Sport | Rugby Union |
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Instituted | 1996 |
Ceased | 2009 |
Number of teams | 7 |
Country | ![]() |
Holders |
West Park Warriors (1st title) (2008–09) (transferred to North Lancs 2) |
Most titles | Orrell Anvils, Prenton (2 titles) |
Website | clubs.rfu.com |
South Lancs/Cheshire 4 was a regional English rugby union league at the ninth tier of national competition for teams from the South Lancashire, Cheshire and Manchester area. Teams were promoted to South Lancs/Cheshire 3 and generally there was no relegation - although there was up until 2002 when South Lancs/Cheshire 5 was still active. Despite retaining healthy numbers of teams South Lancs/Cheshire 4 was abolished by the end of the 2008-09 season with most teams moving automatically up into South Lancs/Cheshire 3.
When this league was introduced in 1996 it contained the following teams:
The original South Lancs/Cheshire 4 league was ranked at tier 13 of the league system. Promotion was to South Lancs/Cheshire 3 and, as it was the lowest level in the North-West region, there was no relegation until the creation of South Lancs/Cheshire 5 at the end of the 1999–00 season.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1996–97 | 5 | Shell Stanlow | Halton | No relegation | ||||||||||
1997–98 | 7 | Moore | Vulcan | No relegation | ||||||||||
1998–99 [1] | 6 | Halton | Runcorn | No relegation | ||||||||||
1999–00 [2] | 7 | Orrell Anvils [b] | Capenhurst | Lucas Merseyside, Mossley Hill [c] | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Northern league restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 1999-2000 season saw the cancellation of North West 1, North West 2 and North West 3 (tiers 7-9). This meant that South/Lancs Cheshire 4 became a tier 10 league. The creation of South Lancs/Cheshire 5 meant that there was briefly relegation into that division until it ceased at the end of the 2000–01 season. South Lancs/Cheshire 4 was itself cancelled at the end of the 2008–09 season with the majority of teams transferred into South Lancs/Cheshire 3.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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2000–01 [3] | 10 | Orrell Anvils | Bowdon | No relegation | ||||||||||
2001–02 [4] | 10 | Prenton | Liverpool Collegiate | No relegation | ||||||||||
2002–03 [5] | 10 | Manchester Wanderers | Halton | No relegation | ||||||||||
2003–04 [6] | 10 | Sale FC | Oswestry | No relegation | ||||||||||
2004-05 [7] | 10 | Mossley Hill | Oxton Parkonians | No relegation | ||||||||||
2005–06 [8] | 12 | Prenton | Trentham | No relegation | ||||||||||
2006–07 [9] | 12 | Eagle | Trentham | No relegation | ||||||||||
2007–08 [10] | 10 | Marple | Knutsford | No relegation | ||||||||||
2008–09 [11] | 10 | West Park Warriors [d] | Linley [e] | No relegation | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Sport | Rugby Union |
---|---|
Instituted | 1996 |
Ceased | 2009 |
Number of teams | 7 |
Country | ![]() |
Holders |
West Park Warriors (1st title) (2008–09) (transferred to North Lancs 2) |
Most titles | Orrell Anvils, Prenton (2 titles) |
Website | clubs.rfu.com |
South Lancs/Cheshire 4 was a regional English rugby union league at the ninth tier of national competition for teams from the South Lancashire, Cheshire and Manchester area. Teams were promoted to South Lancs/Cheshire 3 and generally there was no relegation - although there was up until 2002 when South Lancs/Cheshire 5 was still active. Despite retaining healthy numbers of teams South Lancs/Cheshire 4 was abolished by the end of the 2008-09 season with most teams moving automatically up into South Lancs/Cheshire 3.
When this league was introduced in 1996 it contained the following teams:
The original South Lancs/Cheshire 4 league was ranked at tier 13 of the league system. Promotion was to South Lancs/Cheshire 3 and, as it was the lowest level in the North-West region, there was no relegation until the creation of South Lancs/Cheshire 5 at the end of the 1999–00 season.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996–97 | 5 | Shell Stanlow | Halton | No relegation | ||||||||||
1997–98 | 7 | Moore | Vulcan | No relegation | ||||||||||
1998–99 [1] | 6 | Halton | Runcorn | No relegation | ||||||||||
1999–00 [2] | 7 | Orrell Anvils [b] | Capenhurst | Lucas Merseyside, Mossley Hill [c] | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Northern league restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 1999-2000 season saw the cancellation of North West 1, North West 2 and North West 3 (tiers 7-9). This meant that South/Lancs Cheshire 4 became a tier 10 league. The creation of South Lancs/Cheshire 5 meant that there was briefly relegation into that division until it ceased at the end of the 2000–01 season. South Lancs/Cheshire 4 was itself cancelled at the end of the 2008–09 season with the majority of teams transferred into South Lancs/Cheshire 3.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000–01 [3] | 10 | Orrell Anvils | Bowdon | No relegation | ||||||||||
2001–02 [4] | 10 | Prenton | Liverpool Collegiate | No relegation | ||||||||||
2002–03 [5] | 10 | Manchester Wanderers | Halton | No relegation | ||||||||||
2003–04 [6] | 10 | Sale FC | Oswestry | No relegation | ||||||||||
2004-05 [7] | 10 | Mossley Hill | Oxton Parkonians | No relegation | ||||||||||
2005–06 [8] | 12 | Prenton | Trentham | No relegation | ||||||||||
2006–07 [9] | 12 | Eagle | Trentham | No relegation | ||||||||||
2007–08 [10] | 10 | Marple | Knutsford | No relegation | ||||||||||
2008–09 [11] | 10 | West Park Warriors [d] | Linley [e] | No relegation | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |