1980 National League season

[3][4] Rye House had managed to retain all of their top riders from the previous season and the solid performances of Bob Garrad, Karl Fiala, Kelvin Mullarkey and Kevin Smith for the second year running made up for the disappointment of 1979.

Newcastle's second-place finish was remarkable bearing in mind that they had lost the league's leading rider Tom Owen to Hull Vikings in the highest division.

Wayne Brown won the Riders' Championship, sponsored by Toshiba and held at Wimbledon Stadium on 28 September 1980.

[8] The National League Pairs was held at The Shay on 19 July and was won by Middlesbrough Tigers.

[11][12] Semi finals Final Berwick Boston Canterbury Crayford Edinburgh Ellesmere Port Exeter Glasgow Middlesbrough Mildenhall Milton Keynes Newcastle Nottingham Oxford Peterborough Rye House Scunthorpe Stoke Weymouth Workington