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Rugby Town 0-1 Rugby Borough: Lindon Meikle’s the pride of Rugby in derby

Lindon Meikle’s 76th-minute header settled the first-ever competitive fixture between Rugby’s two senior clubs.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
30 November 2025

Rugby Borough’s Lindon Meikle is mobbed by team mates after scoring the winner

Division 1 Midlands
RUGBY TOWN 0
RUGBY BORO’ 1
Meikle 76
By Jon Venner

Lindon Meikle’s 76th-minute header settled the first-ever competitive fixture between Rugby’s two senior clubs.

It was a predictably tense, dour affair in front of a crowd of 1,169 at Butlin Road, but the hosts had definitely looked the more purposeful proposition ahead of Meikle’s winner – which represented Borough’s only attempt on goal of the whole game.
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Town’s best opening of the first-half saw Harrison Nee’s first-time volley from close quarters fly over after Rivel Mardenborough had headed the ball ...

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