1973–74 National Basketball League season

1973–74 National Basketball League season National Basketball League Basketball 8 Roll of Honour National League Sutton & Crystal Palace Islington & London Latvian Embassy All-Stars National Cup Sutton & Crystal Palace Islington & London Latvian Embassy All-Stars List of English National Basketball League seasons National Basketball League 1972–73 1974–75 The 1973–74 Clarks Men's Shoes National Basketball League season was the second season of the newly formulated National Basketball League.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 and cup was sponsored by Clarks Men's Shoes and the number of teams increased to eight. The Avenue club moved from Leyton to Edmonton and the Sutton club merged with Crystal Palace. Four new teams appeared in the form of the Doncaster Panthers, the Manchester Giants and two more London based teams the Islington & London Latvian Embassy All-Stars and the London YMCA Metros.Basketball Daily Mirror 8 April 1974 21 October 2022 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19740408/238/0031 British Newspaper Archive subscription The Sutton & Crystal Palace team completed the double of National League and Cup beginning what would soon be a dynasty for the Crystal Palace team.https://www.basketballengland.co.uk/fixtures-and-results/national-league-archive/senior-men-league Men's Senior League Winners Basketball EnglandAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes There were no playoffs for the League during this era and an American called Jim Guymon was the season MVP. League standings Pos Team P W L N/R F A Pts 1 Sutton & Crystal Palace 14 13 0 1 1211 1013 27.52 Islington & London Latvian Embassy All-Stars 14 11 2 1 1298 1154 25.53 London YMCA Metros 14 8 6 0 1131 1080 224 Avenue (Edmonton) 14 8 6 0 1154 1078 225 Doncaster Wilson Panthers 14 7 7 0 1104 1058 216 Loughborough All-Stars 14 5 9 0 1004 1020 197 Liverpool B&K Motors 14 3 11 0 1050 1252 178 Manchester ATS Giants 14 0 14 0 883 1180 14 National Cup Final #eee 6 April 1974 Sutton & Crystal Palace 120 100 Islington & London Latvian Embassy All-Stars Jim Guymon 32, Fred Petty 23, Bob Mackay 19, Tom Wisman 16, Paul Philp 14 Pete Sprogis 33, Stuart Turpie ??, Bernie Dignan ??, Stephens ?? Crystal Palace Leading scorers Player Team Pts Peter Sprogis Embassy All-Stars 426 Steve Latham Liverpool 311 Ian Day Doncaster 279 Jim Guymon Sutton & Crystal Palace 278 Carl Olsson Loughborough 261 Mike Gattorna Doncaster 259 References See also Basketball in England British Basketball League English Basketball League List of English National Basketball League seasons British Category:National Basketball League (England) seasons