AFC Fylde's pleasing performance takes them top of the table
AFC Fylde’s weekend display thrilled head coach Craig Mahon as they face another of National League North’s in-form teams this evening.
The Coasters travel to Macclesfield, looking to make it five straight league wins after last Saturday’s 3-0 victory in tough conditions at Buxton put them on the top of the table.
Jon Ustabasi, Danny Mayor and Luca Thomas scored the goals but, at the other end, Mahon’s players made it three consecutive clean sheets for the first time this season.
They now look to make it four in a row against a Macclesfield team who have also won four consecutive NLN games to sit seventh.
Speaking after last Saturday’s win, Mahon told the Coasters’ media team: “I’m really happy, it’s a good performance.
“It’s probably not our most aesthetically pleasing performance, where I thought we had to battle and play to a different strength of ours – which was the speed that we have down the sides.
“Everybody’s given everything today. These performances are just as pleasing as any other, even when you win 5-0 and we look like we’re playing really good football.
“When you win like that today, as a group, as a team, it’s a really good feeling and the lads deserve the credit.
“Sometimes, me, Alex (Kenyon, assistant boss) and Chris (Neal, goalkeeping coach) can give them as much information, detail, a formation and a set way of playing.
“When they step across that line, they’re making the decisions on the pitch so the lads from the starting 11 to the subs all deserve the credit.”