   01/05/1977 Boston 49 29 Teesside   01/05/1977 Eastbourne 62 16 Berwick   01/05/1977 Oxford 41 37 Canterbury   01/05/1977 Mildenhall     Edinburgh postponed rain 02/05/1977 Mildenhall 48 30 Edinburgh   02/05/1977 Scunthorpe 22 56 Peterborough   03/05/1977 Ellesmere Port 41 37 Stoke   03/05/1977 Weymouth 53 25 Scunthorpe   05/05/1977 Teesside 42 36 Crayford   05/05/1977 Oxford 27 15 Scunthorpe abandoned heat 7 result does not stand 06/05/1977 Coatbridge 43 11 Boston abandoned heat 9 result stands 06/05/1977 Edinburgh 44 34 Crayford   06/05/1977 Peterborough 51 27 Oxford   07/05/1977 Berwick 47 31 Boston   07/05/1977 Stoke 41 37 Workington   08/05/1977 Mildenhall 42 35 Canterbury   08/05/1977 Newcastle 53 25 Scunthorpe   08/05/1977 Rye House     Ellesmere Port postponed rain 09/05/1977 Scunthorpe 30 47 Newcastle   10/05/1977 Ellesmere Port 43 35 Eastbourne   10/05/1977 Weymouth 39 39 Rye House   12/05/1977 Newport 42 35 Stoke   12/05/1977 Teesside 42 36 Mildenhall   13/05/1977 Edinburgh 38 40 Rye House   13/05/1977 Workington 45 33 Mildenhall   14/05/1977 Canterbury 45 32 Newport   14/05/1977 Stoke 42 36 Coatbridge   15/05/1977 Boston 48 28 Coatbridge   16/05/1977 Newcastle 56 22 Peterborough   16/05/1977 Scunthorpe 40 37 Coatbridge   17/05/1977 Weymouth 40 38 Crayford   19/05/1977 Crayford 45 33 Weymouth   19/05/1977 Newport 43 35 Ellesmere Port   19/05/1977 Oxford 44 34 Eastbourne   19/05/1977 Teesside 35 43 Canterbury   20/05/1977 Edinburgh 35 42 Newcastle   20/05/1977 Workington 44 34 Canterbury   21/05/1977 Canterbury 58 20 Teesside   22/05/1977 Eastbourne 53 25 Oxford   22/05/1977 Rye House 50 28 Teesside   23/05/1977 Newcastle 48 30 Crayford   24/05/1977 Ellesmere Port 51 24 Crayford   26/05/1977 Crayford 46 30 Ellesmere Port   26/05/1977 Newport 43 34 Weymouth   26/05/1977 Teesside 51 27 Scunthorpe   27/05/1977 Coatbridge 50 28 Workington   28/05/1977 Canterbury 47 31 Newcastle   29/05/1977 Boston 46 32 Stoke   29/05/1977 Eastbourne 52 26 Newcastle   29/05/1977 Mildenhall 43 34 Newport   29/05/1977 Workington 41 37 Coatbridge   30/05/1977 Newcastle 39 37 Eastbourne   30/05/1977 Scunthorpe 32 46 Edinburgh   31/05/1977 Crayford 50 28 Mildenhall   31/05/1977 Weymouth 41 37 Peterborough   03/06/1977 Peterborough 53 25 Crayford   03/06/1977 Peterborough 57 21 Scunthorpe   03/06/1977 Edinburgh 43 33 Oxford   05/06/1977 Mildenhall 37 41 Workington   06/06/1977 Boston 46 32 Workington   06/06/1977 Peterborough 55 23 Weymouth   06/06/1977 Newcastle     Berwick postponed rain 06/06/1977 Scunthorpe     Teesside postponed rain 08/06/1977 Edinburgh 54 24 Peterborough   09/06/1977 Teesside 49 29 Peterborough   10/06/1977 Workington 46 32 Berwick   12/06/1977 Eastbourne 49 29 Canterbury   12/06/1977 Rye House 49 29 Stoke   17/06/1977 Coatbridge 32 46 Eastbourne   18/06/1977 Berwick 31 47 Eastbourne   18/06/1977 Canterbury 57 21 Weymouth   18/06/1977 Stoke 37 41 Edinburgh   19/06/1977 Newcastle 53 25 Berwick   19/06/1977 Boston 38 40 Rye House   19/06/1977 Eastbourne 57 21 Scunthorpe   21/06/1977 Ellesmere Port 46 32 Oxford   21/06/1977 Weymouth 34.5 43.5 Boston   23/06/1977 Teesside 46 31 Boston   