East Midlands/Leicestershire 4
Current season or competition:
1995–96 East Midlands/Leicestershire 4
SportRugby union
Instituted1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Ceased1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Number of teams7
Country England
HoldersLoughborough Students (1st title) (1995–96)
(transferred to Leicestershire 1[a])
Most titlesMultiple teams (1 title)

East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 was a tier 13 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, parts of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 and there was no relegation. At the end of the 1995–96 season the division was cancelled following the splitting of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues.

Original teams

When this division was introduced in 1992 as part of a merger of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues it contained the following teams:

East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 honours

East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 (1992–1993)

The original East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 was a tier 12 league. Promotion was to East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 and there was no relegation.

East Midlands/Leicestershire 4
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated teams Reference
1992–93 9 Kempston Corby No relegation [1]
Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 (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 East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 dropped another level to become a tier 13 league. Promotion continued to East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 and there was no relegation. The division was cancelled at the end of the 1995–96 season due to the splitting of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues.[b]

East Midlands/Leicestershire 4
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated teams Reference
1993–94 13 Vauxhall Motors Northampton Heathens No relegation [2]
1994–95 7 Burbage Thorney No relegation [3]
1995–96 7 Loughborough Students[c] Cosby[d] No relegation [4]
Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

Number of league titles

Notes

  1. ^ Restructuring meant that champions Loughborough Students were transferred into East Midlands 2 instead of East Midlands/Leicestershire 3.
  2. ^ Restructuring meant that East Midlands/Leicestershire 2, East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 and East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 were cancelled. Only East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 remained intact.
  3. ^ League restructuring caused by the cancellation of the East Midlands/Leicestershire leagues saw champions Loughborough Students transferred to Leicestershire 1.
  4. ^ The splitting of the East Midlands/Leicestershire leagues meant that Cosby, Braunstone Town and Shepstead were transferred into Leicestershire 1 while Biddenham went into East Midlands. Old Wellingburians and Clapham dropped out of the leagues.

See also

References

  1. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1993). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.
  2. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.
  3. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96. Headline. pp. 176–179. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.
  4. ^ Cleary, Mick; Griffiths, John (1996). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1996-97. Headline. pp. 192–195. ISBN 0-7472-7816-4.

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