1987 British League season

[1] Coventry Bees comfortably won the league finishing 16 points clear of Cradley Heath.

Tommy Knudsen and Kelvin Tatum both hit over 10, while Rick Miller and David Bargh both improved by about 2 points on average.

[2] The double defending champions Oxford Cheetahs were forced to release Simon Wigg to Hackney and Per Sorensen because of the 45 point limit.

[7] The British League Pairs Championship was held at Smallmead Stadium on 12 July and was won by Oxford for the third consecutive year.

[9] Belle Vue Bradford Coventry Cradley Heath Hackney Ipswich King's Lynn Oxford Reading Sheffield Swindon Wolverhampton