1977 British League season

1977 British League season

League	British League
Season	1977
Champions	White City Rebels
No. of competitors	19

The 1977 Gulf British League season was the thirteenth season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. Newport had dropped down to the National League but their riders transferred to the Bristol Bulldogs so the league retained 19 teams. Cradley Heath reverted to their nickname of Heathens after four years of being called United. The league was sponsored by Gulf Oil for a third season. White City Rebels won the title in only their second season of existence.

Final table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
White City Rebels	36	27	1	8	55
Exeter Falcons	36	25	3	8	53
Reading Racers	36	25	3	8	53
Ipswich Witches	36	25	1	10	51
Belle Vue Aces	36	19	3	14	41
King's Lynn Stars	36	19	2	15	40
Cradley Heathens	36	20	0	16	40
Coventry Bees	36	19	1	16	39
Wimbledon Dons	36	17	2	17	36
Poole Pirates	36	17	2	17	36
Swindon Robins	36	17	1	18	35
Bristol Bulldogs	36	17	0	19	34
Sheffield Tigers	36	16	2	18	34
Hull Vikings	36	15	0	21	30
Wolverhampton Wolves	36	14	0	22	28
Hackney Hawks	36	13	1	22	27
Halifax Dukes	36	12	0	24	24
Birmingham Brummies	36	8	0	28	16
Leicester Lions	36	6	0	30	12

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

Top Ten Riders

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Michael Lee		King's Lynn Stars	10.64
2	Ivan Mauger		Exeter Falcons	10.62
3	Peter Collins		Belle Vue Aces	10.49
4	Gordon Kennett		White City Rebels	10.41
5	Ole Olsen		Coventry Bees	10.40
6	Billy Sanders		Ipswich Witches	10.39
7	Anders Michanek		Cradley Heathens	10.35
8	Dave Jessup		Reading Racers	10.27
9	Malcolm Simmons		Poole Pirates	10.22
10	John Davis		Reading Racers	9.84