Battling Coasters Return To Play-offs

AFC FYLDE leapfrogged Dover Athletic into the play-offs with a superb win at Mill Farm.

- Dan Agnew

The Coasters had lost their place in the top seven of the National League table after back to-back defeats, however goals from Danny Rowe, Serhat Tasdemir and James Hardy cancelled out Mitch Pinnock’s opener and ensured Chris Kinnear’s 1,500th game as a manager ended badly for him.

Fylde manager Dave Challinor was delighted that his side’s hard work paid dividends: “We knew if we kept plugging away then we would get some joy. Thankfully we got what we deserved in the final 20 minutes. We had some real firepower on the bench and that proved to be the difference.