1993/94 2001/02 2002/03 2014/15 2015/16 1988/89 1989/90 1990/91 1994/95 1995/96 1999/00 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2013/14 1987/88 2016/17 2017/18 1991/92 1992/93 1996/97 1997/98 2011/12 2012/13 1998/99 2000/01 2000/01 2003/04 National 1 Premiership 1 Premiership National Champions Play off to determine National Champions Level 1 Level Automatic Promotion National 2 Premiership 2 National 1 Championship Promotion Playoff Moved up a level due to league restructuring Automatic Relegation 2 Level Relegation Playoff National 3 National 1 National 2 National 1 Moved down a level due to league restructuring Moved to restructured Yorkshire Leagues 3 Level Moved to restructured Durham/ Northumberland 1 National Moved to Area North National 4 North National 4 4 North National 2 North National 3 North National 2 North restructured Durham/ Northumberland 2 Moved to restructured Durham/ Northumberland 3 Moved to 4 Level restructured Durham/ Northumberland 4 Dropped out of League System at the North 1 National 5 North North 1 National 3 North North Premier end of the season Alnwick RFC Wirral RUFC Level 5 Level North 2 North 1 North 2 North 2 East North 1 East Level 6 Level North-East 1 North 2 North-East 1 Durham/Northumberland 1 Level 7 Level North-East 2 North-East 1 North-East 2 Durham/Northumberland 2 Level 8 Level Durham/Northumberland 1 North-East 2 North-East 3 Durham/Northumberland 3 Level 9 Level Durham/Northumberland 2 Durham/Northumberland 1 Durham/Northumberland 4 Level 10 Level Durham/Northumberland 3 Durham/Northumberland 2 The diagram shows the leagues below level 5/6/7 as they have existed for the North- East and then below that the Durham/Northumberland region. The diagram shows the numbers of teams competing at each level and how promotion and relegation has been managed for the leagues Alnwick RFC would have been in, if they were Level 11 Level competing at that level. Durham/Northumberland 4 Durham/Northumberland 3 Clubs from Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire, and to a certain extent Yorkshire, when competing in a league below level 5/6/7 will not have been competing in a league with the same name as shown on the diagram. They may not have been competing in a league of the same size as displayed on the diagram and relegation and promotion may not have been managed exactly as shown on the diagram. However the level they Level 12 Level have competed at historically is correct and wherever possible, the position they finished in the league at that level is shown. Durham/Northumberland 4 Level Level 13.