East Midlands 2


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 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.

Number of league titles

  • Biddenham
  • Corby
  • Kempston
  • Northampton Casuals
  • Northampton Men's Own
  • Rushden & Higham
  • St Neots
  • Vauxhall Motors
  • Wellingborough Old Grammarians