Fylde host what has been dubbed their biggest club match since 1999 when they welcome Plymouth Albion on Saturday (kick off 2.15pm) in a Powergen National Trophy fifth round tie.

The Club will be hoping for a big crowd to cheer on the underdogs on a day when the Lytham restaurant Chicory will be making its debut in the new clubhouse, preparing a high quality lunch for more than 100 diners ahead of the game.

Fylde will check on the fitness of flanker Roger Banks and prop Richard Hanson, and will hope to see skipper Mike Scott back in the line-up after the tragic death of his father ruled him out of the trip to Blaydon last Saturday.

Head coach, Stuart Connell, said: "We respect Plymouth but certainly not fear them. Its hard when semi-professionals take on a full-time professional squad. The difficulty is that our coaches get a maximum of four hours a week with the players. Its difficult to do all the routines we would like to in such limited periods. So we have to make the time we have the best quality we can.

"But we're looking forward to see how we match up to a leading National One club without the pressure of league rugby. Our guys aren't expected to win so they can go out and enjoy the experience."

Blaydon deservedly won Saturday's National Three (North) game at Cross Trees but the 27-13 scorelinr didn't reflect the balance of the contest.

The first quarter of the game was evenly fought with some fierce forward exchanges. On four minutes prop Matt Filipo picked up a blood injury and was replaced by Neil Hilton. While the Kiwi was receiving attention, flanker Roger Banks got a head injury and retired from the fray to be replaced by the young Daniel Waller. Blaydon's highly influential No 10, Richard Windle (ex-Harrogate), and Fylde stand-in goal kicker Paul Green exchanged penalty kicks but the home side stepped up their efforts, despite losing the ex-Fylde lock Dave Whitehead with a yellow card.

Soon there was distance between the teams. A missed midfield tackle on Blaydon skipper, centre Martin Shaw, saw him carve through the visitors' defence for a good try.

Windle converted this and in the last second of injury time before the interval he kicked a huge 60m penalty from well inside his own half.

Fylde came back into the match at the beginning of the second half and finished 27-13 down.