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1982 National League season
League	National League
No. of competitors	19
Champions	Newcastle Diamonds
Knockout Cup	Newcastle Diamonds
Individual	Joe Owen
Pairs	Weymouth Wildcats
Fours	Newcastle Diamonds
Highest average	Joe Owen
Division/s above	1982 British League
←1981 1983 →

In 1982 theNational League, also known asBritish League Division Two, was the second tier ofspeedway racing in the United Kingdom.

Summary

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Long Eaton Invaders replacedWorkington Comets, after the latter withdrew from the league before the start of the season.^[1]Wolverhampton Wolves were unable to form a team and would not race for two seasons.^[2]

The league champions wereNewcastle Diamonds.^[3]^[4]

Milton Keynes rider Brett Alderton was killed in an accident during the second half of a league meeting at King's Lynn. The 18-year old Australian sustained a fatal head injury on 17 April.^[5]^[6]

Final table

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^[7]^[8]

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Newcastle Diamonds	36	30	0	6	60
2	Mildenhall Fen Tigers	36	26	1	9	53
3	Ellesmere Port Gunners	36	25	0	11	50
4	Middlesbrough Tigers	36	24	1	11	49
5	Weymouth Wildcats	36	22	1	13	45
6	Rye House Rockets	36	22	0	14	44
7	Long Eaton Invaders	36	20	1	15	41
8	Boston Barracudas	36	19	1	16	39
9	Berwick Bandits	36	18	1	17	37
10	Exeter Falcons	36	17	0	19	34
11	Glasgow Tigers	36	16	0	20	32
12	Milton Keynes Knights	36	14	1	21	29
13	Peterborough Panthers	36	13	2	21	28
14	Edinburgh Monarchs	36	14	0	22	28
15	Crayford Kestrels	36	13	0	23	26
16	Canterbury Crusaders	36	12	1	23	25
17	Scunthorpe Stags	36	11	2	23	24
18	Stoke Potters	36	11	1	24	23
19	Oxford Cheetahs	36	7	3	26	17

Fixtures and results

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Home \ Away	BER	BOS	CAN	CRY	ED	EP	EX	GLA	LE	MID	MIL	MK	NEW	OX	PET	RH	SCU	STO	WEY
Berwick		55–41	64–32	55–40	63–33	43–53	65–31	54–42	73–23	42–53	67–29	55–40	50–45	72–24	61–35	64–31	63–33	55–40	47–49
Boston	53–40		57–39	66–30	59–37	47–49	64–32	57–39	47–48	49–47	49–47	62–34	50–46	66–30	50–46	50–46	60–36	61–35	58–38
Canterbury	41–55	62–34		52–43	44–52	47–49	53–43	62–34	52–44	48–48	45–51	49–45	38–58	36–60	49–47	53–43	57–39	53–43	42–53
Crayford	55–41	49–46	45–51		53–43	69–26	49–47	56–38	46–50	41–54	46–50	76–20	43–52	65–29	51–44	47–49	55–41	70–26	58–37
Edinburgh	43–53	44–52	52–41	50–45		54–42	53–41	51–44	47–49	52–44	34–62	46–50	51–45	73–23	53–42	44–51	41–47	57–39	52–44
Ellesmere Port	61–35	60–36	56–40	68–28	57–39		57–39	70–26	58–38	67–29	46–50	58–38	51–45	60–36	55–41	59–37	71–25	57–39	58–38
Exeter	55–41	57–39	57–39	66–30	59–37	58–38		73–23	52.5–43.5	52–44	45–51	58–38	45–50	67–28	64–32	34–19	51–45	61–35	52–44
Glasgow	53–43	53–43	60–36	46–49	51–44	50–46	52–43		63–32	55–40	52–44	50–42	38–58	50–45	50–46	54–41	62–34	64–31	51–45
Long Eaton	60–36	47–49	52–44	59–37	60–36	58–38	61–35	63–33		63–33	52–44	60–36	40–6	70–26	61–35	47–49	68–28	57–38	61–35
Middlesbrough	62–34	56–39	56–39	56–40	58–35	56–40	70–26	59–37	51–45		55–41	71–25	44–52	67–29	60–36	57–39	64–32	54–42	57–39
Mildenhall	72–24	53–43	57–38	72–24	66–30	55–41	74–22	68–28	60–36	60–35		60–36	49–47	63–33	62–34	61–35	62–34	75–21	61–35
Milton Keynes	53–42	55–41	39–57	62–34	43–53	47–48	50–45	56–40	51–45	44–52	47–49		42–53	58–37	50–46	52–43	49–46	59–37	49–47
Newcastle	60–36	63–33	71–25	72–24	59–37	70–26	61–35	69–27	55–41	66–30	61–35	63–33		74–22	72–24	67–28	64–32	52–44	66–30
Oxford	50–46	39–57	49–46	50–45	47–48	45–51	47–48	53–43	48–48	47–49	43–53	48–48	32–64		48–48	47–49	44–51	55–41	45–51
Peterborough	56–40	53–43	54–42	64–32	50–44	47–49	55–41	64–32	51–45	46–50	48–48	62–34	41–55	56–40		54–42	60–36	53–42	34–62
Rye House	64–32	59–37	55–40	64–31	57–38	56–40	61–34	63–33	52–43	53–41	49–47	54–41	49–37	64–32	52–44		58–38	73–23	54–41
Scunthorpe	48–48	48–48	58–37	57–39	49–47	44–52	59–37	63–33	39–57	43–53	50–46	47–49	40–56	50–46	50–46	51–45		47–49	41–55
Stoke	43–53	49–47	49–47	50–45	54–42	45–51	61–35	49–47	37–48	46–50	44–52	54–42	35–61	31–64	50–46	53–42	55–40		48–48
Weymouth	59–37	53–43	61–35	61–35	57–39	56–40	62–34	56–39	56–40	61–35	58–38	55–41	45–51	62–34	53–43	59–37	52–44	64–32

