The 1992 British League season was the 58th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 28th known as the British League.
Summary Arena Essex gained promotion to the league from the 1991 season but Berwick dropped out of the league.
Reading Racers won the league for the second time in three years. Four riders who won the 1990 title (Jeremy Doncaster, Per Jonsson, Jan Andersson and Dave Mullett) were integral during the 1992 campaign. They were joined by Italian Armando Castagna and Ray Morton. Bradford Dukes retained their Knockout Cup title.
World Champion Jan O. Pedersen topped the averages for Cradley Heath.
Final table Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts1 Reading Racers 24 19 1 4 11 502 Bradford Dukes 24 15 0 9 18 383 Poole Pirates 24 15 2 7 6 384 Cradley Heath Heathens 24 14 2 8 8 385 Wolverhampton Wolves 24 14 1 9 9 386 Belle Vue Aces 24 14 1 9 8 377 Ipswich Witches 24 11 2 11 6 308 Coventry Bees 24 10 1 13 5 269 King's Lynn Stars 24 9 0 15 7 2510 Oxford Cheetahs 24 8 4 12 4 2411 Arena Essex Hammers 24 7 0 17 3 1712 Eastbourne Eagles 24 6 2 16 1 1513 Swindon Robins 24 5 2 17 2 14M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points
Fixtures and results
British League Knockout Cup The 1992 British League Knockout Cup was the 54th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Bradford Dukes were the winners for the second successive year.
First round Date Team one Score Team two10/07 Belle Vue 57-33 Coventry06/07 Reading 56-34 Oxford16/08 Kings Lynn 48-40 Ipswich25/07 Coventry 51-39 Belle Vue10/07 Oxford 45-45 Reading03/06 Poole 49-41 Cradley Heath04/06 Ipswich 56-33 Kings Lynn25/04 Cradley Heath 54-36 Poole Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two24/07 Belle Vue 47-43 Ipswich10/09 Ipswich 39-51 Belle Vue29/07 Cradley Heath 56-34 Arena Essex17/10 Arena Essex 49-41 Cradley Heath24/07 Eastbourne 48-42 Bradford10/10 Bradford 59-31 Eastbourne26/10 Wolverhampton 50-40 Swindon24/10 Swindon 43-47 Wolverhampton Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two17/10Bradford 61-29 Belle Vue18/10Belle Vue 54-35 Bradford07/10Reading 55-35 Cradley Heath22/10Cradley Heath 45-44 Reading
Final
First leg
Second leg
Bradford Dukes were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 92-88.
Gold Cup
North Group Pos Team P W D L Pts1Wolverhampton 10 9 1 0 192 Oxford 10 5 0 5 103 Cradley Heath 10 4 0 6 84 Coventry 10 4 0 6 85 Bradford 10 4 0 6 86 Belle Vue 10 3 1 6 7
South Group Pos Team P W D L Pts1 Reading 12 10 0 2 202 King's Lynn 12 9 0 3 183 Ipswich 12 7 0 5 144 Arena Essex 12 6 0 6 125 Poole 12 5 0 7 106 Swindon 12 4 0 8 87 Eastbourne 12 1 0 11 2
Final Team one Team two 1st leg 2nd legReadingWolverhampton 47–42 41—49 Wolverhampton won 91–88 on aggregate.
Riders' Championship Joe Screen won the British League Riders' Championship. It was the held at Odsal Stadium on 3 October.
Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 Joe Screen 3 3 2 3 3 142 Per Jonsson 2 1 2 3 3 11+43 Gary Havelock 1 2 3 2 3 11+34 Marvyn Cox 3 1 3 2 2 11+2 5 Leigh Adams 3 2 0 3 3 11+1 6 Simon Wigg 0 3 3 3 2 11+07 Hans Nielsen 2 3 3 TX 2 10 8 Róbert Nagy 1 0 2 2 2 7 9 Brian Karger 3 2 0 0 1 6 10 Sam Ermolenko 2 0 1 1 1 511 John Jørgensen 0 0 1 2 1 4 12 Henka Gustafsson 2 2 0 0 0 4 13 Greg Hancock 0 3 0 0 1 4 14 Peter Nahlin 1 1 1 1 0 4 15 Martin Dugard 1 1 1 0 0 3 16 Tony Rickardsson 0 0 2 1 0 317 Darren Pearson (res) 1 1 ef=engine failure, f=fell, x=excluded r-retired
Final leading averages Rider Team Average Sam Ermolenko Wolverhampton10.25 Hans Nielsen Oxford10.24 Per JonssonReading10.04 Gary HavelockBradford9.50 Leigh AdamsSwindon9.49 Greg HancockCradley Heath9.41 Ronnie CorreyWolverhampton9.36 Marvyn CoxPoole9.26 Joe ScreenBelle Vue9.05 Martin DugardOxford8.94
Riders & final averages Arena Essex
8.89 8.18 7.08 6.94 6.10 5.50 4.97 3.11 3.02 0.44
Belle Vue
9.05 8.92 8.83 6.84 6.12 5.95 3.73
Bradford
9.50 8.75 8.25 7.55 6.70 6.16 2.44 2.11 1.79 1.38
Coventry
8.91 8.14 7.64 7.08 6.24 5.49 4.79 3.87
Cradley Heath
11.37 (only 4 matches) 9.41 8.64 7.91 7.40 6.33 4.17 3.79
Eastbourne
8.63 7.18 6.58 5.84 5.81 5.71 5.57 4.75
Ipswich
8.33 7.46 7.10 6.93 6.76 6.65 4.86
King's Lynn
8.86 8.85 7.54 6.50 6.35 5.28 5.24 2.34 1.67
Oxford
10.24 8.94 6.09 5.22 5.21 5.11 2.43 2.35
Poole
9.26 8.56 7.97 6.40 6.33 5.63 5.53 4.43
Reading
10.04 8.36 7.88 7.65 7.09 6.77 2.89
Swindon
9.49 7.37 7.16 6.09 5.75 3.67 2.88 2.73
Wolverhampton
10.25 9.36 7.79 6.83 5.17 4.17 4.00 2.40
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
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