The 1975–76 Guinness National Basketball League season was the fourth season of the English National Basketball League.
The league was sponsored by Guinness and the number of teams participating remained at ten. One new team appeared in the form of the Leeds Larsen Lions club, but Exeter St Lukes dropped down to the second division. The Crystal Palace team, sponsored by Cinzano and devoid of the Sutton merger, completed the double of National League and Cup. There were no playoffs during this era and American Jim Guymon of Crystal Palace won the George Williams Trophy for Most Valuable Player.
National League First Division Pos Team P W L F A Pts1 Cinzano Crystal Palace 18 17 1 1806 1282 352 Islington Embassy All-Stars 18 16 2 1628 1337 343 Doncaster Wilson Panthers 18 11 7 1642 1451 294 Coventry Granwood 18 10 8 1509 1483 285 Manchester ATS Giants 18 8 10 1549 1603 266 Loughborough All-Stars 18 6 12 1395 1565 247 Avenue 18 6 12 1363 1565 248 Cleveland StrongArm 18 6 12 1527 1738 249 London YMCA Metros 18 6 12 1416 1572 2410 Leeds Larsen Lions 18 0 18 1175 1509 18
Second Division Pos Team P W L F A Pts1 Bedford Vauxhall Motors 12 11 1 873 792 232 Stockport Belgrade 12 10 2 894 785 223 Exeter St Lukes 12 6 6 905 877 184 Malory Lewisham 12 5 7 825 886 175 Nottingham 12 4 8 903 929 166 Guildford Pirates 12 3 9 839 836 157 Birmingham Bulldogs 12 3 9 729 863 15
National Cup Final
Leading scorers Player Team Pts Steve Pound Doncaster 643 Bob Howell Coventry 530 Peter Sprogis Embassy All-Stars 478 Jim Guymon Crystal Palace 464 Mark Badger Manchester 457 Steve Schmitt Embassy All-Stars 421 Steve Latham Manchester 408 Steve Kloppenburg Cleveland 397 Bob Overtonn London YMCA 395 Carl Olsson Loughborough 341
References
See also Basketball in England British Basketball League English Basketball League List of English National Basketball League seasons