Eastern Counties 1
{{Short description|English level 9 Rugby Union League}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox rugby league football competition
|name = Eastern Counties 1
|current_season = 2019–20 Eastern Counties 1
| logo =
|sport = Rugby union
|founded = {{Start date and age|1987}}
|teams = 24 (8 per divisional league)
|country = {{ENG}}
|champion = Beccles (2nd title)
|season = 2018–19)
(promoted to London 3 Eastern Counties
|most_champs = Thetford
|count = 3
|website = [http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2016-2017/group/21316 englandrugby.com]
}}
Eastern Counties 1 was an English level 9 Rugby Union League. From the 2017-18 promoted teams move up to the newly created London 3 Eastern Counties with the league champions going up automatically, while relegated teams drop down to Eastern Counties 2 (split into three regional divisions - north, south, west). Teams in this league tend to be based in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk or Suffolk. In the past teams from Essex used to take part until the 2003–04 season when they formed a new league - with Essex 1 being the top division.
The division was split across three geographic areas (North, South & West) for the 2017-18 as part of an RFU reorganization of the London & South East regional league. The top two teams from each Area Division shall enter the Championship Phase (Shield) to determine the final rankings for promotion to London 3 Eastern Counties. Other teams will play in the Plate, Bowl and Salver competitions, depending on league position, with clubs finishing bottom of the Salver being relegated to Eastern Counties 2.
Participating Clubs 2021-22
=North=
- Beccles
- Diss II
- Lowestoft & Yarmouth
- North Walsham II
- Norwich II
- Southwold II
- Watton
- Wymondham II
=South=
- Braintree II
- Brightlingsea
- Colchester III
- Hadleigh
- Mistley
- Ipswich II
- Stowmarket II
- Sudbury II
=West=
- Bury St Edmunds III
- Cambridge III
- Cantabrigian II
- Cottenham Renegades
- Haverhill and District
- Mildenhall & Red Lodge
- Shelford III
Season 2020–21
On 30 October the RFU announced{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/rfu-cancels-adult-competitive-leaguesfor-the-202021-season|title=RFU Cancels Adult Competitive Leagues for the 2020/21 Season |publisher=RFU |date=2020-10-20 |access-date=2020-11-09}} that a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning Eastern Counties 1 was not contested.
Participating Clubs 2019-20
=North=
- Diss II
- Holt
- North Walsham II
- Norwich II
- Norwich Medics
- Norwich Union
- Watton
- Wymondham II
=South=
- Braintree II
- Colchester III
- Hadleigh
- Halstead Templars
- Mersea Island
- Ipswich II
- Stowmarket II
- Sudbury II
=West=
- Bury St Edmunds III
- Cambridge III
- Cantabrigian II
- Cottenham Renegades
- Newmarket
- Saffron Walden II
- Shelford III
Participating Clubs 2018-19
=North=
- Beccles
- Diss II
- Lowestoft & Yarmouth
- North Walsham II
- Norwich II
- Norwich Medics
- Norwich Union
- Wymondham II
=South=
- Brightlingsea
- Bury St Edmunds III
- Colchester III
- Hadleigh
- Halstead Templars
- Harwich & Dovercourt II
- Ipswich II
- Sudbury II
=West=
- Cambridge III
- Cantabrigian II
- Cottenham Renegades
- Ely II
- March Bears
- Newmarket
- Saffron Walden II
- Shelford III
Participating Clubs 2017-18
- Beccles (North)
- Brightlingsea (South)
- Bury St. Edmunds III (West)
- Cambridge Adventurers (West)
- Cantabrigian II (West)
- Colchester III (South)
- Cottenham Renegades (West)
- Diss II (North)
- Fakenham (North)
- Great Yarmouth-Broadland (North)
- Hadleigh (South)
- Haverhill & District (West)
- Ipswich Magpies (South)
- Ipswich Y.M. (South)
- Mistley (South)
- North Walsham II (North)
- Norwich Medics (North)
- Norwich Union (North)
- Saffron Walden II (West)
- Shelford III (West)
- Stowmarket II (South)
- Sudbury Talbots (South)
- Swaffham (North)
- Thurston (West)
Participating Clubs 2016-17
- Beccles (relegated from London 3 North East)
- Bury St Edmunds 3rd XV
- Colchester III
- Crusaders
- Ipswich Y.M.
