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On a momentous weekend, Arne Slot can seal the title for Liverpool - and six divisions down the pyramid, I will lift my first trophy as a manager at Macclesfield.

I was expected to do it because Macclesfield have the biggest budget in the Northern Premier League, but Slot has been a revelation at Liverpool as the man who followed Jurgen Klopp.

And second, we both have to deal with the pressure, expectation and stress of being a manager.



I share some things in common with Slot after becoming a football manager with Macclesfield Town this season.

It’s incredible to think that, if Carlisle are relegated from League Two, next season I could be managing only one division below Mark Hughes, who was my idol growing up as a schoolboy.

But I won’t be hanging around just to tread water.

I can now understand how much pressure managers face after winning the Northern Premier League Premier Division title.

If we manage to win our last game against Whitby, and finish with a colossal 109 points, that will work out at £5,500 per point - a much better ratio than other clubs in the league, but let’s brush over that because it goes against the grain of the narrative.

If we get 109 points in the Northern Premier League, that will never be beaten.