List of Macclesfield Town F.C. seasons
Macclesfield Football Club football club based in Macclesfield , Cheshire . The club played in the Football League from 1996–97 until relegation to the Conference Premier was confirmed on 28 April 2012. The club was formed in 1874 and the team play their home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium.
Key
Key to league record
Level = Level of the league in the current league system
Pld = Games played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goals difference
Pts = Points
Position = Position in the final league table
Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division. Number of goals includes goals scored in play-offs.
Key to cup records
Res = Final reached round
Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses
PR = Preliminary round
QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds
G = Group stage
R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds
QF = Quarter-finalists
SF = Semi-finalists
F = Finalists
A (QF, SF, F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists
W = Winners
Seasons
The Silkmen spent much of the 20th century in the Cheshire County League before becoming founder members of the Northern Premier League in 1968. They were NPL champions in its first two seasons , beating Wigan Athletic to the title on both occasions. They were champions again in 1986–87, earning promotion to the Football Conference . They were Conference champions in 1994-95 but failed to gain election to the Football League. Two years later they were champions again and gained promotion in successive years to spend 1998–99 in Division Two before falling back to the fourth tier of English football (Division Three/League Two) and then being relegated to the conference in 2012.
Year
League
Cup competitions
Manager
Division
Lvl
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Position
Leading league scorer[ 1]
Average[ 2] [ a]
FA Cup
EFL Cup
EFL Trophy FA Trophy
Name
Goals
Res
Rec
Res
Rec
Res
Rec
Club changed name to Macclesfield Town.
1966–67
Cheshire County League
42
24
8
10
78
47
+31
56
5th of 22
QR4
3-2-1
Albert Leake
1967–68
42
28
10
4
96
39
+57
66
1st of 22
R3
6-2-1
Northern Premier League created. Club transferred to the newly created league.
1968–69
Northern Premier League 5
38
27
6
5
82
38
+44
60
1st of 20
R1
1-0-1
Frank Beaumont
1969–70
38
22
8
8
72
41
+31
52
1st of 20 R1
1-1-1
W
6-2-0
1970–71
42
23
10
9
84
45
+39
56
5th of 22 R1
0-0-1
QF
3-1-1
1971–72
46
18
15
13
61
50
+11
51
6th of 24 QR4
0-0-1
QF
3-1-1
1972–73
46
16
16
14
58
47
+11
48
10th of 24 QR4
3-0-1
R1
0-0-1
Billy Haydock
1973–74
46
18
15
13
48
47
+1
51
8th of 24 QR4
3-2-1
SF
4-3-1
Billy Haydock
1974–75
46
11
14
21
46
62
-16
36
17th of 24 QR2
1-0-1
R1
0-0-1
Eddie BrownWillie Stevenson John Collins
1975–76
46
15
12
19
50
64
-14
42
15th of 24 R1
4-1-1
R1
0-0-1
John Collins
1976–77
44
8
15
21
41
68
-27
31
19th of 23 QR1
0-1-1
R2
2-0-1
David Connor
1977–78
46
12
9
25
60
92
-32
33
22nd of 24 QR1
0-0-1
QR3
0-0-1
David Connor
1978–79
44
8
10
26
40
92
-52
26
23rd of 23 PR
0-0-1
QR3
0-1-1
Phil Staley
Level of the league decreased after the Alliance Premier League creation.
1979–80
6
42
18
11
13
67
53
+14
47
8th of 22
QR2
2-1-1
R1
3-0-1
1980–81
42
13
13
16
52
69
-17
39
13th of 22 QR1
0-0-1
QR1
0-0-1
1981–82
42
17
9
16
67
58
+9
43
10th of 22 PR
0-0-1
QR1
0-0-1
Brian Booth
1982–83
42
24
8
10
71
49
+22
80
5th of 22 R1
4-0-1
QR1
0-0-1
1983–84
42
18
10
14
65
55
+10
64
6th of 22 R1
4-2-1
QR1
0-0-1
1984–85
42
23
13
6
67
39
+28
82
2rd of 22 R1
1-0-1
QR3
2-0-1
1985–86
42
17
8
17
67
65
+2
59
9th of 22 R1
1-0-1
R2
1-1-1
Neil Griffiths
1986–87
42
26
10
6
80
47
+33
88
1st of 22 QR4
0-0-1
QR3
0-1-1
Peter Wragg
1987–88
Football 5
42
18
9
15
64
62
+2
63
11th of 22 1,200
R3
6-2-1
QF
3-0-1
1988–89
40
17
10
13
63
57
+6
61
7th of 21 1,433
QR4
0-1-1
F
5-2-1
1989–90
42
17
15
10
56
41
+15
66
4th of 22 1,422
R1
0-1-1
R2
1-1-1
1990–91
42
17
12
13
63
52
+11
63
7th of 22 1,001
QR4
0-1-1
R1
0-0-1
1991–92
42
13
13
16
50
50
0
52
13th of 22 756
QR2
1-0-1
SF
4-2-1
1992–93
42
12
13
17
40
50
-10
49
18th of 22 658
R2
4-4-1
R1
0-1-1
1993–94
42
16
11
15
48
49
-1
59
7th of 22 853
R2
2-0-1
R3
2-2-1
Sammy McIlroy
1994–95
42
24
8
10
70
40
+30
80
1st of 22 1,260
QR4
0-1-1
QF
3-0-1
Not promoted due to stadium safety requirements.
