SLAYING one promotion chaser per month is probably a distant dream for most managers in charge of a club still fighting tooth and nail to stay alive, but Macclesfield’s John Askey took down three of them in January.
With nine games left in the conference season, Luton Town are edging ever closer to a league return and while their lead of 14 points isn’t unassailable just yet, the Hatters are widely seen as the Champions elect, with Betfair quoting odds of 1/250 on Luton claiming the title.
MOST would-be managers take their inspiration from the game’s greats, or their ups and downs as a player in various dressing rooms. But Mark Creighton will take his.. from a tattoo parlour!
Kidderminster Harriers have upped the ante in their bid to go one better than last term’s Conference Premier runners-up spot – by signing 2011-12 champion Lee Fowler.