English rugby union league
Gloucester 1 is an English rugby union league which sits at the ninth level of league rugby union in England for teams based primarily in the county of Gloucestershire but also on occasion teams from Bristol . Promoted clubs move into Gloucester Premier and relegated clubs drop into either Gloucester 2 North or Gloucester 2 South depending on location. Each year clubs in this division also take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a level 9-12 national competition.
For the new season Gloucester 1 was split into North and South Divisions with the addition of several second teams from sides higher in the pyramid with twelve clubs in each division
Team
Ground
Capacity
Town/Village
Previous season
Berry Hill
Lakers Road
Coleford , Gloucestershire
10th
Brockworth
Mill Lane
Brockworth , Gloucestershire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (North)
Chosen Hill Former Pupils II
Brookfield Road
Churchdown , Gloucestershire
New entry
Cirencester
The Whiteway
Cirencester , Gloucestershire
6th (Gloucester 1)
Drybrook II
Mannings Ground
Drybrook , Gloucestershire
New entry
Fairford
Coln House School Playing Grounds
Fairford , Gloucestershire
5th (Gloucester 1)
Gloucester Old Boys
Horton Road
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
8th (Gloucester 1)
Gordon League
Hempsted Lane
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
9th (Gloucester 1)
Matson II
Redwell Road
Matson , Gloucester , Gloucestershire
New entry
Old Centralians II
Saintbridge Sports Centre
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
New entry
Smiths
Prince of Wales Stadium
2,000 (480 seats)
Cheltenham , Gloucestershire
3rd (Gloucester 1)
Widden Old Boys
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th)
Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 1 (North) teams
Team
Ground
Capacity
Town/Village
Previous season
Aretians
Little Stoke Park
Little Stoke , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (South)
Ashley Down Old Boys
Lockleaze Combination Ground
Lockleaze , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (South
Avonmouth Old Boys II
Barracks Lane
Shirehampton , Bristol
New entry
Barton Hill II
Duncombe Road
Speedwell , Bristol
New entry
Bream
High Street
Bream , Lydney , Gloucestershire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (North)
Dursley
Stragglers Sports Ground
Stinchcombe , Dursley , Gloucestershire
4th (Gloucester 1)
Lydney II
Regentsholm
1,500
Lydney , Gloucestershire
New entry
St Brendan's Old Boys
Coombe Dingle Sports Complex
Coombe Dingle , Bristol
7th (Gloucester 1)
St Mary's Old Boys
Trench Lane
Almondsbury , Bristol
9th (Gloucester 1)
Thornbury II
Cooper's Farm
Thornbury , Gloucestershire
New entry
United Bristol Hospitals
Portway Development Ground
Portway , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (South)
Whitehall
Foundry Lane
Whitehall , Bristol
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (11th)
Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 1 (South) teams
Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020–21 season was cancelled.
Team
Ground
Capacity
Town/Village
Previous season
Cirencester
The Whiteway
Cirencester , Gloucestershire
4th
Dursley
Stragglers Sports Ground
Stinchcombe , Dursley , Gloucestershire
5th
Fairford
Coln House School Playing Grounds
Fairford , Gloucestershire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 North (playoff)
Gloucester Old Boys
Horton Road
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th)
Gordon League
Hempsted Lane
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (11th)
North Bristol
Oaklands
Almondsbury , Bristol
8th
Old Colstonians
Colton's School
Stapleton , Bristol
6th
Old Cryptians
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
3rd
Old Elizabethans
Severn Road
Hallen , Gloucestershire
9th
Smiths
Prince of Wales Stadium
2,000 (480 seats)
Cheltenham , Gloucestershire
7th
St Brendan's Old Boys
Coombe Dingle Sports Complex
Coombe Dingle , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 South (champions)
Tewkesbury
The Moats
Tewkesbury , Gloucestershire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 North (champions)
Locations of the 2019-20 Gloucester 1 teams
Team
Ground
Capacity
Town/Village
Previous season
Bredon Star
Bredon Playing Fields
Bredon , Worcestershire
8th
Brockworth
Mill Lane
Brockworth , Gloucestershire
9th
Cheltenham North
Stoke Orchard Road
Bishop's Cleeve , Gloucestershire
5th
Cirencester
The Whiteway
Cirencester , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th)
Dursley
Stragglers Sports Ground
Stinchcombe , Dursley , Gloucestershire
6th
North Bristol
Oaklands
Almondsbury , Bristol
10th
Old Colstonians
Colton's School
Stapleton , Bristol
3rd
Old Cryptians
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
7th
Old Elizabethans
Severn Road
Hallen , Gloucestershire
4th
Ross-on-Wye
Abbotts Close
Ross-on-Wye , Herefordshire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (champions)
Smiths
Prince of Wales Stadium
2,000 (480 seats)
Cheltenham , Gloucestershire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (runners up)
Southmead
Greenway Centre
Southmead , Bristol
11th
Locations of the 2018-19 Gloucester 1 teams
Team
Ground
Capacity
Town/Village
Previous season
Berry Hill
Lakers Road
Coleford , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (11th)
Bredon Star
Bredon Playing Fields
Bredon , Worcestershire
7th
Brockworth
Mill Lane
Brockworth , Gloucestershire
3rd
Cheltenham North
Stoke Orchard Road
Bishop's Cleeve , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (10th)
Dursley
Stragglers Sports Ground
Stinchcombe , Dursley , Gloucestershire
5th
North Bristol
Oaklands
Almondsbury , Bristol
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th)
Old Colstonians
Colton's School
Stapleton , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (champions)
Old Cryptians
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
4th
Old Elizabethans
Severn Road
Hallen , Gloucestershire
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (runners up)
Southmead
Greenway Centre
Southmead , Bristol
9th
St Brendan's Old Boys
Coombe Dingle Sports Complex
Coombe Dingle , Bristol
8th
Widden Old Boys
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
6th
Locations of the 2017-18 Gloucester 1 teams
The 2015–16 Gloucester 1 consists of twelve teams from Gloucestershire and Bristol as well as one team just over the border in Worcestershire . The season starts on 12 September 2015 and is due to end on 23 April 2016. Eight of the twelve teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions Longlevens and runners up Chipping Sodbury were promoted to the Gloucester Premier while Old Colstonians and Kingswood were relegated to Gloucester 2 .
