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]
Participating teams and locations
Locations of the 2007-08 National Division Three North teams
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 |
|
Harrogate, North Yorkshire |
Hull Ionians |
Brantingham Park |
300 seats |
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Leicester Lions |
Westleigh Park |
2,000 |
Blaby, Leicestershire |
Macclesfield |
Priory Park |
|
Macclesfield, Cheshire |
Morley |
Scatcherd Lane |
|
Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
Preston Grasshoppers |
Lightfoot Green |
5,000 |
Preston, Lancashire |
Rugby Lions |
Webb Ellis Road |
1,000 |
Rugby, Warwickshire |
Tynedale |
Tynedale Park |
400 seats |
Corbridge, Northumberland |
West Park St Helens |
Red Rocks |
|
St Helens, Merseyside |
Final league table
Results
Round 1
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
38 - 25 |
Rugby Lions |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Attendance: 240
Referee: Mick Reid |
Caldy |
13 - 11 |
Hull Ionians (BP) |
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Report |
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Paton Field
Attendance: 900
Referee: Rob Sheard |
Darlington Mowden Park |
26 - 22 |
Morley (BP) |
|
Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 240
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 420
Referee: Ross Campbell |
(BP) Harrogate |
41 - 6 |
Beverley |
|
Report |
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Claro Road
Attendance: 312
Referee: Revis Phillips |
Leicester Lions |
16 - 10 |
Macclesfield (BP) |
|
Report |
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Westleigh Park
Attendance: 100
Referee: Glenn O'Hara |
Preston Grasshoppers |
22 - 0 |
West Park St Helens |
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Report |
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Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 280
Referee: Eric Woodmason |
Round 2
Beverley |
20 - 45 |
Caldy (BP) |
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Report |
|
Beaver Park
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
(BP) Fylde |
25 - 18 |
Preston Grasshoppers (BP) |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 683
Referee: Steve Harland |
Hull Ionians |
26 - 19 |
Darlington Mowden Park (BP) |
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Report |
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Brantingham Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Glenn O'Hara |
(BP) Macclesfield |
16 - 20 |
West Park St Helens |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 210 |
(BP) Morley |
32 - 13 |
Bradford & Bingley |
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Report |
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Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 250
Referee: Rob Sheard |
Rugby Lions |
13 - 29 |
Leicester Lions |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 300 |
(BP) Tynedale |
41 - 10 |
Harrogate |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 220
Referee: Trevor Fisher |
Round 3
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
27 - 20 |
Hull Ionians (BP) |
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Report |
|
Wagon Lane
Attendance: 220
Referee: Ian Robinson |
Caldy |
5 - 35 |
Tynedale (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Paton Field
Attendance: 472
Referee: Mick Reid |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
17 - 24 |
Beverley (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 160
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Claro Road
Attendance: 210
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
(BP) Leicester Lions |
45 - 0 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 100
Referee: David Sainsbury |
Preston Grasshoppers |
16 - 12 |
Macclesfield (BP) |
|
Report |
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Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 205
Referee: Mark Liddell |
(BP) West Park St Helens |
24 - 17 |
Rugby Lions (BP) |
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Report |
|
Red Rocks
Attendance: 103
Referee: Philip Davis |
Round 4
(BP) Beverley |
27 - 20 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
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Report |
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Beaver Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: Revis Phillips |
Fylde |
11 - 9 |
Caldy (BP) |
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Report |
|
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 280
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
(BP) Harrogate |
24 - 25 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Claro Road
Attendance: 150
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
Hull Ionians |
21 - 20 |
Leicester Lions (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: Chris Seeley |
Morley |
25 - 15 |
West Park St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 250
Referee: D Edmunds |
Rugby Lions |
28 - 16 |
Macclesfield |
|
Report |
|
Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 144
Referee: Michael Tutty |
Tynedale |
19 - 8 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 160
Referee: Rob Sheard |
Round 5
Bradford & Bingley |
10 - 19 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Wagon Lane
Attendance: 160
Referee: Andrew Bickle |
Paton Field
Attendance: 242
Referee: Ross Campbell |
Darlington Mowden Park |
21 - 10 |
Fylde |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Revis Phillips |
(BP) Leicester Lions |
41 - 19 |
Beverley |
|
Report |
|
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 95
Referee: Richard Kelly |
Macclesfield |
18 - 18 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
Priory Park
Attendance: 175
Referee: Ian Robinson |
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers |
32 - 18 |
Rugby Lions |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 402
Referee: Luke Pearce |
(BP) West Park St Helens |
24 - 26 |
Hull Ionians (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Red Rocks
Referee: Mark Liddell |
Round 6
Beverley |
13 - 24 |
West Park St Helens |
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Report |
|
Beaver Park
Attendance: 103
Referee: Rob Sheard |
(BP) Caldy |
16 - 20 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Paton Field
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
(BP) Fylde |
20 - 40 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 160
Referee: Chris Seeley |
Harrogate |
7 - 23 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Claro Road
Attendance: 370
Referee: Gareth Hodges |
Hull Ionians |
14 - 12 |
Macclesfield (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
Morley |
13 - 31 |
Rugby Lions (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 300
Referee: Eric Woodmason |
Tynedale |
27 - 26 |
Leicester Lions (2BP) |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: D Edmunds |
Round 7
Bradford & Bingley |
20 - 14 |
Harrogate (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Wagon Lane
Attendance: 230
Referee: Ian Robinson |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
39 - 7 |
Caldy |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 180
Referee: Mick Reid |
(BP) Leicester Lions |
31 - 18 |
Fylde |
|
Report |
|
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 120
Referee: Andrew Bickle |
Macclesfield |
27 - 40 |
Beverley (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Priory Park
Attendance: 226
Referee: Revis Phillips |
Preston Grasshoppers |
21 - 20 |
Morley (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 367
Referee: Gareth Hodges |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
32 - 24 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 219
Referee: Steve Walters |
(BP) West Park St Helens |
14 - 21 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Red Rocks
Referee: Paul Kimber |
Round 8
(BP) Beverley |
15 - 21 |
Rugby Lions |
|
Report |
|
Beaver Park
Attendance: 175
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Caldy |
15 - 15 |
Bradford & Bingley |
|
Report |
|
Paton Field
Attendance: 342
Referee: Steve Walters |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
43 - 15 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 190
Referee: D Edmunds |
Fylde |
13 - 13 |
West Park St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 260
Referee: Mark Liddell |
(BP) Harrogate |
25 - 6 |
Leicester Lions |
|
Report |
|
Claro Road
Attendance: 150
Referee: Rob Sheard |
Hull Ionians |
17 - 10 |
Morley (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: David Sainsbury |
(BP) Tynedale |
40 - 10 |
Macclesfield |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 220
Referee: Mick Reid |
Round 9
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
40 - 20 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Wagon Lane
Attendance: 186
Referee: Nick Ashton |
(BP) Leicester Lions |
31 - 18 |
Caldy |
|
Report |
|
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 120
Referee: Richard Kelly |
Macclesfield |
20 - 41 |
Fylde (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Priory Park
Attendance: 242
Referee: Rob Sheard |
(BP) Morley |
31 - 18 |
Beverley |
|
Report |
|
Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 300
Referee: Chris Seeley |
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers |
17 - 21 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 389
Referee: Revis Phillips |
Rugby Lions |
22 - 10 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 250
Referee: Luke Pearce |
(BP) West Park St Helens |
17 - 20 |
Harrogate |
|
Report |
|
Red Rocks
Attendance: 135
Referee: John Meredith |
Round 10
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
15 - 22 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Wagon Lane
Attendance: 165
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Caldy |
18 - 13 |
West Park St Helens (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Paton Field
Attendance: 232
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
18 - 20 |
Leicester Lions |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 192
