1972 British League season

[1] Ipswich Witches moved up from Division Two but London lost two clubs, when the Wembley Lions closed due to extra football fixtures[2] and West Ham Hammers withrew during the early part of the season, reducing the league to eighteen teams.

Their team was littered with great riders including Ivan Mauger, Sören Sjösten and the young Peter Collins; they were backed up by the consistency of Chris Pusey, Eric Broadbelt, Alan Wilkinson and Ken Eyre, which led to a comfortable title win by a clear 12 points.

To make matters worse they signed a new Norwegian rider Svein Kaasa, who was quickly transferred to Glasgow following poor results.

Kasa clipped Martin Ashby's bike in a race and hit the wooden fence receiving fatal injuries.

[11] First round Semi final round First leg Second leg Leicester won on aggregate 82–74 Belle Vue Coventry Cradley Heath Exeter Glasgow Hackney Halifax Ipswich King's Lynn Leicester Newport Oxford Poole Reading Sheffield Swindon Wimbledon Wolverhampton