Following their 2022/23 National League North title win, the Coasters returned the fifth tier of English football for the first since 2020. They managed an 18th placed finish – the club’s second-lowest finish in the National League – just three points above the drop zone.

Fylde are currently in 20th  place with  5 points. (Due to Southend postponement they have played one less match than the other teams)

Fylde 3 Yeovil 4

Fylde v Southend – Match postponed, as the train carrying the Southend players broke down

Wealdstone 1 Fylde 0

Fylde 0 Maidenhead 0

Chris Beech began his career at this hometown club Blackpool at 16 years of age, The team narrowly missed out on automatic promotion by three points and lost to Bradford in the playoffs, subsequently, Beech left at the end of the 1995/96 season. Beech moved to Hartlepool (1996/97) where he gained a growing reputation as a goal-scoring midfield player by making late runs into the box. This attracted the attention of the Championship side Huddersfield, who went to tribunal in the 1998/99 season to secure his services. Beech became an established member of Steve Bruce’s Premiership -chasing side in 1999/2000.

Following an Achilles operation in 2000/2001, Beech struggled to regain full fitness and eventually left Huddersfield to join Rochdale in the 2001/2002 season under Paul Simpson. Struggling to fully recover from the Achilles injury, Beech eventually retired from playing in 2004 and made the full-time transition into coaching. Beech coached at Bury & Rochdale and was Manager at Carlisle between 2019-2021.

In December 2022, Beech was appointed Director of Football at Fylde. The club was promoted to the National League at the end of the season. He was appointed interim manager following the sacking of Adam Murray in October 2023. Since becoming caretaker, he oversaw a huge change in form seeing his Fylde team beating Oldham 3-0 and Gateshead 4-0. In December 2023, Beech was appointed head coach permanently on a contract until the end of the season. Having steered the club clear of the relegation zone, Beech signed a new two-year contract in May 2024

Nick Haughton

Despite a low finish in the league, goals were no issue for the Coasters finding the net seventy-four times with eighteen of those coming from attacking midfielder, Nick Haughton. The 29-year-old was confirmed the club’s top scorer last campaign netting four times in his final six games whilst also chipping in with seven assists in forty-three appearances. He is Fylde’s top scorer with 7 goals this season, in fact Fylde have only scored two other goals, Joe Riley and Tyler Roberts scored those.

New Signings

Joe Riley (Walsall)
Corey Whelan (Carlisle United)
Ethan Mitchell (Wigan Athletic)
Charlie Jolley (Tranmere Rovers)

Originally known as Kirkham & Wesham following a merger of Kirkham Town and Wesham in 1988, the club adopted its current name in 2008 after winning the FA Vase In 2007, the club announced the goal of reaching the Conference National by 2017 and the EFL by 2022, the latter objective being printed on club shirts. The club won four promotions between 2007 and 2017 to earn promotion to the fifth tier of English football for the first time. The club experienced two play-off campaigns in their first two seasons in the National League, with the second seeing Fylde miss out on promotion to the Football League after losing to Salford at Wembley in the play-off final. However, the Coasters returned to Wembley a week after their defeat for the 2019 FA Trophy as they managed to beat Orient. Although Fylde were relegated back to the National League North after finishing second-from-bottom of the National League the following season, they were National League North champions in 2022–23 and promoted straight back to the National League.

Fylde became the first team to lift both the FA Trophy and FA Vase in 2019 under Dave Challinor.

FGR were the first team to appear in a FA Vase & Trophy Final and although they won the former, they lost both their appearances in the Final of the FA Trophy.

Fylde Mascot: Syd/Sid The Seagull

Match Day parking is available in the adjacent school car park, this offers the option to park close to the stadium and guarantee yourself a parking space for the game. The school car park is £15 per car and can be booked by calling reception on 0333 123 1889 between 9am and 3pm on weekdays (excluding Wednesday) or by email reception@fgr.co.uk.

There is no Park & Ride.

If parking in the street please be considerate of local residents.

The Green Man bar and marquee-style Fan Zone will be open for pre-match food, drink, and atmosphere. Bands will be performing on the Fan Zone before each game. Both will also be open at half-time.  The Fan Zone will not be open after the game. NB the Gym Bar no longer exists.

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The FGR shop will be open from 5:00pm in the Fan Zone, East Stand Concourse and Carol Embrey Suite.

The Fan Zone, shop and ticket office will be open from 2hr 30mins before kick-off and turnstiles will be open 1hr 30mins (6.15pm) before kick-off.

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Match Programme: 24/25 season FGR will be introducing a digital Matchday programme for all supporters, which will be distributed on-line before each home game. Links to the new digital programme will be posted on various social media channels before the game for all supporters.

Before the match the FGR Supporters Club will be selling Rovers Raffle tickets – cash or card accepted – the winners are announced at half time and are listed on boards in the East Stand. Tickets cost £1 each. Cash Prizes are £200, £50 & £25.

You can check your numbers after the match and find out how to claim your prize by clicking here – Raffle Results – Forest Green Rovers Supporters Club (fgrsc.com)

The money raised from the Raffle helps subsidise away travel, ground improvements, the FGR Women’s & Academy teams etc.