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Anecdotally, local football clubs like Macclesfield Town, like Bury, Maidenhead United, Wycombe Wanderers, Crystal Palace, have the brand identity and trust built up to make a difference.
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In September 2020, Macclesfield Town - founded in 1874 - were wound up in the High Courtwith debts of more than £500,000. A month earlier they had been relegated from the English Football Leaguefollowing a chaotic 2019-20 season during which players went on strike because they weren't being paid. It left loyal fans - several of whom feature in the ...
When Smethurst bought the assets of Macclesfield Town, the club had no players, no league to play in and - as we see in the film - the Moss Rose stadium had fallen into disrepair. He and his team had nine months to fix it all in time for the 2021-22 season. The difficult journey - including waterlogged pitches and construction problems - is documen...
During his playing career, Savage was seen as someone who didn't mind risking the ire of opposition fans in order to win. So why would we expect him to behave any differently as a director of football? "I'll always protect the people around me and I take stuff on the chin for others," he said. In the film we see him running down the touchline to ba...
One of the challenges in setting up a new club is, of course, getting buy-in from fans of the old club. "Owners and players come and go, but the fans remain," Savage tells us. In the film we meet several supporters, including two characters who are on the club staff - head of communications and Macclesfield Town oracle Bob Trafford, and groundsman ...
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Jan 29, 2024 · Macclesfield Town's demise saw 146 years of history extinguished before a local businessman stepped in to save his boyhood club Sam Cunningham Sam is i's Chief Football Correspondent.
Macclesfield Football Club is an association football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. [2] . It is a phoenix club of the former Macclesfield Town F.C. founded in 1874, which was wound-up after a High Court ruling on 16 September 2020. [3] .
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Oct 13, 2020 · Macclesfield Town were expelled from the National League in September after they were wound up in the High Court.. Born in Macclesfield, Smethurst also owns 10th-tier club Stockport Town. The ...
May 18, 2021 · 18 May 2021 National League. Macclesfield are now five promotions from the EFL. Macclesfield FC will start the 2021-22 season in the North West Counties Premier Division, the fifth step of...
Mar 12, 2022 · 12 March 2022 Football. Macclesfield are now four promotions from the EFL. Macclesfield FC have won the the North West Counties Premier Division title in their inaugural season. After the...
