Magnificent seven helps Valley move further clear at the summit

Valley's 7-1 home victory over Godmanchester came as their closest challengers Coventry Sphinx were defeated at Newport Pagnell, leaving Town boss Carl Adams to reflect happily on the current landscape.

He said: "Things couldn't have turned out any better for us at the weekend and overall it's all looking great for us at the moment.

"Having dug in and successfully come through two potentially tricky trips to Lutterworth Town and Cogenhoe United beforehand, we've then put in an impressive display on Saturday.

"We've been scoring lots of goals of late and lots of these have been really impressive goals too.

"The two lads up top are on great runs, but everyone else has also been chipping in."

Saturday's seven-goal return means it is now 30 from just the six last outings for Rugby, with strike partners Jordan Wilson and David Kolodynski contributing seven apiece from this total.

It also represented an 11th straight league win for the team and created a 16-point gap at the top between them and Sphinx.

Adams continued: "It's important that we continue to turn the screw on those below us.

“Even with the games in-hand some sides have, it's going to take something really special in the final three months for them to play catch-up."

Town were ahead against Rovers after just 43 seconds at the weekend thanks to a great strike from Luke English.

English then turned provider for Rugby's second by crossing for Kolodynski to apply a close-range finish.

Valley skipper Loyiso Recci scored a penalty and Caine Ellliott made it four with an instinctive lob before the interval, with Wilson's deflected strike and a double from second-half substitute Madundo Semahimbo rounding things off after Declan Rogers had pulled one back for Godmanchester shortly after the restart.

Rugby travel to 10th-placed Bugbrooke this weekend, with further outings against current bottom-half outfits Easington Sports, Desborough Town and Long Buckby coming before the end of February.

Adams expects to be without the versatile Dan Summerfield for a few weeks at least as he recovers from the minor fracture in his foot sustained at Cogenhoe recently, while midfielder Ryan Seal's pulled thigh muscle will be assessed in training this week ahead of the trip to Birds Close.