GOALKEEPER Ash Bodycote has returned for a third spell at Rugby Town ahead of the 2026/27 season from Northampton Sileby Rangers.
Bodycote returns to Butlin Road where he came through the club’s academy for a third stint with Valley.
The 27-year-old made his debut for Rugby as a 16-year-old in the FA Cup against Coventry Sphinx back in 2015 before departing three years later.
He returned for a second spell in 2021 and earned a contract extension as he spent much of the 2022/23 season on loan at Cogenhoe United.
Rugby boss Grant Joshua said: “I’m pleased to welcome Ash back to the football club.
“He knows the club already, he gets on with the staff who are still here and, most importantly, he knows and has won the league we’re about to move into.
“He’s a good age and has a good temperament about him to be able to handle the pressure of what the number one has to deal with at our club.
“He’s a Rugby lad who, again, jumped at the chance to represent the football club.
“It’s a position we just didn’t get right last season and I’m expecting Ash to come in, calm everything down, do what he’s going to be paid to do and keep clean sheets for us.”
The goalkeeper won the United Counties League Premier South title with Wellingborough Town in 2023.
He made the step up to the Northern Premier League Midlands with Wellingborough and made 20 appearances at Step Four.
Bodycote featured for both Daventry Town and Northampton in the UCL Premier South last term.
