[1] In 1998, the league decreased to nine teams with the closure of the Bradford Dukes at the end of their championship winning season in 1997.
The Peterborough Panthers dropped down to the Premier League but were replaced by the Oxford Cheetahs.
[2] Ipswich Witches won the league (their first since 1984) and cup double and were led by the world's leading rider Tony Rickardsson.
Tony Rickardsson won the Elite League Riders' Championship, held at the Abbey Stadium on 11 October.
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