The Macclesfield Football Club is an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
club first formed in 1880.
In 1923, Macclesfield was a founding member of the
Hills Central Football Association, playing in that competition until the end of the 1966 season. As a result of the restructure of Hills football in 1967, Macclesfield joined the
Hills Football League Southern Zone, shifting to Division 4 in 1972, Division 3 in 1974 and then Division 2 in 1979. In 1984, Macclesfield joined the
Southern Football League
The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
Division 2 competition, but only lasted 5 seasons, before shifting back to the
Hills Football League Division 2 competition in 1989.
Macclesfield continue to field Senior and Junior teams in the
Hills Football League Division 2 competition.
A-Grade Premierships
* 1929
Hills Central Football Association A1
* 1948
Hills Central Football Association A1
* 1958
Hills Central Football Association A2
* 1959
Hills Central Football Association A2
* 1969
Hills Football League Southern Zone
* 1972
Hills Football League Division 4
* 1973
Hills Football League Division 4
* 1980
Hills Football League Division 2
References
{{Southern Football League (South Australia) Clubs
Australian rules football clubs in South Australia
1880 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs established in 1880