Midlands_2_East_(North)
Midlands 2 East (North)
English Rugby Union league
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 the northern 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 2000–01 season. Further restructuring of the Midlands leagues ahead of the 2009–10 season, led to the current name of Midlands 2 East (North).
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Current season or competition: 2019–20 Midlands 2 East (North) | |
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| Instituted | 1992; 32 years ago (1992) (as Midlands East 1) |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Country |  England |
| Holders | Dronfield (2nd title) (2019–20) (promoted to Midlands 1 East) |
| Most titles | Belgrave, Coalville, Melbourne, Melton Mowbray, Newark (2 titles) |
| Website | England RFU |
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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.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.
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- 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
- 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
- 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))
- 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
- Ashbourne
- Aylestone St James
- Bakewell Mannerians
- Belgrave
- Coalville
- Dronfield
- Kesteven
- Leicester Forest
- Melton Mowbray
- Nottingham Casuals
- Nuneaton Old Edwardians
- Oakham
- Sleaford
- Ashbourne
- Aylestone St James
- Bakewell Mannerians
- Belgrave
- Leicester Forest
- Market Bosworth RFC
- Melton Mowbray
- Newark
- Nottingham Casuals
- Nottingham Moderns
- Oakham
- West Bridgford
- 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.
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 East 1 (1992–1993)
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[lower-alpha 1].
Midlands East 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 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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| 1993–94 | 13 | Hinckley | Scunthorpe | Nottingham Moderns, Luton | [2] | |||||||||
| 1994–95 | 13 | Scunthorpe | Long Buckby | Chesterfield, Northampton BBOB, Wellingborough | [3] | |||||||||
| 1995–96 | 13 | Kettering | Huntingdon & District[lower-alpha 2] | No relegation[lower-alpha 3] | [4] | |||||||||
| Green backgrounds are the promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
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Midlands East 1 (1996–2000)
At the end of the 1995–96 season National 5 North was discontinued and Midlands East 1 returned to being a tier 7 league. Promotion and relegation continued to Midlands 2 and Midlands East 2.
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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| 1996–97 | 17 | Nottingham Moderns | Old Northamptonians | Northampton BBOB, Biggleswade, Amber Valley | [5] | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | 17 | Lincoln | Northampton Old Scouts | Ashbourne | [6] | |||||||||
| 1998–99 | 17 | Wellingborough | Dunstablians | Coalville, Vipers | ||||||||||
| 1999–00 | 17 | Dunstablians | Luton | No relegation[lower-alpha 4] | ||||||||||
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Midlands 3 East (North) (2000–2009)
Restructuring ahead of the 2000–01 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)[lower-alpha 5].
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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| 2000–01 | 10 | Spalding | Ilkeston | Paviors, Long Eaton, Oadby Wyggestonians | [7] | |||||||||
| 2001–02 | 10 | Market Bosworth | Nottingham Moderns | Market Rasen & Louth | [8] | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | 10 | Newark | Loughborough Students | Lincoln | [9] | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | 10 | Melton Mowbray | Matlock | No relegation[lower-alpha 6] | [10] | |||||||||
| 2004–05 | 12 | Paviors | Matlock | West Bridgford, Mellish | [11] | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | 12 | Melton Mowbray | Ilkeston | Ashfield, Grimsby | [12] | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | 12 | Syston | Lutterworth | Ashbourne, Belgrave | [13] | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | 12 | Mansfield | Spalding | Oakham, Grimsby | [14] | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | 12 | Ilkeston | Spalding | No relegation | [15] | |||||||||
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Midlands 2 East (North) (2009–present)
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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| 2009–10 | 12 | Coalville | Spalding | Grimsby, Sleaford | [16] | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | 12 | Market Rasen & Louth | Loughborough | Ashby, Lincoln | [17] | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | 12 | Newark | Market Bosworth | Nottingham Moderns, West Bridgford | [18] | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | 11 | Coalville | Oakham | Aylestone St James | [19] | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | 12 | Belgrave | Spalding | Melton Mowbray, Kesteven | [20] | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | 12 | Matlock | Coalville | Ashby, Loughborough | [21] | |||||||||
