Participating teams & locations edit Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Bedford Queens Putnoe Woods 500 Bedford , Bedfordshire 10th Bourne Milking Nook Drove Bourne , Lincolnshire 3rd Daventry Daventry & District Sports Club Daventry , Northamptonshire 9th Dunstablians Bidwell Park Houghton Regis , Bedfordshire 5th Huntingdon & District Huntingdon Racecourse Brampton , Huntingdon , Cambridgeshire 8th Luton Newlands Road Luton , Bedfordshire Relegated from London 2 North West (12th) Melton Mowbray Melton Sports Village Melton Mowbray , Leicestershire Relegated from Midlands 2 ES (11th) Northampton Men's Own Stoke Road Ashton , Northamptonshire Promoted from Midlands 4 ES (runners-up) Rushden & Higham Manor Park Rushden , Northamptonshire 7th Spalding Memorial Field Spalding , Lincolnshire 6th Stewarts & Lloyds Occupation Road Corby , Northamptonshire Relegated from Midlands 2 ES (12th) Stockwood Park London Road Luton , Bedfordshire 4th
Locations of the 2021–22 Midlands 3 East (South) teams
Participating teams & locations edit Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Bedford Queens Putnoe Woods 500 Bedford , Bedfordshire 8th Bourne Milking Nook Drove Bourne , Lincolnshire 7th Daventry Daventry & District Sports Club Daventry , Northamptonshire 4th Dunstablians Bidwell Park Houghton Regis , Bedfordshire 6th Huntingdon & District Huntingdon Racecourse Brampton , Huntingdon , Cambridgeshire Relegated from Midlands 2 ES (12th) Northampton BBOB Saint Andrew's Road Northampton , Northamptonshire Promoted from Midlands 4 ES (champions) Oakham Rutland Showground Oakham , Rutland Relegated from Midlands 2 ES (11th) Rushden & Higham Manor Park Rushden , Northamptonshire 10th Spalding Memorial Field Spalding , Lincolnshire Level transfer from Midlands 3 EN (3rd) St Neots The Common St Neots , Cambridgeshire 9th Stamford Hambleton Road Stamford , Lincolnshire 3rd Stockwood Park London Road Luton , Bedfordshire 5th
Locations of the 2019–20 Midlands 3 East (South) teams
Participating teams & locations edit Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Bedford Queens Putnoe Woods 500 Bedford , Bedfordshire 10th Biggleswade Langford Road Biggleswade , Bedfordshire 5th Birstall Co-Op Sports Ground Birstall , Leicestershire Level transfer from Midlands 3 East (North) (7th) Bourne Milking Nook Drove Bourne , Lincolnshire Promoted from Midlands 4 East (South) (runners up) Daventry Daventry & District Sports Club Daventry , Northamptonshire 6th Dunstablians Bidwell Park Houghton Regis , Bedfordshire 9th Leicester Forest Hinckley Road Leicester Forest East , Leicestershire 4th Northampton Casuals Rush Mills House Northampton , Northamptonshire 3rd Rushden & Higham Manor Park Rushden , Northamptonshire 8th St Neots The Common St Neots , Cambridgeshire Promoted from Midlands 4 East (South) (champions) Stamford Hambleton Road Stamford , Lincolnshire Relegated from Midlands 2 East (South) (11th) Stockwood Park London Road Luton , Bedfordshire 7th
Locations of the 2018–19 Midlands 3 East (South) teams
Participating teams & locations edit Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Bedford Queens Putnoe Woods 500 Bedford , Bedfordshire Promoted from Midlands 4 East (South) Biggleswade Langford Road Biggleswade , Bedfordshire 7th Daventry Daventry & District Sports Club Daventry , Northamptonshire 9th Dunstablians Bidwell Park Houghton Regis , Bedfordshire 5th Leicester Forest Hinckley Road Leicester Forest East , Leicestershire 8th Northampton BBOB Saint Andrew's Road Northampton , Northamptonshire 6th Northampton Casuals Rush Mills House Northampton , Northamptonshire 4th Northampton Mens Own Stoke Road Ashton , Northamptonshire 10th Rushden & Higham Manor Park Rushden , Northamptonshire Relegated from Midlands 2 East (North) (12th) St Ives (Midlands) Somersham Road St Ives , Cambridgeshire 3rd Stockwood Park London Road Luton , Bedfordshire Relegated from London 2 North West (12th) Vipers Vipers Ground Whetstone , Leicestershire Relegated from Midlands 2 East (North) (11th)
