East Midlands 2
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Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987 |
Ceased | 2004 |
Number of teams | 7 |
Country | ![]() |
Holders | (1st title) (2003–04) (promoted to [a]) |
Most titles | Multiple teams (1 title) |
Website | East Midlands RFU |
East Midlands 2 was a tier 10 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and parts of Cambridgeshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to East Midlands 1 and relegated teams dropped to East Midlands 3 until that division was cancelled at the end of the 1991–92 season. Restructuring of the East Midlands leagues at the end of the 2003–04 campaign meant that East Midlands 2 was discontinued and the majority of teams transferred into the new division.
Original teams[]
When league rugby began in 1987, this division contained the following teams:
East Midlands 2 honours[]
East Midlands 1 (1987–1992)[]
The original East Midlands 2 was a tier 9 league. Promotion was to East Midlands 1 and relegation to East Midlands 3. At the end of the 1991–92 season all of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues were merged and most sides in East Midlands 2 transferred to the new East Midlands/Leicestershire 2[c].
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1987–88 | 11 | , | [1] | |||||||||||
1988–89 | 11 | [2] | ||||||||||||
1989–90 | 11 | St Neots | [3] | |||||||||||
1990–91 | 11 | , Westwood, | [4] | |||||||||||
1991–92 | 11 | [d] | [e] | No relegation[f] | [5] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
East Midlands 2 (2000–2004)[]
After a gap of seven years East Midlands 2 was reintroduced ahead of the 2000–01 season as a tier 10 league. Promotion was to East Midlands 1 and there was no relegation. East Midlands 2 was cancelled at the end of the 2003–04 campaign and most teams transferred into the new .
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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2000–01 | 10 | Peterborough Lions | No relegation | [6] | ||||||||||
2001–02 | 8 | No relegation | [7] | |||||||||||
2002–03 | 8 | No relegation | [8] | |||||||||||
2003–04 | 7 | [g] | [h] | No relegation | [9] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
Number of league titles[]
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- St Neots (1)
- (1)
- (1)
Notes[]
- ^ Champions would typically have moved up into East Midlands 1 but the cancellation of the East Midlands leagues meant they went into the new instead.
- ^ Old Boys side of Wellingborough School.
- ^ East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 was mostly formed of teams from East Midlands 2 and Leicestershire 2
- ^ Restructuring of the Midlands leagues saw champions transferred into the new East Midlands/Leicestershire 2.
- ^ Restructuring saw the top three clubs including Dunstablians transferred into the new East Midlands/Leicestershire 2. Clubs ranked 4th to 10th, including , , , , , and Old Northamptonians went into East Midlands/Leicestershire 3.
- ^ Although there was no relegation due to restructuring, bottom club were transferred into the newly introduced East Midlands/Leicestershire 4.
- ^ Restructuring would see champions transferred into the new .
- ^ Runners up would also be transferred into . All other clubs would join .
See also[]
- East Midlands 1
- East Midlands 3
- Midlands RFU
- East Midlands RFU
- English rugby union system
- Rugby union in England
References[]
- ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1988). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1988-89. Queen Anne Press. pp. 130–134. ISBN 0-356-15884-5.
- ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1989). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1989-90. Queen Anne Press. pp. 136–139. ISBN 0-356-17862-5.
- ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1990). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1990-91. Queen Anne Press. pp. 140–143. ISBN 0-356-19162-1.
- ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1991). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1991-92. Queen Anne Press. pp. 161–164. ISBN 0-356-20249-6.
- ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1992). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992-93. Headline. pp. 183–185. ISBN 0-7472-7907-1.
- ^ "2000-2001 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "2001-2002 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "2002-2003 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "2003-2004 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
External links[]
- Rugby union leagues in England
- Rugby union in Bedfordshire
- Rugby union in Cambridgeshire
- Rugby union in Northamptonshire
- Sports leagues established in 1987
- Sports leagues disestablished in 2004