FA Trophy

CHALLINOR HAILS FYLDE WONDERS

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
26 May 2019

By David Richardson
DAVE CHALLINOR believes AFC Fylde’s FA Trophy success at Wembley was a just reward for their fine season.
The Coasters became the first club to win the competition and the FA Vase which they lifted in 2008 under the guise of Kirkham & Wesham.
Fylde were defeated at Wembley just eight days earlier in the National League play-off final by Salford City, but were victorious this time and the change in emotion was obvious.
“It’s incomparable really,” said Challinor. “I’ve been here before as a player and lost. We tried to, I suppose, ge...

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