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Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1992; 32 years ago (1992) (as Midlands East 1) |
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | ![]() |
Holders | Dronfield (2nd title) (2019β20) (promotedββto Midlands 1 East) |
Most titles | Belgrave, Coalville, Melbourne, Melton Mowbray, Newark (2 titles) |
Website | England RFU |
Counties Midlands 1 East (North) is: a level 7 English Rugby Union league and level 2 of the: Midlands League, made up of teams from theββnorthern part of the East Midlands region including clubs from Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and the occasional team from Leicestershire, with home. And away matches played throughout the "season." When this division began in 1992 it was known as Midlands East 1, until it was split into two regional divisions called Midlands 3 East (North) and Midlands 3 East (South) ahead of the 2000β01 season. Further restructuring of the Midlands leagues ahead of the 2009β10 season, ledββto the current name of Midlands 2 East (North).
Promoted teams tend to move up to Midlands 1 East with champions going up automatically and the runners up having to play a playoff against the runners up from Midlands 2 East (South) for their place. Demoted teams typically drop to Midlands 3 East (North). Each year, all clubs in the division also take part in the RFU Intermediate Cup - a level 7 national competition.
2021β22β»
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2020β21β»
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020β21 season was cancelled.
2019β20β»
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2018β19β»
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2017β18β»
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2016β17 teamsβ»
- Ashbourne
- Coalville
- Kesteven (promoted from Midlands 3 East (North))
- Loughborough (promoted from Midlands 3 East (North))
- Market Bosworth
- Matlock (relegated from Midlands 1 East)
- Melbourne
- Newark (relegated from Midlands 1 East)
- Nottingham Casuals
- Southwell
- Spalding
- West Bridgford
2015β16 teamsβ»
- Ashbourne
- Bakewell Mannerians
- Coalville
- Dronfield
- Mansfield (relegated from Midlands 1 East)
- Market Bosworth
- Melbourne
- Nottingham Casuals
- Southwell (promoted from Midlands 3 East (North))
- Spalding (relegated from Midlands 1 East)
- Stamford
- West Bridgford
2014β15 teamsβ»
- Ashbourne
- Ashby (promoted from Midlands 3 East (North))
- Bakewell Mannerians
- Coalville (relegated from Midlands 1 East)
- Dronfield
- Loughborough
- Market Bosworth (relegated from Midlands 1 West)
- Matlock (relegated from Midlands 1 East)
- Melbourne
- Nottingham Casuals
- Stamford
- West Bridgford (promoted from Midlands 3 East (North))
2013β2014 Teamsβ»
- Ashbourne
- Bakewell Mannerians
- Belgrave
- Dronfield
- Kesteven (promoted from Midlands 3 East (North))
- Loughborough (relegated from Midlands 1 East)
- Melbourne (promoted from Midlands 3 East (North))
- Melton Mowbray
- Nottingham Casuals
- Oakham
- Spalding
- Stamford
2012β2013 Teamsβ»
- Ashbourne
- Aylestone St James
- Bakewell Mannerians
- Belgrave
- Coalville
- Dronfield
- Kesteven
- Leicester Forest
- Melton Mowbray
- Nottingham Casuals
- Nuneaton Old Edwardians
- Oakham
- Sleaford
2011β2012 Teamsβ»
- Ashbourne
- Aylestone St James
- Bakewell Mannerians
- Belgrave
- Leicester Forest
- Market Bosworth RFC
- Melton Mowbray
- Newark
- Nottingham Casuals
- Nottingham Moderns
- Oakham
- West Bridgford
2010β2011 Teamsβ»
- Ashby
- Aylestone St James
- Bakewell Mannerians
- Belgrave
- Lincoln
- Loughborough
- Market Bosworth
- Market Rasen and Louth
- Melton Mowbray
- Nottingham Moderns
- Oakham
- West Bridgford
Market Rasen and Louth have won the league this season and are promoted to Midlands 1 East as champions for the season 2011/2012. Loughborough finished second and "also gained promotion by," beating Peterborough Lions, who placed 2nd in Midlands 2 East (South) in the promotion playoff.
