Midlands 5 East (North)

Midlands 5 East (North)

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Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2006; 16 years ago (2006) (as Midlands 6 East (North-East & North-West)
Ceased	2018; 4 years ago (2018)
Number of teams	9
Country	England
Holders	Cleethorpes (2nd title) (2017–18) (promoted to Midlands 4 East (North))
Most titles	Cleethorpes (2 titles)
Website	England RFU

Midlands 5 East (North) was a level 10 English Rugby Union league and level 5 of the Midlands League, made up of teams from the northern part of the East Midlands region including Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and the occasional team from Leicestershire, with home and away matches played throughout the season.

Formed in 2006, the league was originally split into 2 regional divisions – Midlands 6 East (North-East) and Midlands 6 East (North-West) - but, by the 2009-10 season, the league merged into a single division. Promoted teams typically moved up to Midlands 4 East (North) and there is no relegation due to it being one of the basement divisions for Midlands rugby. At the end of the 2017-18 season the division was abolished with the majority of teams moving up into Midlands 4 East (North).

2017–18[]

Participating teams & locations[]

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Amber Valley Lower Somercotes Alfreton, Derbyshire Relegated from Midlands 4 East (North) (9th) Bingham The Pavilion Bingham, Nottinghamshire 7th Cleethorpes KGV Playing Fields Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire 3rd Gainsborough Roses Sports Fields Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 5th Keyworth Willoughby Road Widmerpool, Nottinghamshire 2nd Mansfield Woodhouse Slate Lane Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire 8th Meden Vale Elkesley Road Meden Vale, Nottinghamshire Relegated from Midlands 4 East (North) (10th) North Hykeham One NK North Hykeham, Lincolnshire 4th Nottinghamians Adbolton Lane Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire 6th

Cleethorpes Keyworth Nottinghamians class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2017–18 Midlands 5 East (North) teams

Teams 2016-17[]

• Bingham
• Cleethorpes (relegated from Midlands 4 East (North))
• Gainsborough
• Keyworth
• North Hykeham (relegated from Midlands 4 East (North))
• Nottinghamians
• Skegness (relegated from Midlands 4 East (North))
• Woodhouse Giants

Teams 2015-16[]

• Barton & District
• Bingham (relegated from Midlands 4 East (North))
• Creswell Crusaders
• Gainsborough
• Keyworth (relegated from Midlands 4 East (North))
• Meden Vale
• Nottinghamians
• Ollerton
• Skegness (relegated from Midlands 4 East (North))
• Woodhouse Giants

Teams 2014-15[]

• Barton & District
• Birstall
• Creswell Crusaders
• Gainsborough
• Leesbrook (relegated from Midlands 4 East (North))
• Meden Vale
• North Hykeham
• Nottinghamians (relegated from Midlands 4 East (North))
• Ollerton
• Woodhouse Giants

Teams 2013-14[]

• Birstall
• Creswell Crusaders
• Gainsborough
• Horncastle (relegated from Midlands 4 East (North))
• Meden Vale
• North Hykeham
• Nottingham Corsairs
• Ollerton
• Rolls Royce
• Sileby Town
• Woodhouse Giants

Teams 2012–13[]

• Bingham
• Castle Donington
• Creswell Crusaders
• East Leake
• Leesbrook
• Meden Vale
• North Hykehan
• Ollerton
• Rolls Royce

Teams 2008–09[]

• Belper
• Castle Donington
• Chesterfield Panthers
• East Leake
• East Retford
• Leesbrook
• Melbourne
• Nottinghamians
• Rolls Royce
• Worksop

Teams 2007–08[]

• Barton & District
• Chesterfield Pythons
• Dronfield
• East Leake
• East Retford
• Melbourne
• Nottingham Casuals
• Nottinghamians
• Rolls Royce
• University Of Derby

Original teams[]

When this division was introduced in 2006 it was split into two separate divisions - Midlands 6 East (North-East) and Midlands 6 East (North-West) - containing the following teams:

Midlands 6 East (North-East)

• – N/A (new to league)
• - transferred from (7th)
• Cleethorpes - transferred from (2nd)
• - transferred from (9th)
• – N/A (new to league)
• – N/A (new to league)
• - transferred from (3rd)
• - transferred from (5th)
• - transferred from (4th)

Midlands 6 East (North-West)

• - transferred from (4th)
• – relegated from (10th)
• Chesterfield Panthers (2nd XV)^[a] – N/A (new to league)
• Leesbrook - transferred from (7th)
• - transferred from (6th)
• Melbourne - transferred from (6th)
• Rolls Royce - transferred from (5th)
• - transferred from (8th)
• Uttoxeter - transferred from (3rd)

Midlands 5 East (North) honours[]

Midlands 6 East (North-East) / (North-West) / South (2006–2009)[]

The league was originally divided into two sub-divisions known as Midlands 6 East (North-East) and Midlands 6 East (North-West). These divisions were introduced along with their counterpart Midlands 6 East (South) at tier 10 to replace the discontinued , , leagues. Promotion was to Midlands 5 East (North) and there was no relegation.

Midlands 5 East (North) (2009–present)[]

Midlands 6 East (North-East / North-West) were remerged into a single division ahead of the 2009–10 season known as Midlands 5 East (North) , which remained a tier 10 league along with its counterpart Midlands 5 East (South) (formerly Midlands 6 East (South)). Promotion was now to Midlands 4 East (North) (formerly the old Midlands 5 East (North)) and there was no relegation. The league was discontinued at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Promotion play-offs[]

Between 2008 and 2009 there was a promotion playoff between the runners-up of Midlands 5 East (North-East) and Midlands 5 East (North-West) for the third and final promotion place to Midlands 4 West (North), with the team with the superior league record having home advantage in the tie. The playoffs were dissolved at the end of the 2008-09 season when Midlands 5 East (North) became one division. By the end of the promotion play-offs the Midlands 5 East (North-West) teams won all both playoff games and the home team has also won promotion both times.

Number of league titles[]

Notes[]

See also[]

• Leicestershire RU
• Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References[]