AFC Fylde kick off 2025 with a trip over the Pennines to face Halifax Town at the Shay Stadium.
The Coasters will be looking to get back to winning ways after losing their last two outings against Solihull Moors and Rochdale respectively.
It’s the first meeting between the two sides this season with the teams playing out a 2-2 draw last campaign after Taelor O’Kane scored a brace at the Shay.
Opposing Dugout: Chris Millington
Entering his sixth year with Halifax, Millington joined the Shaymen in 2019 as right-hand man to former Manager Pete Wild.
His coaching career began with Altrincham’s under 18’s before working at Stockport County’s Centre of Excellence.
He then briefly worked abroad in Croatia before joining up with Pete Wild at Oldham. The two had met studying for their A-Licence and stayed in touch.
But following Wild’s departure after three years at the Shay Stadium, Millington took the reins after he was appointed First Team Manager.
One to watch: Billy Waters
Waters joined Halifax in July 2021, after being released by Torquay United at the end of the last season – he scored six goals in 26 league games.
Waters began his career with Crewe Alexandra, signing a professional contract in 2013, but it was in 2015 and a move to Cheltenham where kick started his career.
The striker scored 23 league goals in 83 league matches for Cheltenham, before a move to League One Northampton Town – spending three seasons with the Cobblers.
Waters has also had loan spells with Cambridge United, a second stint with Cheltenham, and Newport County whilst with Northampton.
Tickets:
Fylde supporters have been given around 800 seated tickets in Block A of the East stand.
Admission at the turnstile is cash only – there are no ticket sales in advance. Halifax ask that supporters try to have the correct amount to speed up entry.
Tickets for admission are priced at:
Adult £22.00
Concession £19.00
12-17s £10.00
U12s £4.00
Travel:
Wednesday 1st January 2025 – FC Halifax
The coach will leave Mill Farm at 12 noon.
Adult (member) – £15
Adult (non-member) – £25
Under – 16 (member, accompanied by an adult) – Free
Under – 16 (non-member, accompanied by an adult) – £5
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 for the New Year’s Day Trip.
Match coverage:
If you are not attending the game on Wednesday afternoon, 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.
We would also like to once again apologise to supporters for the lack of commentary on our last home fixture against Rochdale. We suffered a late technical difficulty in the build up which couldn’t be resolved. However, this has now been fixed and commentary will be back to normal for the New Year’s Day trip.
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.
X: @AFCFylde
Facebook: @AFCFyldeOfficial
Instagram: @afc_fylde
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