1982 British League season

[3] After a ten-year drought Belle Vue Aces won the league pushing defending champions Cradley Heath into second place.

A special performance was going to be needed to finish ahead of the star-studded Cradley Heath team and it was the consistency of the support riders which helped Belle Vue achieve this.

The Midlands' club had been in position to take the league title, but their heat leader Bruce Penhall quit speedway immediately after winning his second world title in September to pursue an acting career (specifically for a role in CHiPs).

[6] Hackney Wick Stadium was subject to a second fatal accident within three years when American Denny Pyeatt lost his life in a league match on 16 July.

[13] First round Semi final round First leg Second leg Coventry won on aggregate 79–77 Belle Vue Birmingham Coventry Cradley Heath Eastbourne Hackney Halifax Ipswich King's Lynn Leicester Poole Reading Sheffield Swindon Wimbledon