- Newmarket
- Thetford
- Thurston
- Wisbech
- Woodbridge
- Wymondham
Participating Clubs 2015-16
- Crusaders
- Ely
- Ipswich Y.M.
- Mersea Island
- Newmarket
- Swaffham
- Thetford
- Thurston
- Wisbech
- Woodbridge
- Wymondham
Participating Clubs 2014-15
- Crusaders
- Ely
- Ipswich Y.M.
- Mersea Island
- Newmarket
- Southwold
- Swaffham
- Thetford (promoted from Eastern Counties 2)
- Thurston (promoted from Eastern Counties 2)
- Wisbech (relegated from London 3 North East)
- Woodbridge
- Wymondham (relegated from London 3 North East)
Participating Clubs 2013-14
- Broadland - Great Yarmouth (promoted from Eastern Counties 2)
- Crusaders
- Ely
- Harwich & Dovercourt
- Ipswich Y.M.
- Mersea Island
- Newmarket
- Swaffham (promoted from Eastern Counties 2)
- West Norfolk
- Woodbridge
Participating Clubs 2012-13
- Crusaders
- Ely
- Hadleigh
- Harwich & Dovercourt
- Ipswich Y.M.
- Mersea Island
- Newmarket
- Southwold
- Thurston
- West Norfolk
- Woodbridge
- Wymondham
Original teams
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
Eastern Counties 1 honours
=Eastern Counties 1 (1987–1993)=
The original Eastern Counties 1 was a tier 8 league with promotion up to London 3 North East and relegation down to Eastern Counties 2.{{cite web |url=http://files.pitchero.com/counties/76/1441812607.pdf |title=EASTERN COUNTIES RUGBY UNION HANDBOOK 2015/16 |publisher=Eastern Counties RU |access-date=12 June 2019 |archive-date=12 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812154713/http://files.pitchero.com/counties/76/1441812607.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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|-
! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:300px;"|Relegated Teams
|- align=left
|1987–88 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Met Police Chigwell || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Cambridge || Thetford
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|1988–89 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Harlow || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Romford & Gidea Park || Lowestoft & Yarmouth
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|1989–90 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Canvey Island || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Old Edwardians || Ipswich YMCA
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|1990–91 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Chelmsford || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Basildon || Redbridge
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|1991–92 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Rochford Hundred || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Campion{{efn|3rd place Braintree also promoted.}} || No relegation{{efn|As the league was due to increase from 11 to 13 teams for the following season, there was no relegation.}}
|-
|1992–93 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Bury St Edmunds || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Shelford || Met Police Chigwell, Crusaders
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
|}
=Eastern Counties 1 (1993–1996)=
The creation of National 5 South meant that Eastern Counties 1 dropped from a tier 8 league to a tier 9 league for the years that National 5 South was active. Promotion and relegation continued to London 3 North East and Eastern Counties 2 respectively.
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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:300px;"|Relegated Teams
|- align=left
|1993–94 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Maldon || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| West Norfolk || Wanstead, Cantabrigian
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|1994–95 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Lowestoft & Yarmouth || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Canvey Island || Westcliff, Ravens
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|1995–96 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Diss || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Woodbridge || Loughton, Bancroft
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
|}
=Eastern Counties 1 (1996–2000)=
The cancellation of National 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Eastern Counties 1 reverted to being a tier 8 league. Promotion and relegation continued to London 3 North East and Eastern Counties 2 respectively.
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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:300px;"|Relegated Teams
|- align=left
|1996–97 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Basildon || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Campion{{efn|Due to restructuring of the London & South East leagues for the following season, seven clubs were promoted including Upminster, Holt, Wymondham, Newmarket and Shelford.}} || No relegation{{efn|Due to restructuring of the London & South East leagues for the following season, there was no relegation.}}
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|1997–98 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Hadleigh || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Bancroft || Harwich & Dovercourt
|-
|1998–99{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/1998-1999/group/9012|title=1998-1999 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=29 January 2015|publisher=RFU}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Thetford || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ely || Wanstead, Ilford Wanderers, Met Police Chigwell
|-
|1999–00{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/1999-2000/group/9309|title=1999-2000 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=29 January 2015|publisher=RFU}} || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Saffron Walden || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Woodbridge || Old Cooperians, Westcliff
|-
| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
|}
=Eastern Counties 1 (2000–2009)=
The introduction of London 4 North East ahead of the 2000–01 season meant Eastern Counties 1 dropped to become a tier 9 league with promotion to this new division. Relegation continued to Eastern Counties 2 - split into north and south regional divisions between 2000 and 2003.
