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.

The 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)