| East Midlands 1 | |
| Current Season: | 2003–04 East Midlands 2 |
| Sport: | Rugby union |
| Teams: | 7 |
| Champion: | Corby (1st title) |
| Season: | 2003–04) (promoted to East Midlands/South Leicestershire 1 |
| Most Champs: | Multiple teams |
| Count: | 1 |
| Website: | East Midlands RFU |
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 1991–92 season. Restructuring of the East Midlands leagues at the end of the 2003–04 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 1991–92 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.
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | ||||||||||
| 1987–88 | 11 | Northampton Men's Own | Brackley | Deepings, Old Wellingburians | [1] | ||||||||||
| 1988–89 | 11 | Wellingborough Old Grammarians | Corby | Cutler Hammer | [2] | ||||||||||
| 1989–90 | 11 | St Neots | Bedford Queens | Deepings | [3] | ||||||||||
| 1990–91 | 11 | Northampton Casuals | St Ives | Vauxhall Motors, Westwood, Bedfordshire Police | [4] | ||||||||||
| 1991–92 | 11 | Rushden & Higham | Daventry | No relegation | [5] | ||||||||||
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. | |||||||||||||||
After a gap of seven years East Midlands 2 was reintroduced ahead of the 2000–01 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 2003–04 campaign and most teams transferred into the new East Midlands/South Leicestershire 2.
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | ||||||||||
| 2000–01 | 10 | Kempston | No relegation | [6] | |||||||||||
| 2001–02 | 8 | Biddenham | Bedford Swifts | No relegation | [7] | ||||||||||
| 2002–03 | 8 | Vauxhall Motors | St Ives | No relegation | [8] | ||||||||||
| 2003–04 | 7 | Corby | Oundle | No relegation | [9] | ||||||||||
| Green backgrounds are the promotion places. | |||||||||||||||