Midlands 5 East (North)

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Midlands 5 East (North)
Sport Rugby union
Instituted2006;17 years ago (2006)(as Midlands 6 East (North-East & North-West)
Ceased2018;5 years ago (2018)
Number of teams9
CountryFlag of England.svg  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.

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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

Teams 2016-17

Teams 2015-16

Teams 2014-15

Teams 2013-14

Teams 2012–13

Teams 2008–09

Teams 2007–08

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)

Midlands 6 East (North-West)

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 East Midlands/South Leicestershire 2, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire leagues. Promotion was to Midlands 5 East (North) and there was no relegation.

Midlands 6 East (North-East & North-West)
SeasonNo. of teamsChampionsRunners-upRelegated teamsLeague nameReference
2006–079 Barton & District Cleethorpes [lower-alpha 2] No relegationMidlands 6 East (North-East) [1]
10 Melbourne Rolls-Royce No relegationMidlands 6 East (North-West) [2]
2007–086 Worksop Ollerton No relegationMidlands 6 East (North-East) [3]
10 Belper Leesbrook No relegationMidlands 6 East (North-West) [4]
2008–095 Cleethorpes Skegness No relegationMidlands 6 East (North-East) [lower-alpha 3] [5]
8 Uttoxeter Dronfield No relegationMidlands 6 East (North-West) [lower-alpha 4] [6]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

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.

Midlands 5 East (North)
SeasonNo. of teamsChampionsRunners-upRelegated teamsReference
2009–108 Tupton Nottingham Corsairs No relegation [7]
2010–118 Long Eaton Horncastle No relegation [8]
2011–128 Boston Keyworth No relegation [9]
2012–138 Bingham Leesbrook No relegation [10]
2013–149 Sileby Town Rolls-Royce No relegation [11]
2014–1510 Birstall North Hykeham No relegation [12]
2015–1610 Ollerton Meden Vale No relegation [13]
2016–178 Skegness Keyworth No relegation [14]
2017–189 Cleethorpes North Hykeham [lower-alpha 5] No relegation [15]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

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.

Midlands 5 East (North-East) v Midlands 5 East (North-West) promotion play-off results
SeasonHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttendance
2007–08 [16] Leesbrook (NW)50–10 Ollerton (NE)Asterdale Sports Centre, Spondon, Derby, Derbyshire
2008–09 [17] Dronfield (NW)37–0 Skegness (NE)Gosforth Fields, Dronfield Woodhouse, Dronfield, Derbyshire
Green background is the promoted team. NE = Midlands 5 East (North-East) (formerly Midlands 6 East (North-East)) and NW = Midlands 5 East (North-West) (formerly Midlands 6 East (North-West))

Number of league titles

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 2nd team of Chesterfield Panthers.
  2. ↑ Nottingham Corsairs also promoted.
  3. ↑ Last season as Midlands 6 East (North-East). All teams not promoted would transfer to the new look Midlands 5 East along with teams from Midlands 6 (North-West) for the following season.
  4. ↑ Last season as Midlands 6 East (North-West). All teams not promoted would transfer to the new look Midlands 5 East along with teams from Midlands 6 (North-East) for the following season.
  5. ↑ As the league was to be abolished the majority of teams in the division were promoted into Midlands 4 East (North).
  6. ↑ One of Cleepthorpes titles was won when division was split into Midlands 6 East (North-East) and Midlands 6 East (North-West).
  7. ↑ Barton & Districts title was won when division was split into Midlands 6 East (North-East) and Midlands 6 East (North-West).
  8. ↑ Belper's title was won when division was split into Midlands 6 East (North-East) and Midlands 6 East (North-West).
  9. ↑ Melbourne's title was won when division was split into Midlands 6 East (North-East) and Midlands 6 East (North-West).
  10. ↑ Uttoxeter's title was won when division was split into Midlands 6 East (North-East) and Midlands 6 East (North-West).
  11. ↑ Worksop's title was won when division was split into Midlands 6 East (North-East) and Midlands 6 East (North-West).

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