The 1929 English Dirt Track League was the inaugural season of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Northern English teams. The season was littered with mid-season withdrawals but eventually the Leeds Lions

Leeds Lions

Leeds Lions are a defunct British motorcycle speedway team who were based at Fullerton Park Sports Stadium at Elland Road in Leeds, England.-History:...

 were crowned champions. In 1930, the league was renamed the Northern League

Speedway Northern League

The Northern League was founded in 1930 to be the second season of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Northern British teams. The league was previously known as the English Dirt Track League but the addition of two Scottish teams prompted a name change. The league ran for 2 seasons before...

 so the league existed for just one year.

Final table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Leeds Lions Leeds Lions Leeds Lions are a defunct British motorcycle speedway team who were based at Fullerton Park Sports Stadium at Elland Road in Leeds, England.-History:...	20	16	1	3	33
Preston Preston (speedway) -Brief history:They first competed in the English Dirt Track League in 1929 when they were runners-up to Leeds Lions. In the same season they won the English Dirt Track Knockout Cup beating Halifax in the final. They were based at Farringdon Park, New Hall Lane, Preston, Lancashire....	20	14	0	6	28
Halifax Halifax Dukes The Halifax Dukes were a Speedway team which operated from 1949-1951 and again from 1965 until their closure in 1985 at The Shay Stadium in Halifax...	19	12	1	6	25
Newcastle Newcastle Diamonds Newcastle Diamonds are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the British Premier League. The club has a reputation of importing young foreign talent and have given starts to the British careers of six times World Champion Ivan Mauger, three times World Champion Ole Olsen, 1974 World Champion...	20	10	0	10	20
Salford Salford (speedway) Salford were a British speedway team from Salford that competed in the English Dirt Track League in the inaugural season of British Speedway in 1929.-Brief history:...	20	10	0	10	20
Rochdale Rochdale Hornets (speedway) The Rochdale Hornets were a British speedway team from Rochdale in the north west of England. They were founded in 1928 and competed in the inuaugural season of British Speedway in 1929 but closed in 1930...	20	9	1	19	19
Leicester Stadium	20	9	0	11	18
Liverpool Liverpool Chads Liverpool Chads are a defunct motorcycle speedway team who were based at the Stanley Stadium in Prescot Road, Fairfield, Liverpool, England.-History:...	18	8	0	10	16
Sheffield Sheffield Tigers The Sheffield 'Window Centre' Tigers are a speedway team based in Sheffield, England. They currently race in the British Premier League and their home meetings take place at Owlerton Stadium which is the fastest track in British speedway...	20	6	1	13	13
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Bears The Middlesbrough Bears were a British speedway team which operated under various names from 1939 until their closure in 1996.-Brief history:The team was initially nicknamed the Bears in 1939...	19	6	0	13	12
Barnsley Lundwood Barnsley (speedway) Barnsley were a British speedway team from Barnsley that competed in the English Dirt Track League in the inaugural season of British Speedway in 1929.-Brief history:...	20	6	0	14	12

Withdrawals (Records expunged) : Manchester (White City), Warrington, Belle Vue Aces

Belle Vue Aces

The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway team from Manchester in the north west of England.-Brief history:Racing first took place in 1928 at the Belle Vue greyhound stadium in Kirkmanshulme Lane before moving the following year to a specially built stadium nearby on Hyde Road. The club raced there...

, Burnley, Bolton, Hanley

Stoke Potters

The Stoke Potters are a British Speedway team currently competing in the National League. The team races at Loomer Road Stadium.In the late 1940s, early 1950s and the early 1960s, the club was based in Sun Street in Hanley, and were originally known as the Hanley Potters when crowds of over 12,000...

 and Long Eaton

Long Eaton Invaders

Several motorcycle speedway teams operated from 1950 until 1997 in Long Eaton, England. Teams have raced at the Station Road Stadium as the Long Eaton Archers, Long Eaton Rangers, Nottingham Outlaws and the Long Eaton Invaders...