1999–00 National League 1


The 1999–2000 National League 1, sponsored by Jewson, was the thirteenth full season of rugby union within the third tier of the English league system. Due to league restructuring for the 2000–01 season, the league would be renamed to National Division Two for the following season, with the old Allied Dunbar Premiership 2 being renamed as National Division One.
Otley would finish the season as league champions, and along with runners up Birmingham & Solihull would be promoted to the new look National Division One. Relegated sides included Reading and Blackheath who both dropped to National League 3 South.

Structure

The league consisted of fourteen teams, playing each other on a home and away basis to make a total of twenty-six matches for each team. There were two promotion places with the top two teams promoted to the newly named 2000–01 National Division One. Two teams were relegated to either National League 3 South or National League 3 South, depending on geographical location.

Participating clubs

TeamGroundCapacityCity/AreaPrevious season
Birmingham & SolihullSharmans Cross4,000Solihull, West Midlands11th
BlackheathRectory Field3,500 Greenwich, LondonRelegated from Premiership 2
BracknellLily Hill Park1,000Bracknell, BerkshirePromoted from National 2 South
CamberleyWatchetts2,000Camberley, Surrey9th
FyldeWoodlands7,500 Lytham St Annes, LancashireRelegated from Premiership 2
HarrogateClaro Road4,500 Harrogate, North Yorkshire12th
LydneyRegentsholm3,000 Lydney, Gloucestershire8th
NewburyMonks Lane8,000Newbury, Berkshire6th
NottinghamIreland Avenue4,990 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire4th
OtleyCross Green7,000 Otley, West Yorkshire5th
Preston GrasshoppersLightfoot Green2,250 Preston, LancashirePromoted from National 2 North
ReadingHolme ParkSonning, Berkshire10th
Rosslyn ParkThe Rock4,630 Roehampton, London3rd
WharfedaleThe Avenue2,000Threshfield, North Yorkshire7th