AFC Fylde 0 Altrincham 5

Altrincham ran riot at Mill Farm, putting five past AFC Fylde without reply, spearheaded by a Regan Linney first half treble.

It took the rampant visitors less than five minutes to hit the front. Alex Newby fed Linney down the left side and the centre forward cut inside before curling a beautiful effort beyond Theo Richardson and into the far corner.

Within 10 minutes it was 2-0 and it was Linney at it again. Liam Humbles this time found Linney in space on the edge of the box and the number nine curled another stunner beyond Richardson.

It was almost an eight minute hat trick for Linney on 13 minutes, but this time his aim wasn't quite a polished, as yet another cut-in effort from the left flew just wide of the far post.

Alty's control of the game continued throughout the half and this time Linney did complete his hat trick just before the break, tapping home off a low cross by Newby following a quick break from the dynamic duo. 

It's was Newby's turn to find the net nine minutes into the second half when he ran onto a fantastic Linney through ball before lobbing Richardson from 20 yards in front of a delirious away following. 

The chances continued; Linney going one-on-one with Richardson, only for the Fylde stopper to deny Alty's top scorer a fourth on the night.

Then, after Joe Nuttall hit a free kick just over, fellow sub Elliot Osborne nipped in to rob a defender of the ball and finished clinically past Richardson to top a five star display from Phil Parkinson's men. 

AFC Fylde Richardson; Evans, Davis, Long (Gamble, 81'), Mitchell, Ustabaşı (Jolley, 71'), Whelan (c) (O'Kane, 60'), McFayden, Massey (Ormerod, 46'), Roberts, Riley (Haughton, 46'). Subs not used: Winterbottom, Zanzala.

Altrincham Ross; Banks (E.Jones, 90'+3), Baines (c), Linney (Nuttall, 61'), Newby (Kosylo, 62'), Humbles, J.Jones, Wilson (Osborne, 77'), Reddin, Crawford, Golden. Subs not used: Cooper, Bickerstaff, Randle.

HT 0-3

Goals None | Linney 5', 10', 41', Newby 54', Osborne 80'

Yellows Massey 20', Davis 72', Long 79', Mitchell 84' | Banks 86', Kosylo 90'+4

Reds None | None

Referee Matthew Corlett

Assistants Matthew Archibald & Alex  Gray

Fourth official Callum Jones

Attendance 1,392

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We head to Solihull Moors a week on Saturday for our next Vanarama National League encounter. Tickets available from our hosts here.