Gloucester 1 Sport Rugby union Instituted 1987; 35 years ago (1987 ) (as Gloucestershire 1) Number of teams 12 Country England Holders (1st title) (2019–20 promoted to Gloucester Premier ) Most titles , , , , (2 titles) Website englandrugby.com
Gloucester 1 is an English rugby union league which sits at the ninth level of league rugby union in England for teams based primarily in the county of Gloucestershire but also on occasion teams from Bristol . Promoted clubs move into Gloucester Premier and relegated clubs drop into either Gloucester 2 North or Gloucester 2 South depending on location. Each year clubs in this division also take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a level 9-12 national competition.
Teams 2021–22 [ ]
For the new season Gloucester 1 was split into North and South Divisions with the addition of several second teams from sides higher in the pyramid with twelve clubs in each division
North [ ]
Team
Ground
Capacity
Town/Village
Previous season
Berry Hill
Lakers Road
Coleford , Gloucestershire
10th
Brockworth
Mill Lane
Brockworth , Gloucestershire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (North)
Chosen Hill Former Pupils II
Brookfield Road
Churchdown , Gloucestershire
New entry
Cirencester
The Whiteway
Cirencester , Gloucestershire
6th (Gloucester 1)
Drybrook II
Mannings Ground
Drybrook , Gloucestershire
New entry
Fairford
Coln House School Playing Grounds
Fairford , Gloucestershire
5th (Gloucester 1)
Gloucester Old Boys
Horton Road
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
8th (Gloucester 1)
Gordon League
Hempsted Lane
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
9th (Gloucester 1)
Matson II
Redwell Road
Matson , Gloucester , Gloucestershire
New entry
Old Centralians II
Saintbridge Sports Centre
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
New entry
Smiths
Prince of Wales Stadium
2,000 (480 seats)
Cheltenham , Gloucestershire
3rd (Gloucester 1)
Widden Old Boys
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th)
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Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 1 (North) teams
South [ ]
Team
Ground
Capacity
Town/Village
Previous season
Aretians
Little Stoke Park
Little Stoke , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (South)
Ashley Down Old Boys
Lockleaze Combination Ground
Lockleaze , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (South
Avonmouth Old Boys II
Barracks Lane
Shirehampton , Bristol
New entry
Barton Hill II
Duncombe Road
Speedwell , Bristol
New entry
Bream
High Street
Bream , Lydney , Gloucestershire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (North)
Dursley
Stragglers Sports Ground
Stinchcombe , Dursley , Gloucestershire
4th (Gloucester 1)
Lydney II
Regentsholm
1,500
Lydney , Gloucestershire
New entry
St Brendan's Old Boys
Coombe Dingle Sports Complex
Coombe Dingle , Bristol
7th (Gloucester 1)
St Mary's Old Boys
Trench Lane
Almondsbury , Bristol
9th (Gloucester 1)
Thornbury II
Cooper's Farm
Thornbury , Gloucestershire
New entry
United Bristol Hospitals
Portway Development Ground
Portway , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (South)
Whitehall
Foundry Lane
Whitehall , Bristol
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (11th)
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Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 1 (South) teams
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Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
2020–21 [ ]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020–21 season was cancelled.
Teams 2019–20 [ ]
Team
Ground
Capacity
Town/Village
Previous season
Cirencester
The Whiteway
Cirencester , Gloucestershire
4th
Dursley
Stragglers Sports Ground
Stinchcombe , Dursley , Gloucestershire
5th
Fairford
Coln House School Playing Grounds
Fairford , Gloucestershire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 North (playoff)
Gloucester Old Boys
Horton Road
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th)
Gordon League
Hempsted Lane
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (11th)
North Bristol
Oaklands
Almondsbury , Bristol
8th
Old Colstonians
Colton's School
Stapleton , Bristol
6th
Old Cryptians
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
3rd
Old Elizabethans
Severn Road
Hallen , Gloucestershire
9th
Smiths
Prince of Wales Stadium
2,000 (480 seats)
Cheltenham , Gloucestershire
7th
St Brendan's Old Boys
Coombe Dingle Sports Complex
Coombe Dingle , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 South (champions)
Tewkesbury
The Moats
Tewkesbury , Gloucestershire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 North (champions)
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Locations of the 2019-20 Gloucester 1 teams
Teams 2018–19 [ ]
Team
Ground
Capacity
Town/Village
Previous season
Bredon Star