Source:^[9]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top five riders (league averages)

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	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Joe Owen	Newcastle	11.09
2	Simon Wigg	Weymouth	10.67
3	Steve Lawson	Glasgow	10.40
4	Rod Hunter	Newcastle	10.22
5	Bob Garrad	Rye House	9.86

National League Knockout Cup

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The 1982 National League Knockout Cup was the 15th edition of theKnockout Cup for tier two teams.Newcastle Diamonds were the winners of the competition.^[10]

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
11/05	Milton Keynes	47-49	Oxford
06/05	Oxford	54-42	Milton Keynes
27/04	Weymouth	60-36	Canterbury
24/04	Canterbury	54-42	Weymouth

Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
24/06	Oxford	39-56	Mildenhall
07/06	Scunthorpe	51-45	Peterborough
31/05	Rye House	35-25	Crayford
31/05	Long Eaton	67-29	Berwick
29/05	Berwick	67-29	Long Eaton
26/05	Edinburgh	53-43	Ellesmere Port
26/05	Mildenhall	62-34	Oxford
25/05	Crayford	33-62	Rye House
24/05	Newcastle	55-41	Middlesbrough
23/05	Boston	59-37	Stoke
22/05	Stoke	42-54	Boston
21/05	Ellesmere Port	60-36	Edinburgh
21/05	Peterborough	58-38	Scunthorpe
20/05	Middlesbrough	53-43	Newcastle
18/05	Weymouth	62-34	Exeter
17/05	Exeter	60-36	Weymouth
30/06 replay	Long Eaton	62-34	Berwick
06/06 replay	Berwick	67-29	Long Eaton

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
07/08	Berwick	64-32	Ellesmere Port
30/07	Ellesmere Port	69-26	Berwick
29/07	Weymouth	53-43	Peterborough
26/07	Newcastle	62-34	Boston
18/07	Boston	47-49	Newcastle
11/07	Rye House	60-35	Mildenhall
10/07	Mildenhall	56-39	Rye House
02/07	Peterborough	48-48	Weymouth

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
05/09	Rye House	59-37	Ellesmere Port
31/08	Weymouth	35-61	Newcastle
20/08	Ellesmere Port	71-25	Rye House
16/08	Newcastle	63-32	Weymouth

Final

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First leg

10 October 1982

Ellesmere Port Gunners John Jackson 13 Steve Finch 12 Eric Monaghan 11 Phil Alderman 6 Rob Maxfield 4 Billy Burton 4 Glen Parrott 1	51 – 45	Newcastle Diamonds Joe Owen 15 Rod Hunter 14 Bobby Beaton 8 Tom Owen 5 Keith Bloxsome 2 Alan Emerson 1 Robbie Foy 0
	^[11]

Ellesmere Port Stadium

Second leg

11 October 1982

Newcastle Diamonds Joe Owen 15 Rod Hunter 14 Alan Emerson 12 Tom Owen 11 Keith Bloxsome 11 Bobby Beaton 10 Robbie Foy 0	73 – 23	Ellesmere Port Gunners Eric Monaghan 7 Steve Finch 5 John Jackson 3 Phil Alderman 3 Billy Burton 2 Glen Parrott 2 Rob Maxfield 1
	^[11]

Brough Park

Newcastle were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate118–74.