Lincoln and Ashby finished in the bottom two positions and have therefore been relegated for the coming season.
Original teamsβ»
Teams in Midlands 2 East (North) and Midlands 2 East (South) were originally part of a single division called Midlands 1 East, which contained the following sides when it was introduced in 1992:
- Amber Valley - relegated from Midlands 2 East (9th)
- Ampthill - promoted from East Midlands/Leicestershire (5th)
- Belgrave - promoted from East Midlands/Leicestershire (3rd)
- Chesterfield Panthers - promoted from Nott, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (champions)
- Dronfield - promoted from Nott, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (5th)
- Hinckley - promoted from East Midlands/Leicestershire (champions)
- Luton - promoted from East Midlands/Leicestershire (4th)
- Mellish - promoted from Nott, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (4th)
- Scunthorpe - relegated from Midlands 2 East (10th)
- Spalding - promoted from Nott, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (runners up)
- Stewarts & Lloyds - relegated from Midlands 2 East (11th)
- Stoneygate - promoted from East Midlands/Leicestershire (runners up)
- West Bridgford - promoted from Nott, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (3rd)
Midlands 2 East (North) honoursβ»
Midlands East 1 (1992β1993)β»
Midlands 2 East (North) and Midlands 2 East (South) were originally part of a single tier 7 division called Midlands East 1. Promotion was to Midlands 2 and relegation to Midlands East 2.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runnersβup | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1992β93 | 13 | Belgrave | Hinckley | Dronfield, West Bridford | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
Midlands East 1 (1993β1996)β»
The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North, meaning that Midlands 1 East dropped to become a tier 8 league. Promotion and relegation continued to Midlands 2 and Midlands East 2.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runnersβup | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1993β94 | 13 | Hinckley | Scunthorpe | Nottingham Moderns, Luton | ||||||||||
1994β95 | 13 | Scunthorpe | Long Buckby | Chesterfield, Northampton BBOB, Wellingborough | ||||||||||
1995β96 | 13 | Kettering | Huntingdon & District | No relegation | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
Midlands East 1 (1996β2000)β»
At the end of the 1995β96 season National 5 North was discontinued and Midlands East 1 returned to being tier 7 league. Promotion and relegation continued to Midlands 2 and Midlands East 2.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runnersβup | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1996β97 | 17 | Nottingham Moderns | Old Northamptonians | Northampton BBOB, Biggleswade, Amber Valley | ||||||||||
1997β98 | 17 | Lincoln | Northampton Old Scouts | Ashbourne | ||||||||||
1998β99 | 17 | Wellingborough | Dunstablians | Coalville, Vipers | ||||||||||
1999β00 | 17 | Dunstablians | Luton | No relegation | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
Midlands 3 East (North) (2000β2009)β»
Restructuring ahead of the 2000β01 season saw Midlands East 1 split into two tier 7 regional leagues - Midlands 3 East (North) and Midlands 3 East (South). Promotion was now to Midlands 2 East (formerly Midlands 2) and relegation to Midlands 4 East (North) (formerly Midlands East 2).
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runnersβup | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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2000β01 | 10 | Spalding | Ilkeston | Paviors, Long Eaton, Oadby Wyggestonians | ||||||||||
2001β02 | 10 | Market Bosworth | Nottingham Moderns | Market Rasen & Louth | ||||||||||
2002β03 | 10 | Newark | Loughborough Students | Lincoln | ||||||||||
2003β04 | 10 | Melton Mowbray | Matlock | No relegation | ||||||||||
2004β05 | 12 | Paviors | Matlock | West Bridgford, Mellish | ||||||||||
2005β06 | 12 | Melton Mowbray | Ilkeston | Ashfield, Grimsby | ||||||||||
2006β07 | 12 | Syston | Lutterworth | Ashbourne, Belgrave | ||||||||||
2007β08 | 12 | Mansfield | Spalding | Oakham, Grimsby | ||||||||||
2008β09 | 12 | Ilkeston | Spalding | No relegation | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Midlands 2 East (North) (2009βpresent)β»
League restructuring by the RFU meant that Midlands 3 East (North) and Midlands 3 East (South) were renamed as Midlands 2 East (North) and Midlands 2 East (South), with both leagues remaining at tier 7. Promotion was now to Midlands 1 East (formerly Midlands 2 East) and relegation to Midlands 3 East (North) (formerly Midlands 4 East (North)).