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|-
! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:350px;"|Relegated Teams
|- align=left
|2000–01{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2000-2001/group/9634|title=2000-2001 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=29 January 2015|publisher=RFU}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Eton Manor || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Upminster || Bancroft, Wanstead, Cantabrigian
|-
|2001–02{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2001-2002/group/9968|title=2001-2002 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=29 January 2015|publisher=RFU}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Mersea Island || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Beccles || Old Edwardians, Newmarket
|-
|2002–03{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2002-2003/group/10303|title=2002-2003 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=29 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Colchester || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ely || No relegation{{efn|The creation of Essex 1 ahead of the 2003–04 season would see six Essex teams, including Canvey Island, Stanford Le Hope, Epping Upper Clapton, Billericay, Wanstead and Maldon, transfer from Eastern Counties 1 into Essex 1 for the following season, meaning that there was no relegation.}}
|-
|2003–04{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2003-2004/group/10688|title=2003-2004 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=29 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Thetford || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stowmarket || No relegation{{efn|No relegation as league increased from 9 to 10 teams for the following season.}}
|-
|2004–05{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2004-2005/group/11088|title=2004-2005 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=29 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wisbech || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Crusaders || Woodbridge, Southwold, Ely
|-
|2005–06{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2005-2006/group/11444|title=2005-2006 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=29 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Beccles || Mersea Island || Thetford, Ipswich Y.M., Cantabrigian
|-
|2006–07{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2006-2007/group/11798|title=2006-2007 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=29 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Mersea Island || Thurston || Dereham, Newmarket
|-
|2007–08{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2007-2008/group/12206|title=2007-2008 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=29 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wymondham || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| West Norfolk || Ely
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|2008–09{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2008-2009/group/12690|title=2008-2009 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=29 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Lowestoft & Yarmouth || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wisbech || No relegation{{efn|No relegation as league increased from 10 to 11 teams for the following season.}}
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|2009–10{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2009-2010/group/13643|title=2009-2010 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=29 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Newmarket || Stowmarket || Thetford, Fakenham
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
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=Eastern Counties 1 (2009–2017)=
Eastern Counties 1 remained a tier 9 league despite national restructuring by the RFU. Promotion was to London 3 North East (formerly London 4 North East) and relegation to Eastern Counties 2, which split into three regional divisions - north, south, west - from the 2014–15 season onward.
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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:350px;"|Relegated Teams
|- align=left
|2010–11{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2010-2011/group/14512|title=2010-2011 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=29 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stowmarket || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Holt || Thurston
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|2011–12{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2011-2012/group/15529|title=2011-2012 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=29 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Cantabrigian || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wisbech || Broadland - Great Yarmouth
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|2012–13{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2012-2013/group/16230|title=2012-2013 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=29 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wymondham || Ipswich Y.M. || Thurston, Hadleigh, Southwold
|-
|2013–14{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2013-2014/group/17247|title=2013-2014 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=29 January 2015}} || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| West Norfolk || Newmarket || Broadland - Great Yarmouth, Harwich & Dovercourt
|-
|2014–15{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2014-2015/group/18337|title=2014-2015 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=3 May 2015|publisher=RFU}} || style="text-align: center;"|12 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Southwold || Ely || Woodbridge
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| 2015–16{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2015-2016/group/19830|title=2015-2016 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=25 April 2016|publisher=RFU}} || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ely || Wymondham || No relegation{{efn|No relegation as league increased from 11 to 12 teams for the following season.}}
|-
| 2016–17{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2016-2017/group/21316|title=2016-2017 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=22 April 2017|publisher=RFU}} || style="text-align: center;"|12 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Thetford || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wymondham{{efn|Due to London 3 North East being split into London 3 Eastern Counties and London 3 Essex, six teams would be promoted this season instead of the usual 1 or 2, including Thetford, Wymondham, Crusaders, Newmarket, Woodbridge and Wisbech.}} || Swaffham
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
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=Eastern Counties 1 (2017–present)=
The cancellation of London 3 North East and subsequent introduction of London 3 Eastern Counties ahead of the 2017–18 meant that Eastern Counties 1 remained a tier 9 league with promotion to this new division. Relegation continued to the regionalised Eastern Counties 2 (north, south, west).
