East Midlands/Leicestershire 2
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Current season or competition: 1999–00 East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 | |
| Sport | Rugby union |
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| Instituted | 1992 |
| Ceased | 2000 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Country |  England |
| Holders | Aylestone St James (1st title) (1999–00) (transferred to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West[a]) |
| Most titles | Multiple teams (1 title) |
East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 was a tier 10 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, parts of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 and relegated teams dropped to East Midlands/Leicestershire 3.
The league ran for two spells between 1992–96 and 1998–00. At the end of the 1999–00 season it was cancelled for the second time following the splitting of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues and all teams transferred into East Midlands 1 or Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West.
When this division was introduced in 1992 as part of a merger of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues, it contained the following teams:
- Aylestonians - transferred from Leicestershire 1 (9th)
- Bedford Queens - transferred from East Midlands 1 (8th)
- Birstall - transferred from Leicestershire 2 (runners up)
- Daventry - transferred from East Midlands 2 (runners up)
- Dunstablians - transferred from East Midlands 2 (3rd)
- New Parks Old Boys[b] - transferred from Leicestershire 1 (10th)
- Northampton Casuals transferred from East Midlands 1 (9th)
- Oakham - transferred from Leicestershire 2 (champions)
- Old Ashbeians[c] - transferred from Leicestershire 1 (11th)
- Rushden & Higham - transferred from East Midlands 2 (champions)
- Wellingborough Old Grammarians[d] - transferred from East Midlands 1 (11th)
- Wigston[e] - transferred from Leicestershire 1 (8th)
East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 honours
East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 (1992–1993)
The original East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 was a tier 10 league. Promotion was to East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 and relegation to East Midlands/Leicestershire 3.
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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| 1992–93 | 12 | Daventry | Dunstablians | No relegation[f] | [5] | |||||||||
| Green backgrounds are the promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 (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 2 dropped another level to become a tier 11 league. Promotion continued to East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 and relegation to East Midlands/Leicestershire 3. The division was cancelled at the end of the 1995–96 season due to the splitting of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues[g].
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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| 1993–94 | 13 | Old Northamptonians | Bedford Queens | New Parks Old Boys | [6] | |||||||||
| 1994–95 | 13 | Rushden & Higham | Oakham | Wigston, Aylestonians | [7] | |||||||||
| 1995–96 | 13 | Bedford Swifts | Old Bosworthians[h] | New Parks Old Boys, Northampton Casuals, Kempston[i] | [8] | |||||||||
| Green backgrounds are the promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 (1998–2000)
East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 returned after an absence of several seasons as a tier 10 league. Promotion was to East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 and relegation to East Midlands/Leicestershire 3. At the end of the 1999–00 campaign the league was cancelled for the second time and teams either transferred into East Midlands 1 or Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West.
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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| 1998–99 | 12 | Wellingborough Old Grammarians | Old Newtonians | Colworth House | [9][j] | |||||||||
| 1999–00 | 12 | Aylestone St James[k] | Bedford Queens[l] | No relegation[m] | [10][n] | |||||||||
| Green backgrounds are the promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
Number of league titles
- Aylestone St James (1)
- Bedford Swifts (1)
- Daventry (1)
- Old Northamptonians (1)
- Rushden & Higham (1)
- Wellingborough Old Grammarians (1)