Rugby Town boss Billy Jeffrey will take his side to Nottinghamshire side Eastwood Town tomorrow (kick-off 3pm) for their fourth pre-season friendly, but he is certainly satisfied with the progress so far.

	Billy is pleased with his side's fitness levels and is beginning to piece his side together for the coming season

Valley followed up on last week's 3-3 draw at Bedworth, with two more creditable performances in their 3-2 victory over a Luton Town XI and 1-1 draw against a strong line-up from Blue Square North side Hinckley United.

Billy is reasonably happy with how the warm-up campaign has gone to-date and the way his squad is starting to take shape. He said : "We have had three good work-outs now.

"Fitness levels are improving, we have played some nice football at times and as a bonus the results have been pretty good too.

"The young Luton lads gave us something to think about in the first half with their movement on and off the ball, but we responded well in the second and were tighter on them in the midfield.

"Their manager admitted afterwards that we finished the game the stronger - which is an impressive achievement at such an early point in the season against a team who train full-time."

Reflecting straight after the Hinckley game in which his side could have easily snatched another victory, Billy said:

"Tonight's match was more of a physical battle, but we stood up to the challenge well and our pace up-front caused their defence problems throughout."

19 year old triallist Stuart Sinclair made his first appearance for the club against Hinckley. Attacking midfielder Sinclair appeared in more than 20 games for Blue Square South side Cambridge City in 2006-07, and has also had spells with St.Albans and as a youth teamer at Luton Town.

Goalkeeper Alex Bacherini started the game on Tuesday night, putting in a confident forty five minute performance and keeping a clean sheet in the process, until he was replaced by regular keeper Farhad Afandiyev at half-time.

Billy hopes that all the triallists will be available for Saturday's trip to Unibond Premier side Eastwood Town. He said:"Eastwood will be a good test for us. They had a good season last year, and the game will give us a chance to see how we are matching up against a team from our own level."