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AFC Fylde 4-1 Blyth Spartans: Coasters give new boss a start to forget

TERRY Mitchell was given a painful reality check in his first game in charge of Blyth Spartans as AFC Fylde ran out convincing winners at Mill Farm.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 December 2021

AFC FYLDE 4 BLY TH SPARTANS 1
By Callum Foster

TERRY Mitchell was given a painful reality check in his first game in charge of Blyth Spartans as AFC Fylde ran out convincing winners at Mill Farm.
A Nathan Buddle own goal, a chip from Sam Osborne and a Nick Haughton brace saw the Coasters comfortably secure three points to aid their quest for promotion.
The Coasters struck the opener on 20 minutes. Nick Haughton picked the ball up and slid Kieran Lloyd in down the right. He crossed towards Jack Sampson in the middle, but a wicked deflection off the unfortunate Buddle diverted the cross into ...

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