East Midlands 2 was a tier 10 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and parts of Cambridgeshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to East Midlands 1 and relegated teams dropped to East Midlands 3 until that division was cancelled at the end of the 1991âÂÂ92 season. Restructuring of the East Midlands leagues at the end of the 2003âÂÂ04 campaign meant that East Midlands 2 was discontinued and the majority of teams transferred into the new East Midlands/South Leicestershire 2 division.
When league rugby began in 1987, this division contained the following teams:
The original East Midlands 2 was a tier 9 league. Promotion was to East Midlands 1 and relegation to East Midlands 3. At the end of the 1991âÂÂ92 season all of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues were merged and most sides in East Midlands 2 transferred to the new East Midlands/Leicestershire 2.
After a gap of seven years East Midlands 2 was reintroduced ahead of the 2000âÂÂ01 season as a tier 10 league. Promotion was to East Midlands 1 and there was no relegation. East Midlands 2 was cancelled at the end of the 2003âÂÂ04 campaign and most teams transferred into the new East Midlands/South Leicestershire 2.