1974 British Speedway League
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Competition | British League |
Season | 1974 |
No. of competitors | 17 |
Champion | Exeter Falcons |
The 1974 British Speedway League was the tenth season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. 1973 Champions Reading didn't compete as they no longer had a stadium. Hull Vikings replaced them. The league was reduced to seventeen teams when the Coatbridge Tigers dropped down to British League Division Two. The Exeter Falcons won their first title.
[edit] Final table
Team | PL | W | D | L | Pts |
Exeter Falcons | 32 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 51 |
Belle Vue Aces | 32 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 46 |
Ipswich Witches | 32 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 45 |
Sheffield Tigers | 32 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 42 |
King's Lynn Stars | 32 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 41 |
Newport Wasps | 32 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 37 |
Halifax Dukes | 32 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 31 |
Wimbledon Dons | 32 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 29 |
Hackney Hawks | 32 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 28 |
Leicester Lions | 32 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 27 |
Wolverhampton Wolves | 32 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 27 |
Swindon Robins | 32 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 26 |
Cradley Heath Heathens | 32 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 25 |
Poole Pirates | 32 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 25 |
Coventry Bees | 32 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 24 |
Oxford Cheetahs | 32 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
Hull Vikings | 32 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 18 |
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