English Rugby Union league
Counties 1 Midlands East (North) (formerly Midland 2 East (North)) is a level 7 EnglishRugby Union league and level 3 of theMidlands League , made up of teams from the northern part of theEast Midlands region including clubs fromDerbyshire ,Lincolnshire ,Nottinghamshire and the occasional team fromLeicestershire , 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, saw it changed to Midlands 2 East (North) and post the RFU's Adult Competition Review, from season 2022–23 it adopted its current name
Promoted teams tend to move up to Regional Midlands 2 North or occasionally to Regional 2 Midlands East . Relegated teams drop toCounties 2 Midlands East (North) .
Departing were Belgrave , promoted toRegional 2 Midlands North whileBurton 2XV (12th) were relegated toCounties 2 Midlands West (West) together withLoughborough (10th) andMansfield (11th), both relegated toCounties 2 Midlands East (North) .
Also leaving were Manor Park (8th) who returned on a level transfer toCounties 1 Midlands West (South) together with Nuneaton Old Edwardians (6th) andHinckley 2XV (runners-up) who both moved on a level transfer toCounties 1 Midlands East (South) .
[ edit ] Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Ashby Nottingham Road Ashby-de-la-Zouch ,Leicestershire Promoted fromCounties 2 Midlands East (North) (runners-up) Bourne Milking Nook Drove Bourne ,Lincolnshire Level transfer fromCounties 1 Midlands East (South) Kesteven Woodnook Grantham ,Lincolnshire 7th Keyworth Willoughby Road Widmerpool ,Nottinghamshire Promoted fromCounties 2 Midlands East (North) (champions) Lincoln Longdales Park Lincoln ,Lincolnshire 5th Loughborough Students II East Park 1,000 Loughborough ,Leicestershire New entry Market Rasen & Louth Willingham Road Market Rasen ,Lincolnshire 3rd Mellish War Memorial Ground Arnold ,Nottingham ,Nottinghamshire Relegated fromRegional 2 Midlands (North) Nottingham Moderns Ferryfields Wilford ,Nottingham ,Nottinghamshire 9th Nottingham University Lady Bay Sports Ground West Bridgford ,Nottingham ,Nottinghamshire New entry Southwell Pentelowes Southwell, Nottinghamshire 4th Spalding Memorial Field Spalding ,Lincolnshire Level transfer fromCounties 1 Midlands East (South)
Locations of the 2025-26 Counties 1 Midlands East (North) teams
Departing were Ilkeston, promoted toRegional 2 Midlands North as runners-up (Hinckley Staghounds (2XV) finished top but were not permitted to be promoted on Level 6 owing to league rules on reserve teams in the RFU leagues). Boston and Birstall were relegated toCounties 2 Midlands East (North) .
Joining were Kesteven and Nottingham Moderns promoted fromCounties 2 Midlands East (North) , whilst Manor Park moved on a level transfer fromCounties 1 Midlands West (South) .
[ edit ] Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Belgrave Belgrave Pastures Belgrave ,Leicester ,Leicestershire 4th Burton 2XV Battlestead Croft,Tatenhill [ 1] 5,500 (600 seats Burton ,Staffordshire 10th Hinckley 2XV De Montfort Park[ 2] 2,000 Hinckley ,Leicestershire Champions (not promoted) Kesteven Woodnook Grantham ,Lincolnshire Promoted fromMidlands 3 East (North) (champions) Lincoln Longdales Park Lincoln ,Lincolnshire 3rd Loughborough Derby Road Playing Fields Loughborough ,Leicestershire 6th Manor Park Griff & Coton Nuneaton ,Warwickshire Level transfer fromCounties 1 Midlands West (South) (5th) Mansfield Eakring Road 1,000 Mansfield ,Nottinghamshire 8th Market Rasen & Louth Willingham Road Market Rasen ,Lincolnshire 5th Nottingham Moderns Ferryfields Wilford ,Nottingham ,Nottinghamshire Promoted fromMidlands 3 East (North) (runners-up) Nuneaton Old Edwardians Weddington Road Nuneaton ,Warwickshire 7th Southwell Pentelowes Southwell, Nottinghamshire 9th
Locations of the 2024–25 Counties 1 Midlands East (North) teams
Departing were Mellish, promoted toRegional 2 Midlands North [ 3] Hinckley Staghounds (2XV) finished top but were not permitted to be promoted on Level 6 owing to league rules on reserve teams in the RFU leagues). Ashbourne and Ashby and were relegated toCounties 2 Midlands East (North) whilst Coalville dropped toCounties 2 Midlands West (East) .
Joining were Belgrave and Nuneaton Old Edwardians, both relegated fromRegional 2 Midlands North , whilst Boston and Mansfield were both promoted fromCounties 2 Midlands East (North) .