1995–96
42
22
9
11
66
49
+17
75
4th of 22
1,264
QR4
0-0-1
W
6-1-0
1996–97
42
27
9
6
80
30
+50
90
1st of 22 Steve Wood
15
1,407
R1
0-0-1
R1
0-0-1
1997-98
Football League 4
46
23
13
10
63
44
+19
82
2nd of 24 Steve Wood
13
2,905
R2
1-0-1
R1
0-1-1
R2
0-0-1
1998-99
Football League 3
46
11
10
25
43
63
-20
43
24th of 24 Steve Wood
5
3,311
R3
1-2-1
R2
1-0-3
R1
0-0-1
1999-00 Football League 4
46
18
11
17
66
61
+5
65
13th of 24 Richie Barker
16
2,304
R1
0-1-1
R1
0-1-1
R2
0-0-1
Sammy McIlroy Peter Davenport
2000–01
46
14
14
18
51
62
−11
56
14th of 24 Lee Glover Damien Whitehead
8
2,064
R1
0-0-1
R2
1-0-3
R2
0-0-1
Peter Davenport
2001–02
46
15
13
18
41
52
−11
58
13th of 24 Lee Glover
9
2,123
R3
1-2-1
R1
0-0-1
R2
0-0-1
Gil PrescottDavid Moss
2002–03
46
14
12
20
57
63
−6
54
16th of 24 Kyle Lightbourne Matthew Tipton Danny Whitaker
10
2,110
R3
2-0-1
R2
1-0-1
R2
0-0-1
David Moss
2003–04
46
13
13
20
54
69
−15
52
20th of 24 Matthew Tipton
16
2,385
R3
1-2-1
R1
0-0-1
R1
0-0-1
David Moss John Askey Brian Horton
Football League divisions renamed.
2004–05
Football League 4
46
22
9
15
60
49
+11
75
5th of 24 Jon Parkin
22
2,272
R2
1-1-1
R1
0-0-1
R3
2-0-1
Brian Horton
Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2005–06
46
12
18
16
60
71
−11
54
17th of 24 Clyde Wijnhard
8
2,274
R1
0-1-1
R2
1-0-1
SF
4-0-1
2006–07 46
12
12
22
55
77
−22
48
22nd of 24 Kevin McIntyre
9
2,427
R3
2-1-1
R1
0-0-1
R1
0-0-1
Brian Horton Paul Ince
2007–08
46
11
17
18
47
64
−17
50
19th of 24 Francis Green
11
2,297
R1
0-0-1
R1
0-0-1
R2
1-0-1
Ian Brightwell Keith Alexander
2008–09
46
13
8
25
45
77
−32
47
20th of 24 Gareth Evans
12
1,897
R3
2-0-1
R2
1-1-0
R1
0-0-1
Keith Alexander
2009–10
46
12
18
16
49
58
−9
54
19th of 24 Emile Sinclair Ricky Sappleton
7
1,887
R1
0-0-1
R1
0-0-1
R2
0-0-1
Keith Alexander Gary Simpson
2010–11 46
14
13
19
59
73
−14
55
15th of 24 Tyrone Barnett
13
1,807
R2
0-2-1
R1
0-0-1
R2
1-0-1
Gary Simpson
2011–12 46
8
13
25
39
64
−25
37
24th of 24 Ben Tomlinson George Donnelly
6
2,227
R3
2-2-1
R2
1-0-1
R2
0-0-1
Gary Simpson Brian Horton
2012–13
Conference 5
46
17
12
17
65
70
−5
63
11th of 24 Matthew Barnes-Homer
18
1,670
R4
4-1-1
R1
0-0-1
Steve KingJohn Askey
2013–14
46
18
7
21
62
63
−1
61
15th of 24 Scott Boden
18
1,512
R3
3-1-1
R1
0-0-1
John Askey
2014–15
46
21
15
10
60
46
+14
78
6th of 24 Waide Fairhurst
10
1,773
QR4
0-1-1
R1
0-0-1
Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed.
2015–16
National 5
46
19
9
18
60
48
+12
66
10th of 24 Kristian Dennis
22
1,648
R1
1-0-1
R3
2-2-1
John Askey
2016–17
46
20
8
18
64
57
+7
68
9th of 24 Chris Holroyd
13
1,456
R2
2-1-1
F
5-3-1
2017–18
46
27
11
8
67
46
+21
92
1st of 24 Scott Wilson
14
1,455
R1
1-0-1
R1
0-0-1
2018–19 EFL League Two 4
46
10
14
22
48
74
−26
44
22nd of 24 Scott Wilson 11
2,389
R1 0-0-1
R3 2-0-1
R2 1-2-1
Mark Yates Sol Campbell
2019–20 37
7
15
15
32
47
−15
19
24th of 24 Joe Ironside
6
1,998
R1 0-0-1
R2 0-2-0
GS 1-0-1
Sol Campbell Daryl McMahon Mark Kennedy
2020–21
National League 5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tim Flowers
Club was expelled from the National League on 29 September 2020. At the time of their expulsion they had played no matches.Macclesfield North West Counties Football League for the next season.
Notes
^ Average home attendance = for league games only
References
General Grounds Matches Seasons