Locations of the 2015-16 Gloucester 1 teams
Team
Ground
Capacity
Town/Village
Previous season
Bishopston
Bonnington Walk
Stoke Gifford , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (runners up)
Bredon Star
Bredon Playing Fields
Bredon , Worcestershire
10th
Brockworth
Mill Lane
Brockworth , Gloucestershire
3rd
Dursley
Stragglers Sports Ground
Stinchcombe , Dursley , Gloucestershire
5th
Gloucester Old Boys
Horton Road
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
8th
Gordon League
Hempsted Lane
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (11th)
Old Cryptians
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
6th
Old Richians
Sandyleaze
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
7th
Painswick
Broadham Fields
Painswick , Gloucestershire
Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th)
Southmead
Greenway Centre
Southmead , Bristol
9th
St Brendan's Old Boys
Coombe Dingle Sports Complex
Coombe Dingle , Bristol
Promoted from Gloucester 2 (champions)
Widden Old Boys
The Memorial Ground
Gloucester , Gloucestershire
4th
Ashley Down Old Boys (promoted from Gloucester 2 )
Bishopston
Bream (promoted from Gloucester 2 )
Brockworth
Chipping Sodbury
Gloucester Old Boys
Kingswood
Longlevens
Old Colstonians
Old Richians
Widden Old Boys (relegated from Gloucester Premier )
Bishopston
Broad Plain
Brockworth
Cheltenham Saracens
Chipping Sodbury
Gloucester Old Boys
Hucclecote
Kingswood
Longlevens
Newent
Old Colstonians
Old Richians
Aretians
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bishopston
Bream
Cheltenham Civil Service
Cotham Park
Dursley
Hucclecote
Kingswood
Longlevens
Painswick
Spartans
Aretians
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bishopston
Bream
Brockworth
Cheltenham Civil Service
Chipping Sodbury
Dursley
Longlevens
Old Bristolians
Old Cryptians
Painswick
Aretians
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bishopston
Brockworth
Cheltenham Civil Service
Chipping Sodbury
Dursley
Longlevens
Old Bristolians
Painswick
Ross-on-Wye
Tewkesbury
Bishopston
Bream
Bristol Saracens
Brockworth
Chipping Sodbury
Dursley
Longlevens
Old Bristolians
Painswick
Ross-on-Wye
Southmead
Tewkesbury
Bishopston
Bream
Bristol Saracens
Brockworth
Cheltenham Civil Service
Chipping Sodbury
Hartpury College
Hucclecote
Old Bristolians
Old Cryptians
Southmead
Tewkesbury
Bristol Saracens
Bishopston
Bream
Cheltenham Civil Service
Chipping Sodbury
Cirencester
Frampton Cotterell
Old Bristolians
Southmead
Tewkesbury
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bristol Saracens
Bishopston
Cirencester
Chipping Sodbury
Frampton Cotterell
Old Bristolians
Old Colstonians
Old Cryptians
Widden Old Boys
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bishopston
Bristol Saracens
Brockworth
Cheltenham Saracens
Frampton Cotterell
Hucclecote
Southmead
Tewkesbury
Widden Old Boys
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bishopston
Bream
Bristol Saracens
Brockworth
Chipping Sodbury
Frampton Cotterell
Old Bristolians
Southmead
Tewkesbury
Aretians
Ashley Down Old Boys
Bream
Brockworth
Frampton Cotterell
Painswick
Old Bristolians
Old Cryptians
Tewkesbury
Westbury-on-Severn
Ashley Down Old Boys
Cheltenham Civil Service
Cheltenham Saracens
Chosen Hill Former Pupils
Frampton Cotterell
Hucclecote
Old Bristolians
Old Cryptians
Tetbury
Westbury-on-Severn
When league rugby began in 1987 this division (known as Gloucestershire 1) contained the following teams:
Gloucester 1 honours [ edit ]
Gloucestershire 1 (1987–1991)[ edit ]
Originally known as Gloucestershire 1, it was a tier 9 league with promotion to Gloucestershire/Somerset and relegation to Gloucester 2 .