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
(BP) Fylde |
42 - 17 |
Rugby Lions |
|
Report |
|
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 280
Referee: Gareth Hodges |
(BP) Harrogate |
21 - 27 |
Macclesfield |
|
Report |
|
Claro Road
Attendance: 210
Referee: Kevin Warwick |
(BP) Tynedale |
38 - 7 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 240
Referee: Mick Reid |
(BP) Beverley |
10 - 12 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Beaver Park
Attendance: 379
Referee: Mark Liddell |
Round 11
(BP) Hull Ionians |
3 - 8 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rob Sheard |
Leicester Lions |
20 - 17 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 120
Referee: Mick Reid |
Macclesfield |
23 - 19 |
Caldy (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Priory Park
Attendance: 207
Referee: Trevor Fisher |
Preston Grasshoppers |
22 - 17 |
Beverley (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 228
Referee: Andrew Bickle |
Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 250
Referee: James Fisher |
Rugby Lions |
19 - 13 |
Harrogate (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 271
Referee: Paul Knowles |
(BP) West Park St Helens |
19 - 20 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Red Rocks
Attendance: 55
Referee: Richard Kelly |
Round 12
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
24 - 25 |
West Park St Helens (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Wagon Lane
Attendance: 160
Referee: Gareth Hodges |
(BP) Caldy |
11 - 15 |
Rugby Lions |
|
Report |
|
Paton Field
Attendance: 324
Referee: Simon Lazenby |
Darlington Mowden Park |
11 - 27 |
Macclesfield (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 100
Referee: Chris Seeley |
Fylde |
17 - 10 |
Hull Ionians (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 320
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
(BP) Harrogate |
26 - 8 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
Claro Road
Attendance: 250
Referee: Mick Reid |
Leicester Lions |
30 - 5 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 165
Referee: Mark Varnon |
(BP) Tynedale |
29 - 19 |
Beverley |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Round 13
(BP) Beverley |
26 - 27 |
Fylde |
|
Report |
|
Beaver Park
Attendance: 154
Referee: Gareth Hodges |
(BP) Hull Ionians |
30 - 10 |
Harrogate |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Rob Sheard |
Macclesfield |
9 - 8 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Priory Park
Attendance: 207
Referee: Lee Towers |
Preston Grasshoppers |
15 - 40 |
Tynedale (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 402
Referee: Mark Wilson |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
33 - 32 |
Darlington Mowden Park (2BP) |
|
Report |
|
Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 322
Referee: Tom Davis |
West Park St Helens |
19 - 16 |
Leicester Lions (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Red Rocks
Attendance: 39
Referee: Chris Seeley |
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 12 January 2008.
Round 14
Bradford & Bingley |
19 - 10 |
Morley (BP) |
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Report |
|
Wagon Lane
Attendance: 280
Referee: Gareth Hodges |
(BP) Caldy |
35 - 8 |
Beverley |
|
Report |
|
Paton Field
Referee: Mark Varnon |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
74 - 0 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 181
Referee: Eric Woodmason |
Harrogate |
3 - 17 |
Tynedale |
|
Report |
|
Claro Road
Attendance: 300
Referee: Revis Phillips |
Leicester Lions |
26 - 17 |
Rugby Lions |
|
Report |
|
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 280 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
8 - 17 |
Fylde |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 973
Referee: Mick Reid |
West Park St Helens |
15 - 13 |
Macclesfield (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Red Rocks
Attendance: 48
Referee: Steve Lee |
Round 15
Beverley |
10 - 26 |
Darlington Mowden Park (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Beaver Park
Attendance: 131
Referee: Mark Liddell |
(BP) Fylde |
9 - 14 |
Harrogate |
|
Report |
|
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 630
Referee: Paul Kimber |
Hull Ionians |
10 - 29 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 310
Referee: Nick Ashton |
Macclesfield |
12 - 26 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Priory Park
Attendance: 237
Referee: D Edmunds |
Morley |
16 - 8 |
Leicester Lions |
|
Report |
|
Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 250
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
Rugby Lions |
21 - 14 |
West Park St Helens (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 270
Referee: Luke Pearce |
(BP) Tynedale |
29 - 6 |
Caldy |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 215
Referee: Ross Campbell |
Round 13 (rescheduled game)
Morley |
18 - 27 |
Caldy (BP) |
|
|
|
Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 250
Referee: Andrew Gardner |
- Game rescheduled from 15 December 2007.
