“We’re just going to go there and keep doing what we're doing”: AFC Fylde get set to face fellow NLN title chasers
Craig Mahon isn’t getting carried away by the prospect ahead as his AFC Fylde players prepare for tonight’s top-two showdown in National League North.
Mahon’s table toppers visit South Shields (7.45pm) after making it six wins from six in February with last Saturday’s 5-1 victory over Curzon Ashton.
It kept Fylde a point ahead of tonight’s hosts with both teams having 13 matches left to play.
Both teams are certainly in form with South Shields unbeaten in 13: a run which includes nine victories.
Speaking after last Saturday’s win, Mahon told the Coasters’ media team: “Everybody’s going to build this game up into something that I don’t think it needs to be.
“It’s a top-of-the-table clash and I understand the situation, the dynamics of that, the points and everything that comes with it but, as I said before, this game won’t make our season and it won’t break our season.
“The lads have dug in this month and they’ve done really well. We’re just going to go there and keep doing what we’re doing.
“We’re not going to change, we’re not going to look to do anything different.
“We’re just going to try our best, give everything that we can and if we come out with the points, brilliant. If we don’t, we move on to the next one.
“Between now and the end of the season, the chances of both teams going unbeaten – winning every game – are slim. We know that.
“We’ve just got to make sure that when we play, we can only look after what we do.”