SGB Premiership 2021 explained

Competition:	SGB Premiership
Domesticcup1:	Champions
Domesticcup1 Winners:	Peterborough Panthers
Domesticcup2:	Knockout Cup
Domesticcup2 Winners:	not held
Highest Average:	Dan Bewley
Leagues Below:	SGB Championship 2021 NDL 2021
Prevseason:	2019
Nextseason:	2022

The 2021 British Speedway Premiership League was the 86th season of the top division of British Speedway, called the Premiership in 2021. The 2020 season had been lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Six teams participated.^[1]

Team changes

Changes from the 2019 league season saw the Swindon Robins (the 2019 champions) not fielding a team due to the uncertainty surrounding the Swindon Stadium.^[2] The Poole Pirates dropped down to the next league down, the SGB Championship but Sheffield Tigers joined the league after previously competing in the SGB Championship 2019.^[3]

The league started on 17 May and race meetings were covered by Eurosport.^[4] Peterborough Panthers finished top of the regular season table by just one point, overtaking the long time leaders Wolverhampton Wolves. By virtue of finishing top they elected to play Wolves in the play off semi finals rather than the third or fourth placed teams Belle Vue and Sheffield.^[5] Peterborough then deservedly won the playoffs by beating Wolverhampton in the semifinals and Belle Vue in the final.^[6]

The Peterborough team gained the nickname the 'Dad's Army' due to the fact that four of their riders were aged 40 or older.^[7]

Regular season

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Peterborough Panthers	20	7	0	3	5	3	1	1	0	974	826	53
2	Wolverhampton Wolves	20	9	0	1	5	1	1	0	3	976	824	52
3		20	6	1	3	3	0	1	4	2	929	870	37
4	Sheffield Tigers	20	7	0	3	3	0	1	2	4	905	895	37
5	Ipswich Witches	20	3	1	6	0	2	0	2	6	819	981	18
6	King's Lynn Stars	20	1	2	7	0	1	0	3	6	796	1003	11

A Fixtures

B Fixtures

League scoring system

• Home loss by any number of points = 0
• Home draw = 1
• Home win by any number of points = 3
• Away loss by 7 points or more = 0
• Away loss by 6 points or less = 1
• Away draw = 2
• Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3
• Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Play-offs

Draw

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in

red

Grand final

First legSecond leg

Teams & final averages

^[8]

Belle Vue Aces

• 9.52
• 7.83
• 7.09
• 7.07
• 6.94
• 5.92
• 4.41
• 4.00

Ipswich Witches

• 8.49
• 7.36
• 6.77
• 5.75
• 5.57
• 5.29
• 4.96
• 3.95
• 1.33

King's Lynn Stars

• 8.62
• 6.48
• 6.46
• 5.85
• 5.78
• 5.40
• 5.35
• 5.30
• 4.59
• 3.93
• 3.40
• 3.20
• 2.80

Peterborough Panthers

• 8.73
• 8.04
• 7.92
• 7.71
• 7.56
• 7.14
• 3.41

Sheffield Tigers

• 9.44
• 8.81
• 8.31
• 7.03
• 7.00
• 6.29
• 4.67
• 3.87
• 3.38
• 2.67

Wolverhampton Wolves

• 8.94
• 8.15
• 8.06
• 7.96
• 7.63
• 3.85
• 5.93
• 2.40

Knockout Cup

It was announced that the Premiership Supporters Cup would not be held during 2021.^[9]

See also

• List of United Kingdom speedway league champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

Notes and References

1. Web site: SGB Premiership News. SGB Premiership. 3 March 2017 . 18 June 2021.
2. Web site: Swindon Robins will not compete in Premiership speedway in 2021. Swindon Advertiser . 17 June 2021.
3. Web site: SGB PREMIERSHIP CLUBS. SGB Premiership. 3 March 2017 . 17 June 2021.
4. Web site: 2021 MEETING RESULTS. Belle Vue Speedway. 18 June 2021.
5. Web site: PANTHERS FACE WOLVES IN PLAY-OFFS. Peterborough Speedway. 26 September 2021.
6. Web site: PANTHERS CROWNED PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS. Peterborough Speedway. 22 October 2021.
7. Web site: Peterborough Panthers all conquering 'Dad’s Army' are back for 2022 and they've enlisted a hot young recruit . Peterborough Telegraph . 4 April 2024.
8. Web site: Averages . British Speedway . 13 January 2023.
9. Web site: LOUIS EXCITED TO GET GOING AS 2021 PLANS CONFIRMED. Ipswich Witches. 21 January 2021 . 21 June 2021.