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Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4

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Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4
Current season or competition:
1995–96 Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4
SportRugby union
Instituted1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Ceased1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Number of teams5
Country England
HoldersFord (1st title) (1995–96)
(transferred to Warwickshire[a])
Most titlesMultiple teams (1 title)

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4 was a tier 13 English Rugby Union league with teams from Staffordshire and Warwickshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 and there was no relegation. Restructuring of the Staffordshire/Warwickshire leagues at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that the league was cancelled and all teams either transferring to the Warwickshire regional division or dropping out of the leagues.

Original teams

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When this division was introduced in 1992 as part of a merger of the Staffordshire and Warwickshire leagues, it contained the following teams:

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4 honours

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Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4 (1992–1993)

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The original Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4 was a tier 12 league. Promotion was to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 and there was no relegation.

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated teams Reference
1992–93 10 Warwickshire Police Burntwood No relegation [1]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4 (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 Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4 dropped to become a tier 13 league. Promotion continued to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 and there was no relegation. The division was cancelled at the end of the 1995–96 season with teams transferred into Warwickshire league or dropping out of the league altogether.

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated teams Reference
1993–94 9 Bloxwich Coventry Technical No relegation [2]
1994–95 8 Rugby Welsh Shottery No relegation [3]
1995–96 5 Ford[b] Warwick[c] No relegation [4]
Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

Number of league titles

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Typically champions Ford would be promoted to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 but the splitting of the Staffordshire and Warwickshire leagues meant they were transferred to Warwickshire instead.
  2. ^ Restructuring of the Staffordshire/Warwickshire leagues would see champions Ford transferred into the Warwickshire regional division.
  3. ^ Restructuring meant that runners up Warwick were also transferred into the Warwickshire regional division. Michelen, Stone and Coventry Jaguar would drop out of the leagues.

References

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  1. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1993). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.
  2. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.
  3. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. Headline. pp. 176–179. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.
  4. ^ Cleary, Mick; Griffiths, John (1996). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96. Headline. pp. 192–195. ISBN 0-7472-7816-4.