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   I thought you might be interested to see how National 1 shaped up when the leagues were first formed in 1987/88. The league being sponsored by Courage.
There were 12 teams in the league who played each other once but the clubs had to arrange their own fixtures which meant a disparity for some teams in the number of home & away games played. Four points were awarded for a win, two for a draw & one for a loss.

I have inserted the final tables below but here are a few factoids (as Steve Wright used to say)

1. Of the original level 3 teams, only Plymouth are at the same 
    level. 

2. Only Exeter have improved their standing (see current levels in
    the right hand column. They were promoted to the Premiership
    in 2010 and have been there ever since.

3. No teams were promoted in this season but two were relegated 
    (brutal).

4. Birmingham in this case were Birmingham RFC who merged with
    Solihull RFC in 1989, so the comparative league they play in is
    for the merged entity.

5. Maidstone RFC currently play in Counties 2 Kent (level 8).
    Coincidentally they play in the same league as Old Elthamians 
    (Remember them). Elthamians currently have a 25 point lead in
    the Division after 19 games

If anyone is interested I can publish a few more tables going forward.

For now the original Courage National 3 final table is below:

1987–88 Courage League National Division Three table

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

PF

PA

PD

Pts

Current level

1

Wakefield (C)

11

10

0

1

308

90

218

20

No promotion

Folded 2004

2

West Hartlepool

11

10

0

1

249

105

144

20

6

3

Plymouth Albion

11

8

0

3

276

125

151

16

3

4

Sheffield

11

7

1

3

134

161

-27

15

4

5

Vale of Lune

11

7

0

4

183

149

34

14

6

6

Fylde

11

6

0

5

269

170

99

12

4

7

Metropolitan Police

11

5

0

6

130

128

2

10

8

8

Maidstone

11

4

0

7

134

162

-28

8

8

9

Exeter

11

3

2

6

128

197

-69

1

6

10

Nuneaton

11

2

1

8

94

157

-63

5

6

11

Morley

11

1

1

9

109

235

-126

3

Relegated

6

12

Birmingham

11

0

1

10

46

381

-335

1

Relegated

8

Edited by Rothman2 - 3 hours 32 minutes ago at 03:21