- Rugby League Championship Second Division
Within British
rugby league there have been periods when the Championship has been divided into two divisions, with promotion and relegation between the two. For more on the varying structure of rugby league, seeRugby League Championship .During certain periods, a third division has also existed.
After 1996, 11 clubs resigned from the championship to form Super League; the remaining clubs initially continued to play in what was now known as the "First Division". Despite this title, this competition formed the second tier of rugby league in Britain, and the results are collated here.
Between 1999 and 2002 the competition was known as the Northern Ford Premiership, as a result of sponsorship from "Northern Ford Dealers".
In 2003 rugby league beneath Super League were completely re-organised into the
Rugby League National Leagues .Second Division Championship winners
"For completeness, this table includes champions from National League One (2003-onwards)"
Season Winners Also promoted
"(to First Division/Super League)"1902-03 Keighley Leeds 1903-04 Wakefield Trinity St Helens 1904-05 Dewsbury Barrow 1905-61 "No second division" 1962-63 Hunslet Keighley 1963-64 Oldham Leigh 1964-72 "No second division" 1973-74 Bradford Northern York, Keighley, Salford 1974-75 Huddersfield Hull Kingston Rovers , Oldham, Swinton1975-76 Barrow Rochdale Hornets ,Workington Town ,Leigh Centurions 1976-77 Hull Dewsbury, Bramley, New Hunslet 1977-78 Leigh Barrow, Rochdale Hornets , Huddersfield1978-79 Hull New Hunslet, York, Blackpool Borough 1979-80 Featherstone Rovers Halifax, Oldham, Barrow 1980-81 York Wigan, Fulham, Whitehaven 1981-82 Oldham Carlisle, Workington Town , Halifax1982-83 Fulham Wakefield Trinity, Salford , Whitehaven 1983-84 York, Workington Town , Hunslet, Halifax1984-85 Swinton Salford , York, Dewsbury 1985-86 Leigh Barrow, Wakefield Trinity 1986-87 Hunslet Swinton 1987-88 Oldham Featherstone Rovers , Wakefield Trinity1988-89 Leigh Barrow, Sheffield Eagles 1989-90 Hull Kingston Rovers Rochdale Hornets , Oldham1990-91 Salford Halifax, Swinton 1991-92 Sheffield Eagles Leigh Centurions 1992-93 Featherstone Rovers Oldham 1993-94 Workington Town Doncaster 1994-95 Keighley Cougars 1"none" 1995-96 Salford Reds 1 "none" 1996 Salford Reds "none" 1997 Hull Sharks Huddersfield Giants 1998 Wakefield Trinity 2 "none" 1999 Hunslet Hawks 1, 2"none" 2000 Dewsbury Rams 1, 2"none" 2001 Widnes Vikings 2"none" 2002 Huddersfield Giants 2"none" 2003 Salford City Reds 2"none" 2004 Leigh Centurions 2"none" 2005 Castleford Tigers 2"none" 2006 Hull Kingston Rovers 2"none' 2007 Castleford Tigers 2"none" Footnotes
# Denotes that champions were not promoted.
# Denotes a play-off system was used to determine the championship.ee also
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Rugby League Championship
*Rugby League Championship Third Division
*Rugby League National Leagues
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