East Midlands/Leicestershire 1
East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 (formerly East Midlands/Leicestershire) was a tier 9 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, parts of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Midlands 4 East (North) (formerly Midlands East 2) and relegated teams dropped to East Midlands/Leicestershire 2.
Current season or competition: 1999–00 East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987 | (as East Midlands/Leicestershire)
Ceased | 2000 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | England |
Holders | Melton Mowbray (1st title) (1999–00) (promoted to Midlands 4 East (North)) |
Most titles | Multiple teams (1 title) |
At the end of the 1999–00 season the East Midlands/Leicestershire leagues split. Most teams in East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 were transferred into either Midlands 4 East (South) or Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East.
Original teams
When league rugby began in 1987 this division (then known as East Midlands/Leicestershire) contained the following teams:
- Aylestone St James
- Bedford Athletic
- Long Buckby
- Luton
- Melton Mowbray
- Northampton Trinity Old Boys[lower-alpha 1]
- Oadby Wyggestonian
- Old Northamptonians[lower-alpha 2]
- South Leicester
- Stewart & Lloyds
- Towcestrians
East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 honours
East Midlands/Leicestershire (1987–1992)
Originally known as East Midlands/Leicestershire, it was a tier 7 league with promotion to Midlands 2 East and relegation to either East Midlands 1 or Leicestershire 1.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1987–88 | 11 | Stewart & Lloyds | Towcestrians | Melton Mowbray, South Leicester | [1] | |||||||||
1988–89 | 11 | Towcestrians | Wellingborough | Wigston, Loughborough | [2] | |||||||||
1989–90 | 11 | Biggleswade | Wellingborough | Hinckley, Oadby Wyggestonian | [3] | |||||||||
1990–91 | 11 | Bedford Athletic | Belgrave | Northampton Trinity Old Boys, Long Buckby | [4] | |||||||||
1991–92 | 11 | Hinckley[lower-alpha 3] | Stoneygate[lower-alpha 4] | Aylestone St James[lower-alpha 5] | [5] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 (1992–1993)
Restructuring saw the division renamed as East Midlands/Leicestershire 1, dropping two levels to become a tier 9 league. Promotion and relegation was now to the newly introduced Midlands East 2 and East Midlands/Leicestershire 2.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1992–93 | 13 | Kibworth | Loughborough | St Ives | [6] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 (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 1 dropped another level to become a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to Midlands East 2 and relegation to East Midlands/Leicestershire 2.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1993–94 | 13 | Huntingdon & District | Oadby Wyggestonian | Brackley | [7] | |||||||||
1994–95 | 13 | Old Northamptonians | Bedford Queens | Daventry, Old Bosworthians | [8] | |||||||||
1995–96 | 13 | Northampton Men's Own | Bedford Queens[lower-alpha 6] | No relegation[lower-alpha 7] | [9] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 (1996–1998)
At the end of the 1995–96 season National 5 North was discontinued and East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 returned to being a tier 9 league. Promotion continued to Midlands East 2 while relegation was now to East Midlands or Leicestershire 1.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1996–97 | 16 | Luton | Oakham | No relegation[lower-alpha 8] | [10] | |||||||||
1997–98 | 17 | Leicester Forest | Loughborough Students | Multiple teams[lower-alpha 9] | [11] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 (1998–2000)
East Midlands/Leicestershire remained a tier 9 league for the 1998–99 season. Promotion continued to Midlands East 2 but relegation was to the reintroduced East Midlands/Leicestershire 2. At the end of the 1999–00 campaign the league was cancelled and teams either transferred into the new Midlands 4 East (South) and Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East divisions or dropping out of the league system altogether.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1998–99 | 12 | Market Bosworth | Loughborough Students | Bedford Queens | [12][lower-alpha 10] | |||||||||
1999–00 | 12 | Melton Mowbray[lower-alpha 11] | Loughborough Students[lower-alpha 12] | No relegation[lower-alpha 13] | [13][lower-alpha 14] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
Number of league titles
- Bedford Athletic (1)
- Biggleswade (1)
- Hinckley (1)
- Huntingdon & District (1)
- Leicester Forest (1)
- Luton (1)
- Market Bosworth (1)
- Kibworth (1)
- Melton Mowbray (1)
- Northampton Men's Own (1)
- Old Northamptonians (1)
- Stewart & Lloyds (1)
- Towcestrians (1)
Notes
- Old Boys side of Trinity High School.
- Old Boys side of Northampton Grammar School.
- League restructuring saw champions Hinckley promoted into the newly introduced Midlands East 1.
- League restructuring meant that the top five clubs were promoted into Midlands East 1, including Belgrave, Luton and Ampthill.
- Aylestone St James were demoted two levels to the new East Midlands/Leicestershire 3.
- The cancellation of National 5 North and subsequent restructuring meant that the top six clubs were promoted into Midlands East 2 including Northampton Old Scouts, Oadby Wyggestonian, Dunstablians and Loughborough.
- Due to widespread league restructuring there was no relegation.
- No relegation as league due to increase from 16 to 17 teams.
- Restructuring meant that eight teams were relegation into the reintroduced East Midlands/Leicestershire 2, including Aylestone St James, Colworth House, Deepings, Old Ashbeians, Brackley, Wellingborough Old Grammarians, St Neots and Bugbrooke.
- 1998–99 East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 mistakenly referred to as East Midlands 1 on RFU website.
- Champions Melton Mowbray were promoted to the newly introduced Midlands 4 East (South).
- Restructuring meant that the top three sides including Northampton Casuals went into Midlands 4 East (South). Oakham (4th) and Old Newtonians (9th) went into the new Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East. The rest of the clubs dropped out of the league.
- The merger of cancellation of the East Midlands/Leicestershire leagues meant there was no relegation.
- 1999–00 East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 mistakenly referred to as East Midlands 1 on RFU website.
See also
References
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- "1998-1999 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- "1999-2000 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 19 December 2020.