| 2015–16 | 12 | Dronfield | West Bridgford | Bakewell Mannerians, Mansfield | [22] | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | 12 | Melbourne | Coalville | Spalding, Kesteven | [23] | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | 12 | West Bridgford | Matlock | Bakewell Mannerians, Nottingham Casuals[lower-alpha 7] | [25] | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | 12 | Melbourne | Dronfield | Ashby, Southwell | [26] | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | 12 | Dronfield | Matlock | Ashfield, Nottingham Casuals | [27] | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | 12 | |||||||||||||
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Since the 2000–01 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 2008–09 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 2019–20 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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| 2000–01[28] | Stewarts & Lloyds (S) | 9-13 | Ilkeston (N) | Occupation Road, Corby, Northamptonshire | ||||||||||
| 2001–02[29] | Nottingham Moderns (N) | 26-8 | Stewarts & Lloyds (S) | Ferryfields, Wilford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||
| 2002-03[30] | Peterborough (S) | 3-59 | Loughborough Students (N) | Fortress Fengate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||
| 2003-04[31] | Peterborough (S) | 33-13 | Matlock (N) | Fortress Fengate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||
| 2004-05[32] | Matlock (N) | 25-10 | Stewarts & Lloyds (S) | Cromford Meadows, Cromford, Derbyshire | ||||||||||
| 2005–06[33] | Ilkeston (N) | 24-21 | Banbury (S) | The Stute, Ilkeston, Derbyshire | ||||||||||
| 2006–07[34] | Lutterworth (N) | 3-21 | Banbury (S) | Ashby Lane, Lutterworth, Leicestershire | ||||||||||
| 2007–08[35] | Leighton Buzzard (S) | 16-15 | Spalding (N) | Wright's Meadow, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire | ||||||||||
| 2008–09 | Promotion playoffs different for this season only.[lower-alpha 8] | |||||||||||||
| 2009–10[36] | Spalding (N) | 25-10 | Market Harborough (S) | Memorial Field, Spalding, Lincolnshire | 400 | |||||||||
| 2010–11[37] | Peterborough Lions (S) | 17-20 | Loughborough (N) | Bretton Woods, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||
| 2011–12[38] | Market Bosworth (S) | 17-14 | Lutterworth (N) | Cadeby Lane, Market Bosworth, Warwickshire | ||||||||||
| 2012–13[39] | Huntingdon (S) | 30-17 | Oakham (N) | The Racecourse, Brampton, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||
| 2013–14[40] | Spalding (N) | 24-14 | Newbold on Avon (S) | Memorial Field, Spalding, Lincolnshire | 400 | |||||||||
| 2014–15[41] | Coalville (N) | 25-36 | Wellingborough (S) | Memorial Ground, Coalville, Leicestershire | ||||||||||
| 2015–16[42] | Lutterworth (S) | 43-17 | West Bridgford (N) | Ashby Lane, Lutterworth, Leicestershire | ||||||||||
| 2016–17[43] | Oundle (S) | 30-12 | Coalville (N) | Occupation Road, Oundle, Northamptonshire | 400 | |||||||||
| 2017–18[44] | Luton (S) | 35-22 | Matlock (N) | Newlands Road, Luton, Bedfordshire | ||||||||||
| 2018–19[45] | Market Harborough (S) | 25-21[lower-alpha 9] | Dronfield (N) | Cadeby Lane, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire | ||||||||||
| 2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Belgrave (S) - promoted instead. | |||||||||||||
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| 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)) | ||||||||||||||
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2008–09 promotion play-offs
As mentioned above the 2008–09 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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| 2008–09[46] | 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)) | ||||||||
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- Belgrave (2)[lower-alpha 10]
- Coalville (2)
- Dronfield (2)
- Melbourne (2)
- Melton Mowbray (2)
- Newark (2)
- Dunstablians (1)[lower-alpha 11]
- Hinckley (1)[lower-alpha 12]
- Ilkeston (1)
- Kettering (1)[lower-alpha 13]
- Lincoln (1)[lower-alpha 14]
- Mansfield (1)
- Market Bosworth (1)
- Market Rasen & Louth (1)
- Matlock (1)
- Nottingham Moderns (1)[lower-alpha 15]
- Paviors (1)
- Scunthorpe (1)[lower-alpha 16]
- Spalding (1)
- Syston (1)
- Wellingborough (1)[lower-alpha 17]
- West Bridgford (1)
- 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.
- Ahead of the 2000–01 Midlands East 2 was also split into two regional leagues - Midlands 4 East (North) and Midlands 4 East (South).
- Bakewell Mannerians dropped out of the league part way through the season and were relegated in bottom spot.[24]
- The 2008–09 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.[15]
- 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.
- 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.
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