Rugby Town travel to Bedworth United's The Oval ground this Tuesday (17th) for the first game of the pre-season schedule.

	Action from Rugby's friendly against Newport Pagnell on the 3G astroturf facility at Butlin Road

Valley began training in the first week of July and had an unofficial friendly against local side Newport Pagnell on Rugby's 3G synthetic turf on Saturday morning.

With injuries and holidays, Rugby fielded only five recognisable faces from last season with David Stone, Akinwale Aladetoun, Tom Breward, David Kolodynski & Faz Afandiyev having a run out.

The game gave manager Billy Jeffrey a chance to have a look at some of the many trialists - including full-back Stefan Morley, who played at Kettering Town last season, midfielder Scott Musgrove (ex-Cheltenham & Stamford), and winger Robert Gondwe (Zambian Under 23 International), while youth players Mark Edge and Brad Harris also impressed.

Meanwhile, last season's top scorer Jason Taylor and key defender Delroy Gordon were present at the game on Saturday but with both suffering knee injuries, Billy is hoping that they can recover as soon as possible:

"Both Delroy and Jason are struggling at the moment with their knees. Delroy was carrying the injury for a large part of last season while Jason twisted his knee against King's Lynn.

"I'm hoping both of them can get fit for August as they are both key players."

Rugby are hoping to welcome back a few more familiar faces for the game against Bedworth on Tuesday. Willis Francis & Andy Commander are expected to return from holiday and will hopefully be fit for the game however captain Craig Herbert will be unavailable due to a family illness.