Riders' Championship

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Joe Owen won theRiders' Championship, sponsored by the Daily Mirror and held atWimbledon Stadium on 18 September 1982.^[12]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total
1	Joe Owen	33332	14
2	Steve Lomas	3333	12
3	Bob Garrad	13232	11
4	Andy Hines	2323	10
5	Keith White	01233	9
6	Derek Harrison	23211	9
7	Steve Lawson	20123	8
8	Andy Campbell	12311	8
9	Dave Trownson	02122	7
10	Alan Molyneux	2220	6
11	Martin Yeates	30002	5
12	Barry Thomas	30110	5
13	Steve Wilcock	3110	5
14	Barney Kennett	11201	5
15	John Jackson	21010	4
16	Steve McDermott	1001	2

Pairs

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TheNational League Pairs was held atAbbey Stadium on 28 August and was won by Weymouth Wildcats.^[13]^[14]

Group A
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Weymouth	15	Yeates 8 Wigg 7
2	Boston	8	Hollingworth 6 Lomas 2
3	Glasgow	7	Lawson 4 McKinna 3
4	Crayford	6	Thomas 3 Sage 3

Group B
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Newcastle	15	Hunter 9 Owen J 6
2	Mildenhall	9	Bales 5 Harrison 4
3	Peterborough	9	Allen 5 Hines 4
4	Berwick	0	McDermott 0 Cribb 0

Group C
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Middlesbrough	11	Dixon 9 Wilcock 2
2	Milton K	11	Featherby 8 White 3
3	Ellesmere P	8	Jackson 5 Finch 3
4	Canterbury	6	Kennett 5 Clark 1

Group D
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Long Eaton	13	Perks 8 Molyneux 5
2	Rye House	11	Garrad 6 Cox 5
3	Exeter	7	Campbell 5 Millard 2
4	Edinburgh	5	Trownson 5 Blacka 0

Semi finals

Weymouth bt Middlesbrough
Long Eaton bt Newcastle

Final

Weymouth bt Long Eaton

Fours

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Newcastle Diamonds won the fours championship final, held at theEast of England Arena on 25 July.^[15]^[16]^[17]

Semi finals

SF1 = Newcastle 16, Middlesbrough 12, Ellesmere Port 10, Peterborough 10
SF2 = Mildenhall 15, Rye House 14, Oxford 12, Exeter 7

Final

Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Newcastle	17	Owen 6, Beaton 4, Hunter 4, Emerson 3
2	Mildenhall	15	Henry 5, Knight 5, Bales 4, Harrison 1
3	Middlesbrough	13	Dixon 5, Wilcock 4, Pusey 2, Spink 2
4	Rye House	3	Mullarkey 2, Naylor 1, Garrad 0, Bryenton 0

Leading final averages

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	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Joe Owen	Newcastle	11.01
2	Steve Lawson	Glasgow	10.40
3	Simon Wigg	Weymouth	10.36
4	Rod Hunter	Newcastle	10.12
5	Bob Garrad	Rye House	9.85

Riders & final averages

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Berwick

Steve McDermott 8.83
Bruce Cribb 7.85
Brian Collins 7.24
George Hunter 7.23
Paul Thorp 6.47
Rob Grant Sr. 6.12
Mike Caroline 5.45
Rob Carter 2.75

Boston

Steve Lomas 9.17
David Gagen 9.09
Rob Hollingworth 8.86
Dennis Mallett 5.94
David Blackburn 4.71
Guy Wilson 4.68
Peter Framingham 4.19
Robbie McGregor 3.60
Chris Cole 2.97

Canterbury

Barney Kennett 8.66
Denzil Kent 7.74
Ian Clark 7.64
Darryl Simpson 5.18
Keith Pritchard 4.46
Kevin Brice 4.36
Nigel Couzens 4.36
Mark Martin 3.74

Crayford

Barry Thomas 8.75
Trevor Banks 7.62
Mike Spinks 6.83
Alan Sage 6.48
Alan Mogridge 5.96
Laurie Etheridge 5.67
Paul Bosley 5.22
Mike Pither 5.02
Trevor Barnwell 3.53
Chris Tritton 3.23
Andy Galvin 2.40

