Rugby Town continue their season with a visit to Mangotsfield this weekend, looking to maintain their encouraging start to the league campaign - which has seen them steadily climb up the table into sixth place.

	Date Sat 27th Oct 07 Kick-off 3pm Venue Cossham Street, Mangotsfield, Bristol, BS16 9EN. Comp BGB Premier Divsion Match Odds Mangotsfield 5/4 Draw 5/2 Rugby 13/8 Despite early cup exits, Rugby have lost just once from the last nine in the league Head2Head P W D L F A Home 5 2 1 2 6 9 Away 5 2 1 2 9 7 Total 10 4 2 4 15 16

Saturday's trip down the M5 will be their fourth such journey already this season - with two more still to come to Yate and Tiverton. There could have easily been another on the cards on Tuesday night, after Town almost battled back to force a replay after an early two goal setback in the F.A.Trophy against Clevedon.

In the end, the Seasiders sealed the tie on the hour mark, and David Stone's seventh of the season just before half-time was in vain, with the visitors earning an away trip to Hemel Hempstead in the next round as reward.

Reflecting back on the defeat, Town boss Billy Jeffrey said : "The bottom line is that we can't afford to give away goals like we did, and expect to win. It's disappointing, because it's another cup we have failed in this season. We will have to make amends by keeping up our good run in the league this coming weekend at Mangotsfield."

This weekend's opponents have also qualified for the next stage of the competition, following up on last Saturday's goalless draw at home to Fleet with a 2-0 away victory on Tuesday night, thanks to goals from top scorer Luke Ballinger and midfielder Ronnie Mowatt, a recent signing from Taunton.

Frank Gregan's side have had a steady start to their league campaign, and are currently 11th in the BGBLP. They appear to be emerging as one of the division's draw specialists this season, with five in total, and four from their six games already at Cossham Street.

Mangos edged a tight encounter there between the two sides last season with a single second half Jack Allward strike sealing the points. The 2005-06 game saw Valley put in one of their best performances under Jeffrey though, with goals from Stone, Delroy Gordon and Chris Tullin earning a 3-1 victory.

Jeffrey knows that he will need a performance of similar quality to take something from Saturday's match. He said : "They are definitely one of the more experienced sides in the division and it will be tough game. They appear to have kept most of last season's squad together and strengthened as well in the summer."

Mangotsfield started well last time round, but their form dipped mid-season and they eventually finished in 9th place - eleven points off the play offs - with their Achilles heel again being the number of home games drawn (eleven in total).

Jeffrey's main injury worry ahead of the weekend is Ashley Blake, who was helped from the pitch during the Clevedon defeat with a knee injury, although Jeffrey is hopeful that the midfielder may recover in time for this Saturday's trip.

Jeffrey also confirmed that he is looking to boost his squad, and assistant manager Kenny Mist missed the Clevedon game to check out one of his main targets.

There is a club coach travelling to Mangotsfield this weekend, and this will leave the clubhouse at 10.45 a.m. For further details, please contact Tony Mann on 07970 691366.

Rugby Town Squad From: Simon Lynn, Aaron Stringfellow, Brad Harris, Stephan Morley, Craig Herbert, Delroy Gordon, Ashley Blake, Stefan McGrath, Scott Musgrove, Mark Edge, David Staff, Tom Breward, David Kolodynski, David Stone, Akin Aladetoun.