The 2010-11 season saw our roving reporter Craig Webb complete his second year as part of the media team - joining the Valley faithful on their trips around the country.

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After relegation to the Central Division of the Southern League, trips to Cornwall, Devon and South Wales were no more, but we did get to know the M40 very well with regular trips to Buckinghamshire and outer London.

Town gained their first away win of the season at the third attempt winning comfortably 4-0 at AFC Hayes.

With a drop in level, the Town fans had to get used to grounds not up to the standard of their home ground or of clubs in the Premier Division.

This was the case when we travelled to Wednesfield in the FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round. The West Midlands league club outplayed Rugby to record a famous 5-1 victory.

However from the mid September to the New Year, Rugby were undefeated in the league with decent wins over Soham Town Rangers and Slough Town.

In October, Town travelled to Stocksbridge Park Steels north of Sheffield for an FA Trophy game. Played on the fringe of the Peak District, sometimes it was hard to concentrate on the match with the beautiful scenery in the background. Having matched the Northern Premier league side for long periods, Town went down 3-2 in a pulsating match.

In early January, Town made the short journey to local rivals Bedworth United. Despite having most of the possession they lost to a last minute goal.

With many games having been postponed in November and December due to the snow and ice, Rugby were playing catch up and they had five successive away games in just under two weeks. With wins over Ashford Town and North Greenford United, the highlight was ending Hitchin Town’s unbeaten run with an excellent 2-1 win with Luke Keen scoring a penalty to settle the game.

With Daventry Town on a sixteen match winning streak, Rugby were hoping to end this and boost their own play-off chances. After going down to three early goals, Town fought back to get back into game but still went down 3-2.

The penultimate away game was at Bedfont Town. With the ground just outside Heathrow, every two minutes a plane was descending to land to provide a spectacular backdrop to the game. After losing their last game away to Leighton Town, Rugby already knew they wouldn’t make the play offs and on a very dry pitch lost 4-1.

With only five away defeats this was a much better campaign and bodes well for the forthcoming season.