East Midlands/Leicestershire 1

East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 (formerly East Midlands/Leicestershire) was a tier 9 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, parts of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Midlands 4 East (North) (formerly Midlands East 2) and relegated teams dropped to East Midlands/Leicestershire 2.

At the end of the 1999–00 season the East Midlands/Leicestershire leagues split. Most teams in East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 were transferred into either Midlands 4 East (South) or Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East.

Original teams
When league rugby began in 1987 this division (then known as East Midlands/Leicestershire) contained the following teams:


 * Aylestone St James
 * Bedford Athletic
 * Long Buckby
 * Luton
 * Melton Mowbray
 * Northampton Trinity Old Boys
 * Oadby Wyggestonian
 * Old Northamptonians
 * South Leicester
 * Stewart & Lloyds
 * Towcestrians

East Midlands/Leicestershire (1987–1992)
Originally known as East Midlands/Leicestershire, it was a tier 7 league with promotion to Midlands 2 East and relegation to either East Midlands 1 or Leicestershire 1.

East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 (1992–1993)
Restructuring saw the division renamed as East Midlands/Leicestershire 1, dropping two levels to become a tier 9 league. Promotion and relegation was now to the newly introduced Midlands East 2 and East Midlands/Leicestershire 2.

East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 (1993–1996)
The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North, meaning that East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 dropped another level to become a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to Midlands East 2 and relegation to East Midlands/Leicestershire 2.

East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 (1996–1998)
At the end of the 1995–96 season National 5 North was discontinued and East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 returned to being a tier 9 league. Promotion continued to Midlands East 2 while relegation was now to East Midlands or Leicestershire 1.

East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 (1998–2000)
East Midlands/Leicestershire remained a tier 9 league for the 1998–99 season. Promotion continued to Midlands East 2 but relegation was to the reintroduced East Midlands/Leicestershire 2. At the end of the 1999–00 campaign the league was cancelled and teams either transferred into the new Midlands 4 East (South) and Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East divisions or dropping out of the league system altogether.

Number of league titles

 * Bedford Athletic (1)
 * Biggleswade (1)
 * Hinckley (1)
 * Huntingdon & District (1)
 * Leicester Forest (1)
 * Luton (1)
 * Market Bosworth (1)
 * Kibworth (1)
 * Melton Mowbray (1)
 * Northampton Men's Own (1)
 * Old Northamptonians (1)
 * Stewart & Lloyds (1)
 * Towcestrians (1)