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! style="background:#efefef; width:80px;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef; width:50px;"|No of Teams
! style="background:#efefef; width:200px;"|Champions
! style="background:#efefef; width:175px;"|Runners–up
! style="background:#efefef; width:400px;"|Relegated Teams
|- align=left
| 2017–18{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2017-2018/group/25763|title=2017-2018 London South-East Division|website=England Rugby|access-date=28 April 2018|publisher=RFU}} || style="text-align: center;"|24{{efn|Divided into 3 regional divisions (north/south/west) with 8 teams in each.}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Fakenham || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ipswich Y.M.{{efn|3rd placed Thurston also promoted.}} || Broadland-Great Yarmouth, Stowmarket II, Haverhill & District{{refn| Broadland - Great Yarmouth were relegated from the north division, Stowmarket II from the south division, and Haverhill & District from the west division.}}
|-
| 2018–19{{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2018-2019/group/26584 |title=2018-2019 London & South-East Division|website=England Rugby|publisher=RFU |access-date=13 April 2019}} || style="text-align: center;"|24 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Beccles{{efn|Beccles were winners of the Eastern Counties 1 Shield - the final promotion stage of the Eastern Counties 1 competition.}} || Hadleigh || Ely II, Harwich & Dovercourt II{{efn|Ely II and Harwich & Dovercourt Rugby Club II were the two lowest ranked sides in the Eastern Counties 1 Salver - the final relegation stage of the Eastern Counties 1 competition.}}
|-
| 2019–20{{cite web|title=Men's London & South East Level 8 and below leagues 2019–20|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/dxdam/a9/a93fd8a1-289e-4cbe-8d83-92a5bfa91aaa/FINAL%20L%26SE%20Level%208%20%26%20below_v2.pdf|website=England Rugby|access-date=25 April 2020}} || style="text-align: center;"| 24 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| || ||
|-
| 2020–21 || style="text-align: center;"|24 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| || ||
|-
| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.
|}
Promotion play-offs
Between 2004 and 2017 there was a play-off between the runners-up of Eastern Counties 1 and Essex 1 for the third and final promotion place to London 3 North East. The team with the superior league record had home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2016–17 season the Essex 1 teams had been the most successful with seven wins to the Eastern Counties 1 teams five; and the home team has won promotion on eight occasions compared to the away teams four. Since the introduction of London 3 Eastern Counties and London 3 Essex at the end of the 2016–17 season the playoff has been cancelled.
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| style="border:0;"|Eastern Counties 1 v Essex Canterbury Jack promotion play-off results | style="width:20%; border:0;"| |
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! style="background:#efefef;"|Season
! style="background:#efefef"|Home team
! style="background:#efefef"|Score
! style="background:#efefef"|Away team
! style="background:#efefef"|Venue
! style="background:#efefef"|Attendance
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| 2004-05{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2004-2005/group/11120|title=London & SE Division Play-Offs 2004-05 |publisher=England Rugby |date=30 April 2005}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Crusaders (EC) || 41-24 || Upminster (EX) || Beckhithe, Little Melton, Norfolk ||
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| 2005–06{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2005-2006/group/11476|title=London & SE Division Play-Offs 2005-06 |publisher=England Rugby |date=29 April 2006}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Canvey Island (EX) || 31-18 || Mersea Island (EC) || Tewkes Creek, Canvey Island, Essex ||
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| 2006–07{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2006-2007/group/11819|title=London & SE Division Play-Offs 2006-07 |publisher=England Rugby |date=28 April 2007}} || Thurston (EC) || 22-33 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| South Woodham Ferrers (EX) || Robinson Field, Thurston, Suffolk ||
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| 2007–08{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2007-2008/group/12635|title=London & SE Division Play-Offs 2007-08 |publisher=England Rugby |date=26 April 2008}} || Maldon (EX) || 15-20 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| West Norfolk (EC) || Drapers Farm Playing Fields, Heybridge, Essex ||
