Rugby Borough Reserves

Rugby Borough FC as it is now, began life in 1994 under the name of Rugby Town Junior Football Club, and it was the Junior club who masterminded the development of our home ground facilities at Kilsby Lane.

The site, which is 35 acres, contains 3 full size 3G Astro pitches, 2 medium Astro pitches, and 17 grass pitches. For season 2025/26 over 90 teams will train and play at the site.

The forward vision of the club enabled Rugby Borough FC senior section to be set up in 2017/18. After being accepted into the Leicestershire Senior League Division 1 we became champions in our very first season and were promoted to the Premier Division for 2018/19.

The new season saw Borough win the Premier Division title, but promotion was denied because of a local planning decision delay, preventing us from meeting the ground standards required in the allocated timeframe.

Although the 2019/20 and 20/21 seasons were curtailed by the pandemic there were some major changes going on behind the scenes, culminating in the Junior Boys and Girls, and Senior Men and Women’s sections unifying, and taking the name Rugby Borough Football Club.

Borough fully focussed and ready for the 2021/22 season won the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division. With the ground now up to standard, promotion to the Spartan South Midlands Division 1 and step 6 of the non-league pyramid was finally achieved. Just a year later promotion to step 5 was achieved at the first attempt, via the playoffs, having finished third in the league during the 2022/23 season.

Season 2023/24 and our first in the United Counties League Premier Division South saw us travelling less, but facing tougher competition, finishing out the season below halfway in the table.

Our second Season in the United Counties League Premier Division under a new management team saw us compete at the very top of the league and finishing a very creditable 3rd.

So, to the playoffs and a home Semi Final against March Town winning the tie 2-0 to reach the final. The team gave everything and came out on top, winning promotion to Step 4 and the Pitching In Northern Premier League.

It’s been quite a journey for the club and to get where we are today is testament to the Volunteers that run the club.

Admission Prices: Adults £7,  Concessions £4,  U16s Free 

Refreshments: A selection of hot and cold food and drink available

The site is strictly dog free, with the exception of service dogs

Directions:Leave the M1 at Junction 18 and follow directions towards Rugby/A428. Continue on the A428 for approximately 1.5 miles, go under 2 railway bridges, past the pub on the left and at the top of the hill turn left into Kilsby Lane/B4038. Immediately turn right into the Rugby Borough site and follow the access road. Take a sharp turn left and the car park is at the bottom of the hill.

Parking: Free on site parking

Nearest Train Station: Rugby

2017/18 – Team Formed

2017/18 – Winners Leicestershire Senior League Division one

2018/19 – Winners Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division

2018/19 – Winners Coventry Charity Cup

2021/22 – Winners Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division – promoted to step 6

2021/22 – Winners Coventry Charity Cup

2022/23 – Promoted to Step 5 – UCL Premier Division South

2022/23 – Winners of the Spartans Gladwish League Cup

2024/25 – Promoted to Step 4 – Pitching In Northern Premier League