MVT’s Mark Davyd ponders what new PM Andy Burnham can bring to the grassroots sector

Andy Burnham is a proper music fan. But whenever the conversation turns to his specialty subject – the importance of grassroots music – he has a habit of reaching for his second love: football.

He is an Evertonian of long standing and no illusions, a man who will list the game’s faults at length and with feeling, which is exactly why it means something when ...