East Midlands 2 was a tier 10 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and parts of Cambridgeshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to East Midlands 1 and relegated teams dropped to East Midlands 3 until that division was cancelled at the end of the 1991–92 season. Restructuring of the East Midlands leagues at the end of the 2003–04 campaign meant that East Midlands 2 was discontinued and the majority of teams transferred into the new East Midlands/South Leicestershire 2 division.
Original teams
When league rugby began in 1987, this division contained the following teams:
Brackley Corby Cutler Hammer Deepings Northampton Casuals Northampton Men's Own Old Wellingburians Oundle Sharnbrook & Colworth St Ives Vauxhall Motors
East Midlands 2 honours
East Midlands 1 (1987–1992)
The original East Midlands 2 was a tier 9 league. Promotion was to East Midlands 1 and relegation to East Midlands 3. At the end of the 1991–92 season all of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues were merged and most sides in East Midlands 2 transferred to the new East Midlands/Leicestershire 2.
East Midlands 2SeasonNo of teamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated teamsReference 1987–88 11 Northampton Men's Own Brackley Deepings, Old Wellingburians 1988–89 11 Wellingborough Old Grammarians Corby Cutler Hammer 1989–90 11 St Neots Bedford Queens Deepings 1990–91 11 Northampton Casuals St Ives Vauxhall Motors, Westwood, Bedfordshire Police 1991–92 11 Rushden & Higham Daventry No relegation Green backgrounds are promotion places.
East Midlands 2 (2000–2004)
After a gap of seven years East Midlands 2 was reintroduced ahead of the 2000–01 season as a tier 10 league. Promotion was to East Midlands 1 and there was no relegation. East Midlands 2 was cancelled at the end of the 2003–04 campaign and most teams transferred into the new East Midlands/South Leicestershire 2.
East Midlands 2SeasonNo of teamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated teamsReference 2000–01 10 Kempston Peterborough Lions No relegation 2001–02 8 Biddenham Bedford Swifts No relegation 2002–03 8 Vauxhall Motors St Ives No relegation 2003–04 7 Corby Oundle No relegation Green backgrounds are the promotion places.
Number of league titles
Biddenham (1) Corby (1) Kempston (1) Northampton Casuals (1) Northampton Men's Own (1) Rushden & Higham (1) St Neots (1) Vauxhall Motors (1) Wellingborough Old Grammarians (1)
Notes
See also East Midlands 1 East Midlands 3 Midlands RFU East Midlands RFU English rugby union system Rugby union in England
References
External links East Midlands Rugby Union official website