The league was made up of the same 19 teams that competed in the previous year.
Swindon Robins led by the world champion
Barry Briggs won their first top-tier league title but were pushed all the way by
Coventry Bees and
West Ham Hammers. Swindon finished with four riders with averages over eight, Briggs topped the entire league with 11.05 but the contributions from
Martin Ashby (8.83),
Bob Kilby (8.61) and
Mike Broadbank (8.55) were pivotal in the Swindon's success. Coventry Bees gained some consolation for finishing runner-up two seasons running by winning the
Knockout Cup. == Final table ==