Round 16
Paton Field
Attendance: 280
Referee: Adam Friend |
Darlington Mowden Park |
14 - 35 |
Tynedale (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 200 |
(BP) Leicester Lions |
38 - 14 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 50
Referee: John Meredith |
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers |
13 - 17 |
Harrogate |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 287
Referee: Ross Campbell |
Bradford & Bingley |
P - P |
Beverley |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 February 2008.
Macclesfield |
P - P |
Rugby Lions |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 February 2008.
West Park St Helens |
P - P |
Morley |
|
|
|
- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 2 February 2008.
Round 17
Beverley |
5 - 54 |
Leicester Lions (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Beaver Park
Attendance: 114
Referee: Eric Woodmason |
(BP) Fylde |
27 - 34 |
Darlington Mowden Park (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
(BP) Harrogate |
25 - 11 |
Caldy |
|
Report |
|
Claro Road
Referee: Chris Seeley |
(BP) Hull Ionians |
35 - 19 |
West Park St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 110
Referee: D Edmunds |
Morley |
13 - 0 |
Macclesfield |
|
Report |
|
Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 210
Referee: Andrew Bickle |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
57 - 7 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 276
Referee: Mark Wells |
(BP) Tynedale |
38 - 9 |
Bradford & Bingley |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 272
Referee: Trevor Fisher |
Round 16 (rescheduled games)
Bradford & Bingley |
17 - 32 |
Beverley (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Wagon Lane
Attendance: 120
Referee: Revis Phillips |
- Game rescheduled from 19 January 2008.
Macclesfield |
30 - 12 |
Rugby Lions |
|
Report |
|
Priory Park
Attendance: 236
Referee: Gareth Hodges |
- Game rescheduled from 19 January 2008.
(BP) West Park St Helens |
29 - 29 |
Morley (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Red Rocks
Attendance: 81
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
- Game rescheduled from 19 January 2008.
Round 18
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
16 - 20 |
Fylde |
|
Report |
|
Wagon Lane
Referee: Ross Campbell |
Darlington Mowden Park |
30 - 24 |
Harrogate (2BP) |
|
Report |
|
Yiewsley Drive
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth |
Leicester Lions |
18 - 34 |
Tynedale (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Westleigh Park
Attendance: 225
Referee: Rob Sheard |
Macclesfield |
26 - 8 |
Hull Ionians |
|
Report |
|
Priory Park
Referee: Paul Kimber |
Preston Grasshoppers |
25 - 56 |
Caldy (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Lightfoot Green
Referee: Guy Steel Bodger |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
27 - 19 |
Morley |
|
Report |
|
Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 245
Referee: Andrew Bickle |
West Park St Helens |
17 - 15 |
Beverley (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Red Rocks
Attendance: 110
Referee: Revis Phillips |
Round 19
Beverley |
6 - 21 |
Macclesfield |
|
Report |
|
Beaver Park
Attendance: 86
Referee: Richard Parker-Sedgmore |
(BP) Caldy |
21 - 27 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
|
Report |
|
Paton Field
Referee: Rob Sheard |
(BP) Fylde |
34 - 34 |
Leicester Lions (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 580
Referee: David Sainsbury |
(BP) Harrogate |
24 - 0 |
Bradford & Bingley |
|
Report |
|
Claro Road
Attendance: 400
Referee: Gareth Hodges |
Hull Ionians |
22 - 15 |
Rugby Lions (BP) |
|
Report |
|
Brantingham Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kevin Warwick |
(BP) Morley |
15 - 17 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
|
Report |
|
Scatcherd Lane
Referee: Ross Campbell |
(BP) Tynedale |
34 - 3 |
West Park St Helens |
|
Report |
|
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 310
Referee: Mark Liddell |
Round 20
Bradford & Bingley |
5 - 36 |
Caldy (BP) |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Attendance: 125
Referee: Marcus Caton |
(BP) Leicester Lions |
16 - 21 |
Harrogate |
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Report |
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Westleigh Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mark Varnon |
(BP) Macclesfield |
13 - 19 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 243
Referee: Eric Woodmason |
Morley |
20 - 13 |
Hull Ionians (BP) |
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Report |
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Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 150
Referee: Trevor Fisher |
Preston Grasshoppers |
13 - 30 |
Darlington Mowden Park (BP) |
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Report |
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Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 228
Referee: Revis Phillips |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
26 - 5 |
Beverley |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 265
Referee: Glenn O'Hara |
West Park St Helens |
18 - 26 |
Fylde (BP) |
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Report |
