AFC Fylde boss takes pride in players' performance

The Coasters head to Kidderminster Harriers (7.45pm), having stayed four points clear of the relegation positions following defeat in Derbyshire.

They travel to a Kidderminster team who, despite being second-bottom, are only three points from safety and five behind 15th-placed Fylde.

Speaking after last Saturday’s defeat, the Fylde boss told the club’s media team: “I don’t like losing and I’m pretty honest.

“Today, I felt the lads were very good, very resilient, (a) great structure; Chesterfield found it very hard playing against us.

“I was pleased how we fought. We couldn’t quite service our wingers and credit to Chesterfield, they changed their team.

“Cooky (Chesterfield boss Paul Cook) knows what he’s doing but he also knows he was in a fight.

“It’s a bigger tank rolling into town, so you do your best fighting it and I’m proud of the players for doing that.”

Four of the teams below Fylde have games in hand on the Coasters – four matches in the case of Wealdstone – with more than half the division battling to beat the drop.

Approaching the business end of the campaign, only seven points separate Southend United in 10th from Kidderminster.

Having taken 36 points from 23 games following Adam Murray’s October exit, Beech believes Fylde may need to win almost half of their remaining matches.

He said: “We’ve got eight opportunities and we’ve got to make sure we win at least two more games, we might need three.”