Match report: AFC Blackpool 1 New Mills 0
Although the visitors looked the more likely scorers for much of the first half, midfielder Danny Pickering went closest for the home side but his header from an inswinging free-kick was well saved by New Mills keeper Oliver Martin.
Despite plenty of pressure from New Mills, it was AFC who took the lead in the 40th minute when captain Martin Baird picked up the pieces from a free-kick to score from six yard.
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Hide AdAFC were much improved in the second half, substitute Alex Taylor twice going close as he hit bar and post, while winger Billy McKenna saw an effort saved by Martin.
AFC remain in eighth spot, four points behind sixth-placed Cammell Laird 1907 but with four games in hand, the first of which is scheduled for Carlisle City on Tuesday (7.45pm)
Blackpool: Kirkland, Donaghy, Betteridge, Cassidy, Baird, Pickering, Bishop, Hargreaves, Duffield, Williams, McKenna