[ edit ] Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Belgrave Belgrave Pastures Belgrave ,Leicester ,Leicestershire Relegated fromRegional 2 Midlands North (11th) Birstall Co-Op Sports Ground Birstall ,Leicestershire 9th Boston Princess Royal Sports Arena 2,000 Boston ,Lincolnshire Promoted fromMidlands 3 East (North) Burton 2XV Battlestead Croft,Tatenhill [ 4] 5,500 (600 seats Burton ,Staffordshire 8th Hinckley 2XV De Montfort Park[ 5] 2,000 Hinckley ,Leicestershire Champions (not promoted) Ilkeston The Stute Ilkeston ,Derbyshire 5th Lincoln Longdales Park Lincoln ,Lincolnshire 4th Loughborough Derby Road Playing Fields Loughborough ,Leicestershire 3rd Mansfield Eakring Road 1,000 Mansfield ,Nottinghamshire Promoted fromMidlands 3 East (North) Market Rasen & Louth Willingham Road Market Rasen ,Lincolnshire 6th Nuneaton Old Edwardians Weddington Road Nuneaton ,Warwickshire Relegated fromRegional 2 Midlands North (12th) Southwell Pentelowes Southwell, Nottinghamshire 7th
Locations of the 2023–24 Counties 1 Midlands East (North) teams
This was the first season following theRFU Adult Competition Review[ 6]
Departing wereLong Eaton ,Melbourne , Matlock and Newark - all promoted toRegional 2 Midlands North .
Joining were Mellish and Birstall, both promoted fromMidlands 3 East (North) , together withBurton 2XV andHinckley 2XV , both new entries.
[ edit ] Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Ashbourne Recreation Ground Ashbourne ,Derbyshire 10th Ashby Nottingham Road Ashby-de-la-Zouch ,Leicestershire 11th Birstall Co-Op Sports Ground Birstall ,Leicestershire Promoted fromMidlands 3 East (North) Burton 2XV Battlestead Croft,Tatenhill [ 7] 5,500 (600 seats Burton ,Staffordshire New entry Coalville Memorial Ground Coalville ,Leicestershire 12th Hinckley 2XV De Montfort Park[ 8] 2,000 Hinckley ,Leicestershire New entry Ilkeston The Stute Ilkeston ,Derbyshire 5th Lincoln Longdales Park Lincoln ,Lincolnshire 6th Loughborough Derby Road Playing Fields Loughborough ,Leicestershire 7th Market Rasen & Louth Willingham Road Market Rasen ,Lincolnshire 9th Mellish War Memorial Ground Arnold ,Nottingham ,Nottinghamshire Promoted fromMidlands 3 East (North) (champions) Southwell Pentelowes Southwell, Nottinghamshire 8th
Locations of the 2022–23 Counties 1 Midlands East (North) teams
[ edit ] Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Ashbourne Recreation Ground Ashbourne ,Derbyshire 9th Ashby Nottingham Road Ashby-de-la-Zouch ,Leicestershire Promoted fromMidlands 2 EN (champions) Coalville Memorial Ground Coalville ,Leicestershire 3rd Ilkeston The Stute Ilkeston ,Derbyshire 7th Lincoln Longdales Park Lincoln ,Lincolnshire 10th Long Eaton West Park 1,000 Long Eaton ,Derbyshire 5th Loughborough Derby Road Playing Fields Loughborough ,Leicestershire 8th Market Rasen & Louth Willingham Road Market Rasen ,Lincolnshire 4th Matlock Cromford Meadows Cromford ,Matlock ,Derbyshire 2nd Melbourne Cockshut Lane 2,000 Melbourne ,Derbyshire Relegated fromMidlands 1 East (12th) Newark The Rugby Ground 1,000 (60 seats) Newark-on-Trent ,Nottinghamshire 6th Southwell Pentelowes Southwell, Nottinghamshire Promoted fromMidlands 2 EN (runners-up)
Locations of the 2021–22 Midlands 2 East (North) teams
Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic , the 2020–21 season was cancelled.
