London 1 North
Current season or competition: 2019–20 London 1 North | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Number of teams | 14 |
Country | England |
Holders | Rochford Hundred (1st title) (2018–19) (promoted to London & South East Premier) |
Most titles | Cheshunt, Thurrock, Tring, Westcliff (2 titles) |
Website | englandrugby.com |
London 1 North is an English level 6, rugby union league for clubs in London and the south-east of England including sides from Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, north Greater London, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk.[1]
The fourteen teams play home and away matches from September through to April. The first placed team in the league wins promotion to London & South East Premier while the league runner-up plays the second placed team from London 1 South in a play-off for promotion. Relegated teams drop to either London 2 North East or London 2 North West depending on the location of the club.
Contents
Teams 2019–20
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Teams 2018–19
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Teams 2017–18
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Teams 2016-17
- Barking
- Brentwood
- Chelmsford (promoted from London 2 North East)
- Chingford
- Eton Manor (relegated from National League 3 London & SE)
- Fullerians (promoted from London 2 North West)
- Letchworth Garden City
- North Walsham
- Old Priorians
- Ruislip
- Saffron Walden (promoted from London 2 North East)
- Sudbury (promoted from London 2 North East)
- Thurrock
- Tring
Teams 2015–16
Amersham & Chiltern, the champions, are promoted to National League 3 London & SE for next season. There are only two relegated clubs (Harrow and Luton) as East Grinstead took voluntary relegation from the National League 3 London & SE to the Sussex Leagues.[2]
- Amersham & Chiltern (relegated from National League 3 London & SE)
- Barking
- Brentwood
- Chelmsford (promoted from London 2 North East)
- Chingford
- CS Rugby 1863 (relegated from National League 3 London & SE)
- Harrow (promoted from London 2 North West)
- Letchworth Garden City
- Luton
- North Walsham
- Old Priorians
- Ruislip
- Thurrock
- Tring (relegated from National League 3 London & SE)
Teams 2014–15
- Barking (relegated from National League 3 London & SE)
- Brentwood
- Chingford
- Colchester
- Eton Manor
- Ipswich (promoted from London 2 North East)
- Letchworth Garden City
- Luton
- North Walsham
- Old Priorians (promoted from London 2 North West)
- Romford & Gidea Park
- Ruislip
- Thurrock (relegated from National League 3 London & SE)
- Woodford
Teams 2013–14
- Brentwood
- Chingford
- Colchester
- Diss
- Eton Manor
- Letchworth Garden City
- Luton
- North Walsham
- Old Haberdashers
- Romford & Gidea Park
- Ruislip
- Tabard (promoted from London 2 North West)
- Westcliff (relegated from National League 3 London & SE)
- Woodford (promoted from London 2 North East)
Teams 2012–13
- Basildon
- Beaconsfield
- Brentwood
- Bury St Edmunds
- Chingford
- Colchester
- Diss
- Eton Manor
- Letchworth Garden City
- Luton (relegated from National League 3 London & SE)
- Old Haberdashers
- Rochford Hundred
- Romford & Gidea Park
- Ruislip
Teams 2011–12
- Braintree
- Brentwood
- Bury St Edmunds
- Chingford
- Colchester
- Diss (relegated from National League 3 London & SE)
- Eton Manor
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Letchworth Garden City
- North Walsham (relegated from National League 3 London & SE)
- Old Colfeians
- Rochford Hundred
- Ruislip
- Thurrock
Teams 2009–10
- Braintree
- Brentwood
- Bury St Edmunds
- Chingford
- Colchester
- Eton Manor
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Letchworth Garden City
- North Walsham
- Old Colfeians
- Rochford Hundred
- Ruislip
- Thurrock
London 1 North honours
In the first season of the English rugby union league pyramid, sponsored by Courage, there was six, tier six leagues. The initial name was London 2 North and was for teams based in London and the counties of Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk. There was eleven teams in the league and each team played one match against each of the other teams, giving each team five home matches and five away matches. The winning team was awarded two points, and there was one point for each team in a drawn match.[3]
London 2 North
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Season | No of teams | No of matches | Champions | Runners-up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||
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1987–88 | 10 | 9 | North Walsham | Grasshoppers | St Mary's Hospital (West London Institute withdrew) | [4] | |||||||
1988–89 | 11 | 10 | Cheshunt | Bishop's Stortford | Upper Clapton and Hertford | [4] | |||||||
1989–90 | 11 | 10 | Thurrock | Eton Manor | Grasshoppers | [4] | |||||||
1990–91 | 11 | 10 | Eton Manor | Bishop's Stortford | Old Albanian | [5] | |||||||
1991–92 | 11 | 10 | Tabard | Barking | Letchworth Garden City, Old Merchant Taylor's | [6] | |||||||
1992–93 | 13 | 12 | Harlow | Cheshunt | Ipswich in last place (no relegation) | [7] |
London 1
The top six teams from London Division One and the top six from South West Division One were combined to create National 5 South. A new level six league was created by combining the top six from London 1 North and London 1 South which became one of two feeder leagues for National 5 South; the other being South West 1.
