Most Popular/Second Most Popular

Question

I am trying to retrieve the most popular STATION used. If there is a tie, choose the most recent DESCRIPTION (Table 2) and use the other for second most popular.
The tables are joined by TUB
TABLE 1
ID     TUB     STATION
100000     1002     3
100000     1002     3
100000     1002     3
100001     1201     4
100001     1202     3
100039     1003     1
100039     1003     5
100039     1003     2
100039     1002     2
100039     1002     1TABLE 2
YEAR     TUB     DESCRIPTION     DATE
2012     1201     LP1 12     18-Jan-12
2012     1202     LP2 12     18-Mar-12
2012     1203     LP3 12     18-Jun-12
2012     1204     LP4 12     18-Sep-12
2010     1003     LP3 10     18-Jun-10
2010     1002     LP2 10     19-Mar-10
2010     1001     LP1 10     20-Jan-10
2009     904     LP4 09     15-Sep-09Any help apreciated
Edited by: 927374 on 15/04/2012 20:21
Edited by: 927374 on 15/04/2012 20:22
Edited by: 927374 on 15/04/2012 20:28
Edited by: 927374 on 15/04/2012 23:57

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