Midlands 4 East (North)

Midlands 4 East (North)

Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2006; 18 years ago (2006) (as Midlands 5 East (North))
Number of teams	14
Country	England
Holders	Boston (2nd title) (2019–20) (promoted to Midlands 3 East (North))
Most titles	Belper, Boston (2 titles)
Website	England RFU

Midlands 4 East (North) is a level 9 English Rugby Union league and level 4 of the Midlands League, made up of teams from the northern part of the East Midlands region including clubs from Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and the occasional team from Leicestershire, with home and away matches played throughout the season. Each year some of the clubs in this division also take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a level 9-12 national competition.

Formed for the 2006–07 season, the division was originally known as Midlands 5 East (North) but changed to its present name for the 2008–09 season due to league restructuring. Promoted teams tend to move up to Midlands 3 East (North). Up until the 2017–18 season, relegated teams dropped down to Midlands 5 East (North), but since that division has been abolished there is currently no relegation.

The division was split across two geographic areas (East & West) for the 2021–22 season as part of an RFU reorganisation of the Midlands regional league.

Skegness, who finished 12th in 2019–20, were placed in the East division for the current season but were unable to fulfil their fixtures and subsequently withdrew from the league.

The teams competing in 2021–22 achieved their places in the league based on performances in 2019–20, the positions in brackets refer to that season not 2020–21.

East [edit] Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Cleethorpes KGV Playing Fields Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire 3rd Gainsborough Roses Sports Fields Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 6th North Hykeham Ruston Sports and Bar North Hykeham, Lincolnshire 10th Ollerton Boughton Sports Field Boughton, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire 9th Sleaford David Williams Pavilion Sleaford, Lincolnshire 4th Worksop Stubbing Lane Worksop, Nottinghamshire 14th

Cleethorpes Gainsborough North Hykeham Ollerton Sleaford Worksop class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2021–22 Midlands 4 East (North) West teams

West [edit] Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Amber Valley Lower Somercotes Alfreton, Derbyshire 13th Chesterfield Panthers Dunston Road 2,000 Chesterfield, Derbyshire 7th Meden Vale Elkesley Road Meden Vale, Nottinghamshire 5th Nottinghamians Adbolton Lane Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire 11th Nottingham Moderns Ferryfields Wilford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Relegated from Midlands 3 EN (11th) Rolls-Royce Moor Lane Derby, Derbyshire Relegated from Midlands 3 EN (12th) Tupton North Side Tupton, Derbyshire 8th

Amber Valley Chesterfield Meden Vale Nottinghamians Nottingham Moderns Rolls-Royce Tupton class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2021–22 Midlands 4 East (North) East teams

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Amber Valley Lower Somercotes Alfreton, Derbyshire 14th Boston Princess Royal Sports Arena 2,000 Boston, Lincolnshire 5th Chesterfield Panthers Dunston Road 2,000 Chesterfield, Derbyshire 8th Cleethorpes KGV Playing Fields Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire 3rd East Retford Ordsall Road Retford, Nottinghamshire 4th Gainsborough Roses Sports Fields Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 13th Meden Vale Elkesley Road Meden Vale, Nottinghamshire 11th North Hykeham Ruston Sports and Bar North Hykeham, Lincolnshire 6th Nottinghamians Adbolton Lane Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire 12th Ollerton Boughton Sports Field Boughton, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire 7th Skegness Wainfleet Road Skegness, Lincolnshire 10th Sleaford David Williams Pavilion Sleaford, Lincolnshire Relegated from Midlands 3 EN (11th) Tupton North Side Tupton, Derbyshire Relegated from Midlands 3 EN (12th) Worksop Stubbing Lane Worksop, Nottinghamshire 9th

Amber Valley Boston Chesterfield Cleethorpes East Retford Gainsborough Meden Vale North Hykeham Nottinghamians Ollerton Skegness Sleaford Tupton Worksop class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2019–20 Midlands 4 East (North) teams

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Amber Valley Lower Somercotes Alfreton, Derbyshire Promoted from Midlands 5 East (North) (3rd) Boston Princess Royal Sports Arena 2,000 Boston, Lincolnshire 9th Chesterfield Panthers Dunston Road 2,000 Chesterfield, Derbyshire 4th Cleethorpes KGV Playing Fields Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire Promoted from Midlands 5 East (North) (champions) East Retford Ordsall Road Retford, Nottinghamshire 3rd Gainsborough Roses Sports Fields Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Promoted from Midlands 5 East (North) (5th) Grimsby Springfield Grimsby, Lincolnshire Relegated from Midlands 3 East (North) (12th) Meden Vale Elkesley Road Meden Vale, Nottinghamshire Promoted from Midlands 5 East (North) (4th) Mellish War Memorial Ground Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire 6th North Hykeham One NK North Hykeham, Lincolnshire Promoted from Midlands 5 East (North) (runners up) Nottinghamians Adbolton Lane Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire Promoted from Midlands 5 East (North) (6th) Ollerton Boughton Sports Field Boughton, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire 7th Skegness Wainfleet Road Skegness, Lincolnshire 8th Worksop Stubbing Lane Worksop, Nottinghamshire 5th

