Rugby
Town travel to Ardley United for their
penultimate pre-season friendly before
the 07/08 BGB Premier Division season
kicks off on 18th August.
Ardley
United play at step 5 in the pyramid
in the Sport Italia Hellenic Premier
division and they finished fourth
last season.
The
town of Ardley is in Oxfordshire -
just off junction 10 of the M40.
Founded
in 1945, Ardley spent the majority
of their early years in local competitions,
primarily the Lord Jersey F.A. league
and cup events. They stepped up in
1988 to the Oxfordshire Senior League
and won Division One at the first
attempt, gaining promotion to the
Premier Division. Within two seasons,
they had won that Division as well.
The club stayed in the Oxfordshire
league for two more seasons, until
in 1993 they joined the Hellenic League.
Since
joining the Hellenic League, they
have won the Division One Championship
twice and been runner-up twice more,
until finally gaining promotion to
the Premier Division in 2003. The
previous basic nature of the club's
ground had prevented promotion in
previous years. After upgrading the
facilities enough to be awarded the
"Most Improved Ground" award
from the Non-League Paper in 2005,
the ground was also deemed acceptable
for entry to the F.A. Vase for the
first time.
With
manager Billy Jeffrey still away,
reserve manager Mark Fenemore &
youth coach Chris Wells will be overseeing
proceedings as Valley look to continue
their good pre-season form.
Left-back
Stefan Morley will hope to shrug off
the shin injury he sustained against
Nuneaton while fellow newcomer Scott
Musgrove will be hoping to make his
first appearance since playing against
Hinckley United.
Rugby
Town Squad
From: Faz Afandiyev, Aaron
Stringfellow, Brad Harris, Delroy
Gordon, Stefan Morley, Stefan McGrath,
Joel Young, Mark Edge, Matt Gearing,
David Staff, Willis Francis, Tom Breward,
Scott Musgrove, John Carrington, David
Kolodynski, David Stone, Tristan Kabongo. |
