1973 British League season

1973 British League season

League	British League
Season	1973
Champions	Reading Racers
No. of competitors	18

The 1973 British League season was the ninth season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. Glasgow Tigers relocated to become Coatbridge Tigers. The Reading Racers won their first title.

Final table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Reading Racers	34	25	1	8	51
Sheffield Tigers	34	22	3	9	47
King's Lynn Stars	34	20	3	11	43
Leicester Lions	34	21	0	13	42
Ipswich Witches	34	19	2	12	41
Belle Vue Aces	34	19	1	14	39
Wolverhampton Wolves	34	18	1	15	37
Exeter Falcons	34	16	3	15	35
Halifax Dukes	34	16	2	16	34
Newport Wasps	34	16	0	18	32
Oxford Rebels	34	14	2	18	30
Wimbledon Dons	34	14	1	19	29
Swindon Robins	34	13	3	18	29
Poole Pirates	34	13	2	19	28
Coventry Bees	34	13	0	21	26
Hackney Hawks	34	11	4	19	26
Coatbridge Tigers	34	12	1	21	25
Cradley United	34	7	4	23	18

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

Top Ten Riders

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Anders Michanek		Reading Racers	11.55
2	Ivan Mauger		Exeter Falcons	11.30
3	Ole Olsen		Wolverhampton Wolves	11.10
4	Eric Boocock		Halifax Dukes	10.52
5	Dag Lövaas		Reading Racers	10.37
6	Malcolm Simmons		King's Lynn Stars	10.33
7	John Boulger		Leicester Lions	10.25
8	Chris Pusey		Belle Vue Aces	10.24
9	Martin Ashby		Swindon Robins	10.11
10	John Louis		Ipswich Witches	10.07

Both Michanek and Mauger recorded perfect 12 point average scores at home for the season, meaning they were unbeaten by any opposing rider on their own track in League competition.