BRAGGING rights for Non-League football on the Fylde will be at stake on Saturday July 19 when Fleetwood Town, newly promoted to the Blue Square Northern League will visit FA Vase winners AFC Fylde for a pre-season warm-up match.

Fresh from their Wembley heroics at the weekend, manager Mick Fuller has moved quick to pencil in one of the clubs pre-season games in a bid to kick-start the teams first season under the AFC Fylde banner in July.

"Pre season games are important to us and this should be a cracker," admitted Fuller.

Kirkham have plans to play both Blackpool and Bamber Bridge in their build-up to step five football following their promotion out of the Vodkat North West Counties League Division Two just recently.

And there are plans also to visit FA Vase semi-finalists Whitley Bay, who at the time of their semi-final clash with Lowestoft Town were huge favourites to go through to play Kirkham & Wesham at Wembley.

However, Fuller has forged good relations with the Geordie outfit in the club's Wembley build-up and sees this as an ideal test for his side, ahead of what he hopes will be a successful season again next term.

He added: "A meaningful pre-season can get you off the blocks and running once the league campaign kicks-in."

AFC Fylde will also have FA Cup aspirations in 2008-09 and are likely to have to play through some early preliminary rounds, while it is expected that they will miss the early rounds of the FA Vase next season following Sunday's epic 2-1 last-gasp win over Lowestoft Town at Wembley.

Other likely pre-season encounters could include games against Curzon Ashton, seasoned European campaigners,The New Saints of the Welsh Premier League, Crowborough Athletic of the Ryman League and Kendal Town.

A DVD is being produced highlighting the club's amazing three days in the build-up to the FA Vase Final, together with the game itself and after all the after-match celebrations, reception and parade through the towns of Kirkham & Wesham.

Copies will be out and on sale with two weeks but fans wishing to order this limited edition production should call in at the club Shop on Poulton Street in Kirkham. The cost is £10.