Who played in which League when

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Bit of an epic, this thread, but I like a challenge.

This is the leagues since I started watching the new era Panthers. The lists are the order in which the teams finished.

Interesting to note the names that have come and gone over the years (Liverpool Leopards, anyone?). Also the chaotic organisation at the time Panthers started up again, with teams playing in more than one league. And don't forget, this list doesn't include any of the many cup competitions that have run over the years.

Enjoy. Any thoughts, memories or glaring errors welcome.


1980/81

Northern League – Murrayfield/Billingham/Durham/Fife/Glasgow/Whitley/Ayr/Aviemore

Inter City League – Streatham/Richmond/Southampton/Nottingham/Altrincham/Solihull/Cambridge University/Oxford University

Midland League – Blackpool/Liverpool/Grimsby/Deeside/Sheffield/Bradford/Crowtree


1981/82

English National League – Streatham/Nottingham/Whitley/Billingham/Blackpool/Durham/Crowtree/Altrincham

Scottish National League – Dundee/Murrayfield/Fife/Glasgow/Ayr

Northern League – Dundee/Murrayfield/Fife/Durham/Glasgow/Whitley/Billingham/Ayr

English League South – Streatham/Nottingham/Southampton/Solihull/Altrincham/Richmond/Avon/Oxford University/Cambridge University

English League North – Blackpool/Crowtree/Grimsby/Streatham (Bruins)/Liverpool/Sheffield/Deeside/Bradford/London


1982/83

British League 1

A – Dundee/Murrayfield/Fife/Glasgow/Ayr
B – Durham/Cleveland/Streatham/Nottingham/Whitley
C – Altrincham/Blackpool/Southampton/Crowtree/Richmond

British League 2

North – Grimsby/Deeside/Sheffield/Bradford
South – Solihull/Peterborough/Bournemouth/Streatham (Bruins)


1983/84

Heineken League Premier – Dundee/Durham/Streatham/Ayr/Murrayfield/Whitley/Fife/Nottingham/Cleveland

Heineken League 1 – Southampton/Crowtree/Solihull/Peterborough/Glasgow/Blackpool/Altrincham/Grimsby/Richmond/Bournemouth/Deeside


1984/85

Heineken League Premier – Durham/Fife/Murrayfield/Ayr/Streatham/Cleveland/Dundee/Nottingham/Whitley/Southampton

Heineken League 1 – Peterborough/Solihull/Blackpool/Glasgow/Crowtree/Lee Valley/Bournemouth/Altrincham/Richmond/Grimsby/Deeside


1985/86

Heineken League Premier – Durham/Murrayfield/Ayr/Dundee/Fife/Nottingham/Streatham/Cleveland/Whitley/Peterborough

Heineken League 1 – Solihull/Lee Valley/Telford/Glasgow/Altrincham/Crowtree/Bournemouth/Richmond/Oxford/Blackpool/Southampton/Sheffield


1986/87

Heineken League Premier – Murrayfield/Dundee/Nottingham/Fife/Durham/Ayr/Whitley/Streatham/Solihull/Cleveland

Heineken League 1 – Peterborough/Medway/Southampton/Telford/Slough/Glasgow/Trafford/Kirkaldy/Lee Valley/Richmond/Blackpool/Sunderland/Swindon/Bournemouth/Oxford/Irvine


1987/88

Heineken League Premier – Murrayfield/Whitley/Fife/Durham/Solihull/Nottingham/Ayr/Dundee/Streatham/Peterborough

Heineken League 1 South – Telford/Slough/Cardiff/Medway/Southampton/Swindon/Lee Valley/Richmond

North – Cleveland/Trafford/Kirkaldy/Sunderland/Glasgow/Deeside/Blackpool/Aviemore


1988/89

Heineken League Premier – Durham/Murrayfield/Nottingham/Fife/Whitley/Ayr/Peterborough/Solihull/Tayside/Streatham

Heineken League 1 – Cardiff/Medway/Slough/Telford/Cleveland/Trafford/Swindon/Deeside/Richmond/Lee Valley/Romford/Glasgow/Sunderland

English League 1 – Humberside/Bracknell/Oxford/Basingstoke/Chelmsford/Solihull/Birmingham/Peterborough (Titans)

1989/90

Heineken League Premier – Cardiff/Murrayfield/Durham/Solihull/Fife/Nottingham/Ayr/Peterborough/Whitley

Heineken League 1 – Slough/Cleveland/Medway/Humberside/Telford/Trafford/Swindon/Streatham/Lee Valley

English League 1 – Bracknell/Romford/Chelmsford/Oxford/Basingstoke/Sheffield/Sunderland

1990/91

Heineken League Premier – Durham/Cardiff/Peterborough/Murrayfield/Ayr/Nottingham/Whitley/Solihull/Cleveland/Fife

Heineken League 1 – Humberside/Slough/Bracknell/Romford/Telford/Swindon/Basingstoke/Trafford/Medway/Glasgow/Lee Valley

English League 1 – Oxford/Milton Keynes/Chelmsford/Blackburn/Sheffield/Haringey/Richmond/Sunderland

1991/92

Heineken League Premier – Durham/Nottingham/Cardiff/Humberside/Murrayfield/Whitley/Peterborough/Billingham/Bracknell/Ayr

Heineken League 1 – Fife/Slough/Basingstoke/Telford/Swindon/Romford/Milton Keynes/Lee Valley/Blackburn/Trafford

English League 1 – Medway/Sheffield/Streatham/Oxford/Chelmsford/Solihull/Haringey/Solent/Sunderland

1992/93

Heineken League Premier – Cardiff/Murrayfield/Nottingham/Whitley/Bracknell/Billingham/Humberside/Fife/Peterborough/Durham

