# East Midlands/Leicestershire 3

East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 was a tier 11 English Rugby Union league with teams from Bedfordshire, parts of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 and relegated teams dropped to East Midlands/Leicestershire 4 until that division was cancelled at the end of the 1995–96 season.
The league ran for two spells between 1992–96 and 1998–00. At the end of the 1999–00 season it was cancelled for the second time following the splitting of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues and all teams transferred into East Midlands 2.

## Original teams

When this division was introduced in 1992 as part of a merger of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues it contained the following teams:
* Antsey - transferred from Leicestershire 2 (4th)
* Burbage - transferred from Leicestershire 2 (7th)
* Bedford Swifts - transferred from East Midlands 2 (5th)
* Bugbrooke - transferred from East Midlands 2 (6th)
* Colworth House - transferred from East Midlands 2 (8th)
* Deepings - transferred from East Midlands 2 (7th)
* Old Newtonians - transferred from Leicestershire 2 (3rd)
* Old Northamptonians - transferred from East Midlands 2 (4th)
* Old Wellingburians - transferred from East Midlands 2 (10th)
* Oundle - transferred from East Midlands 2 (9th)
* Shepsted - transferred from Leicestershire 2 (5th)
* West Leicester - transferred from Leicestershire 2 (6th)
* Westwood - transferred from East Midlands 3 (champions)

## East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 honours
### East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 (1992–1993)

The original East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 was a tier 11 league. Promotion was to East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 and relegation to East Midlands/Leicestershire 4.
East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 :
| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference |
| 1992–93 | 13 | Old Northamptonians | Bugbrooke | No relegation | |
| Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |||||||||||

### East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 (1993–1996)

The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North, meaning that East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 dropped another level to become a tier 12 league. Promotion continued to East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 and relegation to East Midlands/Leicestershire 4. The division was cancelled at the end of the 1995–96 season due to the splitting of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues.
East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 :
| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams |
| 1993–94 | 12 | Bedford Swifts | Colworth House | Burbage |
| 1994–95 | 12 | Kempston | New Parks Old Boys | Old Wellingburians, West Leicester |
| 1995–96 | 13 | Oundle | Deepings | No relegation |
| Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |||||||||||

### East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 (1998–2000)

East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 returned after an absence of several seasons as a tier 11 league. Promotion was to East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 and there was no relegation. At the end of the 1999–00 campaign the league was cancelled for the second time and all teams transferred into East Midlands 2.
East Midlands/Leicestershire 3 :
| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams |
| 1998–99 | 9 | Corby | Biddenham | No relegation |
| 1999–00 | 7 | Kempston | Northampton Heathens | No relegation |
| Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |||||||||||

## Number of league titles

* Kempston (2)
* Bedford Swifts (1)
* Corby (1)
* Old Northamptonians (1)
* Oundle (1)