With the gates at Yockings Park likely to be closed for some time, news from inside Whitchurch Alport will be sporadic.

We now turn our attention to local clubs who, for the time being at least, are able to ply their trades.

Crewe Alexandra have a great chance to build on their terrific run of form with AFC Wimbledon visiting Gresty Road.

Manager, Dave Artell, presided over his 200th game in charge of the Railwaymen at Plymouth on Saturday which ended in a 1–1 draw – a third consecutive game which has ended all square.

You have to go back to the end of November since the Alex last lost in the league so they will fancy their chances against two sides who are currently in a poor run of form.

Over at Shrewsbury Town, Steve Cotterill has certainly worked the oracle since his appointment in December.

Town are unbeaten in five games which landed Cotterill December’s manager of the month award but he, along with a host of players, have tested positive for coronavirus which has led to the postponement of their last four matches.

The Shrews boss spent last weekend in the intensive care unit having been admitted to hospital near his family home in Bristol.

He will have watched last night’s rearranged FA Cup tie at Southampton from his hospital bed, with assistant Aaron Wilbraham taking charge of team affairs on the South coast.

The Shrews travel to Sunderland on Saturday.

Meanwhile Wrexham continue to flatter to deceive in the National League and find themselves on the fringes of the play-offs under the management of Dean Keates in the National League.

If the much publicised takeover of the club is approved by the FA and Financial Conduct Authority, then the transfer of ownership would finally be announced seeing Hollywood A – listers, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, take control of the historic north Wales club.

If this is more than just a publicity stunt their hopes of a return to the English Football League for the first time since 2008 would significantly increase.