East Midlands 3
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Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987 |
Ceased | 1992 |
Number of teams | 8 |
Country | ![]() |
Holders | Westwood (1991–92) (transferred to [a]) |
Most titles | Multiple teams (1 title) |
Website | East Midlands RFU |
East Midlands 3 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 2 and there was no relegation. At the end of the 1991–92 season the division was cancelled due to the merging of all of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues, and the majority of teams transferred into the new East Midlands/Leicestershire 3[b]
Original Teams[]
When league rugby was introduced in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
East Midlands 3 honours[]
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1987–88 | 9 | Westwood | No relegation | [2] | ||||||||||
1988–89 | 6 | No relegation | [3] | |||||||||||
1989–90 | 6 | No relegation | [4] | |||||||||||
1990–91 | 6 | No relegation | [5] | |||||||||||
1991–92 | 8 | Westwood[d] | [e] | No relegation | [6] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Number of league titles[]
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- (1)
- Westwood (1)
Notes[]
- ^ Champions Westwood would typically have moved up into East Midlands 2 but the cancellation of the East Midlands leagues meant they went into the new instead.
- ^ Despite its name East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 was mostly formed of teams from East Midlands 3.
- ^ Westwood RUFC would later by renamed as Peterborough Lions RFC in 2005.[1]
- ^ Restructuring of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues meant that Westwood were transferred to the new East Midlands/Leicestershire 3.
- ^ Due to the cancellation of East Midlands 3 all clubs were transferred into the new East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 apart from who dropped out of the leagues.
See also[]
- East Midlands 1
- East Midlands 2
- Midlands RFU
- East Midlands RFU
- English rugby union system
- Rugby union in England
References[]
- ^ "CLUB HISTORY". Peterborough Lions RFC. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ 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.
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Categories:
- 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 1992