Current season or competition: 2003–04 Staffordshire 2 | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987 |
Ceased | 2004 |
Country | England |
Holders | Eccleshall (2nd title) (2003–04) (promoted to Staffordshire 1) |
Most titles | Rugeley (3 titles) |
Staffordshire 2 was a tier 10 English Rugby Union league with teams from Staffordshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Staffordshire 1 and there was no relegation. Staffordshire 2 was cancelled at the end of the 2003–04 season and all teams transferred into Staffordshire 1.
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
The original Staffordshire 2 was a tier 10 league with promotion up to Staffordshire 1 and no relegation. At the end of the 1991–92 season the merging of all Staffordshire and Warwickshire leagues meant that Staffordshire 2 was discontinued for the years that these leagues were active[g].
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1987–88 | 9 | Uttoxeter | GEC St Leonards | No relegation | [2] | |||||||||
1988–89 | 10 | Eccleshall | Wednesbury | No relegation | [3] | |||||||||
1989–90 | 9 | Rubery Owen | Linley & Kidsgrove | No relegation | [4] | |||||||||
1990–91 | 8 | Wednesbury | Cannock | No relegation | [5] | |||||||||
1991–92 | 8 | Rugeley | Old Oaks | No relegation | [6] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
At the end of the 1998–99 season Staffordshire 2 was reintroduced as a level 11 league following the splitting of Staffordshire into two divisions. Promotion was to Staffordshire 1 and there was no relegation.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1999–00 | 7 | Rugeley | Stone | No relegation | [7] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
The cancellation of Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 would see Staffordshire 2 become a tier 10 league. Promotion was to Staffordshire 1 and there was no relegation. At the end of the 2003–04 season Staffordshire 2 was cancelled and all teams transferred Staffordshire 1.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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2000–01 | 7 | Cannock | Gnosall | No relegation | [8] | |||||||||
2001–02 | 7 | Rugeley | Stone | No relegation | [9] | |||||||||
2002–03 | 7 | Whittington | Cannock | No relegation | [10] | |||||||||
2003–04 | 5 | Eccleshall | Market Drayton[h] | No relegation | [11] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |