RUGBY Town enjoyed the perfect start to pre-season with a resounding 6-0 victory away at Skegness Town.
A brace from debutant Charlie Tilley and further goals from Rivel Mardenborough, Sam Tye, Alex Dulgheru and Aaron Nuttall secured an emphatic victory for the visitors at Wainfleet Road.
Grant Joshua handed debuts to eight of his summer recruits as Valley began pre-season with a trip to fellow Step Five side Skegness.
Valley broke the deadlock after just 11 minutes when Mardenborough finished from the edge of the penalty area from Tilley’s through ball.
And Tilley found the net himself on 36 minutes as he finished Nuttall’s cross from the left at the near post.
Tilley scored his second of the game two minutes before half time after Mardenborough bulldozed his way through the Skegness defence.
Rugby scored a fourth goal one minutes after the break when Tye headed Mardenborough’s cross into the net.
Valley won a penalty with 10 minutes left to play after Nuttall drew a foul in the box only for the winger to fail to convert the resulting spot kick.
However, Rugby scored their fifth goal on 83 minutes as substitute Dulgheru headed in Steph Morley’s corner via the aid of a deflection.
And Nuttall completed the scoring with the last kick of the game as the winger shrugged off his marker and finished past the onrushing Skegness goalkeeper.
