AFC Fylde

Fylde boss Jim still fired by the pain of PPG

AFC Fylde gaffer Jim Bentley is hoping this season will prove to be third time lucky after two desperate finishes to his previous campaigns in charge at Mill Farm.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 December 2021

By Phil Brennan

EXPERIENCE: Jim Bentley wants to celebrate 500 games in the dugout on a high
PICTURE: Steve McLellan

GOOD BET: AFC Fylde are one of the promotion favourites

HOMING in on 500 games as a manager, AFC Fylde gaffer Jim Bentley is hoping this season will prove to be third time lucky after two desperate finishes to his previous campaigns in charge at Mill Farm.
The former Morecambe defender spent almost 19 years with the Shrimpers, the past ten as manager, during which he became the longest serving boss in the top four tiers of English football before joining the Coasters, ...

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