Bredon Playing Fields
Bredon , Worcestershire
8th
Brockworth
Mill Lane
Brockworth , Gloucestershire
9th
Cheltenham North
Stoke Orchard Road
Bishop's Cleeve , Gloucestershire
5th
Cirencester
The Whiteway
Cirencester , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th)
Dursley
Stragglers Sports Ground
Stinchcombe , Dursley , Gloucestershire
6th
North Bristol
Oaklands
Almondsbury , Bristol
10th
Old Colstonians
Colton's School
Stapleton , Bristol
3rd
Old Cryptians
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
7th
Old Elizabethans
Severn Road
Hallen , Gloucestershire
4th
Ross-on-Wye
Abbotts Close
Ross-on-Wye , Herefordshire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (champions)
Smiths
Prince of Wales Stadium
2,000 (480 seats)
Cheltenham , Gloucestershire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (runners up)
Southmead
Greenway Centre
Southmead , Bristol
11th
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Locations of the 2018-19 Gloucester 1 teams
Teams 2017–18 [ ]
Team
Ground
Capacity
Town/Village
Previous season
Berry Hill
Lakers Road
Coleford , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (11th)
Bredon Star
Bredon Playing Fields
Bredon , Worcestershire
7th
Brockworth
Mill Lane
Brockworth , Gloucestershire
3rd
Cheltenham North
Stoke Orchard Road
Bishop's Cleeve , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (10th)
Dursley
Stragglers Sports Ground
Stinchcombe , Dursley , Gloucestershire
5th
North Bristol
Oaklands
Almondsbury , Bristol
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th)
Old Colstonians
Colton's School
Stapleton , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (champions)
Old Cryptians
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
4th
Old Elizabethans
Severn Road
Hallen , Gloucestershire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (runners up)
Southmead
Greenway Centre
Southmead , Bristol
9th
St Brendan's Old Boys
Coombe Dingle Sports Complex
Coombe Dingle , Bristol
8th
Widden Old Boys
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
6th
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Locations of the 2017-18 Gloucester 1 teams
Teams 2016-17 [ ]
Teams 2015–16 [ ]
The 2015–16 Gloucester 1 consists of twelve teams from Gloucestershire and Bristol as well as one team just over the border in Worcestershire . The season starts on 12 September 2015 and is due to end on 23 April 2016. Eight of the twelve teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions and runners up were promoted to the Gloucester Premier while and were relegated to Gloucester 2 .
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Locations of the 2015-16 Gloucester 1 teams
Team
Ground
Capacity
Town/Village
Previous season
Bonnington Walk
Stoke Gifford , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (runners up)
Bredon Playing Fields
Bredon , Worcestershire
10th
Mill Lane
Brockworth , Gloucestershire
3rd
Stragglers Sports Ground
Stinchcombe , Dursley , Gloucestershire
5th
Horton Road
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
8th
Hempsted Lane
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (11th)
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
6th
Sandyleaze
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
7th
Broadham Fields
Painswick , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th)
Greenway Centre
Southmead , Bristol
9th
Coombe Dingle Sports Complex
Coombe Dingle , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (champions)
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
4th
Teams 2014-15 [ ]
Teams 2013–14 [ ]
Ashley Down Old Boys (promoted from Gloucester 2 )
Bishopston
Bream (promoted from Gloucester 2 )
Brockworth
Chipping Sodbury
Gloucester Old Boys
Kingswood
Longlevens
Old Colstonians
Old Richians
Widden Old Boys (relegated from Gloucester Premier )
Teams 2012–13 [ ]
Bishopston
Broad Plain
Brockworth
Cheltenham Saracens
Chipping Sodbury
Gloucester Old Boys
Hucclecote
Kingswood
Longlevens
Newent
Old Colstonians
Old Richians
Teams 2011-12 [ ]
Teams 2010-11 [ ]
Aretians
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bishopston
Bream
Cheltenham Civil Service
Dursley
Hucclecote
Kingswood
Longlevens
Painswick
Spartans
Teams 2009-10 [ ]
Aretians
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bishopston
Bream
Brockworth
Cheltenham Civil Service
Chipping Sodbury
Dursley
Longlevens
Old Bristolians
Old Cryptians
Painswick
Teams 2008-09 [ ]
Aretians
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bishopston
Brockworth
Cheltenham Civil Service
Chipping Sodbury
Dursley
Longlevens
Old Bristolians
Painswick
Ross-on-Wye
Tewkesbury
Teams 2007-08 [ ]
Bishopston
Bream
Bristol Saracens
Brockworth
Chipping Sodbury
Dursley
Longlevens
Old Bristolians
Painswick
Ross-on-Wye
Southmead
Tewkesbury
Teams 2006-07 [ ]
Bishopston
Bream
Bristol Saracens
Brockworth
Cheltenham Civil Service
