East Midlands/Leicestershire 2

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Rugby football current event.svg 1999–00 East Midlands/Leicestershire 2
Sport Rugby union
Instituted1992;32 years ago (1992)
Ceased2000;24 years ago (2000)
Number of teams12
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Holders Aylestone St James (1st title) (1999–00)
(transferred to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West [lower-alpha 1] )
Most titlesMultiple teams (1 title)

East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 was a tier 10 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, parts of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 and relegated teams dropped to East Midlands/Leicestershire 3.

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The league ran for two spells between 1992–96 and 1998–00. At the end of the 1999–00 season it was cancelled for the second time following the splitting of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues and all teams transferred into East Midlands 1 or Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West.

Original teams

When this division was introduced in 1992 as part of a merger of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues, it contained the following teams:

East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 honours

East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 (1992–1993)

The original East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 was a tier 10 league. Promotion was to East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 and relegation to East Midlands/Leicestershire 3.

East Midlands/Leicestershire 2
SeasonNo of teamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated teamsReference
1992–9312 Daventry Dunstablians No relegation [lower-alpha 6] [5]
Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 (1993–1996)

The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North, meaning that East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 dropped another level to become a tier 11 league. Promotion continued to East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 and relegation to East Midlands/Leicestershire 3. The division was cancelled at the end of the 1995–96 season due to the splitting of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues [lower-alpha 7] .

East Midlands/Leicestershire 2
SeasonNo of teamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated teamsReference
1993–9413 Old Northamptonians Bedford Queens New Parks Old Boys [6]
1994–9513 Rushden & Higham Oakham Wigston, Aylestonians [7]
1995–9613 Bedford Swifts Old Bosworthians [lower-alpha 8] New Parks Old Boys, Northampton Casuals, Kempston [lower-alpha 9] [8]
Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 (1998–2000)

East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 returned after an absence of several seasons as a tier 10 league. Promotion was to East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 and relegation to East Midlands/Leicestershire 3. At the end of the 1999–00 campaign the league was cancelled for the second time and teams either transferred into East Midlands 1 or Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West.

East Midlands/Leicestershire 2
SeasonNo of teamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated teamsReference
1998–9912 Wellingborough Old Grammarians Old Newtonians Colworth House [9] [lower-alpha 10]
1999–0012 Aylestone St James [lower-alpha 11] Bedford Queens [lower-alpha 12] No relegation [lower-alpha 13] [10] [lower-alpha 14]
Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

Number of league titles

Notes

  1. ↑ Restructuring meant that champions Aylestone St James were promoted to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West instead of East Midlands/Leicestershire 1.
  2. ↑ Old Boys side of New Parks Boys School.
  3. ↑ Old Boys side of Ashby School. Now known as Ashby RFC. [1]
  4. ↑ Old Boys side of Wellingborough Grammar School. [2]
  5. ↑ Wigston RFC would later merge with Westleigh RFC in 1998 to form Leicester Lions RFC. [3] [4] .
  6. ↑ As the division was due to increase from 12 to 13 teams there was no relegation.
  7. ↑ Restructuring meant that East Midlands/Leicestershire 2, East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 and East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 were cancelled. Only East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 remained intact.
  8. ↑ League restructuring of the East Midlands/Leicestershire leagues meant that the top nine teams - Bugbrooke, St Ives, Wellingborough Old Grammarians, Brackley, Colworth House, Daventry and Old Ashbeians - were promoted into East Midlands/Leicestershire 1.
  9. ↑ Restructuring of the East Midlands/Leicestershire leagues meant that New Parks Old Boys dropped to Leicestershire 1 while Northampton Casuals and Kempston dropped to East Midlands.
  10. ↑ 1998–99 East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 mistakenly referred to as East Midlands 2 on RFU website.
  11. ↑ Champions Aylestone St James were transferred to the newly introduced Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West.
  12. ↑ The cancellation of East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 meant that all teams were transferred into new divisions. Bedford Queens (2nd), Bugbrooke (3rd), Deepings (4th) and Brackley (6th) went into East Midlands 1, while Aylestonians (5th) and Ashby (8th) went into Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 2 West.
  13. ↑ The merger of cancellation of the East Midlands/Leicestershire leagues meant there was no relegation.
  14. ↑ 1999–00 East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 mistakenly referred to as East Midlands 2 on RFU website.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Old Grammarians, Wellingborough". What Pub?. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "History". Leicester Lions RFC (Pitchero). Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Leicester Lions (Team History)". Rugby Archive. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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