24/06/1977 Edinburgh 45 33 Boston   24/06/1977 Peterborough 49 29 Workington   26/06/1977 Eastbourne 51 26 Crayford   26/06/1977 Mildenhall 44 33 Scunthorpe   26/06/1977 Oxford 44 34 Stoke   26/06/1977 Rye House 44 34 Coatbridge   26/06/1977 Workington 48 29 Edinburgh   27/06/1977 Scunthorpe 49 29 Teesside   28/06/1977 Crayford 54 23 Coatbridge   28/06/1977 Ellesmere Port 55 23 Teesside   28/06/1977 Weymouth 39 39 Workington   30/06/1977 Newport 46 32 Workington   30/06/1977 Oxford 38 37 Rye House   30/06/1977 Teesside 44 34 Stoke   01/07/1977 Edinburgh 40 38 Mildenhall   02/07/1977 Canterbury 57 21 Edinburgh   02/07/1977 Stoke 38 40 Ellesmere Port   03/07/1977 Rye House 63 14 Berwick   03/07/1977 Rye House 51 27 Scunthorpe   03/07/1977 Boston 52 26 Edinburgh   03/07/1977 Eastbourne 59 19 Teesside   03/07/1977 Mildenhall 44 34 Oxford   04/07/1977 Newcastle 51 27 Mildenhall   04/07/1977 Scunthorpe 53 25 Berwick   05/07/1977 Crayford 43 34 Boston   05/07/1977 Ellesmere Port 43 35 Scunthorpe   05/07/1977 Weymouth 46 32 Teesside   06/07/1977 Edinburgh 45 33 Workington   07/07/1977 Oxford 44 33 Weymouth   08/07/1977 Glasgow 39 37 Crayford   08/07/1977 Newport 40 37 Boston   08/07/1977 Peterborough 53 25 Mildenhall   08/07/1977 Workington 37 41 Eastbourne   09/07/1977 Berwick 44 34 Crayford   09/07/1977 Canterbury 42 35 Ellesmere Port   09/07/1977 Stoke 24 54 Eastbourne   10/07/1977 Boston 44 34 Newport   10/07/1977 Mildenhall 64 14 Berwick   10/07/1977 Rye House 39 38 Ellesmere Port   11/07/1977 Newcastle 45 33 Edinburgh   11/07/1977 Scunthorpe 51 27 Newport   12/07/1977 Crayford 37 38 Rye House   12/07/1977 Ellesmere Port 45 33 Edinburgh   15/07/1977 Glasgow 45 33 Weymouth   15/07/1977 Workington 46 32 Peterborough   16/07/1977 Berwick 40 38 Weymouth   16/07/1977 Stoke 40.5 37.5 Boston   17/07/1977 Rye House 45 33 Crayford   18/07/1977 Newcastle 43 35 Stoke   18/07/1977 Scunthorpe 33 45 Eastbourne   19/07/1977 Crayford 49 29 Oxford   19/07/1977 Crayford 48 30 Scunthorpe   19/07/1977 Ellesmere Port 39 39 Mildenhall   19/07/1977 Weymouth 39 39 Newcastle   21/07/1977 Oxford 41 37 Newcastle   21/07/1977 Teesside 39 39 Rye House   22/07/1977 Glasgow 38 40 Rye House   22/07/1977 Newport 49 26 Berwick   22/07/1977 Workington 41 36 Crayford   23/07/1977 Berwick 35 43 Rye House   23/07/1977 Canterbury 46 31 Workington   23/07/1977 Stoke 38 40 Crayford   24/07/1977 Boston 54 24 Mildenhall   24/07/1977 Eastbourne 63 15 Workington   25/07/1977 Newcastle 50 28 Glasgow   25/07/1977 Scunthorpe 47 31 Canterbury   26/07/1977 Crayford 29 49 Eastbourne   26/07/1977 Ellesmere Port 46.5 31.5 Oxford   26/07/1977 Weymouth 47 31 Berwick   27/07/1977 Mildenhall 43 35 Boston   27/07/1977 Newport 59 19 Teesside   28/07/1977 Oxford 53 24 Berwick   28/07/1977 Teesside 45 33 Newport   29/07/1977 Edinburgh 31 47 Ellesmere Port   29/07/1977 Glasgow 45 33 Scunthorpe   29/07/1977 Peterborough 44 34 Rye House   29/07/1977 Workington 49 29 Newport   30/07/1977 Berwick 38 40 Scunthorpe   30/07/1977 Stoke 33 45 Newcastle   31/07/1977 Eastbourne 54 24 Weymouth   31/07/1977 Rye House 43 35 Canterbury   01/08/1977 Newcastle 50 28 Boston   