AFC Fylde continue their pre-season build-up as Huddersfield Town visit Mill Farm

AFC Fylde welcome League One opposition for the second time in pre-season when Huddersfield Town visit the Fylde coast this afternoon.

Seven days on from Blackpool’s 3-2 victory at Mill Farm, the Coasters welcome a Huddersfield team which started its summer programme with a 3-1 loss to Birmingham City in Portugal on July 10.

Fylde, for their part, go into today’s game on the back of Tuesday’s 3-1 win at Hyde United in which Tom Whelan, Cedric Main and Ayden Wainwright all scored.

Speaking after that game, Fylde head coach Craig Mahon said: “It was get the minutes, get what they needed into them and can we see any more positives?

“From that game, there’s so much and it’s great to watch. I think, where we were last season at this point - trying to implement our patterns, implement our style of play - to see it in the second game, all we have to do, I feel, is sharpen the tools up and the lads should be good.

“They (Hyde) are a great club and I know Cleggy (Michael Clegg), the manager, who has them working hard and has them set up tough to beat.

“Towards the end of the season, they had a great run-in which kept them up, so you know what you’re going to come up against when you come here.

“I thought the lads’ application was fantastic. It is difficult on a Tuesday night to get yourself up for a game when it’s a friendly.

“Their application and their attitude is second to none. That’s why we have lads like that in the dressing room; because of what they do, not just on the pitch but off it as well.”