[ edit ] Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Ashbourne Recreation Ground Ashbourne ,Derbyshire 4th Ashfield Polly Bowls Sports Ground Sutton in Ashfield ,Nottinghamshire Promoted fromMidlands 3 EN (runners up) Coalville Memorial Ground Coalville ,Leicestershire Transferred fromMidlands 2 East (South) Dronfield Gosforth Fields Dronfield Woodhouse ,Dronfield ,Derbyshire Runners up (lost playoff) Ilkeston The Stute Ilkeston ,Derbyshire 10th Lincoln Longdales Park Lincoln ,Lincolnshire 7th Long Eaton West Park 1,000 Long Eaton ,Derbyshire 3rd Loughborough Derby Road Playing Fields Loughborough ,Leicestershire 6th Market Rasen & Louth Willingham Road Market Rasen ,Lincolnshire 5th Matlock Cromford Meadows Cromford ,Matlock ,Derbyshire 9th Newark The Rugby Ground 1,000 (60 seats) Newark-on-Trent ,Nottinghamshire 8th Nottingham Casuals Weir Field Recreation Ground Beeston, Nottingham ,Nottinghamshire Promoted fromMidlands 3 EN (champions)
Locations of the 2019–20 Midlands 2 East (North) teams
[ edit ] Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Ashbourne Recreation Ground Ashbourne ,Derbyshire 7th Ashby Nottingham Road Ashby-de-la-Zouch ,Leicestershire Promoted fromMidlands 3 East (North) (runners up) Dronfield Gosforth Fields Dronfield Woodhouse ,Dronfield ,Derbyshire 5th Ilkeston The Stute Ilkeston ,Derbyshire 9th Lincoln Longdales Park Lincoln ,Lincolnshire 6th Long Eaton West Park 1,000 Long Eaton ,Derbyshire Promoted fromMidlands 3 East (North) (champions) Loughborough Derby Road Playing Fields Loughborough ,Leicestershire 10th Market Rasen & Louth Willingham Road Market Rasen ,Lincolnshire Relegated fromMidlands 1 East (14th) Matlock Cromford Meadows Cromford ,Matlock ,Derbyshire Runners up (lost playoff) Melbourne Cockshut Lane 2,000 Melbourne ,Derbyshire Relegated fromMidlands 1 West (12th) Newark The Rugby Ground 1,000 (60 seats) Newark-on-Trent ,Nottinghamshire 4th Southwell Pentelowes Southwell, Nottinghamshire 8th
Locations of the 2018–19 Midlands 2 East (North) teams
[ edit ] Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Ashbourne Recreation Ground Ashbourne ,Derbyshire 3rd Bakewell Mannerians Lady Manners School Bakewell ,Derbyshire Promoted fromMidlands 3 East (North) (runners up) Coalville Memorial Ground Coalville ,Leicestershire 2nd (lost promotion play-off) Dronfield Gosforth Fields Dronfield Woodhouse ,Dronfield ,Derbyshire Relegated fromMidlands 1 East (13th) Ilkeston The Stute Ilkeston ,Derbyshire Relegated fromMidlands 1 East (14th) Lincoln Longdales Park Lincoln ,Lincolnshire Promoted fromMidlands 3 East (North) (champions) Loughborough Derby Road Playing Fields Loughborough ,Leicestershire 7th Matlock Cromford Meadows Cromford ,Matlock ,Derbyshire 4th Newark The Rugby Ground 1,000 (60 seats) Newark-on-Trent ,Nottinghamshire 6th Nottingham Casuals Weir Field Recreation Ground Beeston, Nottingham ,Nottinghamshire 10th Southwell Pentelowes Southwell, Nottinghamshire 5th West Bridgford The Memorial Ground West Bridgford ,Nottinghamshire 8th
Locations of the 2017–18 Midlands 2 East (North) teams
Ashbourne Aylestone St James Bakewell Mannerians Belgrave Coalville Dronfield Kesteven Leicester Forest Melton Mowbray Nottingham Casuals Nuneaton Old Edwardians Oakham Sleaford Market Rasen and Louth have won the league this season and are promoted toMidlands 1 East as champions for the season 2011/2012.Loughborough finished second and also gained promotion by beating Peterborough Lions, who placed 2nd inMidlands 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) andMidlands 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:
[ edit ] [ edit ] Midlands 2 East (North) andMidlands 2 East (South) were originally part of a single tier 7 division called Midlands East 1. Promotion was toMidlands 2 and relegation toMidlands East 2 [ a]
[ edit ] The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six fromNorth 1 were combined to createNational 5 North , meaning that Midlands 1 East dropped to become a tier 8 league. Promotion and relegation continued toMidlands 2 andMidlands East 2 .
[ edit ] At the end of the 1995–96 seasonNational 5 North was discontinued and Midlands East 1 returned to being a tier 7 league. Promotion and relegation continued toMidlands 2 andMidlands East 2 .
[ edit ] Restructuring ahead of the 2000–01 season saw Midlands East 1 split into two tier 7 regional leagues - Midlands 3 East (North) andMidlands 3 East (South) . Promotion was now toMidlands 2 East (formerly Midlands 2) and relegation toMidlands 4 East (North) (formerly Midlands East 2)[ e]
[ edit ] League restructuring by theRFU meant that Midlands 3 East (North) and Midlands 3 East (South) were renamed as Midlands 2 East (North) andMidlands 2 East (South) , with both leagues remaining at tier 7. Promotion was now toMidlands 1 East (formerly Midlands 2 East) and relegation toMidlands 3 East (North) (formerly Midlands 4 East (North)).