01/08/1977 Scunthorpe 40 37 Oxford   02/08/1977 Crayford 56 22 Workington   03/08/1977 Newport 59 19 Glasgow   03/08/1977 Newport 45 33 Peterborough   03/08/1977 Mildenhall 38 40 Eastbourne   04/08/1977 Oxford 43 35 Ellesmere Port   04/08/1977 Oxford 60 18 Glasgow   04/08/1977 Teesside 44 34 Weymouth   05/08/1977 Eastbourne 57 20 Boston   05/08/1977 Edinburgh 45 33 Weymouth   05/08/1977 Ellesmere Port 42 36 Newcastle   05/08/1977 Glasgow 54 24 Mildenhall   05/08/1977 Peterborough 52 26 Newport   05/08/1977 Workington 35 43 Rye House   06/08/1977 Berwick 39 39 Mildenhall   06/08/1977 Canterbury 44 33 Scunthorpe   06/08/1977 Stoke 38 40 Rye House   08/08/1977 Scunthorpe 40 38 Stoke   08/08/1977 Rye House     Mildenhall postponed rain 09/08/1977 Weymouth 35 43 Stoke   10/08/1977 Edinburgh 42 36 Glasgow   10/08/1977 Mildenhall 42 36 Rye House   11/08/1977 Oxford 38 40 Boston   11/08/1977 Teesside 42 35 Newcastle   12/08/1977 Ellesmere Port 40 37 Boston   12/08/1977 Newport 50 28 Newcastle   12/08/1977 Peterborough 47 31 Edinburgh   13/08/1977 Canterbury 41 37 Eastbourne   13/08/1977 Stoke 41 37 Oxford   14/08/1977 Boston 45 33 Weymouth   14/08/1977 Eastbourne 61 17 Mildenhall   14/08/1977 Workington 40 37 Ellesmere Port   15/08/1977 Newcastle 46 32 Ellesmere Port   15/08/1977 Scunthorpe 42 36 Weymouth   16/08/1977 Crayford 44 34 Canterbury   16/08/1977 Weymouth     Newport postponed rain 17/08/1977 Mildenhall     Teesside postponed rain 18/08/1977 Oxford 38 40 Scunthorpe   18/08/1977 Teesside 40 38 Eastbourne   18/08/1977 Weymouth 40 36 Ellesmere Port   19/08/1977 Edinburgh 30 48 Eastbourne   19/08/1977 Glasgow 48 29 Peterborough   19/08/1977 Newport 44 34 Mildenhall   19/08/1977 Workington 43 35 Oxford   20/08/1977 Berwick 54 24 Peterborough   20/08/1977 Stoke 48 29 Scunthorpe   21/08/1977 Rye House 38 40 Boston   22/08/1977 Scunthorpe 39 39 Rye House   23/08/1977 Weymouth 45 33 Newport   24/08/1977 Mildenhall     Stoke postponed rain 24/08/1977 Newport     Oxford postponed rain 25/08/1977 Teesside 40 38 Edinburgh   25/08/1977 Oxford 6 6 Newport abandoned heat 2 result does not stand 26/08/1977 Edinburgh     Scunthorpe postponed rain 27/08/1977 Canterbury 43 34 Crayford   27/08/1977 Peterborough 56 22 Glasgow   28/08/1977 Mildenhall 39 39 Ellesmere Port   29/08/1977 Canterbury 59 19 Berwick   29/08/1977 Newcastle 59 18 Workington   29/08/1977 Rye House 56 22 Edinburgh   29/08/1977 Scunthorpe 45 33 Mildenhall   29/08/1977 Weymouth 38 40 Glasgow   30/08/1977 Crayford 47 31 Berwick   30/08/1977 Crayford 52 26 Edinburgh   30/08/1977 Weymouth 37 41 Eastbourne   31/08/1977 Mildenhall 52 26 Teesside   01/09/1977 Oxford 39 39 Mildenhall   01/09/1977 Stoke 18 18 Berwick abandoned heat 6 result does not stand 02/09/1977 Peterborough 60 18 Berwick   02/09/1977 Peterborough 40 38 Newcastle   02/09/1977 Edinburgh 40 37 Stoke   02/09/1977 Newport 34 44 Canterbury   02/09/1977 Workington 34 44 Scunthorpe   03/09/1977 Berwick 46 31 Stoke   03/09/1977 Canterbury 52 26 Rye House   04/09/1977 Glasgow 47 31 Newport   04/09/1977 Glasgow 46 32 Stoke   04/09/1977 Boston 58 20 Oxford   04/09/1977 Mildenhall 34 44 