By Andy Mitchell

THE manager of a club saved from relegation by the first Covid crisis is determined to get this season completed – and wants rivals to be encouraged to do the same.

Alvechurch sat nine points and two places off safety in Southern League Premier Division Central when the 2019-20 campaign became null and void as the country first went into lockdown.
Ian Long, the man who had led the Lye Meadow outfit up two levels and to the play-offs at Step 3 the previous season, had only just returned from a brief spell at Stourbridge, taking charge of just one match before restrictions ...