Scarborough Athletic set for crunch home clash against promotion rivals AFC Fylde
In-form AFC Fylde visit the Flamingo Land Stadium for a crunch clash, having won nine and drawn two of their last 13 league and cup matches, writes Steve Adamson.
Their only recent defeats were 1-0 at Gillingham in an FA Cup first round replay on 15 November (having knocked out Farsley Celtic, Congleton Town and Kidderminster in previous rounds), and 2-1 at home to Chorley on Boxing Day.
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Hide AdFylde went joint-top of the league with a 1-0 home win against Buxton on Tuesday, courtesy of a Pierce Bird strike.
Based in the small town of Wesham, just seven miles from Blackpool and nine miles from Preston, they were formerly known as Kirkham & Wesham (winning the FA Vase in 2008), then changing their name to AFC Fylde, and now play at the fabulous 6,000 capacity multi-million pound Mill Farm complex, and the team, which is full-time, is managed by former Mansfield Town and Boston United boss Adam Murray.
Back in August, skipper Michael Coulson scored both goals as Boro won 2-0 at Mill Farm, and new loan signing, 18-year-old Harrogate Town striker Emmanuel Ilesanmi will be included in the squad.
Boro are only three points behind leading pair Kings Lynn Town and AFC Fylde, having played three more matches, and are the league’s great entertainers, being second top scorers, behind Darlington, but only three teams have conceded more, with Boro’s 26 National League North games to date producing an incredible 90 goals (48-42).
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Hide AdThe match will kick off at 3pm this Saturday, with their North Riding Cup clash with Thornaby on Tuesday January 24, 7.45pm kick-off.FORM GUIDE - LAST SIX MATCHES
SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC (5th)
Southport (A) D 1-1 985
Peterborough Spts (H) W 2-1 1145
Darlington (A) W 3-2 3059
Darlington (H) L 2-5 3205
Hereford (A) L 0-2 2061
Blyth Spartans (H) W 3-2 1514
AFC FYLDE (2nd)
Kidderminster(FAT) (H) D 1-1(2-4p) 328
Chorley (H)L 1-2 1937
Chorley (A) W1-0 2173
Banbury United (H) W 5-0 896
Southport (A) W 2-1 1333
Buxton (H) W 1-0 701