AFC Fylde make it a National League North hat-trick at end-of-season awards ceremony

AFC Fylde’s Craig Mahon and Danny Ormerod were among the winners as the National League handed out its end-of-season prizes on Saturday.

Mahon was named as the National League North manager of the year, having returned the Coasters to non-league’s top flight at the first time of asking.

He polled 53 per cent of the votes after a season in which Fylde won the NLN title with 100 points, scoring 112 goals along the way.

It was also a campaign in which Mahon, his staff and players put together a run of nine consecutive away league wins, as well as one of 14 straight NLN victories at Mill Farm.

Also on the shortlist were Ian Watson (South Shields), John Rooney (Macclesfield) and Bobby Grant (Marine).

As for Ormerod, he was named the NLN player and young player of the year after polling 53 per cent and 65 per cent of the votes respectively.

The 20-year-old scored 28 goals in firing the Coasters to the title, despite missing the final three matches of the season.

He saw off Paul Blackett (South Shields), Tyrone March (Bedford Town) and Lewys Twamley (Merthyr Town) for the player of the year award.

The young player shortlist included his Fylde team-mate Luca Thomas, along with Twamley and Jack Maskell (Darlington).