Graham Turner told the BBC that last night's game at Ludlow had definitely been worthwhile.
"It was a good work out; it beats training and it's our opening game of the season.
"We played the first team for the first 45 minutes and they did extremely well; we then changed it and put one or two trialists in.
"It's a good public relations exercise; financially Ludlow have had a good night and there's been a good turn out here."