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.

  • Paisley Mohawks - Durham Bees 7:3[4]
  • 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
  • Fife Flyers - Ayr Rangers 13:2
  • 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
  • Fife Flyers - Ayr Rangers 9:1
  • 11/21: Fife Flyers - Durham Bees 4:3 - Kirkcaldy Tournament[5]
  • 11/28: Wembley Lions - Paisley Mohawks 5:4
  • Fife Flyers - Murrayfield Royals 5:2
  • Fife Flyers - Ayr Rangers 8:3
  • 12/25: Paisley Mohawks - Fife Flyers 5:4
  • 1/9: Fife Flyers - Durham Bees 9:0[6]
  • Fife Flyers - Brighton Tigers 4:3
  • Fife Flyers - Murrayfield Royals 12:2
  • 1/23: Paisley Mohawks - Durham Bees 11:4[7]
  • 2/6: Paisley Mohawks - Fife Flyers 6:5
  • 2/6: Durham Bees - Ayr Rangers 5:5[8]
  • 2/13: Fife Flyers - Paisley Mohawks 6:2
  • Fife Flyers - Brighton Tigers 8:4
  • Fife Flyers - Wembley Lions 7:4
Coca Cola League Trophy Final
  • 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
  • Fife Flyers - Glasgow Select 11:3
  • Fife Flyers - Rest of Scotland 12:8
  • 4/9: Fife Flyers - Perth Black Hawks 6:3
  • 4/13: Wembley Lions - Brighton Tigers 4:3[9]
  • 5/30: Wembley Lions - Brighton Tigers 8:6[10]

References

  1. Martin C. Harris
  2. Before the Dynamos
  3. Fife Flyers - History
  4. Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1966-01-21
  5. Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1965-11-22
  6. Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1966-01-10
  7. Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1966-01-24
  8. Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1966-02-07
  9. Harrow Observer, 1966-04-14
  10. Harrow Observer, 1966-06-02