1984–85 National Basketball League season

1984–85 National Basketball League season National Basketball League Basketball 14 Roll of Honour National League Kingston Kings Manchester United Play Off's Manchester United Kingston Kings National Cup Kingston Kings Manchester United List of English National Basketball League seasons National Basketball League 1983–84 1985–86 The 1984–85 Carlsberg National Basketball League season was the thirteenth season of the National Basketball League formed in 1972.Matthews & Morrison Peter & Ian The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results 1987 Guinness Superlatives Ltd 0-85112-492-5 registration https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop00matt The league was sponsored by Carlsberg and the Kingston Kings completed a League & Cup double but Manchester United won the newly extended Play Off's.https://www.basketballengland.co.uk/fixtures-and-results/national-league-archive/senior-men-league Men's Senior League Winners Basketball EnglandAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Team changes The EBBA increased the first division to fourteen teams which resulted in a 26-match schedule which was warmly welcomed after the 36-match schedule of the previous season. Of the 13 existing teams, Brighton switched to Worthing and with new sponsors would be known as the Nissan Worthing Bears and Hemel Hempstead merged with the second division outfit Watford Royals to form Hemel & Watford Royals. The new fourteenth team was Telford Turbos who secured a new sponsor called Screen Stars.http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS521113446&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling Basketball The Times London 6 November 1984 It was evident that as the season progressed many clubs had been spending beyond their means in recent years and were duly struggling to balance the books. The Solent Stars applied for voluntary liquidation in December 1984 despite leading the league and terminated the contract of their coach Jim Kelly and leading players to save money. An extraordinary season continued in January 1985 when just a few days before the National Cup final Manchester United F.C. bought the FSO Cars Liverpool & Warrington club, renaming them for the final and relocating to Stretford.http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS302878756&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling Basketball The Times London 4 January 1985 The drama continued as Portsmouth F.C. attempted to take over Solent Stars before a former Stars player TJ Robinson headed a consortium to save the club. Portsmouth F.C. then bought Telford Turbos (also in liquidation) and moved the team to Portsmouth. Carlsberg League standings First Division Pos Team P W L F A Pts 1 Kingcraft Kingston Kings 26 24 2 2930 2640 482 Manchester United + 26 19 7 2330 2077 363 Cottrills Manchester Giants 26 18 8 2377 2235 364 Solent Stars 26 17 9 2464 2307 345 Nissan Worthing Bears 26 17 9 2456 2328 346 Walkers Crisps Leicester 26 15 11 2542 2454 307 Poundstretcher Hemel Watford Royals 26 15 11 2390 2261 308 Bracknell Pirates 26 15 11 2366 2450 249 Sunderland Maestros 26 12 14 2410 2405 2410 Blue Nun Crystal Palace Supersonics 26 12 14 2378 2433 2411 John Carr Doncaster Panthers 26 10 16 2352 2449 2012 Davenports Birmingham 26 6 20 2245 2451 1213 Portsmouth + 26 1 25 2166 2556 214 Home Spare Bolton Bees 26 1 25 2422 2782 2 Team changed name mid-season +Carlsberg National Championship Finals 1985 programme, P.44 Second Division Pos Team P W L F A Pts 1 McEwan Tyneside 22 18 4 1954 1666 362 Uxbridge Ducks 22 18 4 1804 1519 363 Calderdale Explorers 22 17 5 1955 1726 344 John Eld Derby Turbos 22 16 6 1907 1730 325 CAD Tower Hamlets 22 14 8 1786 1712 286 ANC Liverpool 22 12 10 1780 1746 247 Swindon Rakers 22 10 12 1768 1821 208 Glucodin Plymouth Raiders 22 9 13 1905 1896 189 Team Telecom Colchester 22 7 15 1786 1911 1410 Camden & Hampstead 22 5 17 1757 1969 1011 Team Wakefields Nottingham 22 3 19 1729 2012 612 Sandwell Mail 22 3 19 1620 2043 6 Carlsberg playoffs Quarter-finals Team 1 Team 2 Score Kingston Kings Bracknell Pirates 2-0 Manchester United Hemel Watford Royals 2-0 Manchester Giants Leicester 1-2 Solent Stars Worthing Bears 1-2 Semi-finals venue & date Team 1 Team 2 Score March 30, Wembley Arena Manchester United Worthing Bears 90-84 March 30, Wembley Arena Kingston Kings Leicester 118-112 Third Place venue & date Team 1 Team 2 Score March 31, Wembley Arena Worthing Bears Leicester 99-89 Final #eee 31 March 1985http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS352948353&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling Basketball The Times London 1 April 1985 Manchester United 109 97 Kingston Kings Colin Irish 47, Ed Bona 24, Will Brown 14 Steve Bontrager 28, Johnson 25, Clark 14, Doug Lloyd 12, Davis 10 Wembley Arena 9,000Manchester Coach Joe Whelton Kingston Coach Steve Bontrager Kellogg's National Cup Second round Team 1 Team 2 Score Swindon Rakers Sperrings Solent Stars 86-117 Cottrills Manchester Giants Sandwell Mail 127-81 John Carr Doncaster Panthers Telford Turbos 84-81 Crystal Palace Supersonics Camden 93-77 LSO Cars Warrington & Liverpool McEwan Tyneside 84-70 Glucodin Plymouth Raiders Nissan Worthing Bears 89-108 Home Spare Bolton Bees Walkers Crisps Leicester 105-116 Kingcraft Kingston Kings Hemel Hempstead & Watford Royals 85-84 Quarter-finals Team 1 Team 2 Score LSO Cars Warrington & Liverpool Sperrings Solent Stars Nissan Worthing Bears John Carr Doncaster Panthers 78-80 Crystal Palace Supersonics Kingcraft Kingston Kings 84-93 Cottrills Manchester Giants Walkers Crisps Leicester 105-98 Semi-finals Leg Team 1 Team 2 Score First Leg LSO Cars Warrington & Liverpool John Carr Doncaster Panthers 82-80 Second Leg John Carr Doncaster Panthers LSO Cars Warrington & Liverpool 78-95 First Leg Cottrills Manchester Giants Kingcraft Kingston Kings 97-98 Second Leg Kingcraft Kingston Kings Cottrills Manchester Giants 107-93 Final #eee 6 January 1985http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS335908904&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling Basketball The Times London 8 January 1985 Kingston Kings 103 98 aet Manchester United Steve Bontrager 37, Martin Clark 26, Danny Davis 16, Doug Lloyd 12, Andy Innell Colin Irish 28, Ed Bona 28, Will Brown 17, David Lloyd 14, Kevin Penny Royal Albert Hall, London ? Kingston Coach Steve Bontrager Manchester Coach Joe Whelton Live on Channel 4 References See also Basketball in England British Basketball League English Basketball League List of English National Basketball League seasons Category:National Basketball League (England) seasons British