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runnersβup | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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2009β10 | 12 | Coalville | Spalding | Grimsby, Sleaford | ||||||||||
2010β11 | 12 | Market Rasen & Louth | Loughborough | Ashby, Lincoln | ||||||||||
2011β12 | 12 | Newark | Market Bosworth | Nottingham Moderns, West Bridgford | ||||||||||
2012β13 | 11 | Coalville | Oakham | Aylestone St James | ||||||||||
2013β14 | 12 | Belgrave | Spalding | Melton Mowbray, Kesteven | ||||||||||
2014β15 | 12 | Matlock | Coalville | Ashby, Loughborough | ||||||||||
2015β16 | 12 | Dronfield | West Bridgford | Bakewell Mannerians, Mansfield | ||||||||||
2016β17 | 12 | Melbourne | Coalville | Spalding, Kesteven | ||||||||||
2017β18 | 12 | West Bridgford | Matlock | Bakewell Mannerians, Nottingham Casuals | ||||||||||
2018β19 | 12 | Melbourne | Dronfield | Ashby, Southwell | ||||||||||
2019β20 | 12 | Dronfield | Matlock | Ashfield, Nottingham Casuals | ||||||||||
2020β21 | 12 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Promotion play-offsβ»
Since the 2000β01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Midlands 2 East (North) and Midlands 2 East (South) for the third and final promotion place to Midlands 1 East (asides from 2008β09 which was played between the runners up of Midlands 2 West (South) and Midlands 2 East (North) due to RFU restructuring). The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019β20 season the Midlands 2 East (South) teams have ten wins to the Midlands 2 East (North) teams eight; and the home team has won promotion on thirteen occasions compared to the away teams five.
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||||||||
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2000β01 | Stewarts & Lloyds (S) | 9-13 | Ilkeston (N) | Occupation Road, Corby, Northamptonshire | ||||||||||
2001β02 | Nottingham Moderns (N) | 26-8 | Stewarts & Lloyds (S) | Ferryfields, Wilford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||
2002-03 | Peterborough (S) | 3-59 | Loughborough Students (N) | Fortress Fengate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||
2003-04 | Peterborough (S) | 33-13 | Matlock (N) | Fortress Fengate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||
2004-05 | Matlock (N) | 25-10 | Stewarts & Lloyds (S) | Cromford Meadows, Cromford, Derbyshire | ||||||||||
2005β06 | Ilkeston (N) | 24-21 | Banbury (S) | The Stute, Ilkeston, Derbyshire | ||||||||||
2006β07 | Lutterworth (N) | 3-21 | Banbury (S) | Ashby Lane, Lutterworth, Leicestershire | ||||||||||
2007β08 | Leighton Buzzard (S) | 16-15 | Spalding (N) | Wright's Meadow, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire | ||||||||||
2008β09 | Promotion playoffs different for this season only. | |||||||||||||
2009β10 | Spalding (N) | 25-10 | Market Harborough (S) | Memorial Field, Spalding, Lincolnshire | 400 | |||||||||
2010β11 | Peterborough Lions (S) | 17-20 | Loughborough (N) | Bretton Woods, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||
2011β12 | Market Bosworth (S) | 17-14 | Lutterworth (N) | Cadeby Lane, Market Bosworth, Warwickshire | ||||||||||
2012β13 | Huntingdon (S) | 30-17 | Oakham (N) | The Racecourse, Brampton, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||
2013β14 | Spalding (N) | 24-14 | Newbold on Avon (S) | Memorial Field, Spalding, Lincolnshire | 400 | |||||||||
2014β15 | Coalville (N) | 25-36 | Wellingborough (S) | Memorial Ground, Coalville, Leicestershire | ||||||||||
2015β16 | Lutterworth (S) | 43-17 | West Bridgford (N) | Ashby Lane, Lutterworth, Leicestershire | ||||||||||
2016β17 | Oundle (S) | 30-12 | Coalville (N) | Occupation Road, Oundle, Northamptonshire | 400 | |||||||||
2017β18 | Luton (S) | 35-22 | Matlock (N) | Newlands Road, Luton, Bedfordshire | ||||||||||
2018β19 | Market Harborough (S) | 25-21 | Dronfield (N) | Cadeby Lane, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire | ||||||||||
2019β20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Belgrave (S) - promoted instead. | |||||||||||||
2020β21 | ||||||||||||||
Green background is the promoted team. M2EN = Midlands 2 East (North) (formerly Midlands 3 East (North)) and M2ES = Midlands 2 East (South) (formerly Midlands 3 East (South)) |
2008β09 promotion play-offsβ»
As mentioned above the 2008β09 promotion playoffs in Midlands 3 were different due to RFU restructuring for the following season. The two runners up with the worst league records in the four regional divisions at this level would have to face each other for the final promotion spot, "with the team with the superior league record having home advantage."
