Match Preview: Sutton United (A)

It’s the second of two back-to-back away games on Saturday as the Coasters travel to South London to face Sutton United.

The Coasters will be looking to bounce back from the midweek defeat to Hartlepool where Kevin Phillips’ side were very unlucky to leave the North East without a point.

The trip to South London is the first of two meetings between the two sides before they meet again in January at Mill Farm.

Appointed as head coach in January 2024, moving from Isthmian League Hornchurch, with the Essex club seven points clear at the top of the Premier Division when he left. He previously spent just under a year as manager of Championship side Cardiff City, steering them clear of the relegation zone in the 2021-22 season, having previously been Head Coach of their Under 23s. Steve’s playing career as a striker saw him make nearly 700 senior appearances, half of which were for Millwall in three spells, and score nearly 250 goals. He also played for Northampton Town, Bishop’s Stortford, Stevenage, for whom he scored the winner in the 2007 FA Trophy final, Norwich City, Leeds United and Shrewsbury Town. He was capped 20 times by Wales.

Striker signed in summer 2024 after leaving York City, who had signed him in November from Braintree Town. Came to prominence with Southern League Premier Division Central team Leiston, where he scored over fifty goals in two seasons, helping them to the play-offs in the 2022-23 season and winning the Supporters’ Club Player of the Year award. He joined Braintree at the start of last season, and the continuation of his scoring form at the higher level earned him a move to York, where he scored five National League goals. He had a spell on loan at Bromley at the end of the season.

Tickets can be purchased online here and are priced at:

Adults: £21

Concessions (61+): £15

Juniors (14-18): £7

Child (Under 14): £0 (With an accompanying adult)

Travel:

The coach will leave Mill Farm at 7:45am.

Adult (member) – £30

Adult (non-member) – £40

Under – 16 (member, accompanied by an adult) – Free

Under – 16 (non-member, accompanied by an adult) – £5

To book your place on any of the above, please email travel@afcfyldesupporters.co.uk

Payment can be made in cash on the coach or by bank transfer.

Supporters Group Note

A list of coach bookings will be shown on the Coasters Information Facebook page. If you are on the list but then find you are unable to travel, please let the Supporters Group know so that there is availability for others to travel.

The Supporters Group reserves the right to cancel away travel if numbers mean it is not feasible and will provide as much notice of this as is reasonably possible.

Travel on a coach is subject to the Supporters Group Terms and Conditions.

All supporters travelling on a coach to away games must park on the North Stand Car Park.

Strip:

The Coasters will be wearing their all white home kit ahead of the trip to Gander Green Lane.

Match coverage:

If you are not attending the game on Tuesday evening, then Coasters Live has you covered!

Coasters Live will be on air from 2:45pm for the 3pm kick-off. It is the only place where you can listen to full-match commentary of every AFC Fylde fixture with Kevin Bannon taking you through every kick of the evening!

To listen to Coasters Live commentaries on Mixlr, please CLICK HERE

You can also follow the game through our social media channels below, with full text coverage during the fixture, followed by a match report.

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Match Preview: Sutton United (A)

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