Rugby Town Under 18 Team

Youth football in Rugby is undergoing a new revolution with the partnership of the top senior side Rugby Town and one of the biggest junior clubs in the country Rugby Town JFC.

The structure of the club is such that players can progress from the age of five from feeder squads in the junior club's setup, all the way through to under 17s.  Meanwhile, the Rugby Town School of Excellence has been setup to compete in the Midland Premier Youth League and will provide a good standard of coaching, playing, and facilities for the finest youth talent in Rugby.  These age groups start at under 12s, and progress all the way up to the under 18s in the Midland Floodlit Youth League.  

Since its foundation six years ago, the under 18s side has been feeding the first team squad with Rugby's finest youngsters.  From the 2001/2 Championship-winning Youth side, Justin Marsden, Rory Squire and Neil Melvin emerged into the first team squad and have remained since whilst other talents such as Ryan Byrne and Richard Wesley are being produced.

This new system provides a direct feed for talented youngsters in Rugby to use the best facilities in the Midlands with the junior club's 30 acre footballing site at Kilsby Lane and the senior club's third generation pitch development at Butlin Road.