Amber Valley Boston Chesterfield Cleethorpes East Retford Gainsborough Grimsby Meden Vale Mellish North Hykeham Nottinghamians Ollerton Skegness Worksop class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2018–19 Midlands 4 East (North) teams

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Ashfield Polly Bowls Sports Ground Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Relegated from Midlands 3 East (North) (11th) Boston Princess Royal Sports Arena 2,000 Boston, Lincolnshire 8th Chesterfield Panthers Dunston Road 2,000 Chesterfield, Derbyshire Relegated from Midlands 3 East (North) (12th) East Retford Ordsall Road Retford, Nottinghamshire 4th Mellish War Memorial Ground Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire 3rd Ollerton Boughton Sports Field Boughton, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire 6th Skegness Wainfleet Road Skegness, Lincolnshire Promoted from Midlands 5 East (North) (champions) Tupton North Side Tupton, Derbyshire 5th Worksop Stubbing Lane Worksop, Nottinghamshire 7th

Ashfield Boston Chesterfield East Retford Mellish Ollerton Skegness Tupton Worksop class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2017–18 Midlands 4 East (North) teams

• Amber Valley
• Boston (relegated from Midlands 3 East (North))
• East Retford
• Long Eaton
• Mellish
• Meden Vale (promoted from Midlands 5 East (North))
• Nottingham Moderns (relegated from Midlands 3 East (North))
• Ollerton (promoted from Midlands 5 East (North))
• Tupton
• Worksop

• Amber Valley (relegated from Midlands 3 East (North))
• Bingham
• Birstall (promoted from Midlands 5 East (North))
• Buxton
• Cleethorpes
• East Retford
• Long Eaton
• Mellish (relegated from Midlands 3 East (North))
• North Hykeham (promoted from Midlands 5 East (North))
• Rolls-Royce
• Tupton
• Worksop

• Ashfield
• Belper
• Bingham
• Buxton
• Cleethorpes
• East Retford (relegated from Midlands 3 East (North))
• Keyworth
• Long Eaton
• Rolls-Royce (promoted from Midlands 5 East (North))
• Skegness (relegated from Midlands 3 East (North))
• Tupton
• Worksop

• Amber Valley (relegated from Midlands 3 East (North))
• Ashfield
• Belper (relegated from Midlands 3 East (North))
• Bingham (promoted from Midlands 5 East (North))
• Chesterfield Panthers
• Cleethorpes
• Keyworth
• Leesbrook (promoted from Midlands 5 East (North))
• Long Eaton
• Nottinghamians
• Tupton
• Worksop

• Ashfield
• Boston
• Chesterfield Panthers
• Cleethorpes
• Horncastle
• Keyworth
• Long Eaton
• Nottinghamians
• Nottingham Corsairs
• Skegness
• Tupton
• Worksop

• Belper (promoted from Midlands 5 East (North))
• Castle Donington (promoted from Midlands 5 East (North))
• Chesterfield Panthers
• Cleethorpes
• Dronfield
• East Leake
• East Retford
• Leesbrook
• Nottinghamians
• Rolls-Royce (promoted from Midlands 5 East (North))
• Skegness Panthers
• Uttoxeter

• Amber Valley
• Ashby
• Ashfield
• Barton & District (promoted from Midlands 5 East (North))
• Belgrave
• Boston
• Kesteven
• Market Rasen & Louth
• Mellish
• Nottingham Casuals (promoted from Midlands 5 East (North))
• Oakham
• Southwell

When this division was introduced in 2006 as Midlands 5 East (North), it contained the following teams:

• Bakewell Mannerians - promoted from Derbyshire/North Leicestershire (champions)
• Boston - transferred from Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire (3rd)
• Dronfield - transferred from Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire (9th)
• East Leake - transferred from Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire (6th)
• Keyworth - transferred from Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire (7th)
• Long Eaton - transferred from Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire (8th)
• Nottingham Casuals - transferred from Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire (4th)
• Nottinghamians - promoted from Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire (champions)
• University of Derby - promoted from Derbyshire/North Leicestershire (runners up)
• Worksop - transferred from Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire (5th)

League restructuring ahead of the 2006–07 season saw the introduction of Midlands 5 East (North) and its counterpart Midlands 5 East (South) at tier 9 to replace the discontinued East Midlands/South Leicestershire 1 and Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire leagues. Promotion was to Midlands 4 East (North) and relegation to either Midlands 6 East (North-East) or Midlands 6 East (North-West).

Further league restructuring by the RFU meant that Midlands 5 East (North) and Midlands 5 East (South) were renamed as Midlands 4 East (North) and Midlands 4 East (South), with both leagues remaining at tier 9. Promotion was now to Midlands 3 East (North) (formerly Midlands 4 East (North)) and relegation to Midlands 5 East (North) (formerly Midlands 6 East (North)) until that league was discontinued at the end of the 2017–18 season.

• Midlands RFU
• Leicestershire RU
• Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

• English RFU (2008). "Rugby First". RFU. Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
• Rugby First: To view previous seasons in the league, search for any club within that league then click on to club details followed by fixtures and then select the appropriate season.