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Season | No of teams | No of matches | Champions | Runners-up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||
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1993–94 | 13 | 12 | Barking | Ealing | Thurrock, Dorking, Old Alleynian | [8] | |||||||
1994–95 | 13 | 12 | Camberley | Esher | Streatham-Croydon, Eton Manor, Maidstone | [9] | |||||||
1995–96 | 13 | 12 | Charlton Park | Southend | Ealing |
London 2 North
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1998–99 | 17 | Cambridge | Ipswich | Chingford, Colchester | [10] | |||||||||
1999–00 | 17 | London Nigerian | Bishop's Stortford | Multiple teams[a 1] | [11] | |||||||||
2000–01 | 12 | Cheshunt | London Nigerian | Chelmsford, Romford & Gidea Park, Ruislip | [12] | |||||||||
2001–02 | 12 | Hertford | Southend | Metropolitan Police, Verulamians | [13] | |||||||||
2002–03 | 12 | Bishop's Stortford | Old Albanian | Sudbury, Ipswich, Shelford | [14] | |||||||||
2003–04 | 12 | London Scottish | Cambridge | Cheshunt, Romford & Gidea Park, Bank of England | [15] | |||||||||
2004–05 | 12 | Ealing Trailfinders | Staines | Harlow, Diss, Woodford | [16] | |||||||||
2005–06 | 12 | Shelford | CS Rugby 1863 | Bank of England, Hadleigh | [17] | |||||||||
2006–07 | 12 | CS Rugby 1863 | Tring | Twickenham, St Albans, Norwich | [18] | |||||||||
2007–08 | 12 | Tring | Staines | Tabard, Thurrock, London Nigerian | [19] | |||||||||
2008–09 | 12 | Diss | Staines | No relegation due to league restructure[a 2] | [20] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
London 1 North
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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2009–10 | 14 | Staines | CS Rugby 1863 | Welwyn, Harpenden, Rochford Hundred | [21] | |||||||||
2010–11 | 14 | Westcliff | Sidcup | Woodford, Tabard, Stevenage Town | [22] | |||||||||
2011–12 | 14 | Thurrock | Colchester | Braintree, Hammersmith & Fulham, North Walsham | [23] | |||||||||
2012–13 | 14 | Bury St Edmunds | Eton Manor | Basildon, Rochford Hundred, Beaconsfield | [24] | |||||||||
2013–14 | 14 | Westcliff | Eton Manor | Old Haberdashers, Diss, Tabard | [25] | |||||||||
2014–15 | 14 | Colchester | Eton Manor | Woodford, Romford & Gidea Park, Ipswich | [26] | |||||||||
2015–16 | 14 | Amersham & Chiltern | Tring | Luton, Harrow[a 3] | [28] | |||||||||
2016–17 | 14 | Tring | Chingford | Barking, Chelmsford, Sudbury | [29] | |||||||||
2017–18 | 14 | Brentwood | Chingford | South Woodham Ferrers, Letchworth Garden City, Saffron Walden | [30] | |||||||||
2018–19 | 14 | Rochford Hundred | Colchester | Diss, Luton, Fullerians | [31] | |||||||||
2018–19 | 14 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Promotion play-offs
Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of London 1 North and London 1 South for the third and final promotion place to London & South East Premier. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2018–19 season the London 1 South teams have been the most successful with eleven wins to the London 1 North teams eight; and the home team has won promotion on thirteen occasions compared to the away teams six.
