Jon Shaw has been preparing for life in the dugout in recent years – and now he is ready to embrace the challenge he is facing in his first managerial role with National League North club Blyth Spartans.
It was a hectic Christmas for Non-League managers in the North East after a rather unseasonal-like cull with sackings and departures taking place at all but one of the region’s six clubs in the National League and National League North.