Gloucester 1 (1991–1993)[ edit ]
Gloucestershire 1 was shorted to Gloucester 1 for the 1991–92 season onward. It remained a tier 9 league with promotion to Gloucestershire/Somerset and relegation to Gloucester 2 .
Gloucester 1 (1993–1996)[ edit ]
The creation of National League 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Gloucester 1 dropped to become a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to Gloucestershire/Somerset and relegation to Gloucester 2 .
Gloucester 1 (1996–2000)[ edit ]
The cancellation of National League 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Gloucester 1 reverted to being a tier 9 league. Promotion continued to Gloucestershire/Somerset and relegation to Gloucester 2 .
Gloucester 1 (2000–2009)[ edit ]
Gloucester 1 remained a tier 9 league despite the cancellation of Gloucestershire/Somerset at the end of the 1999–00 season. Promotion was now to the new Gloucester Premier , while relegation continued to Gloucester 2 . Between 2007 and 2009 Gloucester 1 was sponsored by High Bridge Jewellers .
Gloucester 1 (2009–2017)[ edit ]
Despite widespread restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 2008–09 season, Gloucester 1 remained a tier 9 league, with promotion continuing to Gloucester Premier and relegation to Gloucester 2 .
Season
No of teams
Champions
Runners–up
Relegated Teams
Ref
2009–10
12
Old Bristolians
Brockworth
Old Cryptians , Chipping Sodbury
[ 21]
2010–11
12
Bishopston
Longlevens
Aretians , Cotham Park , Cheltenham Civil Service
[ 22]
2011–12
12
Painswick
Dursley
Spartans , Ross-on-Wye , Bream
[ 23]
2012–13
12
Newent
Hucclecote
Broad Plain
[ 24]
2013–14
12
Bream
Cheltenham Saracens
Bishopston , Ashley Down Old Boys
[ 25]
2014–15
12
Longlevens
Chipping Sodbury
Old Colstonians , Kingswood
[ 26]
2015–16
12
Old Richians
Gordon League
Painswick , Bishopston
[ 27]
2016–17
12
Spartans
Gloucester Old Boys
Bream , Ashley Down Old Boys , Tewkesbury
[ 28]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Gloucester 1 (2017–present)[ edit ]
Gloucester 1 remained a tier 9 league with promotion continuing to Gloucester Premier , while relegation was now to either Gloucester 2 North or Gloucester 2 South (formerly a single division). The league was now sponsored by Wadworth 6x .
Number of league titles [ edit ]
^ Johns, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1988). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1988–89 (17th ed.). London: Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 123–139. ISBN 0 356 15884 5 .
^ Johns, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1989). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1989–90 (18th ed.). London: Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 133–136. ISBN 0 356 17862 5 .
^ Johns, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1990). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1990–91 (19th ed.). London: Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 143–146. ISBN 0 356 19162 1 .
^ Johns, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1991). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1991–92 (20th ed.). London: Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0 356 20249 6 .
^ Johns, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1992). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992–93 (21st ed.). London: Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 176–179. ISBN 0 7472 7907 1 .
^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1993). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993–94 (22nd ed.). London: Headline Book Publishing Ltd. pp. 157–160. ISBN 0 7472 7891 1 .
^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994–95 . London: Headline Bookline Publishing. ISBN 0 7472 7850 4 .
^ Cleary, Mick; Griffiths, John, eds. (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995–96 . London: Headline Bookline Publishing. ISBN 0 7472 7816 4 .
^ Cleary, Mick; Griffiths, John, eds. (1996). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1996-97 . London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0 7472 7771 0 .
^ "1998-99 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "1999-00 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2000-01 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2001-02 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2002-03 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2003-04 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2004-05 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2005-06 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2006-07 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2007-08 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2008-09 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2009-10 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2010-11 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2011-12 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2012-13 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2013-14 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "2014-15 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 30 April 2015 .
^ "2015-16 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 30 April 2016 .
^ "2016-17 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 30 April 2017 .
^ "2017-18 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 21 April 2018 .
^ "2018-19 South-West Division" . England Rugby . RFU. Retrieved 13 April 2018 .
^ "Men's South West Level 8 and below leagues 2019–20" (PDF) . England Rugby . Retrieved 25 April 2020 .
Governing body National teams
International competitions
Competition divisions
European competitions National competitions London and South East competitions Midland competitions Northern competitions South West competitions County competitions Discontinued competitions Related articles Other