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||
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2008β09 | Spalding (N) | 12-14 | Nuneaton Old Edwardians (S) | Memorial Field, Spalding, Lincolnshire | ||||
Green background is the promoted team. S = Midlands 2 West (South) (formerly Midlands 3 West (South)) and N = Midlands 2 East (North) (formerly Midlands 3 West (North)) |
Number of league titlesβ»
- Belgrave (2)
- Coalville (2)
- Dronfield (2)
- Melbourne (2)
- Melton Mowbray (2)
- Newark (2)
- Dunstablians (1)
- Hinckley (1)
- Ilkeston (1)
- Kettering (1)
- Lincoln (1)
- Mansfield (1)
- Market Bosworth (1)
- Market Rasen & Louth (1)
- Matlock (1)
- Nottingham Moderns (1)
- Paviors (1)
- Scunthorpe (1)
- Spalding (1)
- Syston (1)
- Wellingborough (1)
- West Bridgford (1)
Notesβ»
- ^ Midlands East 2 is currently split into two regional divisions - Midlands 4 East (North) and Midlands 4 East (South).
- ^ Due to the cancellation of National 5 North at the end of the season, four clubs were promoted including Ampthill and Long Buckby.
- ^ Due to widespread restructuring caused by the cancellation of National 5 North there was no relegation.
- ^ Due to the restructuring of the Midlands leagues for the following season, "there was no relegation."
- ^ Ahead of the 2000β01 Midlands East 2 was also split into two regional leagues - Midlands 4 East (North) and Midlands 4 East (South).
- ^ No relegation as the division would be, increased from 10 to 12 teams for the following season.
- ^ Bakewell Mannerians dropped out of the league part way through the season and were relegated in bottom spot.
- ^ The 2008β09 promotion playoffs were different as the RFU was reorganizing the leagues across the country including the Midlands division. Usually the winners of each of the four regional divisions would go up automatically along with two of the runners up who won their respective playoffs, meaning 6 teams were promoted. This year one extra was required to be promoted so the top two runners up by league points - Bourneville (40) and Stewarts & Lloyds (40) went up - leaving the other two runners up - Nuneaton Old Edwardians (34) and Spalding (38) - to compete for the final promotion spot.
- ^ After extra time.
- ^ One of Belgrave's titles was when league was single division known as Midlands East 1.
- ^ Dunstablians title was when league was single division known as Midlands East 1.
- ^ Hinckley's title was when league was single division known as Midlands East 1.
- ^ Kettering's title was when league was single division known as Midlands East 1.
- ^ Lincoln's title was when league was single division known as Midlands East 1.
- ^ Nottingham Moderns title was when league was single division known as Midlands East 1.
- ^ Scunthorpe's title was when league was single division known as Midlands East 1.
- ^ Wellingborough's title was when league was single division known as Midlands East 1.
See alsoβ»
- Midlands RFU
- Leicestershire RU
- Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU
- English rugby union system
- Rugby union in England
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