Although the Bees dominated territory and possession for more than half of this National League Three North game, they cannot complain about being second best to enigmatic Fylde.

The visitors never recovered from conceding 21 points in the first 16 minutes and were thwarted throughout by their inability to execute the basics - such as missing too many first-up tackles, dropping the ball in contact and losing posession at the line-out.

Fylde, on the other hand, seemed to have a very simple game-plan. They kicked over the Bees defence, followed up in a swarm and waited for the mistakes.

The visitors' chief tormentor was fly half Mike Scott, who had all the time in the world to pick out space behind Bradford & Bingley's back three.

In the third minute, the home side opened their account when a kick through bounced awkwardly and beat Johnny Leota. It was hacked on by Kenyon, who fought off the attentions of Joe Simpson to score.

Fylde improved their score in the 11th minute as another Scott kick bobbled out wide. As Bradford & Bingley centre Phil Greaves struggled to reach the ball, obviously hampered by a hamstring injury, Fylde right-winger Nick Royle outpaced him to pick the ball up and score near the posts. Conversions of both scores by Scott put his side 14-0 up.

Tom Rhodes slotted a penalty in the 15th minute to open the Bees' account but from the next Bees possession, Fylde went further in front.

The visitors won their own ball at a scrum and, as Kern Yates tried to flick the ball out to scrum half Joseph Heta, Fylde flanker Dylan O'Grady appeared between the two to intercept.

As the Bees waited for an offside decision, the home side drove to the left-hand corner flag. The ball was quickly recycled and Paul Green was on hand to claim the five-pointer.

Scott landed the difficult conversion and increased the lead with a penalty after 21 minutes.

The Bees started to get back into the game in the second quarter but shunned a clear points-scoring opportunity by taking a tapped penalty when a kick at goal might hauled back three.

Fylde turned round 24-3 ahead but a revitalised Bees came out for the second half. From the kick-off, they retained the ball for fully four minutes but it was

typical of their afternoon that they lost the initiative following a knock on after Leota, Phil Greaves and Nili Tuahala-maka had all threatened the home line. They immediately got the ball back and held on to to it for a further four minutes, only to be sent back 60 metres by conceding two penalties.

Having already brought on Richard Hughes, they introduced Roger Raper. The reshuffle reaped immediate benefits as the home scrum folded and the ascendant Bees pack drove straight over the home eight twice in succession.

A superb individual break from Ben Greaves finally gave the Bees hope that they might pull something from the game. A quick interchange of passes between Neil Spence and Ian Judson put the Bees full back clear but it still needed a shimmy one way and then the other to beat the final defender.

The Bees laid siege to the line late on but a turnover let wingman Nick Royle seal the well-earned victory.