North Midlands 2

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:

• Aston Old Edwardians
• Bournville
• Droitwich
• Ludlow
• Malvern
• Old Centrals{{efn|Old Centrals RFC would later merge with Witton RFC in 1998 to form Aldridge RFC.{{cite web|url=https://www.aldridgerfc.co.uk/a/aldridge-rfc-history-23227.html|title=Aldridge RFC, History|publisher=Aldridge RFC|accessdate=6 December 2020}}}}
• Old Saltleians
• Pershore
• Shrewsbury
• Telford Hornets
• Woodrush

The original North Midlands 1 was a tier 8 league involving clubs from Birmingham and the West Midlands{{efn|The West Midlands included Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire along with the city of Birmingham. Clubs from Staffordshire and Warwickshire played in their own leagues.}}. Promotion was to North Midlands 1 and relegation to North Midlands 3.

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| 1987–88 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Shrewsbury || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Malvern || Old Centrals, Old Saltleians || {{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Stephen|last2=Griffiths|first2=John|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1988-89|date=1988|publisher=Queen Anne Press|isbn=0-356-15884-5|pages=130–134}}

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| 1988–89 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Aston Old Edwardians || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ludlow || Edwardians, Bournville || {{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Stephen|last2=Griffiths|first2=John|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1989-90|date=1989|publisher=Queen Anne Press|isbn=0-356-17862-5|pages=136–139}}

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| 1989–90 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Veseyans || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Woodrush || Five Ways Old Edwardians, Malvern || {{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Stephen|last2=Griffiths|first2=John|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1990-91|date=1990|publisher=Queen Anne Press|isbn=0-356-19162-1|pages=140–143}}

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| 1990–91 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Old Halesonians || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| West Midlands Police || Droitwich, Erdington, Kidderminster Carolians || {{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Stephen|last2=Griffiths|first2=John|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1991-92|date=1991|publisher=Queen Anne Press|isbn=0-356-20249-6|pages=161–164}}

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| 1991–92 || style="text-align: center;"| 11 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Selly Oak{{efn|Restructuring of the Midlands leagues meant that champions Selly Oak were promoted two levels up into the new Midlands West 2.}} || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Old Griffinians{{efn|Restructuring of the Midlands leagues meant that 10 clubs were promoted into North Midlands 1 for the following season, including Old Old Griffinians, Warley, Telford Hornets, Evesham, Newport (Salop), Pershore, Ross-on-Wye, Veseyans, Redditch and Bridgnorth.}} || No relegation{{efn|As all teams were promoted from the division there was no relegation.}} || {{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Stephen|last2=Griffiths|first2=John|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992-93|date=1992|publisher=Headline|isbn=0-7472-7907-1|pages=183–185}}

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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are promotion places.

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Restructuring of the Midlands leagues saw North Midlands 2 drop two levels to become a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to North Midlands 1 and relegation to North Midlands 3.

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| 1992–93 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Droitwich || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Kidderminster Carolians || Birchfield || {{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Stephen|last2=Griffiths|first2=John|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94|date=1993|publisher=Headline|isbn=0-7472-7891-1|pages=164–167}}

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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

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The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North, meaning that North Midlands 2 dropped another level to become a tier 11 league. Promotion continued to North Midlands 1 and relegation to North Midlands 3.

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| 1993–94 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Edwardians || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Malvern || Old Moseleians || {{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Stephen|last2=Griffiths|first2=John|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95|date=1994|publisher=Headline|isbn=0-7472-7891-1|pages=164–167}}

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| 1994–95 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Erdington || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Bromyard || Market Drayton || {{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Stephen|last2=Griffiths|first2=John|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96|date=1995|publisher=Headline|isbn=0-7472-7850-4|pages=176–179}}

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| 1995–96 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Birmingham City Officials || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Old Saltleians{{efn|Due to the cancellation of National 5 North at the end of the season, all eleven clubs were promoted into North Midlands 1, including Kynoch, Droitwich, Redditch, Upton-on-Severn, Ross-on-Wye, Birmingham Civil Service, Wulfrun, Tenbury and Birmingham Welsh.}} || No relegation{{efn|As all clubs were promoted into there was no relegation.}} || {{cite book|last1=Cleary|first1=Mick|last2=Griffiths|first2=John|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1996-97|date=1996|publisher=Headline|isbn=0-7472-7816-4|pages=192–195}}

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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

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At the end of the 1995–96 season National 5 North was discontinued and North Midlands 2 returned to being a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to North Midlands 1 and the cancellation of North Midlands 3 meant that there was no relegation until this division was re-introduced ahead of the 1999–00 campaign.

