Billy
Jeffrey's Rugby Town side travel to
Eastwood Town looking to build on
a promising start to pre-season.
Valley
remain unbeaten in their first three
outings of the season including a
3-2 win against a Luton XI and draws
against Bedworth and Hinckley.
With
Billy starting to finalise his squad
for the new BGB Premier Division season,
which starts at Clevedon on 18th Augsut,
his signings will be looking to forge
an understanding while the remaining
trialists will be looking to impress.
Last
season's 24-goal top scorer Jason
Taylor is hoping to play some part
in the fixture following a knee problem
while it is not known whether club
captain Craig Herbert will make his
first appearance of pre-season after
missing the games so far due to family
reasons.
Billy
could have one or two new faces for
the game while 19-year-old trialist
Stuart Sinclair could feature again.
Sinclair started on the right side
of midfield for Rugby against Hinckley
on Tuesday. The former Luton Town
trainee spent last season with Blue
Square South side Cambridge City where
he made 20 appearances.
The
Eastwood game should also see the
return of ex-Kettering full-back Stefan
Morley who Billy hopes to sign in
the next week. Goalkeeper Alex Bacherini,
an ex-Notts County trainee, will be
hoping to make an appearance.
Saturday's
opponents, Eastwood, have just had
arguably their most successful season
in the club's 54 year history by gaining
promotion to the UniBond Premier Division
for the first time.
Valley
have only ever faced Eastwood once
before in any competition. Back in
2003, the Badgers - then of the North
East Counties League, travelled to
Butlin Road for an FA Cup 2nd Qualifying
Round and surprised their hosts with
a
3-1 win.
Rugby
Town Squad From: Faz Afandiyev,
Alex Bacherini, Brad Harris, Andy
Commander, Craig Herbert, Delroy Gordon,
Stefan Morley, Stefan McGrath, Joel
Young, Mark Edge, Willis Francis,
Tom Breward, Stuart Sinclair, Scott
Musgrove, Fabien Smith, Robert Gondwe,
David Kolodynski, David Stone, Jason
Taylor, Akin Aladetoun, Tristan Kabongo.
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