1971 British League season

1971 British League season

League	British League
Season	1971
Champions	Belle Vue Aces
No. of competitors	19

The 1971 British League season was the seventh season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. Reading Racers moved up from Division 2. Newcastle Diamonds dropped out. Belle Vue Aces retained their title to become the first team to win the title for the second time.

Final table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Belle Vue Aces	36	25	1	10	51
Leicester Lions	36	22	3	11	47
Coventry Bees	36	23	0	13	46
Sheffield Tigers	36	21	1	14	43
Swindon Robins	36	19	3	14	40
Reading Racers	36	18	4	14	41
Hackney Hawks	36	17	4	15	38
Newport Wasps	36	19	0	17	37
Wembley Lions	36	17	3	16	37
Wimbledon Dons	36	18	1	17	36
Poole Pirates	36	17	2	17	35
Wolverhampton Wolves	36	17	1	18	34
King's Lynn Stars	36	16	2	18	34
Halifax Dukes	36	16	2	18	32
Exeter Falcons	36	16	0	20	31
Glasgow Tigers	36	15	1	20	25
Oxford Cheetahs	36	12	1	23	20
Cradley Heath Heathens	36	8	4	24	20
West Ham Hammers	36	9	1	26	19

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

Top Ten Riders

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Ivan Mauger		Belle Vue Aces	11.42
2	Ray Wilson		Leicester Lions	10.97
3	Ole Olsen		Wolverhampton Wolves	10.96
4	Jim Airey		Sheffield Tigers	10.70
5	Barry Briggs		Swindon Robins	10.64
6	Bengt Jansson		Hackney Hawks	10.21
7	Eric Boocock		Halifax Dukes	10.14
8	Anders Michanek		Reading Racers	10.03
9	Nigel Boocock		Coventry Bees	9.95
10	Ronnie Moore		Wimbledon Dons	9.93