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| 1996–97 || style="text-align: center;"| 12 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Ledbury || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Bishop's Castle & Onny Valley || No relegation || {{cite book|last1=Cleary|first1=Mick|last2=Griffiths|first2=John|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997-98|date=1997|publisher=Headline|isbn=0-7472-7771-0|pages=156–159}}

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| 1997–98 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Yardley & District || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Birchfield || No relegation || {{cite book|last1=Cleary|first1=Mick|last2=Griffiths|first2=John|title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1998-99|date=1998|publisher=Headline|isbn=0-7472-7653-6|pages=90–93}}

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| 1998–99 || style="text-align: center;"| 13 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Veseyans || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Cleobury Mortimer || Multiple teams{{efn|The reintroduction of North Midlands 3 meant that five clubs were relegated including Oswestry, Wulfrun, Bredon Star, Clee Hill and Kynoch.}}|| {{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1597&division=228&season=1998-1999#table|title=1998-1999 Midlands Division|publisher=England Rugby|accessdate=8 December 2020}}

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| 1999–00 || style="text-align: center;"| 10 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stourport || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Bishop's Castle & Onny Valley || No relegation || {{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1597&division=540&season=1999-2000#table|title=1999-2000 Midlands Division|publisher=England Rugby|accessdate=8 December 2020}}

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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

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Despite widespread Midlands league restructuring ahead of the 2000–01 season, North Midlands 2 remained at tier 10. Promotion continued to North Midlands 1 and relegation to North Midlands 3.

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| 2000–01 || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Tenbury || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Yardley & District || Birchfield || {{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1597&division=863&season=2000-2001#table|title=2000-2001 Midlands Division|publisher=England Rugby|accessdate=8 December 2020}}

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| 2001–02 || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Solihull || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Worcester Wanderers || Bournville, Harborne || {{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1597&division=1197&season=2001-2002#table|title=2001-2002 Midlands Division|publisher=England Rugby|accessdate=8 December 2020}}

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| 2002–03 || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Old Griffinians || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Bishop's Castle & Onny Valley || Warley, Birchfield || {{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1597&division=1532&season=2002-2003#table|title=2002-2003 Midlands Division|publisher=England Rugby|accessdate=8 December 2020}}

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| 2003–04 || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stourbridge Lions || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Birmingham Civil Service || No relegation || {{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1597&division=1917&season=2003-2004#table|title=2003-2004 Midlands Division|publisher=England Rugby|accessdate=8 December 2020}}

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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

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Restructuring for the 2004–05 season saw North Midlands 2 renamed as North Midlands (South) 2, remaining as a tier 10 division. Promotion was to North Midlands (South) 1{{efn|fFor the 2004–05 North Midlands 1 was divided into two regional divisions - North Midlands (North) and North Midlands (South) 1.}} and the cancellation of North Midlands 3 meant there was no longer relegation. At the end of the 2005–06 the division was cancelled and the majority of teams transferred into the new Midlands 6 West (South-West).

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| 2004–05 || style="text-align: center;"| 9 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Bredon Star || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Tenbury || No relegation || {{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1597&division=2337&season=2004-2005#table|title=2004-2005 Midlands Division|publisher=England Rugby|accessdate=8 December 2020}}

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| 2005–06 || style="text-align: center;"| 8 || style="background:#d8ffeb;"| Stourport{{efn|Champions Stourport were promoted into Midlands 5 West (North).}} || Chaddesley Corbett RFC{{efn|All non promoted clubs aside for Greyhound, who dropped out of the league system, were transferred into the new Midlands 6 West (South-West) division at the end of the season.}} || No relegation || {{cite web|url=https://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/search-results?competition=1597&division=2693&season=2005-2006#table|title=2005-2006 Midlands Division|publisher=England Rugby|accessdate=8 December 2020}}

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| colspan="15" style="border:0; font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"| Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

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• Stourport (2)
• Aston Old Edwardians (1)
• Birmingham City Officials (1)
• Bredon Star (1)
• Droitwich (1)
• Edwardians (1)
• Erdington (1)
• Ledbury (1)
• Old Griffinians (1)
• Old Halesonians (1)
• Selly Oak (1)
• Shrewsbury (1)
• Solihull (1)
• Tenbury (1)
• Veseyans (1)
• Yardley & District (1)

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{{notelist}}

• North Midlands 1
• North Midlands 3
• North Midlands 4
• Midlands RFU
• North Midlands RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

{{Reflist|3}}

• [http://www.northmidsrfu.co.uk/ North Midlands RFU website]

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