Macclesfield

You will probably all have heard him recently, banging on about what a job he has done to take big-budget Macclesfield to promotion from the Northern Premier League, but I'd like to balance things a little bit with him hanging on to his record.

The project manager and DJ from Macclesfield, who has lived in Sydney since 2017, said the couple had been "living in a state of uncertainty" for years as they waited for an outcome of an appeal against the decision.

The impetus for an independent regulator has been years in the making, with several lower division clubs subjected to financial mismanagement and. in some cases like Bury and Macclesfield Town, complete collapse.

Like towns around the UK, Macclesfield has struggled with retailers closing, leaving empty stores, so there is a buzz around the new arrival.

There is a cheerful red awning and a newly painted cream wooden shopfront on the market square in Macclesfield.