1987–88 Courage Area League North
1987–88 Courage Area League North | |
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Countries | England |
Champions | Rugby (1st title) |
Runners-up | Durham City (not promoted) |
Relegated | Solihull, Derby, Birkenhead Park |
Matches played | 110 |
1988–89 → |
The 1987–88 Courage Area League North was the first 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 (now National League 2 South). Each team played one match against the other teams, playing a total of ten matches each. There was no set date for matches, clubs having to arrange the fixtures among themselves.[1][2] Rugby were the first ever champions, gaining promotion to the 1988–89 National Division Three while Solihull, Derby and Birkenhead Park were the relegated sides.[3] Solihull and Derby dropped to Midlands 1 while Birkenhead Park fell into North 1.
Structure
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 three teams were relegated to either North 1 or Midlands 1 depending on their locality. The reason that there were three relegated teams (compared to the 1987–88 Courage Area League South) was that both teams relegated from National Division 3 were based in the northern section of the country.
Participating teams and locations
| class=notpageimage| Locations of the 1987–88 Courage Area League North teams
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League table
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Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Diff | Points | |||||||||
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1 | Rugby (C) | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 184 | 100 | 84 | 18 | ||||||||
2 | Durham City | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 165 | 100 | 65 | 16 | ||||||||
3 | Roundhay | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 131 | 67 | 64 | 14 | ||||||||
4 | Preston Grasshoppers | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 178 | 149 | 29 | 11 | ||||||||
5 | Northern | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 121 | 137 | -16 | 11 | ||||||||
6 | Broughton Park | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 152 | 106 | 46 | 10 | ||||||||
7 | Stourbridge | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 132 | 134 | -2 | 10 | ||||||||
8 | Lichfield | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 150 | 165 | -15 | 8 | ||||||||
9 | Birkenhead Park (R) | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 117 | 179 | -62 | 8 | ||||||||
10 | Derby (R) | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 136 | 169 | -33 | 4 | ||||||||
11 | Solihull (R) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 59 | 219 | -160 | 0 | ||||||||
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Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places. |
Sponsorship
Area League North is part of the Courage Clubs Championship and was sponsored by Courage Brewery.
See also
- 1987–88 Courage League National Division One
- 1987–88 Courage League National Division Two
- 1987–88 Courage League National Division Three
- 1987–88 Courage Area League South
References
- ^ a b Stephen Jones, ed. (1988). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1988–89. London: Rothmans Publications Ltd.
- ^ a b Tony Williams and Bill Mitchell, ed. (1990). Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91. Windsor: Burlington Publishing Co Ltd.
- ^ a b "Area League 1987/88". The Rugby Archive. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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- Ampthill
- Aspatria
- Barkers Butts
- Bedford Athletic
- Beverley
- Birkenhead Park
- Birmingham & Solihull
- Blaydon
- Bournville
- Bradford & Bingley
- Broadstreet
- Bromsgrove
- Broughton Park
- Caldy
- Chester
- Cleckheaton
- Darlington
- Darlington Mowden Park
- Derby
- Doncaster
- Dudley Kingswinford
- Durham City
- Halifax
- Hereford
- Hinckley
- Kendal
- Leicester Lions
- Lichfield
- Liverpool St Helens
- Longton
- Loughborough Students
- Luctonians
- Macclesfield
- Manchester
- Morley
- New Brighton
- Northern
- Nuneaton
- Orrell
- Peterborough Lions
- Roundhay
- Rugby Lions
- Sale FC
- Sandal
- Sedgley Park
- Scunthorpe
- Solihull
- South Leicester
- Stockport
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Stourbridge
- Towcestrians
- Vale of Lune
- Walsall
- Waterloo
- West Hartlepool
- Westoe
- West Park
- Whitchurch
- Winnington Park
- Worcester
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