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Red Rocks
Attendance: 77
Referee: Simon Harding |
Round 21
Beverley |
13 - 27 |
Morley |
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Report |
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Beaver Park
Attendance: 104
Referee: Steve Walters |
Caldy |
25 - 25 |
Leicester Lions |
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Report |
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Paton Field
Referee: Mick Reid |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
26 - 21 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 186
Referee: Tim Fisher |
Fylde |
12 - 10 |
Macclesfield (BP) |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 450
Referee: D Edmunds |
(BP) Harrogate |
31 - 17 |
West Park St Helens |
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Report |
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Claro Road
Attendance: 350
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
(BP) Hull Ionians |
10 - 11 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
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Report |
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Brantingham Park
Referee: Gareth Hodges |
(BP) Tynedale |
32 - 5 |
Rugby Lions |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Andrew McMenemy |
Round 22
Hull Ionians |
22 - 21 |
Beverley (BP) |
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Report |
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Brantingham Park
Attendance: 210 |
(BP) Leicester Lions |
11 - 14 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Westleigh Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: Rob Sheard |
(BP) Macclesfield |
17 - 18 |
Harrogate |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Referee: Mike Read |
Morley |
12 - 12 |
Tynedale |
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Report |
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Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 278
Referee: Mark Liddell |
(BP) Preston Grasshoppers |
19 - 21 |
Bradford & Bingley |
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Report |
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Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 235
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Rugby Lions |
11 - 30 |
Fylde (BP) |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 172
Referee: Steve Lee |
(BP) West Park St Helens |
18 - 23 |
Caldy |
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Report |
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Red Rocks
Attendance: 146
Referee: Ross Campbell |
Round 23
Beverley |
5 - 26 |
Preston Grasshoppers (BP) |
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Report |
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Beaver Park
Attendance: 96
Referee: Chris Sharp |
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
28 - 17 |
Leicester Lions |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Attendance: 175
Referee: David Sainsbury |
Caldy |
27 - 22 |
Macclesfield (BP) |
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Report |
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Paton Field
Referee: Revis Phillips |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
60 - 21 |
West Park St Helens |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 110
Referee: Mick Reid |
(BP) Fylde |
30 - 7 |
Morley |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 335
Referee: Nick Ashton |
Harrogate |
17 - 3 |
Rugby Lions |
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Report |
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Claro Road
Attendance: 150
Referee: Chris Seeley |
Tynedale |
21 - 20 |
Hull Ionians (BP) |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 210
Referee: Rob Sheard |
Round 24
Beverley |
7 - 33 |
Tynedale (BP) |
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Report |
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Beaver Park
Attendance: 97
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Hull Ionians |
8 - 24 |
Fylde (BP) |
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Report |
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Brantingham Park
Attendance: 210
Referee: Steve Harland |
Macclesfield |
17 - 10 |
Darlington Mowden Park (BP) |
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Report |
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Priory Park
Attendance: 191
Referee: Eric Woodmason |
Morley |
5 - 3 |
Harrogate (BP) |
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Report |
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Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 300
Referee: Trevor Fisher |
Preston Grasshoppers |
17 - 14 |
Leicester Lions (BP) |
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Report |
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Lightfoot Green
Attendance: 237
Referee: Ross Campbell |
Rugby Lions |
7 - 18 |
Caldy |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 294
Referee: Steve Walters |
West Park St Helens |
P - P |
Bradford & Bingley |
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- Postponed. Game rescheduled to 5 April 2008.
