Macclesfield Football Club is an association football club based in

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, England. It is a

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Macclesfield Town F.C. Macclesfield Town Football Club was an English professional football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, that was wound-up after a High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. Initially known as Macclesfield F.C., the club was formed in 1874 and ...

founded in 1874, which was

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after a High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. The club began their first competitive season in the North West Counties Premier Division, the fifth step of the

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, in August 2021, winning promotion to the

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History

Macclesfield F.C. is a successor to

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. Founded in 1874, Macclesfield Town was liquidated and expelled from the National League in 2020 because of debts of over £500,000. Its assets were put up for sale, including the Moss Rose stadium on the

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property website. In October 2020, the stadium and all available assets were purchased by Robert Smethurst, the owner of Stockport Town, with the aim of returning professional football to Macclesfield by creating the phoenix club as Macclesfield F.C. Smethurst appointed the Welsh former professional footballer Robbie Savage as a member of the board for the new phoenix club with Danny Whitaker as manager. He also invested in upgrading the stadium to improve the commercial viability of the new club. In May 2021, it was announced that Macclesfield would be placed in the NWCFL Premier Division for their first season. Savage announced that the club would be joining with his foundation to offer free tickets to foundation participants to encourage youth attendance at the club's matches. Macclesfield entered the

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for the first time in 2021–22.

2021–22 season

On 31 July 2021 Macclesfield played their first competitive match, a 1–0 win at home against Burscough in the NWCFL Premier Division played in front of a restricted capacity sell-out crowd of 2,018; Leon Arnasalam scored the only goal. The club's first away match was on 3 August, a 4–4 draw at

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, also in the NWCFL Premier Division, with Tom Clare scoring all four Macclesfield goals. On 7 August Macclesfield played their first FA Cup match, beating Burscough 4–0 in the Extra Preliminary Round, but were then knocked out of the FA Cup in the Preliminary Round losing 6–4 at Squires Gate. On 30 August Macclesfield defeated local rivals

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1–0 in the NWCFL Premier Division in front of a record crowd of 3,502, James Berry-McNally scoring the only goal. The match was suspended for several minutes late in the second half due to crowd trouble. It was the first time the neighbouring towns had met in a league match since the 1964–65 season. On 11 September, Macclesfield played in the

for the first time, losing 3–2 at Northern Counties East League Premier Division side Winterton Rangers in the first qualifying round. Macclesfield F.C. was featured in a BBC Sport documentary film, ''Robbie Savage: Making Macclesfield FC'', broadcast on 13 November 2021, which described the launch of the new club following the collapse of Macclesfield Town. Despite a relatively poor run of form at the start of the new year (L2, D1, W2 in January), a run of ten consecutive wins followed, in which 37 goals were scored and only four conceded. On 12 March 2022, Macclesfield secured the North West Counties Premier Division title and promotion to the NPL Division One West after a 4–0 win against

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, becoming the first club in England's top nine tiers in 2022 to guarantee promotion. Macclesfield finished their league campaign on 2 April, 15 points clear of second-placed

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2022–23 season

In October 2022, with the club three points clear at the top of the NPL West Division, Danny Whitaker was replaced as Macclesfield manager by David McNabb. McNabb stepped down in December 2022, with midfielder

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being appointed interim manager. A 3–1 win against Trafford on 1 April 2023 saw the club crowned champions and achieve back-to-back promotions.

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Players

Current squad

Macclesfield men's first team
''Macclesfieldfc.com''. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

Out on loan

Player of the Season Awards

Management

Team management and coaching staff

Macclesfield
NWCFL.com. Retrieved: 15 November 2021.

Club management and staff

Managerial history

''As of 5 May 2023''

Seasons

''As of 22 April 2023''

Club honours

League

* NPL Division One West (8th tier) **Champions:

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* NWCFL Premier Division (9th tier) **Champions: 2021–22

Club records

Attendance

* Highest home attendance (Top 3): ::4,720 v

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, 2 April 2022 – NWCFL Premier Division ::4,701 v

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, 15 April 2023 – NPL Division One West ::4,604 v

, 12 March 2022 – NWCFL Premier Division * Lowest home attendance: ::402 v Cheadle Heath Nomads, 2 November 2021 – Cheshire Senior Cup First Round * Highest away attendance (Top 3): ::2,024 v

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, 16 August 2022 – NPL Division One West ::1,670 v Workington, 25 February 2023 – NPL Division One West ::1,668 v

, 26 March 2022 – NWCFL Premier Division * Lowest away attendance: ::181 v

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, 16 November 2022 – Cheshire Senior Cup First Round

Results

* Biggest home win: * :: 7–0 v Tadcaster Albion, 13 September 2022 -

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First Qualifying Round * Heaviest home defeat: :: 1–3 v Stockport County, 7 December 2021 – Cheshire Senior Cup Second Round :: 2–4 v Wythenshawe Town, 8 January 2022 – NWCFL Premier Division :: 0–2 v Guiseley, 29 October 2022 –

First Round * Biggest away win: :: 0–6 v Vauxhall Motors, 22 February 2022 – NWCFL Premier Division * Heaviest away defeat: :: 6–4 v

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, 21 August 2021 – FA Cup Preliminary Round :: 4–2 v Longridge Town, 20 September 2021 – NWCFL Premier Division :: 2–0 v

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, 29 September 2021 – NWCFL Premier Division * Highest scoring draw: :: 4–4 v

(A), 3 August 2021 – NWCFL Premier Division * Highest aggregate score: :: (10) 6–4 v

(A), 21 August 2021 – FA Cup Preliminary Round

Streaks

* Longest unbeaten run (All comps): :: 17 matches, from 14 January 2022 to 2 May 2022 * Longest unbeaten run (League): :: 18 matches, from 14 January 2022 to 6 September 2022 * Longest unbeaten run (Home - All comps): :: 14 matches, from 31 July 2021 to 7 December 2021 * Longest unbeaten run (Home - League): :: 13 matches, from 31 July 2021 to 8 January 2022 * Longest winning run (All comps): :: 13 matches, from 12 February 2022 to 2 May 2022 * Longest winning run (League): :: 14 matches, from 12 February 2022 to 6 September 2022 * Longest scoring run (All comps): :: 25 matches, from 8 January 2022 to 6 September 2022 * Most consecutive clean sheets (League): :: 5 matches, from 10 December 2022 to 24 January 2023

Player records

* Most appearances (All comps): :: 90 – Laurent Mendy, 31 July 2021 – ''present'' * Goals scored (All comps): :: 53 – James Berry, 7 August 2021 – ''present'' * Goals in a season (All comps): ::33 – James Berry, 2022–23 * Goals in a season (League): ::24 – James Berry,

* Goals scored in a match: :: 4 – James Berry v

(H), 19 March 2022 – NWCFL Premier Division :: 4 –

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(A), 3 August 2021 – NWCFL Premier Division

Cup performances

* Best FA Cup performance: :: Second Qualifying Round,

*Best

performance: :: First Round,