League | SGB Premiership |
---|---|
Champions | Peterborough Panthers |
Knockout Cup | not held |
Highest average | Dan Bewley |
Division/s below | SGB Championship 2021 NDL 2021 |
The 2021 British Speedway Premiership League was the 86th season of the top division of British Speedway, called the Premiership in 2021. The 2020 season had been lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Six teams participated. [1]
Changes from the 2019 league season saw the Swindon Robins (the 2019 champions) not fielding a team due to the uncertainty surrounding the Swindon Stadium. [2] The Poole Pirates dropped down to the next league down, the SGB Championship but Sheffield Tigers joined the league after previously competing in the SGB Championship 2019. [3]
The league started on 17 May and race meetings were covered by Eurosport. [4] Peterborough Panthers finished top of the regular season table by just one point, overtaking the long time leaders Wolverhampton Wolves. By virtue of finishing top they elected to play Wolves in the play off semi finals rather than the third or fourth placed teams Belle Vue and Sheffield. [5] Peterborough then deservedly won the playoffs by beating Wolverhampton in the semifinals and Belle Vue in the final. [6]
The Peterborough team gained the nickname the 'Dad's Army' due to the fact that four of their riders were aged 40 or older. [7]
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L | F | A | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peterborough Panthers | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 974 | 826 | 53 |
2 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 976 | 824 | 52 |
3 | Belle Vue Aces | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 929 | 870 | 37 |
4 | Sheffield Tigers | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 905 | 895 | 37 |
5 | Ipswich Witches | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 819 | 981 | 18 |
6 | King's Lynn Stars | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 796 | 1003 | 11 |
A Fixtures
B Fixtures
League scoring system
Semi Finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 44 | 38 | 82 | |||||||||
4 | Peterborough Panthers | 46 | 52 | 98 | |||||||||
Peterborough Panthers | 44 | 51 | 95 | ||||||||||
Belle Vue Aces | 46 | 39 | 85 | ||||||||||
3 | Sheffield Tigers | 40 | 42 | 82 | |||||||||
2 | Belle Vue Aces | 50 | 48 | 98 |
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
First leg
10 October | [10] | Belle Vue Aces Dan Bewley 15 Steve Worrall 13 Charles Wright 7 Richie Worrall 6 Tom Brennan 4 Jye Etheridge 1 Brady Kurtz R/R | 46–44 | Peterborough Panthers Scott Nicholls 14 Chris Harris 10 Bjarne Pedersen 8 Michael Palm Toft 6 Jordan Palin 5 Lewis Kerr (guest) 1 Hans Andersen R/R | National Speedway Stadium |
Second leg
14 October | [11] | Peterborough Panthers Bjarne Pedersen 13 Michael Palm Toft 12 Scott Nicholls 10 Chris Harris 7 Craig Cook (guest) 5 Jordan Palin 4 Ulrich Østergaard R/R | 51–39 | Belle Vue Aces Dan Bewley 15 Tom Brennan 11 Steve Worrall 5 Jye Etheridge 3 Richie Worrall 3 Charles Wright 2 Brady Kurtz R/R | East of England Showground |
It was announced that the Premiership Supporters Cup would not be held during 2021. [13]
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