Chipping Sodbury
Hartpury College
Hucclecote
Old Bristolians
Old Cryptians
Southmead
Tewkesbury
Teams 2005-06 [ ]
Bristol Saracens
Bishopston
Bream
Cheltenham Civil Service
Chipping Sodbury
Cirencester
Frampton Cotterell
Old Bristolians
Southmead
Tewkesbury
Teams 2004-05 [ ]
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bristol Saracens
Bishopston
Cirencester
Chipping Sodbury
Frampton Cotterell
Old Bristolians
Old Colstonians
Old Cryptians
Widden Old Boys
Teams 2003-04 [ ]
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bishopston
Bristol Saracens
Brockworth
Cheltenham Saracens
Frampton Cotterell
Hucclecote
Southmead
Tewkesbury
Widden Old Boys
Teams 2002-03 [ ]
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bishopston
Bream
Bristol Saracens
Brockworth
Chipping Sodbury
Frampton Cotterell
Old Bristolians
Southmead
Tewkesbury
Teams 2001-02 [ ]
Aretians
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bream
Brockworth
Frampton Cotterell
Painswick
Old Bristolians
Old Cryptians
Tewkesbury
Westbury-on-Severn
Teams 2000-01 [ ]
Ashley Down Old Boys
Cheltenham Civil Service
Cheltenham Saracens
Chosen Hill Former Pupils
Frampton Cotterell
Hucclecote
Old Bristolians
Old Cryptians
Tetbury
Westbury-on-Severn
Original teams [ ]
When league rugby began in 1987 this division (known as Gloucestershire 1) contained the following teams:
Gloucester 1 honours [ ]
Gloucestershire 1 (1987–1991) [ ]
Originally known as Gloucestershire 1, it was a tier 9 league with promotion to Gloucestershire/Somerset and relegation to Gloucester 2 .
Gloucester 1 (1991–1993) [ ]
Gloucestershire 1 was shorted to Gloucester 1 for the 1991–92 season onward. It remained a tier 9 league with promotion to Gloucestershire/Somerset and relegation to Gloucester 2 .
Season
No of teams
Champions
Runners–up
Relegated Teams
Ref
1991–92
11
Old Patesians
[a]
No relegation[b]
[5]
1992–93
13
[6]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Gloucester 1 (1993–1996) [ ]
The creation of National League 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Gloucester 1 dropped to become a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to Gloucestershire/Somerset and relegation to Gloucester 2 .
Gloucester 1 (1996–2000) [ ]
The cancellation of National League 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Gloucester 1 reverted to being a tier 9 league. Promotion continued to Gloucestershire/Somerset and relegation to Gloucester 2 .
Season
No of teams
Champions
Runners–up
Relegated Teams
Ref
1996–97
13
Old Centralians
,
1997–98
13
Old Centralians
1998–99
12
No relegation
[10]
1999–00
13
, , ,
[11]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Gloucester 1 (2000–2009) [ ]
Gloucester 1 remained a tier 9 league despite the cancellation of Gloucestershire/Somerset at the end of the 1999–00 season. Promotion was now to the new Gloucester Premier , while relegation continued to Gloucester 2 . Between 2007 and 2009 Gloucester 1 was sponsored by .
Gloucester 1 (2009–2017) [ ]
Despite widespread restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 2008–09 season, Gloucester 1 remained a tier 9 league, with promotion continuing to Gloucester Premier and relegation to Gloucester 2 .
Season
No of teams
Champions
Runners–up
Relegated Teams
Ref
2009–10
12
Old Bristolians
,
[21]
2010–11
12
, ,
[22]
2011–12
12
, ,
[23]
2012–13
12
[24]
2013–14
12
Cheltenham Saracens
,
[25]
2014–15
12
,
[26]
2015–16
12
,
[27]
2016–17
12
, ,
[28]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Gloucester 1 (2017–present) [ ]
Gloucester 1 remained a tier 9 league with promotion continuing to Gloucester Premier , while relegation was now to either Gloucester 2 North or Gloucester 2 South (formerly a single division). The league was now sponsored by Wadworth 6x .
Season
No of teams
Champions
Runners–up
Relegated Teams
Ref
2017–18
12
Berry Hill
[29]
2018–19
12
, ,
[30]
2019–20
12
No relegation
[31]
2020–21
12
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Number of league titles [ ]
See also [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ Due to the restructuring of the majority of the south-west leagues from 11 to 13 teams for the 1992–93 season, 3rd place were also promoted.
^ There was no relegation this season as league was due to increase from 11 to 13 teams.
^ League restructuring caused by the cancellation of National 5 South meant that champions were promoted two divisions up into Western Counties North (formerly Western Counties).
^ The cancellation of National 5 South meant that clubs ranked 3rd to 9th were also promoted one level up into Gloucestershire/Somerset including Coney Hill , , , , , , .
^ Widespread league restructuring meant that there was no relegation.
^ There was no relegation as the division would be expanded from 10 to 12 teams for the next season.
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