2016 Premier League speedway season
The 2016 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway. The title was won by Somerset Rebels who defeated Sheffield Tigers in the Grand Final.Pos | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | 4w | 3w | D | 1L | L | For | Against | Points |
1 | Somerset Rebels | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1192 | 998 | 60 |
2 | Glasgow Tigers | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1212 | 962 | 57 |
3 | Newcastle Diamonds | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1171 | 989 | 53 |
4 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1088 | 1043 | 47 |
5 | Ipswich Witches | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1136 | 1057 | 40 |
6 | Sheffield Tigers | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1080 | 1104 | 40 |
7 | Workington Comets | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1058 | 1126 | 38 |
8 | Peterborough Panthers | 24 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1056 | 1131 | 38 |
9 | Rye House Rockets | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1042 | 1114 | 31 |
10 | Berwick Bandits | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1042 | 1097 | 29 |
11 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 24 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1017 | 1160 | 26 |
12 | Plymouth Devils | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 992 | 1126 | 25 |
13 | Redcar Bears | 24 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 997 | 1176 | 21 |
Scoring
- Home draw = 1 point
- Home win by any number of points = 3
- 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
Semi Finals
Final
Final Leading averages
Rider | Team | Average |
Craig Cook | Peterborough | 9.83 |
Danny King | Ipswich | 9.57 |
Edward Kennett | Rye House | 9.27 |
Rohan Tungate | Somerset | 9.03 |
Sam Masters | Edinburgh | 8.97 |
Robert Lambert | Newcastle | 8.92 |
Josh Grajczonek | Somerset | 8.90 |
Aaron Summers | Glasgow | 8.57 |
Jason Garrity | Sheffield | 8.55 |
Richie Worrall | Glasgow | 8.49 |
The 2016 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 49th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. It was the last time it would be known as the Premier League Knockout Cup because the following season it would be the SGB Championship Knockout Cup.
Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition.First Round
Quarter Finals
Semi Finals
Final