AFC Fylde Women fell to a 2-0 defeat on Sunday afternoon against Cheadle Stingers.
Newly appointed Head Coach Marc Joyce looked ahead to his second match in charge of the coasters after a 4-0 away defeat last weekend, whilst Cheadle Town Stingers came into the game off the back of a 0-0 draw to Huddersfield Town.
In chilly and wet conditions, it was Cheadle who got off to a flying start after they took the lead with just over five minutes played, following the ball being bundled in at close range from a corner.
Cheadle did well to control the play and limit Fylde to any chances whatsoever and after 25 minutes on the clock they almost doubled their lead, but Dunlop’s strike in the penalty area was superbly blocked by Dunion.
The first half saw barely a half chance for the coasters however, just before half time, Kelsh-Ridge’s strike on the half volley on the edge of the penalty area was fired just wide of the post.
Trailing by a goal to nil at half time, Marc Joyce made a half time change with Osvath replacing Borrowdale to try to get back into the game.
20 minutes into the second half, a free kick from the far side half way line was whipped into the Cheadle penalty area and almost caught out the Stingers ‘keeper, but Bradley palmed the ball away for a corner.
Just after the 70th minute, Cheadle thought they’d doubled their lead when Dean managed to finish past goalkeeper Kirkham, but the offside flag was raised.
A couple of minutes later, Fylde made their second change of the game with Deveraux replacing Tindall.
With 15 minutes remaining, Cheadle were doing everything right to defend their lead, and in the 89th minute, they sealed the win away from home after Dean managed to get on the end of a free kick to finish past Kirkham.
That was pretty much that as the referee blew his whistle minutes later for full time with Cheadle taking all three points, in a win that sees them move to top of the table after 10 games played.