2013 Premier League speedway season

The 2013 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway.

Summary

The season took place between March and October 2013. The Scunthorpe Scorpions were the defending champions after winning in 2012. After finishing as runners-up the previous season, the Somerset Rebels went one better in 2013 and ended up being declared the Premier League Champions.

League table

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points

Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

Play Offs

Group 1

Pos	Team	P	3w	2w	D	L	4w	3w	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Edinburgh	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	197	163	11
2	Workington	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	182	178	8
3	Ipswich	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	161	199	0

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	3w	2w	D	L	4w	3w	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Somerset	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	198	169	9
2	Newcastle	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	187	182	6
3	Redcar	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	168	202	5

Play Off final

First leg
Second leg
Somerset were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 92–89.

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2013 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 46th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Somerset Rebels were the winners of the competition.
First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
28/04	Newcastle	42-30	Plymouth
27/04	Workington	61-29	Ipswich
26/04	Plymouth	44-46	Newcastle
25/04	Ipswich	55-35	Workington
21/04	Glasgow	52-38	Rye House
20/04	Rye House	63-26	Glasgow
18/04	Redcar	45-44	Berwick
13/04	Leicester	46-44	Edinburgh
13/04	Berwick	44-46	Redcar
12/04	Edinburgh	58-31	Leicester

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
05/07	Somerset	48-41	Workington
16/06	Newcastle	44-46	Edinburgh
16/06	Workington	48-42	Somerset
14/06	Edinburgh	44-45	Newcastle
14/06	Scunthorpe	41-49	Redcar
13/06	Redcar	50-40	Scunthorpe
16/05	Sheffield	42-48	Rye House
11/05	Rye House	52-38	Sheffield

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
31/08	Rye House	55-35	Redcar
30/08	Edinburgh	49-41	Somerset
27/08	Somerset	49-41	Edinburgh
11/07	Redcar	48-42	Rye House
20/09 replay	Edinburgh	48-42	Somerset
18/09 replay	Somerset	58-32	Edinburgh

Final

First leg
Second leg
Somerset were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 103–77.

Riders' Championship

Oliver Allen won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 22 September at Owlerton Stadium.

Pos.

Rider

Pts

Total

Final

Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 31 May. The event was won by Somerset Rebels.
Semi finals

Somerset bt Edinburgh 5–4
Scunthorpe bt Workington 5–4

Final

Somerset bt Scunthorpe 7–2

Fours

Edinburgh Monarchs won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 14 July 2013, at the East of England Arena.

Riders & final averages

Berwick

7.37
7.21
7.16
6.43
6.34
5.94
5.00
4.22
4.05

Edinburgh

10.83
7.59
7.33
7.30
6.27
6.19
3.63
2.79
2.09

Glasgow

8.39
7.50
6.82
6.11
5.83
4.74
4.47
4.06
3.77
3.02

Ipswich

8.93
8.26
7.64
7.50
7.46
5.29
4.82
0.89

Leicester

8.77
8.46
8.15
7.59
5.82
5.33
4.73
4.34
3.45
2.53

Newcastle

8.94
8.35
8.11
8.01
7.67
7.55
7.28
5.31
3.24

Plymouth

9.02
7.80
7.28
7.16
6.56
5.82
4.70
4.57
4.30
3.94

Redcar

8.29
7.87
7.29
6.53
6.06
5.03
4.26
3.50
3.16

Rye House

8.55
8.12
7.77
7.52
7.17
6.60
5.25
4.91
3.08

Scunthorpe

8.42
7.72
7.43
6.93
6.72
5.66
5.34
5.01

Sheffield

9.16
8.45
6.97
5.66
5.35
4.71
4.13
2.94
2.40

Somerset

10.23
9.18
8.70
7.67
6.68
5.58
5.47
3.67
3.64
2.71

Workington

8.84
8.45
7.40
7.08
6.67
4.94
3.83