Progression, regardless of League decision

FOR the last few weeks this column has been considering what direction the National League takes us following the massive impact of COVID 19, on the game and nation.

What can County fans reasonably look forward to when eventually the restrictions are lifted, and life begins to return to something approaching normality?

For me, irrespective of how we resolve the 2019/20 conundrum, County’s prospects for the future look brighter than most.

For starters, the newly installed regime of Mark Stott and his team have taken the helm and have quietly gone about the business of reviving a Club that has laid dormant for too long.

There was an obvious need to restore confidence, and the new owners plans, as outlined to the Supporters Cooperative, have made a positive start in this respect.

It is a pleasant change to see message boards and social media – normally the source of much gloom and despondency – awash with positivity based on those portions of said plans which have reached the public domain.

Principled actions like the donation to Stockport NHS have only served to reinforce a feelgood factor that refuses to be dimmed by the current contagion.

Having stability off the field is crucial to success, and you can see that I think we have that currently, but without the team doing the biz also we are no further forward, and in this regard we are blessed to have one of English football’s top managers in Jim Gannon, and as far as confidence building is concerned, Jim has no equals.

Jim has been brilliantly successful for County multiple times, last season’s epic championship title win, our first in half a century, consolidating his position as a true County hero.

There’s more to come, and with our support it will be sooner rather than later!