THE pandemic has delivered a few blows to football, not least the recent collapse of Macclesfield and problems at Droylesden. Add to that the demise of Bury and the alarm bells should be ringing very loud. The national media hasn’t really given it too much thought, but the CV-19 crisis has hit non-league very hard and given the often fragile nature of club finances, cast huge doubts about the sustainability of the game outside the Football League. In the past, the non-league game was something of a nursery for bigger clubs and occupied a unique part of the eco-system (long before such phrases were invented). Quite often when small clubs were in trouble, pro clubs might donate some money to the cause, play a…