Tough start for Fylde RFC: Full fixture list for 2016/17
The match against old foes will have a special significance for Fylde player-coach Paul Arnold.
He had a happy spell with the Midlanders.
They are changing their name from Moseley to Birmingham-Moseley as of June 1.
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Hide AdThe fixture against a side who plied their trade in the Championship in the 2015-16 campaign is the start of four attractive home fixtures in the opening six weeks, with matches against Blackheath, Esher and Plymouth Albion.
There will be a three-week Christmas break: Fylde’s final home match of 2016 will be against Macclesfield on December 17. They will not have another match until January 7 away to Blackheath.
There will be a testing end of January with a trip to Esher followed a week later with an overnight journey to take on Plymouth Albion.
FYLDE FIXTURES 2016-17
September
3 Birmingham Moseley (home)
10 Macclesfield (a)
17 Blackheath (h)
24 Hartpury College (a)
October
1 Esher (h)
8 Plymouth Albion (h)
15 Coventry (a)
22 Hull Ionians (h)
29 Blaydon (a)
November
5 Ampthill and District (h)
12 Cambridge (a)
19 Rosslyn Park (h)
26 Old Albanian (a)
December
3 Darlington Mowden Park (h)
10 Loughborough Students (a)
17 Macclesfield (h)
January
7 Blackheath (a)
14 Hartpury College (h)
21 Esher (a)
28 Plymouth Albion (a)
February
4 Coventry (h)
11 Hull Ionians (a)
18 Blaydon (h)
March
4 Ampthill and District (a)
11 Cambridge (h)
25 Rossyln Park (a)
April
1 Old Albanian (h)
8 Darlington Mowden Park (a)
22 Loughborough Students (h)
29 Birmingham Moseley (a)