2007–08 National Division Three North

2007–08 National Division Three North
Countries	England
Champions	Tynedale
Runners-up	Darlington Mowden Park
Relegated	Beverley, West Park St Helens, Morley
Attendance	38,301 (average 239 per match)[a 1]
Highest attendance	973 Preston Grasshoppers v Fylde 22 December 2007
Lowest attendance	39 West Park St Helens at home to Leicester Lions on 15 December 2007
Top point scorer	Jon Boden (Leicester Lions) 282 points
Top try scorer	Oliver Brennand (Fylde) 22 tries

The 2007–08 National Division Three North was the eighth season (nineteenth overall) of the fourth division (north) of the English domestic rugby union competition using the name National Division Three North. New teams to the division included Bradford & Bingley and Harrogate who were relegated from the 2006–07 National Division Two, while promoted teams included Caldy (champions) and Beverley (playoffs), both coming up from North Division 1, with no team from Midlands Division 1 as the winners of that league, Luton, went into National Division Three South instead.^[1][2] The league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring 4 or more tries and/or losing within 7 points of the victorious team. In terms of promotion the league champions would go straight up into National Division Two while the runners up would have a one-game playoff against the runners up from National Division Three South (at the home ground of the club with the superior league record) for the final promotion place.

At the end of the season the league champions were Tynedale, who made up for the disappointment of missing out on promotion from last season's playoffs by winning the title at a canter, finishing ahead of 2nd placed Darlington Mowden Park by a massive 29 points and qualifying directly for the 2008–09 National Division Two.^[3][4] As runners up Darlington Mowden Park had to go down to the 2007–08 National Division Three South runners up Cinderford for their playoff game, losing a tight encounter that finished 15 - 14 to the Gloucestershire side.^[5][6] The rest of the league was extremely tight, although the relegated sides all probably deserved to go down in terms of results with newly promoted Beverley, West Park St Helens and Morley being the three sides to go down. All three sides would drop to North Division 1 for the following season.^[7]

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City/Area
Beverley	Beaver Park		Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
Bradford & Bingley	Wagon Lane	4,000	Bingley, West Yorkshire
Caldy	Paton Field	4,000	Thurstaston, Wirral, Merseyside
Darlington Mowden Park	Yiewsley Drive		Darlington, County Durham
Fylde	Woodlands Memorial Ground	9,000	Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire
Harrogate	Claro Road	3,000	Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Hull Ionians	Brantingham Park	1,500 (240 seats)	Brantingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
Leicester Lions	Westleigh Park	2,000	Blaby, Leicestershire
Macclesfield	Priory Park	1,250 (250 seats)	Macclesfield, Cheshire
Morley	Scatcherd Lane		Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preston Grasshoppers	Lightfoot Green	5,000	Preston, Lancashire
Rugby Lions	Webb Ellis Road	4,000 (200 seats)[8]	Rugby, Warwickshire
Tynedale	Tynedale Park	2,000 (400 seats)	Corbridge, Northumberland
West Park St Helens	Red Rocks		St Helens, Merseyside

2007-08 National Division Three North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Tynedale (C)	26	24	1	1	715	280	+435	14	0	112	Promoted
2	Darlington Mowden Park	26	17	0	9	721	494	+227	10	5	83	Promotion play-off
3	Fylde	26	15	2	9	579	485	+94	10	2	76
4	Leicester Lions	26	13	3	10	658	466	+192	9	6	73
5	Caldy	26	13	2	11	555	493	+62	6	5	67
6	Harrogate	26	13	0	13	464	428	+36	7	7	66
7	Preston Grasshoppers	26	14	0	12	463	586	−123	3	4	63
8	Hull Ionians	26	13	0	13	441	540	−99	3	7	62
9	Rugby Lions	26	13	0	13	533	600	−67	7	2	61
10	Bradford & Bingley	26	10	1	15	551	593	−42	8	8	58
11	Macclesfield	26	9	2	15	443	488	−45	1	9	50
12	Morley (R)	26	8	3	15	446	568	−122	3	5	46	Relegated
13	West Park St Helens (R)	26	7	2	17	460	668	−208	4	7	43
14	Beverley (R)	26	5	0	21	410	750	−340	4	6	30

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• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 12 January 2008.

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• Game rescheduled from 15 December 2007.

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• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 February 2008.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 February 2008.

• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 February 2008.

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• Game rescheduled from 19 January 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 19 January 2008.

• Game rescheduled from 19 January 2008.

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• Postponed. Game rescheduled to 5 April 2008.

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• Game rescheduled from 29 March 2008.

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The league runners up of National Division Three South and North would meet in a playoff game for promotion to National Division Two. Cinderford were the southern division runners up and as they had a superior league record than northern runners-up, Darlington Mowden Park, they hosted the play-off match.

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Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Beverley	12[a 2]	1,710	143	379	86
Bradford & Bingley	12[a 3]	2,301	192	280	120	5%
Caldy	8[a 4]	3,279	410	900	232	10%
Darlington Mowden Park	11[a 5]	1,964	179	240	100
Fylde	12[a 6]	5,073	423	683	160	5%
Harrogate	11[a 7]	2,852	259	400	150	9%
Hull Ionians	12[a 8]	2,694	225	310	110	15%
Leicester Lions	13	1,795	138	280	50	7%
Macclesfield	10[a 9]	2,174	217	243	175	17%
Morley	12[a 10]	3,105	259	317	150
Preston Grasshoppers	12[a 11]	4,233	353	973	205	7%
Rugby Lions	13	3,300	254	322	144	6%
Tynedale	12[a 12]	2,932	244	325	150	12%
West Park St Helens	10[a 13]	889	89	146	39

• Note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.

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