1999–2000 National League 2 North

1999–2000 National League 2 North
Countries	England
Champions	Kendal (1st title)
Runners-up	Stourbridge (not promoted)
Relegated	Sheffield
Matches played	182
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The 1999–00 National League 2 North was the thirteenth full season of rugby union within the fourth tier (north) of the English league system, and the last until 2009-10 to use the name National League 2 North. It is counterpart to National League 2 South, which covers the southern half of the country.

Kendal finished the season as champions, 5 points clear of second placed Stourbridge, to gain the only promotion spot to the 2000–01 National Division 2 (former National League 1). It was the second year in a row that Stourbridge had to be content with the runners up spot. At the other end of the table, Sheffield were the only side to be relegated, only winning 3 games and finishing 5 points adrift of safety.^[1] Sheffield would drop to Midlands 1. The reason National League 2 North only had one relegation place compared to National League 2 South (who had two) was that both of the two teams relegated from the division above were based in the south of the country, requiring more places to accommodate for their arrival the following season.

Structure

Each team played home and away matches against each of the other teams, playing a total of twenty-six matches each. The league champions were promoted to National Division 2 while the bottom side dropped to either North 1 or Midlands depending on locality.

Participating teams and locations

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Aspatria Bower Park Aspatria, Cumbria 10th Bedford Athletic Putnoe Woods 500 Bedford, Bedfordshire Promoted from Midlands 1 (champions) Doncaster Castle Park 3,075 Doncaster, South Yorkshire Promoted from North 1 (champions) Kendal Mint Bridge 3,000 Kendal, Cumbria 4th Liverpool St Helens Moss Lane St Helens, Merseyside Relegated from National 1 (14th) Morley Scatcherd Lane Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire Relegated from National 1 (13th) New Brighton Hartsfield 2,000 Moreton, Merseyside 3rd Nuneaton Harry Cleaver Ground Nuneaton, Warwickshire 5th Sandal Milnthorpe Green Sandal Magna, Wakefield, West Yorkshire 7th Sedgley Park Park Lane 3,000 Whitefield, Greater Manchester 8th Sheffield Abbeydale Park 3,200 Dore, Sheffield, South Yorkshire 6th Stourbridge Stourton Park 3,500 Stourbridge, West Midlands Runners up (not promoted) Walsall Broadway 1,150 Walsall, West Midlands 9th Whitchurch Edgeley Park Whitchurch, Shropshire 11th

Aspatria Bedford A Doncaster Liverpool St Helens Morley Kendal New Brighton Nuneaton Sandal Sedgley P Sheffield Stourbridge Walsall Whitchurch class=notpageimage| 1999–00 National League 2 North teams in England

League table

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Sponsorship

National League 2 North is part of the Jewson National Leagues and is sponsored by Jewson.

References