Participating teams & locations
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Midlands East 2 (1992–1993)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
Number of league titles
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^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95 . Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1 .
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