Locations of the 2017–18 Midlands 3 East (South) teams
Bedford Queens Daventry Deepings Long Buckby Northampton Casuals Northampton Mens Own Old Newtonians Rugby St Andrews Rushden & Higham Stamford Stewarts & Lloyds Stockwood Park Bedford Queens Bedford Swifts Biggleswade Brackley Daventry Deepings Northampton BBOB Northampton Casuals Rugby St Andrews Rushden & Higham Stamford Stewarts & Lloyds Bedford Queens Bedford Swifts Brackley Daventry Deepings Long Buckby Northampton Casuals Northampton Mens Own Oadby Wyggestonians Old Newtonians Rugby St Andrews Rushden & Higham Aylestone St James Banbury Huntingdon & District Leicester Forest Lutterworth Northampton BBOB Northampton Old Scouts Old Newtonians Old Northamptonians Stewarts & Lloyds Towcestrians Vipers Teams in Midlands 3 East (North) and Midlands 3 East (South) were originally part of a single division called Midlands 2 East, which contained the following sides when it was introduced in 1992:
Midlands 3 East (South) honours edit Midlands East 2 (1992–1993) edit Midlands 3 East (North) and Midlands 3 East (South) were originally part of a single tier 8 division called Midlands East 2. Promotion was to Midlands East 1 and relegation was to either East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 or Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 .
Midlands East 2 (1993–1996) edit The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North , meaning that Midlands 2 East dropped to become a tier 9 league. Promotion continued to Midlands East 1 while relegation was to either East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 or Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 .
Midlands East 2 (1996–2000) edit At the end of the 1995–96 season National 5 North was discontinued and Midlands East 2 returned to being a tier 8 league. Promotion continued to Midlands East 1 while relegation was to either East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 or Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 .
Midlands 4 East (South) (2000–2006) edit Restructuring ahead of the 2000–01 season saw Midlands East 2 split into two tier 8 regional leagues - Midlands 4 East (North) and Midlands 4 East (South). Promotion was now to Midlands 3 East (North) [f] and relegation to East Midlands 1 .
Midlands 4 East (South) (2006–2009) edit Midlands 4 East (South) continued to be a tier 8 league with promotion up into Midlands 3 East (South) . However, the cancellation of East Midlands 1 at the end of the 2005–06 season meant that relegation was now to the newly introduced Midlands 5 East (South) .
Midlands 3 East (South) (2009–present) edit League restructuring by the RFU meant that Midlands 4 East (North) and Midlands 4 East (South) were renamed as Midlands 3 East (North) and Midlands 3 East (South), with both leagues remaining at tier 8. Promotion was now to Midlands 2 East (South) (formerly Midlands 3 East (South)) and relegation to Midlands 4 East (South) (formerly Midlands 5 East (South)).
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated teams Reference 2009–10 11 Bugbrooke Stockwood Park No relegation[i] [17] 2010–11 12 Oadby Wyggestonians Long Buckby Northampton Mens Own , Old Newtonians [18] 2011–12 12 Northampton BBOB Biggleswade Brackley , Bedford Swifts [19] 2012–13 12 Stamford Rushden & Higham Old Newtonians , Long Buckby [20] 2013–14 12 Biggleswade Stewarts & Lloyds Deepings , Brackley [21] 2014–15 12 Rushden & Higham Vipers Northampton Mens Own , Bedford Queens [22] 2015–16 11 Oundle Stockwood Park No relegation[j] [23] 2016–17 12 Stewarts & Lloyds Long Buckby Aylestone St James , St Neots [24] 2017–18 12 St Ives (Midlands) Vipers Northampton Mens Own , Northampton BBOB [25] 2018–19 12 Leicester Forest Northampton Casuals Biggleswade , Birstall [26] 2019-20 12 Stamford Oakham St Neots , Northampton BBOB , Bedford Queens [27] 2020–21 12 Green backgrounds are promotion places.
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