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||||||||
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2000-01[32] | Canterbury (S) | 21-27 | London Nigerian (N) | Merton Lane, Canterbury, Kent | ||||||||||
2001-02[33] | Southend (N) | 37-15 | Portsmouth (S) | Warners Bridge Park, Southend-on-Sea, Essex | ||||||||||
2002-03[34] | Old Albanian (2nd XV) (N) | 28-12 | Portsmouth (S) | Woollam Playing Fields, St Albans, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||
2003-04[35] | Cambridge (N) | 21-19 | Barnes (S) | Grantchester Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||
2004-05[36] | Staines (N) | 55-12 | Portsmouth (S) | The Reeves, Hanworth, Greater London | ||||||||||
2005-06[37] | Guildford (S) | 27-14 | CS Rugby 1863 (N) | Broadwater Sports Club, Farncombe, Surrey | ||||||||||
2006-07[38] | Tring (N) | 7-20 | Thanet Wanderers (S) | Cow Lane, Tring, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||
2007-08[39] | Jersey (S) | 15-0 | Staines (S) | St. Peter, Saint Peter, Jersey | ||||||||||
2008-09[40] | Staines (N) | 7-11 | Dorking (S) | The Reeves, Hanworth, Greater London | ||||||||||
2009-10[41] | CS Rugby 1863 (N) | 31-14 | Dover (S) | King's House Sports Ground, Chiswick, Greater London | ||||||||||
2010-11[42] | London Irish Wild Geese (S) | 21-14 | Sidcup (N) | Hazelwood, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey | 1,000 | |||||||||
2011-12[43] | Old Elthamians (S) | 16-8 | Colchester (N) | Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, Greater London | 600 | |||||||||
2012-13[44] | Basingstoke (S) | 27-3 | Eton Manor (N) | Down Grange, Basingstoke, Hampshire | ||||||||||
2013-14[45] | Chichester (S) | 25-16 | Eton Manor (N) | Oaklands Park, Chichester, West Sussex | ||||||||||
2014-15[46] | Eton Manor (N) | 17-14 | Chobham (S) | The New Wilderness, Redbridge, London | 400 | |||||||||
2015-16[47] | Tring (N) | 21-26 | Guildford (S) | Cow Lane, Tring, Hertfordshire | 700 | |||||||||
2016–17[48] | Chingford (N) | 33-35 | Tunbridge Wells (S) | Lea Valley Playing Fields, Chingford, London | 500 | |||||||||
2017-18[49] | Chingford (N) | 21-17 | Medway (S) | Lea Valley Playing Fields, Chingford, London | 500[50] | |||||||||
2018-19[51] | Colchester (N) | 26-33 | Brighton (S) | Mill Road Playing Fields, Colchester, Essex | ||||||||||
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Green background is the promoted team. N = London 1 North (formerly London 2 North) and S = London 1 South (formerly London 2 South). |
Number of league titles
- Cheshunt (2)
- Thurrock (2)
- Tring (2)
- Westcliff (2)
- Amersham & Chiltern (1)
- Barking (1)[a 4]
- Bishop's Stortford (1)
- Brentwood (1)
- Bury St Edmunds (1)
- Cambridge (1)
- Camberley (1)[a 5]
- Charlton Park (1)[a 6]
- Colchester (1)
- CS Rugby 1863 (1)
- Diss (1)
- Ealing Trailfinders (1)
- Eton Manor (1)
- Harlow (1)
- Hertford (1)
- London Nigerian (1)
- London Scottish (1)
- North Walsham (1)
- Rochford Hundred (1)
- Shelford (1)
- Staines (1)
- Tabard (1)
Notes
- ^ Lowestoft & Yarmouth, Braintree, Finchley, Southend, Brentwood and Barnet Elizabethans were the relegated teams this year. The reason for so many relegated teams was due to the creation of a new division 4 for the next season in the London league which would lead to a restructure of the whole league including a downsizing of this division from 17 teams to 12 teams.
- ^ The division would be renamed London Division 1 North for the next season and along with the whole national restructure of the league system by the RFU lead to mass changes at all levels.
- ^ After finishing 12th, Barking were due to be relegated but due to East Grinstead's voluntary relegation from National League 3 London & SE (all the way to level 10), the club were granted a reprieve from relegation and would remain in London 1 North for the 2016-17 season.[27]
- ^ Barking's league title was won when the league was known as London 1.
- ^ Camberley's league title was won when the league was known as London 1.
- ^ Charlton Park's league title was won when the league was known as London 1.
See also
- London & SE Division RFU
- Eastern Counties RFU
- Essex RFU
- Hertfordshire RFU
- Middlesex RFU
- English rugby union system
- Rugby union in England
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