Five-star AFC Fylde delight Mill Farm boss
Craig Mahon was thrilled with AFC Fylde’s collective performance after watching them return to winning ways in National League North on Tuesday.
Having lost at home to Buxton last Saturday, the Coasters avoided consecutive Mill Farm defeats with a 5-1 victory over Macclesfield in midweek.
Danny Ormerod scored twice and new boy Luke Hunter broke his duck before George Wilson and Jon Ustabasi netted late on.
The win keeps Fylde second in the table, two points behind South Shields after their victory at Worksop Town.
Mahon told Fylde’s media team: “I thought, first half, it was a tight encounter; both teams looking to see what each other’s like.
“Then, as soon as we got into our flow, I thought we were really good and I’m really happy for everybody.
“I think it’s tough to pick out a man of the match. As a team, it was a perfect performance.
“I know John Rooney (Macclesfield head coach) really well. I played with him, played against him and having Franny Jeffers (assistant boss) with him, they’ve got a great set-up, a great management and a strong team.
“They’ve done really well, look where they are in the league. If they win their games in hand, they can be back up there again so we knew we were up against a really good set-up – but I just felt the lads showed a real quality and I’m really happy for them.
“I think Saturday really hurt us because of the standards and because of what we’d done – and I’m glad that we were able to give the home fans something as well.”