Peterborough   04/09/1977 Rye House 56 22 Workington   05/09/1977 Newcastle 52 26 Newport   05/09/1977 Scunthorpe 58 20 Workington   06/09/1977 Crayford 52 26 Teesside   06/09/1977 Weymouth 41 37 Oxford   08/09/1977 Oxford 51 27 Peterborough   09/09/1977 Newport 42 36 Rye House   09/09/1977 Workington 34 44 Weymouth   09/09/1977 Glasgow     Ellesmere Port postponed rain 10/09/1977 Canterbury 50 27 Glasgow   10/09/1977 Stoke 43.5 33.5 Weymouth   10/10/1977 Berwick     Teesside postponed rain 11/09/1977 Eastbourne 60 18 Glasgow   11/09/1977 Eastbourne 54 24 Peterborough   11/09/1977 Boston 60 17 Berwick   11/09/1977 Rye House 44 34 Newcastle   12/09/1977 Newcastle 47 31 Canterbury   12/09/1977 Scunthorpe 42 35 Boston   13/09/1977 Crayford 48 30 Peterborough   13/09/1977 Weymouth 41 37 Edinburgh   14/09/1977 Newport 46 32 Edinburgh   14/09/1977 Newport 41 31 Oxford abandoned heat 12 curfew result stands 15/09/1977 Teesside 47 31 Workington   16/09/1977 Edinburgh 37 41 Canterbury   16/09/1977 Edinburgh 52 25 Teesside   16/09/1977 Glasgow 42 36 Oxford   16/09/1977 Ellesmere Port 61 17 Newport   16/09/1977 Peterborough 42 36 Eastbourne   17/09/1977 Berwick 44 34 Oxford   17/09/1977 Stoke 33 45 Peterborough   18/09/1977 Rye House 59 19 Newport   18/09/1977 Rye House 49 29 Weymouth   18/09/1977 Boston 47 31 Crayford   18/09/1977 Eastbourne 59 19 Stoke   19/09/1977 Scunthorpe 27 21 Crayford abandoned heat 8 result does not stand 20/09/1977 Crayford 47 31 Newport   21/09/1977 Edinburgh 53 25 Berwick   22/09/1977 Oxford 42 35 Edinburgh   22/09/1977 Teesside 41 36 Berwick   23/09/1977 Glasgow 44 34 Edinburgh   23/09/1977 Ellesmere Port 47 31 Berwick   23/09/1977 Newport 48 30 Scunthorpe   25/09/1977 Berwick 47 31 Workington   25/09/1977 Mildenhall 50 28 Glasgow   25/09/1977 Rye House 49 29 Peterborough   25/09/1977 Boston 9 15 Newcastle abandoned heat 4 result does not stand 26/09/1977 Newcastle 47 31 Oxford   26/09/1977 Scunthorpe 49 29 Crayford   29/09/1977 Oxford 58 19 Newport   29/09/1977 Oxford 51 27 Workington   29/09/1977 Stoke 52 26 Berwick   29/09/1977 Stoke 38 40 Canterbury   30/09/1977 Edinburgh 40 38 Scunthorpe   30/09/1977 Peterborough 44 34 Stoke   30/09/1977 Workington 31 45 Newcastle   30/09/1977 Ellesmere Port     Canterbury postponed rain 30/09/1977 Newport     Eastbourne postponed rain 01/10/1977 Berwick 41 37 Newcastle   01/10/1977 Canterbury 45 33 Stoke   02/10/1977 Boston 57 21 Scunthorpe   02/10/1977 Glasgow 37 41 Newcastle   02/10/1977 Mildenhall 46 32 Stoke   02/10/1977 Rye House 45 30 Oxford   04/10/1977 Crayford 41 37 Stoke   06/10/1977 Oxford 47 31 Crayford   07/10/1977 Ellesmere Port 44 34 Canterbury   07/10/1977 Newport 36 42 Eastbourne   07/10/1977 Peterborough 42 36 Boston   08/10/1977 Canterbury 49 29 Mildenhall   09/10/1977 Boston 41 36 Peterborough   09/10/1977 Glasgow     Ellesmere Port postponed rain 15/10/1977 Berwick 51 27 Teesside   15/10/1977 Canterbury 41 37 Boston   16/10/1977 Rye House 46 32 Mildenhall   16/10/1977 Boston     Newcastle postponed rain 19/10/1977 Glasgow 38 40 Ellesmere Port   20/10/1977 Boston 41 37 Newcastle   22/10/1977 Canterbury 50 28 Oxford