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| 2008–09{{cite web|url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/rugby-wisbech-s-fine-win-secures-promotion-1-129961|title=Rugby: Wisbech's fine win secures promotion|publisher=Peterborough Today|date=27 April 2009}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wisbech (EC) || 38-14 || Campion (EX) || Chapel Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire ||
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| 2009–10{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2009-2010/group/13655|title=London & SE Division Play-Offs 2009-10 |publisher=England Rugby |date=24 April 2009}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Bancroft (EX) || 37-29 || Stowmarket (EC) || Buckhurst Way, Buckhurst Hill, Essex ||
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| 2010–11{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2010-2011/group/14523|title=London & SE Division Play-Offs 2010-11 |publisher=England Rugby |date=30 April 2010}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Holt (EC) || HWO{{efn|Holt were promoted as Millwall did not manage to raise a team for the 2010-11 play-off game.}} || Millwall (EX) || Bridge Road, Holt, Norfolk ||
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| 2011–12{{cite web|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/long-delighted-as-wisbech-rugby-club-win-promotion-play-off-in-his-final-game-as-skipper-1-1359984|title=Long delighted as Wisbech Rugby Club win promotion play-off in his final game as skipper|publisher=Eastern Daily Press|date=27 April 2012|access-date=6 May 2017|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027025659/https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/long-delighted-as-wisbech-rugby-club-win-promotion-play-off-in-his-final-game-as-skipper-1-1359984|url-status=dead}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Wisbech (EC) || 38-12 || Maldon (EX) || Chapel Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire ||
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| 2012–13{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldcooperians/news/old-cooperians-promoted-to-london-north-east-3-941789.html|title=OLD COOPERIANS PROMOTED to London North East 3|publisher=Old Cooperians RFC (Pitchero)|date=4 May 2013}} || Ipswich Y.M. (EC) || 20-27 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Old Cooperians (EX) || The Street, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, Suffolk ||
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| 2013–14{{cite web|url=http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/sport/more-sport/newmarket-stay-down-with-a-narrow-defeat-to-clacton-1-6032204/amp|title=Newmarket stay down with a narrow defeat to Clacton|publisher=Newmarket Journal|date=1 May 2014}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} || Newmarket (EC) || 17-18 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Clacton (EX) || The NSDA Pavilion, Newmarket, Suffolk ||
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| 2014–15{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/upperclaptonfootballclub/teams/12536/match-centre/0-2896672|title=Epping v Ely 25.04.15|publisher=Epping Upper Clapton RFC (Pitchero)|date=25 April 2015}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Epping Upper Clapton (EX) || 36-22 || Ely (EC) || Upland Road, Thornwood, Essex || 400
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| 2015–16{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/ilfordwanderersrfc/teams/153151/news/promoted-1609053.html|title=Wanderers earn their place in London 3 NE|publisher=Ilford Wanderers RFC (Pitchero)|date=3 May 2016}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ilford Wanderers (EX) || 66-17 || Wymondham (EC) || Ilford Wanderers Sports Ground, Barkingside, Greater London ||
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| 2016–17 || colspan="5"| No promotion playoff this season due to restructuring of Eastern Counties and Essex leagues.{{cite web|url=http://www.wymondhamrugby.com/teams/158971/match-centre/1-2156762|title=Wymondham v Wisbech EC1 - Sat 8th Apr|publisher=Wymondham RFC (Pitchero)|date=8 April 2017}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green background is the promoted team. EC = Eastern Counties 1 and EX = Essex Canterbury Jack (formerly Essex 1)
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Number of league titles
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- Thetford (3)
- Beccles (2)
- Lowestoft & Yarmouth (2)
- Mersea Island (2)
- Wymondham (2)
- Basildon (1)
- Bury St Edmunds (1)
- Cantabrigian (1)
- Canvey Island (1)
- Chelmsford (1)
- Colchester (1)
- Diss (1)
- Ely (1)
- Eton Manor (1)
- Fakenham (1)
- Hadleigh (1)
- Harlow (1)
- Maldon (1)
- Met Police Chigwell (1)
- Newmarket (1)
- Rochford Hundred (1)
- Saffron Walden (1)
- Southwold (1)
- Stowmarket (1)
- West Norfolk (1)
- Wisbech (1)
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See also
Notes
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References
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