15th April 2022 - Buxton and FC Isle of Man

This week, we talk to another manager who has had a season he will never forget. After being relieved of his duties at his last club in October he then found himself appointed at his current club only days before a huge FA Cup game. From there it’s been all on the up. Currently, top of the Northern Premier League he leads his Buxton side into two games this Easter weekend including a big local derby on Monday, knowing that two wins may not even be enough to stop the title decision going down to the final game of the season. Steve Cunningham is philosophical and taking one game at a time and looking forward to the challenge. 

Next up a man who had planned the Manx assault on English football for years but didn’t expect it to move so swiftly or so successfully. Steve Burns once coached the Isle of Man National side, he’s now got a slightly different role overseeing the media plans and output of the club and he’s as successful off the field as the side are on it. This weekend it’s the play-off final as the club aim to convert their second-placed finish into promotion from Step 6 to Step 5.

Rounding off the show is Matt Badcock, Editor at Large at The Non League Paper on the move for some of the big stories this week and over the weekend as he plans the Easter issue of Nonleague’s favourite read.