Whenever Tynedale travel to play Fylde there will be many people from both clubs who recall the horrible day of Saturday 25th 2004 when Tynedale’s young prop Alistair Johnson suffered a serious injury.
It is appropriate that we pause to remember Ali.

RECENT RESULTS OF FYLDE V TYNE MATCHES
06.10.18 Tynedale 59 Fylde 15
26.01.19 Fylde 31 Tynedale 5
08.10.19 Tynedale 27 Fylde 34
18.01.20 Fylde 50 Tynedale 10
04.09.21 Tynedale 24 Fylde 48
30.04.22 Fylde 38 Tynedale 26
29.10.22 Fylde 43 Tynedale 10
25.02.23 Tynedale 23 Fylde 12
15.10.23 Fylde 28 Tynedale 34
THEN:-
07.02.24 Tynedale 45 Fylde 22
26.10.24 Tynedale 22 Fylde 45
Quite a Result reversal !!!
How can a team which wins 45-22 in February lose by exactly the same score at home (again) in October!!

LEAGUE RESULTS OVER THE YEARS - TYNEDALE v FYLDE
A total of 28 league matches have been played. One drawn.
Fylde WON 14 Points for 669
Tynedale WON 13 Points for 636
All very close!

TRAVELLING TO FYLDE
The trip to Fylde means a 138 mile journey for the Tynedale team this weekend,
Two weeks ago the President of Chester RUFC, at the pre-match lunch at Corbridge, pointed out that, because the previous season Chester had had to travel to Redruth in National League Two (South), a distance of 340 miles, coming up to Tynedale, when his club was moved back to National 2 (North) from National 2 (West) made the 180 miles journey a relative doddle.

Fortunately for Chester, Macclesfield RUFC replaced them in that League this season.

At a mere 180 miles Tynedale‘s longest away match is the one Chester made a fortnight ago. Quite an easy trip, and Fylde is even closer..
It wasn’t always so. What about Tynedale/Mounts Bay (Penzance), 493 miles in 2009, or Tynedale/Redruth, 476 miles in 2010?

TYNEDALE AWAY JOURNEYS
Over the decades Tynedale RFC’s longest 1st XV journeys, excluding tours, has increased from 30 to 508 miles :-
1881. Sunderland - 36 miles
1891. Carlisle - 39 miles
1901. Percy Park - 30 miles
1911. Hartlepool Rovers - 53 miles
1921. Carlisle - 39 miles
1931. Cockermouth - 64 miles
1951. Keswick - 58 miles
1961. Galashiels - 66 miles
1971. Bingley - 123 miles
1981. Hull & ER - 158 miles
1991. Winnington Park - 168 miles
2001. Bedford Athletic - 248 miles
2011. Jersey - 508 miles
2021. Luctonians - 270 miles.
The modes of transport changed too, to cope with these distances, from horseback to local trains and buses, motor cars, coaches, inter-city trains and plane flights. Now, back to buses, and it’s all for competitive away matches!

FYLDE THIS SEASON
Fylde have had a decent albeit inconsistent season and sit in fourth position, two places and eight league points above Tynedale .Fylde’s formdid take a dip in the new year but they returned to form last week with a 45-17 win over Lymm.
Fydle’s home form is particularly impressive having won 7 of their 9 matches – losing by narrow margins against Leeds Tykes and Sheffield Tigers
.As ever against Fylde Its certain to be yet another tough, competitive match.

Fylde’s league results to date:-
Sheffield 38 Fylde 19
Fylde 22 Preston Grasshoppers 20
Lymm 49 Fylde 14
Fylde 47 Chester 24
Hull Ionians 32 Fylde 35
Sheffield Tigers 26 Fylde 33
Fylde 61 Harrogate 14
Tynedale 22 Fylde 45
Fylde 56 Otley 29
Hull 23 Fylde 21
Fylde 17 Leeds Tykes 22
Fylde 31 Wharfedale 30
Preston Grasshoppers 12 Fylde 38
Chester 25 Fylde 19
Fylde 31 Hull Ionians 27
Billingham 39 Fylde 17
Fylde 28 Sheffield Tigers32
Harrogate 27 Fylde 24
Fylde 45 Lymm 17

OFFICIALS
Referee: Alex Powdrell
AR1: Paul Hill
AR2: Steve Halliday

GROUND
Woodlands Memorial Ground,
Blackpool Road,
Ansdell,
Lytham St. Annes,
Lancashire,
FY8 4EL
Tel: 01253 734733

FYLDE WEBSITE
https://www.fylderugby.co.uk/

CORBRIDGE TO FYLDE
138 miles (via A69/M6) – 2hrs 25mins

WEATHER FORECAST
Dry, light cloud, gentle westerly breeze, 8 degrees.

OTHER TYNEDALE (Senior Section) MATCHES THIS WEEKEND

SATURDAY
Morpeth Reivers v Tynedale Raiders (2.30pm) – CaNDY League 1
Tynedale Hadrians – No Fixture
Blyth Marauders v Tynedale Centurions (2pm) – CaNDY League 3N
Tynedale Colts v Kelso Harlequins (2pm) – Border Shield

SELECTED SQUADS