Team news: AFC Fylde v PNE

Preston North End made their first visit to Mill Farm to face AFC Fylde in their second pre-season friendly game on Saturday.
PNE squad warm-up at AFC FyldePNE squad warm-up at AFC Fylde
PNE squad warm-up at AFC Fylde

Lilywhites manager Alex Neil sent the majority of his first-team squad to Wesham for the clash, with the players then heading to Ireland on Sunday for a six-day training camp.

Included in the PNE starting XI as summer signing Graham Burke, while there was a start for Daryl Horgan.

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Louis Moult led the attack, with support from Callum Robinson, Burke and Horgan.

AFC Fylde included former PNE midfielder Ryan Crosdale - signed for £50,000 from Kidderminster in the summer - in their starting XI.

There was also a debut for ex-Blackpool player Danny Philliskirk who joined them on a Bosman on Friday.

Two trialists started for the Coasters, with five more on the bench.

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AFC Fylde: Lynch, Montrose. Angol, Byrne., Tunnicliffe, Bond, Croasdale, Rowe, Philliskirk, Trialist, Trialist. Subs: Griffiths, Tasdemir, Burke

PNE: Maxwell, Fisher, Huntington, Davies, Johnson, Pearson, Harrop, Robinson, Burke, Horgan, Moult. Subs: Rudd, Woods, Storey. Boyle, Hughes, Ledson, Gallagher, Browne, Baxter, O'Reilly, Bodin, Barkhuizen, Maguire.

Referee: David McNamara