Thurlow Nunn League Premier Division club Long Melford have appointed experienced higher-league coach Liam Joyce as their new manager. The former Braintree Town and AFC Sudbury first-team coach succeeds David Hennessey who stepped down after their final game at Hadleigh United on April 24 following two seasons in charge of The Villagers. It is a first manager role for Joyce who spent the 2021/22 season with Sudbury working under Rick Andrews and Angelo Harrop before following the latter to Braintree where he helped The Iron into the National League South play-offs last term. In his season at S…