RUGBY Town sit one place off the bottom of the table after suffering back-to-back defeats over the bank holiday weekend.
Valley suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat against Shepshed Dynamo at Butlin Road as Jesse Friend’s first-half penalty proved decisive.
That came after Rugby surrendered the lead in a 3-1 defeat against Anstey Nomads at Cropston Road after Sam Tye opened the scoring.
The results mean Valley sit 21st in the Northern Premier League Midlands table, one point above bottom side Bedworth United.
In a game of few chances, Shepshed won a penalty on 24 minutes when Ethan Hanson tripped Callum Burkey in the box.
And the visitors duly took the lead from the resulting spot kick as Friend sent Marcus Bald the wrong way from 12-yards out.
Valley have now lost three games in succession after they also suffered defeat at Anstey.
Rugby took the lead on 35 minutes as Tye sent a snapshot into the net on the turn after the home side failed to deal with Bleu McNeil’s long throw.
However, Anstey equalised three minutes before half time when Tendai Chitiza scored from the penalty spot after Cairo Talyor caught Courey Grantham when attempting to clear the ball.
The home side completed the turnaround on the hour mark as Grantham powered a shot into the net after Nathan Kabeya saw his attempted clearance blocked.
And Anstey sealed the points two minutes from time when Liam Murphy poked home from close range.
Rugby are next in action against Belper Town on Saturday, August 30 with kick-off at 3pm at the Raygar Stadium.
