1978 British League season

Belle Vue Aces were runners-up for the fourth time in five seasons and would receive a double blow when losing in the final of the Knockout Cup.

Two time world champion Ole Olsen was in sensational form for Coventry and made the difference throughout the season.

The Coventry side consisted of an array of overseas riders including Olsen and fellow Dane Alf Busk, New Zealander Mitch Shirra, Australian Gary Guglielmi and Jiří Štancl from Czechoslovakia.

[5] The British League Pairs Championship sponsored by Gauloises, was held at Foxhall Stadium on 12 October and was jointly won by Cradley Heath Heathens and Coventry Bees.

[9] Results Belle Vue Birmingham Bristol Coventry Cradley Heath Exeter Hackney Halifax Hull Ipswich King's Lynn Leicester Poole Reading Sheffield Swindon White City Wimbledon Wolverhampton