Round 24 (rescheduled game)
(BP) West Park St Helens |
28 - 51 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
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Report |
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Red Rocks
Referee: Andrew Taylorson |
- Game rescheduled from 29 March 2008.
Round 25
(BP) Bradford & Bingley |
19 - 24 |
Macclesfield |
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Report |
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Wagon Lane
Attendance: 240
Referee: Rob Sheard |
(BP) Caldy |
43 - 23 |
Morley |
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Report |
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Paton Field
Attendance: 487
Referee: Brendan Fitzmaurice |
(BP) Darlington Mowden Park |
52 - 0 |
Rugby Lions |
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Report |
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Yiewsley Drive
Attendance: 225
Referee: Adrian Hartwell |
(BP) Fylde |
68 - 7 |
Beverley |
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Report |
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Woodlands Memorial Ground
Attendance: 675
Referee: Gareth Hodges |
Harrogate |
12 - 23 |
Hull Ionians |
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Report |
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Claro Road
Referee: Mike Read |
(BP) Leicester Lions |
55 - 20 |
West Park St Helens |
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Report |
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Westleigh Park
Attendance: 120
Referee: Andrew Bickle |
(BP) Tynedale |
37 - 7 |
Preston Grasshoppers |
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Report |
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Tynedale Park
Attendance: 310
Referee: Matthew Daubney |
Round 26
Beverley |
22 - 21 |
Harrogate (BP) |
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Report |
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Beaver Park
Attendance: 121
Referee: Ross Campbell |
Hull Ionians |
21 - 11 |
Caldy |
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Report |
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Brantingham Park
Attendance: 204
Referee: Mark Liddell |
Macclesfield |
11 - 11 |
Leicester Lions |
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Report |
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(BP) Morley |
25 - 27 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Scatcherd Lane
Attendance: 317
Referee: Chris Sharp |
(BP) Rugby Lions |
41 - 29 |
Bradford & Bingley (BP) |
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Report |
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Webb Ellis Road
Attendance: 272
Referee: Glenn O'Hara |
Tynedale Park
Attendance: 325
Referee: Chris Seeley |
West Park St Helens |
14 - 24 |
Preston Grasshoppers (BP) |
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Report |
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Red Rocks
Attendance: 95
Referee: D Edmunds |
Promotion play-off
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.
Cinderford |
15 - 14 |
Darlington Mowden Park |
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Report |
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Dockham Road
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Adrian Hartwell |
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Total season attendances
Club |
Home
Games |
Total |
Average |
Highest |
Lowest |
% Capacity |
Beverley |
12[a 2] |
1,710 |
143 |
379 |
86 |
N/A |
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 |
N/A |
Fylde |
12[a 6] |
5,073 |
423 |
683 |
160 |
5% |
Harrogate |
11[a 7] |
2,852 |
259 |
400 |
150 |
N/A |
Hull Ionians |
12[a 8] |
2,694 |
225 |
310 |
110 |
N/A |
Leicester Lions |
13 |
1,795 |
138 |
280 |
50 |
7% |
Macclesfield |
10[a 9] |
2,174 |
217 |
243 |
175 |
N/A |
Morley |
12[a 10] |
3,105 |
259 |
317 |
150 |
N/A |
Preston Grasshoppers |
12[a 11] |
4,233 |
353 |
973 |
205 |
7% |
Rugby Lions |
13 |
3,300 |
254 |
322 |
144 |
25% |
Tynedale |
12[a 12] |
2,932 |
244 |
325 |
150 |
N/A |
West Park St Helens |
10[a 13] |
889 |
89 |
146 |
39 |
N/A |
- ↑ Note that 22 home attendances are missing (see below) - so the total attendance will not be 100% accurate. The average attendance has also been taken into account with the missing games not included.
