AFC Fylde
The club
AFC Fylde are a National League club from Wesham, near Kirkham, on the Fylde coast of Lancashire, nicknamed the Coasters. The club is not Fylde Rugby Club, not Blackpool and not Fleetwood Town, which are other teams from the same stretch of coast. Wikipedia gives a founding year of 1988, as a merger of Kirkham Town and Wesham. They play at Mill Farm Sports Village, Wesham, with a capacity of 6,000, of which 2,000 are seated. The club's playing colours were not established from the sources read here.
Craig Mahon is listed as manager on Wikipedia as of 31 October 2026. A fan-site page for 2026-27 did not name a manager.
Recent seasons
Fylde finished second in the Conference North in 2014-15 and third in the National League North in 2015-16, then won the National League North in 2016-17. They were seventh in the National League in 2017-18 and fifth in 2018-19, then second from bottom in 2019-20 and relegated. They were third in the National League North in 2021-22 and champions in 2022-23. They finished second from bottom of the National League in 2024-25 and were relegated, then won the National League North again in 2025-26, finishing first of 24, and were promoted.
Honours and landmarks
National League North champions in 2016-17, 2022-23 and 2025-26; FA Vase winners in 2007-08 and FA Trophy winners in 2018-19, the only club to have won both, according to Wikipedia. Their record attendance is 3,858 against Chorley in the National League North on 26 December 2016. Their best FA Cup run reached the third round in 2019-20.
Notable scorelines
Fylde's biggest victory was 10-0 against Droylsden in the Northern Premier League Premier Division on 29 October 2013. In the 2017-18 FA Cup first round they beat Kidderminster Harriers 4-2 according to the page text, though its citation shows 2-1, then drew 1-1 at home with Wigan Athletic and lost the replay 3-2. In 2019-20 they beat Nantwich Town 1-0 and Kingstonian 2-0 before losing 2-1 at Sheffield United in the third round. Their record defeat was not established from the sources read here.
European record
None. AFC Fylde have never played in a European competition, as far as the sources read here show.
Quotes
No directly quoted material was confirmed from the sources read here.
Right now (2026-27 season)
Fylde play in the National League, the fifth tier, after promotion. A fan-site page showed them fourth with 29 points from 16 games and a goal difference of plus 6, with an average home crowd of 1,449 and recent form of win, win, loss, win, win. Their recent results were a 3-1 home win over Hornchurch on 30 October 2026, a 3-1 home win over Hartlepool United on 27 October, a 4-0 defeat at Boreham Wood on 24 October and a 2-0 home win over Scunthorpe United on 10 October.
In the FA Cup they beat Atherton Collieries 5-0 on 17 October 2026; earlier rounds were not established from the sources read here. They are drawn away at Harrogate Town in the first round proper on Saturday 7 November 2026 at 15:00. After that they are away at Eastleigh on 14 November and at Kidderminster Harriers on 21 November, then host FC Halifax Town on 24 November. Their summer transfer business was not established from the sources read here.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Fylde https://fanbanter.co.uk/national-league/afc-fylde/ https://fanbanter.co.uk/national-league/harrogate-town/ https://futboltotal.futbol/partido/harrogate-town-vs-afc-fylde-fa-cup-2026-11-07
Researched and written for not4quarters. Where a fact could not be established from the sources read, this page says so rather than guessing.