Edinburgh

Dave Trownson 9.21
Eric Broadbelt 7.05
Brett Saunders 7.03
Ivan Blacka 6.54
Benny Rourke 6.00
Chris Turner 5.95
Mark Fiora 5.69
Roger Lambert 4.36
Ian Westwell 2.87
Sean Courtney 2.53

Ellesmere Port

John Jackson 9.15
Steve Finch 8.56
Rob Maxfield 7.26
Eric Monaghan 6.97
Phil Alderman 5.98
Billy Burton 5.98
Glen Parrott 4.91
Rob Tate 4.63

Exeter

John Barker 9.07
Les Sawyer 8.56
Andy Campbell 8.38
Keith Millard 8.18
Bob Coles 6.54
Keith Wright 4.67
Steve Bishop 4.37
Mike Semmonds 3.72
Dave Brewer 3.43

Glasgow

Steve Lawson 10.40
Kenny McKinna 8.78
Colin Caffrey 5.92
Harry Maclean 4.53
Rob Carter .86
Kym Mauger 3.67
Alan Mason 3.65
Martin McKinna 2.64
Des Wilson 1.71

Long Eaton

Alan Molyneux 9.35
Paul Stead 8.41
Dave Perks 7.94
Nigel Close 6.63
Paul Evitts 6.46
Nicky Allott 6.20
Mark Summerfield 5.03
David Blackburn 4.56

Middlesbrough

Martin Dixon 9.39
Steve Wilcock 9.27
Mike Spink 7.67
Geoff Pusey 7.34
Paul Price 5.21
Rob Woffinden 4.86
Alan Armstrong 4.33
Peter Spink 3.61
Bernie Collier 1.64

Mildenhall

Derek Harrison 9.33
Ray Bales 8.78
Richard Knight 8.32
Mick Bates 7.65
Robert Henry 7.62
Carl Baldwin 7.59
Andy Warne 4.48
Carl Blackbird 4.44

Milton Keynes

Keith White 8.09
Andy Hibbs 8.00
Craig Featherby 7.25
Nigel Sparshott 7.03
Steve Payne 6.29
Tony Featherstone 5.60
Paul Clarke 4.08

Newcastle

Joe Owen 11.01
Rod Hunter 10.12
Bobby Beaton 9.01
Alan Emerson 7.81
Keith Bloxsome 7.35
Tom Owen 7.12
Robbie Foy 3.65
Barry Shearer 1.47

Oxford

Ashley Pullen 7.73
Graham Drury 7.54
Colin Ackroyd 7.42
Simon Cross 6.88
Kevin Smart 5.13
Wayne Jackson 5.10
Brian Woodward 4.83
John Frankland 4.50
Gary Chessell 3.90
Bill Barrett 3.14
Mick Handley 3.06
Mick Fletcher 2.15

Peterborough

Andy Hines 8.64
Dave Allen 8.26
Mick Hines 7.33
Andy Buck 6.38
Andy Fisher 5.49
Ian Barney 5.38
Neil Cotton 3.06

Rye House

Bobby Garrad 9.85
Marvyn Cox 8.87
Kelvin Mullarkey 7.78
Steve Naylor 7.72
Peter Johns 4.95
Andy Fines 4.68
Steve Bryenton 4.31
Garry Monk 3.04

Scunthorpe

Mike Wilding 7.88
Kevin Teager 7.18
Nigel Crabtree 7.07
Rob Woffinden 5.97
Derek Richardson 5.74
Julian Parr 5.45
Terry Kelly 5.11
Ian Gibson 4.13
Mark DeKok 4.09

Stoke

Rod North 7.24
Pete Smith 6.91
Mark Collins 6.53
Mike Sampson 6.05
Ian Robertson 6.01
Brian Havelock 5.69
Arthur Browning 5.36
Pete Ellams 5.31
Jim Burdfield 4.41
Steve Sant 3.32

Weymouth

Simon Wigg 10.36
Martin Yeates 8.46
Steve Schofield 7.10
Terry Tulloch 6.72
Les Rumsey 6.39
Stan Bear 6.00
John McNeill 5.69
Steve Crockett 3.56
Mark Minett 2.86
Rob Mather 2.85

References

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v t e British League Division Two/National League seasons
1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994	Speedway British League Division Two

v t e Speedway in the United Kingdom
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v t e United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
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Tier Three League Third division	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1994 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Champions	League champions Cup winners