1983–84 National Basketball League season

1983–84 National Basketball League season National Basketball League Basketball 13 Roll of Honour National League Solent Stars Crystal Palace Playoffs Solent Stars Warrington & Liverpool National Cup Solent Stars Leicester List of English National Basketball League seasons National Basketball League 1982–83 1984–85 The 1983–84 Wimpey Homes National Basketball League season was the twelfth season of the National Basketball League formed in the United Kingdom 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 Wimpey Homes and Solent Stars achieved a clean sweep of National League, Play Offs and National Cup.https://www.basketballengland.co.uk/fixtures-and-results/national-league-archive/senior-men-league Men's Senior League Winners Basketball EnglandAugust 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Teams played each other three times in the league during the season. The Channel 4 exposure had assisted in teams finding sponsors but a decision by the Independent Broadcasting Authority to ban shirt advertising suddenly jeopardised these sponsorships. Team changes There had been no plans by the English Basketball Association (EBBA) to allow any new teams into the first division and this upset the Fine Ceramics Bolton team that had won the second division the year before. No invite had been extended to either them or Liverpool who had finished bottom of the first division.http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS387550326&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling. "Rebuff for champions." Times [London, England] 22 Mar. 1983: 23 The Times Digital Archive However it transpired that Bolton were eventually allowed to compete, a decision which then angered Liverpool but maintained a 13 team league. Liverpool then made the decision to merge with Warrington.Remarkably 11 of the 13 clubs made a new coaching appointment. The appointments were Randy Haefner (Sunderland), Rick Taylor (Hemel Hempstead), Jim Guymon (Kingston), Jim Kelly (Solent), Bill Sheridan (Brighton), Bob Mitchell (Birmingham), Joel Furnari (Leicester), Joe Whelton (Liverpool/Warrington), Tom Becker (Manchester), Jack Lehane (Bracknell), and Craig Lynch (Bolton). League standings First Division Pos Team P W L F A Pts 1 Sperrings Solent Stars 36 32 4 3403 2261 642 Blue Nun Crystal Palace Supersonics 36 25 11 2973 2750 503 FSO Cars Warrington & Liverpool Vikings 36 24 12 2967 2789 484 Bracknell Pirates 36 23 13 3144 3037 465 Austin Rover Sunderland 36 23 13 3243 2973 466 Planters Leicester 36 23 13 2669 2784 45*7 Manchester Giants 36 18 18 3053 3129 368 Brighton Bears 36 17 19 3089 3152 349 Davenports Birmingham 36 16 20 3315 3365 3210 Kingcraft Kingston 36 14 22 3179 3197 2811 Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead 36 12 24 3355 3508 2412 John Carr Doncaster 36 6 30 2992 3464 1213 Fine Ceramics Bolton 36 1 35 3088 3663 2 One point deducted* Second Division Pos Team P W L F A Pts 1 Team Sandwell 24 23 1 2568 2124 462 Clayton Glass Newcastle 24 19 5 2410 2075 383 Gateshead 24 19 5 2223 1936 384 Calderdale Explorers 24 16 8 2222 2091 325 Uxbridge Ducks 24 15 9 2225 2112 306 Colchester 24 12 12 2058 2039 23*7 Bradford Mythbreakers 24 11 13 2240 2198 228 Camden & Hampstead 24 10 14 2009 2105 209 Merseyside Mustangs 24 10 14 2144 2239 2010 Plymouth Raiders 24 6 18 2147 2398 1211 Ashfield Glass Nottingham 24 6 18 2040 2252 1212 Watford Royals 24 6 18 2215 2423 11*13 Portsmouth Buccaneers 24 3 21 2013 2522 6 Wimpey Homes Play Offs Semi-finals venue & date Team 1 Team 2 Score March 16, Wembley Arena Solent Stars Bracknell Pirates 83-81 March 16, Wembley Arena Crystal Palace Supersonics Liverpool & Warrington Vikings 68-71 Final #eee 17 March 1984http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS403410547&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling. "Basketball: National Championship Play-offs." Times [London, England] 19 Mar. 1984 The Times Digital Archive Solent Stars 70 64 Liverpool & Warrington Vikings John Johnson, TJ Robinson, Mark Saiers, Karl Tatham, Tony Watson Will Brown (MVP) 18, Ed Bona, David Lloyd, Jeff Jones, Kevin Penny Wembley Arena 9,000Solent Coach Jim Kelly Liv/Warr Coach Joe Whelton Asda National Cup Second round Team 1 Team 2 Score LSO Cars Liverpool & Warrington Vikings Davenports Birmingham 92-85 Gateshead Manchester Giants 83-81 Blue Nun Crystal Palace Supersonics Brighton Bears 97-80 Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead Brunel Uxbridge Ducks 85-71 Planters Leicester John Carr Doncaster 91-77 Sperrings Solent Stars Watford Royals 119-82 Bradford Mythbreakers Austin Rover Sunderland 72-87 Bracknell Pirates Kingcraft Kingston 82-89 Quarter finals Team 1 Team 2 Score Planters Leicester Gateshead 82-67 Austin Rover Sunderland LSO Cars Liverpool & Warrington Vikings 73-68 Sperrings Solent Stars Kingcraft Kingston 124-79 Blue Nun Crystal Palace Supersonics Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead Semi-finals Leg Team 1 Team 2 Score First Leg Sperrings Solent Stars Blue Nun Crystal Palace Supersonics 68-56 Second Leg Blue Nun Crystal Palace Supersonics Sperrings Solent Stars 73-69 First Leg Planters Leicester Austin Rover Sunderland 73-73 Second Leg Austin Rover Sunderland Planters Leicester 69-70 Final #eee 9 January 1984http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS302878250&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling. "Basketball." Times [London, England] 10 Jan. 1984 The Times Digital Archive Solent Stars 86 67 Planters Leicester John Johnson 20, TJ Robinson 18, Mark Saiers (MVP) 17 Charles Payton 22, Ken Pemberton 18, Lonnie Legette 12, Steve O'Shea Royal Albert Hall, London ? Solent Coach Jim Kelly Leicester Coach Joel Furnari 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