1981–82 National Basketball League season

1981–82 National Basketball League season National Basketball League Basketball 12 Roll of Honour National League Crystal Palace Solent Stars Playoffs Crystal Palace Sunderland Saints National Cup Solent Stars John Carr Doncaster List of English National Basketball League seasons National Basketball League 1980–81 1982–83 The 1981–82 Just Juice National Basketball League season was the tenth 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 Just Juice and Crystal Palace once again secured a double (League and Play Off's) but the Solent Stars easily won the 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 Team changes Three new teams were entered into the expanded 12 team first division. The three top teams from the previous season's second division; the Solent Stars, TCB Brighton and Liverpool were all admitted and Stockport Belgrade took the decision to move away from their fan base to the new Spectrum Arena in Warrington becoming Birchwood Warrington Vikings. Blackpool Pacemakers dropped out. League standings First Division Pos Team P W L F A Pts 1 Crystal Palace 22 20 2 2111 1776 402 Solent Stars 22 19 3 2466 2014 383 Sunderland Saints 22 16 6 2107 1961 324 John Carr Doncaster 22 16 6 2140 1941 325 Birmingham Team Fiat 22 15 7 2024 1901 306 Hemel Hempstead Ovaltine 22 12 10 2176 2104 247 Club Cantabrica Kingston 22 7 15 2120 2374 148 Birchwood Warrington Vikings 22 6 16 1824 1926 129 Liverpool 22 6 16 2072 2251 1210 Team Talbot, Guildford Pirates 22 6 16 1811 2005 1211 Manchester Giants 22 5 17 2164 2372 1012 TCB Brighton 22 4 18 2084 2438 8 Second Division Pos Team P W L F A Pts 1 Leicester All-Stars 16 16 0 1744 1254 322 West Bromwich Kestrels 16 11 5 1590 1480 223 Brunel Uxbridge 16 11 5 1478 1414 224 Camden & Hampstead 16 10 6 1497 1547 205 Bradford Mythbreakers 16 10 6 1381 1278 206 Bolton Wanderers 16 5 11 1432 1524 107 Nottingham Knights 16 4 12 1233 1471 88 Travelodge Milton Keynes 16 3 13 1406 1604 69 Colchester 16 2 14 1338 1627 4 Just Juice playoffs Semi-finals venue & date Team 1 Team 2 Score March 12, Wembley Arena Sunderland Saints Solent Stars 99-93 March 12, Wembley Arena Crystal Palace John Carr Doncaster 89-68 Final #eee 13 Marchhttp://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS285706863&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling. "Basketball." Times [London, England] 15 Mar. 1982 The Times Digital Archive Crystal Palace 111 86 Sunderland Saints Bob Roma 23, Dan Lloyd 20, Pete Jeremich 19, Paul Stimpson 18, Alton Byrd 14, Mick Bett 5, Harley 5, Richard Rudd 3, Kolton Lee 2, Trevor Anderson 2 Vince Brookins 31, David Lloyd 23, Martin Hall 13, Ken Nottage 7, James McCauley 6, Ron Cornelius 4, Steve Hoffman 2 Wembley Arena 9,000 Asda National Cup Second round Team 1 Team 2 Score Hemel Hempstead Ovaltine Club Cantabrica Kingston 96-81 Crystal Palace Colchester 133-54 Sunderland Saints Milton Keynes 133-74 Bradford Mythbreakers John Carr Doncaster 61-87 Solent Stars Birchwood Warrington Vikings 114-94 Manchester Giants Nottingham 103-83 Liverpool Leicester All-Stars 92-94 Team Talbot Guildford Birmingham Team Fiat 69-81 Quarter-finals Team 1 Team 2 Score Leicester All-Stars Manchester Giants 100-91 Birmingham Team Fiat Sunderland Saints 86-83 John Carr Doncaster Ovaltine Hemel Hempstead 95-85 Solent Stars Crystal Palace 99-93 Semi-finals venue & date Team 1 Team 2 Score Dec 04, Sheffield Birmingham Team Fiat John Carr Doncaster 79-86 Dec 09, Aston Villa Leisure Centre Solent Stars Leicester All-Stars 102-76 Final #eee 24 January 1982http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS320571961&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Nicholas Harling. "Basketball." Times [London, England] 25 Jan. 1982: 19. The Times Digital Archive. Web The Times Digital Archive Solent Stars 127 91 John Carr Doncaster Mark Saiers 16, Karl Tatham (MVP), Marvin Johnson, Ken Pemberton, Ken Walton, Paul Philp, Nick Burns Ian Day 31, Craig Everett, Cliff Bell Granby Halls, Leicester 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