- ↑ Missing home attendance v Caldy on 8 September 2007.
- ↑ Missing home attendance v Caldy on 9 February 2008.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v West Park St Helens on 6 October 2007, Beverley on 22 December 2007, Darlington Mowden Park on 16 February 2008, Leicester Lions on 1 March 2008 and Macclesfield on 15 March 2008.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Fylde on 29 September 2007 and Harrogate on 9 February 2008.
- ↑ Missing home attendance v Darlington Mowden Park on 26 January 2008.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Caldy on 26 January 2008 and Hull Ionians on 12 April 2008.
- ↑ Missing home attendance v Preston Grasshoppers on 1 March 2008.
- ↑ Missing home attendance v Hull Ionians on 9 February 2008, Harrogate on 8 March 2008 and Leicester Lions on 19 April 2008.
- ↑ Missing home attendance v Preston Grasshoppers on 16 February 2008.
- ↑ Missing home attendance v Caldy on 9 February 2008.
- ↑ Missing home attendance v Beverley on 1 December 2007.
- ↑ Missing home attendances v Hull Ionians on 29 September 2007, Tynedale on 20 October 2007 and Bradford & Bingley on 5 April 2008.
Individual statistics
- Note if players are tied on tries or points the player with the lowest number of appearances will come first. Also note that points scorers includes tries as well as conversions, penalties and drop goals.
Top points scorers
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Top try scorers
[9] |
Season records
Team
- Largest home win — 74 pts
74 - 0 Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 22 December 2007
- Largest away win — 49 pts
54 - 5 Leicester Lions away to Beverley on 26 January 2008
- Most points scored — 74 pts
74 - 0 Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 22 December 2007
- Most tries in a match — 10 (x2)
Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 22 December 2007
Fylde at home to Beverley on 12 April 2008
- Most conversions in a match — 9 (x2)
Darlington Mowden Park at home to Hull Ionians on 22 December 2007
Fylde at home to Beverley on 12 April 2008
- Most penalties in a match — 6 (x2)
Preston Grasshoppers at home to Morley on 20 October 2007
Macclesfield at home to Rugby Lions on 2 February 2008
- Most drop goals in a match — 2 (x3)
West Park St Helens away to Beverley on 6 October 2007
Fylde at home to Hull Ionians on 1 December 2007
Fylde away to Beverley on 15 December 2007
[10][11][12][13]
Player
- Most points in a match — 23
Jon Boden for Leicester Lions at home to Hull Ionians on 19 January 2008
- Most tries in a match — 4 (x2)
Lisiate Tafa for Bradford & Bingley away to Fylde on 6 October 2007
Gareth Roberts for Leicester Lions away to Beverley on 26 January 2008
- Most conversions in a match — 8
Stephen Nutt for Fylde at home to Beverley on 12 April 2008
- Most penalties in a match — 6 (x2)
Gerhard Boshoff for Preston Grasshoppers at home to Morley on 20 October 2007
Ross Winney for Macclesfield at home to Rugby Lions on 2 February 2008
- Most drop goals in a match — 2 (x3)
Rob Hitchmough for West Park St Helens away to Beverley on 6 October 2007
John Armstrong for Fylde at home to Hull Ionians on 1 December 2007
John Armstrong for Fylde away to Beverley on 15 December 2007
[14][15][16][17][18]
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Attendances
- Highest — 973
Preston Grasshoppers at home to Fylde on 22 December 2007
- Lowest — 39
West Park St Helens at home to Leicester Lions on 15 December 2007
- Highest Average Attendance — 423
Fylde
- Lowest Average Attendance — 89
West Park St Helens
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See also
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