1989–90 Courage Area League North

1989–90 Courage Area League North
Countries	England
Champions	Broughton Park (1st title)
Runners-up	Morley (also promoted)
Relegated	No relegation
Matches played	110
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Courage Area League North was the third 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). It would be the last season the division would be called Area League North as it would be renamed National 4 North for the following campaign. The title battle was very strongly contested, but the end it would be Broughton Park who would triumph as league champions despite finishing dead level with runners up Morley, thanks to a far superior points/for against record. Both sides would be promoted to the 1990–91 National Division Three.

At the opposite end of the table it was a different story, with Stoke-on-Trent being the worse side in the division, failing to gain a single point as they finished last. However, Stoke were granted a reprieve as no northern clubs were relegated from the 1989–90 National Division Three meaning they had another season in the league.^[1][2]

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 team was relegated to either North 1 or Midlands 1 depending on their locality.

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous Season Broughton Park Hough End Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester Runners up (not promoted) Durham City Hollow Drift Durham, County Durham 7th Kendal Mint Bridge 3,000 Kendal, Cumbria Promoted from North 1 (champions) Lichfield Cooke Fields Lichfield, Staffordshire 9th Morley Scatcherd Lane Morley, West Yorkshire 8th Northern McCracken Park 1,000 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 4th Preston Grasshoppers Lightfoot Green 5,000 Preston, Lancashire 6th Stoke-on-Trent Hartwell Lane Barlaston, Staffordshire 10th Stourbridge Stourton Park 3,000 Stourbridge, West Midlands 3rd Walsall Broadway 1,150 Walsall, West Midlands Promoted from Midlands 1 (champions) Winnington Park Burrows Hill Norwich, Cheshire 5th

Broughton P Durham Kendal Lichfield Morley Northern Preston Stoke Stourbridge Walsall Winnington P class=notpageimage| Locations of the 1989–90 Courage Area League North teams

League table

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Sponsorship

Area League North is part of the Courage Clubs Championship and was sponsored by Courage Brewery.

See also

• 1989–90 National Division One
• 1989–90 Courage League National Division Two
• 1989–90 Courage League National Division Three
• 1989–90 Courage Area League South

References