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated teams Reference 2009–10 12 Coalville Spalding Grimsby ,Sleaford [ 24] 2010–11 12 Market Rasen & Louth Loughborough Ashby ,Lincoln [ 25] 2011–12 12 Newark Market Bosworth Nottingham Moderns ,West Bridgford [ 26] 2012–13 11 Coalville Oakham Aylestone St James [ 27] 2013–14 12 Belgrave Spalding Melton Mowbray ,Kesteven [ 28] 2014–15 12 Matlock Coalville Ashby ,Loughborough [ 29] 2015–16 12 Dronfield West Bridgford Bakewell Mannerians ,Mansfield [ 30] 2016–17 12 Melbourne Coalville Spalding ,Kesteven [ 31] 2017–18 12 West Bridgford Matlock Bakewell Mannerians ,Nottingham Casuals [ g] [ 33] 2018–19 12 Melbourne Dronfield Ashby ,Southwell [ 34] 2019–20 12 Dronfield Matlock Ashfield ,Nottingham Casuals [ 35] 2020–21 12 Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Promotion play-offs [ edit ] Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Midlands 2 East (North) andMidlands 2 East (South) for the third and final promotion place toMidlands 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.
Midlands 2 East (North) v Midlands 2 East (South) promotion play-off results
Season Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance 2000–01[ 36] Stewarts & Lloyds (S)9-13 Ilkeston Occupation Road,Corby ,Northamptonshire 2001–02[ 37] Nottingham Moderns 26-8 Stewarts & Lloyds (S)Ferryfields,Wilford ,Nottingham ,Nottinghamshire 2002-03[ 38] Peterborough (S)3-59 Loughborough Students Fortress Fengate,Peterborough ,Cambridgeshire 2003-04[ 39] Peterborough 33-13 Matlock (N)Fortress Fengate,Peterborough ,Cambridgeshire 2004-05[ 40] Matlock 25-10 Stewarts & Lloyds (S)Cromford Meadows,Cromford ,Derbyshire 2005–06[ 41] Ilkeston 24-21 Banbury (S)The Stute,Ilkeston ,Derbyshire 2006–07[ 42] Lutterworth (N)3-21 Banbury Ashby Lane,Lutterworth ,Leicestershire 2007–08[ 43] Leighton Buzzard 16-15 Spalding (N)Wright's Meadow,Leighton Buzzard ,Bedfordshire 2008–09 Promotion playoffs different for this season only. [ h] 2009–10[ 44] Spalding 25-10 Market Harborough (S)Memorial Field,Spalding ,Lincolnshire 400 2010–11[ 45] Peterborough Lions (S)17-20 Loughborough Bretton Woods,Peterborough ,Cambridgeshire 2011–12[ 46] Market Bosworth 17-14 Lutterworth (N)Cadeby Lane,Market Bosworth ,Warwickshire 2012–13[ 47] Huntingdon 30-17 Oakham (N)The Racecourse,Brampton ,Cambridgeshire 2013–14[ 48] Spalding 24-14 Newbold on Avon (S)Memorial Field,Spalding ,Lincolnshire 400 2014–15[ 49] Coalville (N)25-36 Wellingborough Memorial Ground,Coalville ,Leicestershire 2015–16[ 50] Lutterworth 43-17 West Bridgford (N)Ashby Lane,Lutterworth ,Leicestershire 2016–17[ 51] Oundle 30-12 Coalville (N)Occupation Road,Oundle ,Northamptonshire 400 2017–18[ 52] Luton 35-22 Matlock (N)Newlands Road,Luton ,Bedfordshire 2018–19[ 53] Market Harborough 25-21[ i] Dronfield (N)Cadeby Lane,Market Bosworth ,Leicestershire 2019–20 Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom . Best ranked runner up -Belgrave (S) - promoted instead. 2020–21 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))
[ edit ] 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.
Midlands 2 West (South) v Midlands 2 East (North) promotion play-off results
Season Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance 2008–09[ 54] Spalding (N)12-14 Nuneaton Old Edwardians 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 titles [ edit ] ^ Midlands East 2 is currently split into two regional divisions -Midlands 4 East (North) andMidlands 4 East (South) . ^ Due to the cancellation ofNational 5 North at the end of the season, four clubs were promoted includingAmpthill andLong Buckby . ^ Due to widespread restructuring caused by the cancellation ofNational 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 2000–01 Midlands East 2 was also split into two regional leagues -Midlands 4 East (North) andMidlands 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.[ 32] ^ The 2008–09 promotion playoffs were different as the RFU was reorganizing the leagues across the country including the Midlands division. 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