Heineken League 1 – Basingstoke/Sheffield/Milton Keynes/Swindon/Romford/Slough/Telford/Medway/Lee Valley

English League A – Solihull/Bristol/Trafford/Blackburn/Oxford/Sunderland
English League B – Guildford/Chelmsford/Streatham/Wightlink/Stevenage/Basingstoke (Bulldogs)

1993/94

British League Premier – Cardiff/Fife/Sheffield/Nottingham/Murrayfield/Durham/Whitley/Humberside/Basingstoke/Bracknell/Peterborough/Teesside

British League 1 North – Milton Keynes/Telford/Blackburn/Trafford/Paisley/Solihull/Dumfries/Oxford

British League 1 South – Slough/Romford/Medway/Swindon/Guildford/Lee Valley/Streatham/Chelmsford

1994/95

British League Premier – Sheffield/Cardiff/Nottingham/Edinburgh/Durham/Fife/Basingstoke/Humberside/Peterborough/Whitley/Milton Keynes/Bracknell

British League 1 – Slough/Telford/Paisley/Swindon/Trafford/Solihull/Guildford/Medway/Blackburn/Chelmsford/Dumfries/Lee Valley

1995/96

British League Premier - Sheffield/Cardiff/Durham/Nottingham/Humberside/Fife/Basingstoke/Newcastle/Milton Keynes/Slough

British League 1 – Manchester/Blackburn/Bracknell/Swindon/Dumfries/Guildford/Paisley/Telford/Medway/Chelmsford/Peterborough/Solihull/Billingham/Murrayfield

1996/97

Superleague – Cardiff/Sheffield/Ayr/Nottingham/Newcastle/Bracknell/Manchester/Basingstoke

Premier League – Swindon/Solihull/Slough/Guildford/Kingston/Telford/Medway/Peterborough

Northern Premier League – Fife/Paisley/Whitley/Blackburn/Dumfries/Murrayfield/Castlereagh

1997/98

Superleague – Ayr/Manchester/Cardiff/Nottingham/Bracknell/Sheffield/Basingstoke/Newcastle

British National League – Guildford/Telford/Kingston/Peterborough/Paisley/Fife/Slough/Lancashire/Murrayfield

1998/99

Sekonda Superleague – Manchester/Cardiff/Nottingham/Bracknell/Ayr/Sheffield/Newcastle/London

British National League – Slough/Basingstoke/Guildford/Peterborough/Fife/Kingston/Telford/Edinburgh/Paisley

1999/00

Sekonda Superleague – Bracknell/Sheffield/Manchester/London/Ayr/Nottingham/Cardiff/Newcastle

British National League – Fife/Guildford/Basingstoke/Hull/Peterborough/Slough/Solihull/Edinburgh/Milton Keynes/Paisley

2000/01

Sekonda Superleague – Sheffield/Cardiff/Bracknell/London/Ayr/Belfast/Manchester/Nottingham/Newcastle

British National League – Guildford/Basingstoke/Fife/Coventry/Peterborough/Hull/Slough/Milton Keynes/Edinburgh/Paisley

2001/02

Sekonda Superleague – Belfast/Ayr/Sheffield/Nottingham/Bracknell/London/Manchester

British National League – Dundee/Coventry/Fife/Basingstoke/Guildford/Hull/Edinburgh/Milton Keynes/Paisley/Peterborough/Slough/Cardiff

2002/03

Superleague – Sheffield/Belfast/Nottingham/London/Bracknell

British National League – Coventry/Dundee/Guildford/Basingstoke/Cardiff/Edinburgh/Fife/Newcastle/Hull/Solihull

2003/04

Elite League – Sheffield/Nottingham/Coventry/Belfast/Cardiff/Manchester/Basingstoke/London

British National League – Fife/Guildford/Edinburgh/Bracknell/Newcastle/Dundee/Hull

2004/5

Elite League – Coventry/Belfast/Cardiff/Nottingham/Sheffield/London/Basingstoke

British National League – Bracknell/Newcastle/Guildford/Hull/Dundee/Fife/Edinburgh

2005/06

Elite League – Belfast/Newcastle/Nottingham/Coventry/Cardiff/Sheffield/Basingstoke/Edinburgh

English Premier League – Guildford/Slough/Milton Keynes/Swindon/Bracknell/Sheffield (Scimitars)/Romford/Hull/Peterborough/Telford/Chelmsford/Solihull/Wightlink

Scottish National League – Fife/Dundee Stars/Paisley/Edinburgh SNL Capitals/Solway/Moray/Dundee Tigers/North Ayr/Aberdeen

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Plus hull and manchester for this year stef.

[KimThePanther]

stef said:

Midland League – Blackpool/Liverpool/Grimsby/Deeside/Sheffield/Bradford/Crowtree

What a bizarre name for a league containing teams largely from the north of England!

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lilcrazykim said:

stef said:

Midland League – Blackpool/Liverpool/Grimsby/Deeside/Sheffield/Bradford/Crowtree

What a bizarre name for a league containing teams largely from the north of England!

British hockey was a strange world in those days.

[Baz]

lilcrazykim said:

stef said:

Midland League – Blackpool/Liverpool/Grimsby/Deeside/Sheffield/Bradford/Crowtree

What a bizarre name for a league containing teams largely from the north of England!

It extended up to Scotland though, which was the Northern League.

OK then smarty pants, where's the Southern League? It was the Inter-City (the old railway company) League, but I wouldn't call Altrincham southern by any standards.

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stef said:

lilcrazykim said:

What a bizarre name for a league containing teams largely from the north of England!

British hockey was a strange world in those days.

It still is a strange place Stef!