1965-66 Coca-Cola Championship

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The Coca-Cola Championship was a multiple league series held in Great Britain for the 1965-66 season. More than half of the games in Section B of the league were not contested.[1] There was also a "Scottish League" featuring teams from Fife, Edinburgh (Murrayfield), Paisley, Ayr, Durham, Brighton and Wembley that was part of the Coca-Cola Championship. [2]

Known results

[3]

Note: Bees were also referred to as Durham Wasps.

  • 10/17: Fife Flyers - Durham Bees 3:1
  • 10/23: Fife Flyers - Brighton Tigers 8:3
  • 10/24: Fife Flyers - Murrayfield Royals 5:1 - Fife played Murrayfield after Ayr failed to raise a team for a scheduled game on this date
  • 11/6: Paisley Mohawks - Durham Bees 7:3[4]
  • 11/14: Fife Flyers - Paisley Mohawks 6:2 - "The 6-2 win against the Paisley Mohawks on November 14th resulted in the Flyers qualifying to meet the Mohawks in the Paisley a fortnight later in the final of the six game challenge series arranged by promoter Peter Keenan" - Fife played Paisley for Coca-Cola Trophy on 11/28
  • 11/20: Fife Flyers - Ayr Rangers 9:1[5]
  • 11/27: Wembley Lions - Paisley Mohawks 5:4
  • 12/4: Fife Flyers - Murrayfield Royals 5:2
  • 12/5: Fife Flyers - Ayr Rangers 8:3
  • 12/25: Paisley Mohawks - Fife Flyers 5:4

Note: Opening league games were reportedly set to take place on January 9, though some earlier games were also reported as being "league" encounters.

  • 1/9: Fife Flyers - Durham Bees 9:0[6]
  • 1/9: Paisley Mohawks - Murrayfield Royals 15:4[7]
  • 1/15: Fife Flyers - Brighton Tigers 4:3[8]
  • 1/16: Paisley Mohawks - Brighton Tigers 3:2[9]
  • 1/23: Fife Flyers - Ayr Rangers 10:2[10]
  • 1/23: Paisley Mohawks - Durham Bees 11:4[11]
  • 1/30: Paisley Mohawks - Ayr Rangers 6:3[12]
  • 1/30: Fife Flyers - Murrayfield Royals 12:2[13]
  • 2/6: Paisley Mohawks - Fife Flyers 6:5[14]
  • 2/6: Durham Bees - Ayr Rangers 5:5[15]
  • 2/13: Fife Flyers - Paisley Mohawks 6:2[16]
  • 2/19: Fife Flyers - Brighton Tigers 8:4[17]
  • 2/20: Paisley Mohawks - Brighton Tigers 1:1[17]
  • 3/19: Fife Flyers - Wembley Lions 7:4[18]
  • 3/20: Paisley Mohawks - Wembley Lions 3:2[18]
Coca Cola League Trophy Final[19]
  • 4/10: Fife Flyers - Paisley Mohawks 5:2
  • 4/17: Fife Flyers - Paisley Mohawks 4:4

Other games

  • 10/?: Blackpool Seagulls - Glasgow Flyers 11:2 @ Blackpool
  • 10/24: Paisley Mohawks - Brighton Tigers 7:0
  • Paisley Mohawks - Ayr Rangers 6:4
  • 12/12: Murrayfield Royals - Paisley Mohawks 6:5
  • 3/6: Fife Flyers - Glasgow Select 11:3
  • 3/27: Paisley Mohawks - Ayr Rangers 7:5
  • 4/3: Fife Flyers - Rest of Scotland 12:8
  • 4/9: Fife Flyers - Perth Black Hawks 6:3
  • 4/13: Wembley Lions - Brighton Tigers 4:3[20]
  • 5/30: Wembley Lions - Brighton Tigers 8:6[21]

References

  1. ↑ Martin C. Harris
  2. ↑ Before the Dynamos
  3. ↑ Fife Flyers - History
  4. ↑ Daily Record, 1965-11-08
  5. ↑ Fife Free Press, 1965-11-27
  6. ↑ Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1966-01-10
  7. ↑ Daily Record, 1966-01-10
  8. ↑ Fife Free Press, 1966-01-22
  9. ↑ Daily Record, 1966-01-17
  10. ↑ Fife Free Press, 1966-01-29
  11. ↑ Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1966-01-24
  12. ↑ Daily Record, 1966-01-31
  13. ↑ Fife Free Press, 1966-02-05
  14. ↑ Daily Record, 1966-02-07
  15. ↑ Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1966-02-07
  16. ↑ Daily Record, 1966-02-14
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Daily Record, 1966-02-21
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Daily Record, 1966-03-21
  19. ↑ Daily Record, 1966-04-18
  20. ↑ Harrow Observer, 1966-04-14
  21. ↑ Harrow Observer, 1966-06-02
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