The 1988–89 Courage Area League North was the second full season of rugby union within the fourth tier of the English league system, currently known as National League 2 North, and was the counterpart to Courage Area League South (currently National League 2 South). By the end of the season Roundhay were crowned league champions, just 1 point ahead of runners up Broughton Park, gaining promotion to the 1989–90 National Division Three.
1988–89 Courage Area League North | |
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Countries | England |
Champions | Roundhay (1st title) |
Runners-up | Broughton Park (not promoted) |
Relegated | Birmingham |
Matches played | 110 |
At the other end of the table Birmingham were easily the weakest team, failing to register a single point as they suffered a second successive relegation, dropping to Midlands 1.[1] It would be Birmingham's final season as a single entity as they would merge with Solihull (themselves relegated the previous campaign) to form Birmingham & Solihull RFC for the 1989–90 season.[2]
Structure edit
Each team played one match against each of the other teams, playing a total of ten matches each. The champions are promoted to National Division 3 and the bottom team was relegated to either North 1 or Midlands 1 depending on their locality.[3]
Participating teams and locations edit
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League table edit
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Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Diff | Points | |||||||||
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1 | Roundhay (C) | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 235 | 81 | 154 | 17 | ||||||||
2 | Broughton Park | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 179 | 92 | 87 | 16 | ||||||||
3 | Stourbridge | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 118 | 79 | 39 | 12 | ||||||||
4 | Northern | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 182 | 131 | 51 | 10 | ||||||||
5 | Winnington Park | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 188 | 155 | 33 | 10 | ||||||||
6 | Preston Grasshoppers | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 161 | 141 | 20 | 10 | ||||||||
7 | Durham City | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 172 | 157 | 15 | 10 | ||||||||
8 | Morley | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 135 | 141 | -6 | 10 | ||||||||
9 | Lichfield | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 112 | 113 | -1 | 9 | ||||||||
10 | Stoke-on-Trent | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 88 | 13 | -50 | 6 | ||||||||
11 | Birmingham (R) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 371 | -342 | 0 | ||||||||
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Green background is the promotion place.
Pink background are relegation places. |
Sponsorship edit
Area League North is part of the Courage Clubs Championship and was sponsored by Courage Brewery.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Area League 1988/89". The Rugby Archive. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "Club History". Birmingham & Solihull RFC. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "Leagues 1988/99". Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club. Retrieved 18 January 2017.