2021–22 Macclesfield F.C. season

Macclesfield
2021–22 season
Owner	Robert Smethurst
Manager	Danny Whitaker
Stadium	Leasing.com Stadium
NWCFL Premier Division	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	Preliminary Round
FA Vase	First Qualifying Round
NWCFL Challenge Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: ; Tom Clare & Neil Danns (21); All: ; Tom Clare (23)
Highest home attendance	4,720 vs. AFC Liverpool, ; NWCFL Premier Division, ; (2 April 2022)
Average home league attendance	3,390
Biggest win	6–0 vs. Vauxhall Motors (A); (22 February 2022) ; 6–0 vs. Avro (H); (19 March 2022)
Home colours	Away colours
	2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the first in the history of Macclesfield Football Club. Alongside the North West Counties Premier League, they entered the FA Cup, FA Vase, NWCFL Challenge Cup and the Cheshire Senior Cup. The season covers the period from July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

On 12 March 2022, Macclesfield secured the championship and promotion to the NPL Division One following a 4–0 home win over Ashton Athletic.^[1]

Pre-season friendlies

28 June 2021 (2021-06-28)	New Mills	2–3	Macclesfield	New Mills
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Trialist 80' Trialist 83'	Report	Clare 38' Crofton 79' 80'	Stadium: Church Lane Attendance: 377

3 July 2021 (2021-07-03)	Macclesfield	Cancelled	Congleton Town	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)				Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium

6 July 2021 (2021-07-06)	Witton Albion	1–3	Macclesfield	Northwich
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	11'		Maieco 10' Clare 56' Crofton 86'	Stadium: Wincham Park

10 July 2021 (2021-07-10)	Macclesfield	2–2	Leek Town	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Maieco 48' Clare 68'	Report	Trickett-Smith 32' Dickov 60'	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium

13 July 2021 (2021-07-13)	Winstanley Warriors	1–7	Macclesfield	Wigan
19:00 BST (UTC+01)	6'		Maieco 2' Mendy 22' Grimshaw 38' Dwyer 60' 68' 80' Owen 90'	Stadium: Little Lane

17 July 2021 (2021-07-17)	Macclesfield	0–0	Stalybridge Celtic	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)				Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium

20 July 2021 (2021-07-20)	Buxton	2–1	Macclesfield	Buxton
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Chambers 17' Mills 57'		48' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Silverlands Attendance: 300

23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)	Macclesfield	0–3	Chester	Macclesfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01)			Cartwright 12' 17' Waring 46'	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)	Macclesfield	1–1	Stockport County	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Coker 85'		Alli	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)	Macclesfield	0–1	F.C. United of Manchester	Macclesfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01)		Report	Waddecar 46'	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium

Competitions

NWCFL Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Macclesfield (C, P)	40	29	7	4	94	38	+56	94	Promotion to the NPL Division One West
2	Skelmersdale United (O, P)	40	24	7	9	94	51	+43	79	Qualification for an inter-step play-off^[a]
3	Wythenshawe Town	40	23	9	8	83	43	+40	78
4	Charnock Richard	40	24	6	10	106	69	+37	78
5	Northwich Victoria	40	19	6	15	74	64	+10	63

Source: NWCFL Tables, Non League Matters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Contested a one-off inter-step play-off match as one of the bottom six runners-up from Step 5 with the most points per game (PPG) against a third-from-bottom club out of six from Step 4 with the fewest PPG. The winner rose to Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while the loser dropped to Step 5.^[2] If a runner-up did not meet the minimum participation criteria, a club in the next eligible position between second and seventh would have played instead.^[3]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
40	29	7	4	94	38	+56	94	18	1	1	54	15	+39	11	6	3	40	23	+17

Last updated: 22 April 2022.
Source: https://www.nwcfl.com/league-tables.php

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2022. Source: https://www.nwcfl.com/clubpage.php?id=888#tab2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Macclesfield's league fixtures for the first half of the season were announced on 2 July 2021.^[5] The fixtures for the second half of the season were announced on 28 September 2021.^[6]

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 1	Macclesfield	1–0	Burscough	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Arnasalem 16' Coker Dwyer		Denson Smith	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 2,018

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) 2	Winsford United	4–4	Macclesfield	Winsford
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Boden 33' Bolland 38' Duckworth 56' 70' O'Connor Parr		Clare 2' (pen.) 8' 45' 68' Dwyer Mendy Obeng	Stadium: The Barton Stadium Attendance: 918

14 August 2021 (2021-08-14) 3	Macclesfield	2–1	Irlam	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Dwyer 29' Clare 49' Adams Clare		Icely 9' Langford Skinner	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 2,061

17 August 2021 (2021-08-17) 4	Macclesfield	3–1	Prestwich Heys	Macclesfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Dwyer 12' Mendy 41' Clare 65'	Report	Grimshaw 45+2' Dickinson Potts	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 2,121

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 5	Barnoldswick Town	1–2	Macclesfield	Barnoldswick
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Hill 42'		Clare 19' Dwyer 25' Clare Dwyer Fleming	Stadium: Greenberfield Lane Attendance: 691

30 August 2021 (2021-08-30) 6	Macclesfield	1–0	Congleton Town	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Berry 56' Clare Maieco Mendy		Griffith Needham	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 3,502

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04) 7	Ashton Athletic	1–1	Macclesfield	Ashton-in-Makerfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Beckford 82' Bandell Reid		Adams 68' Adams	Stadium: Brocstedes Park Attendance: 475

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14) 8	Macclesfield	1–0	Vauxhall Motors	Macclesfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Clare 90' Fleming Morrison		Garner–Knapper	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 2,432

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 9	Macclesfield	4–0	Litherland REMYCA	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Maieco 15' 32' Morrison 48' McGowan 58'		Codling Moran	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 3,004

20 September 2021 (2021-09-20) 10	Longridge Town	4–2	Macclesfield	Longridge
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Anderton 20' 77' Yoak 24' Wilkinson 34'		Clare 3' 7' Maieco Morrison	Stadium: Mike Riding Ground Attendance: 448

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) 11	Avro	2–0	Macclesfield	Oldham
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Potts 20' Rathbone 24' Cottrell Harrop Latham Sloane Wallwork		Clare Mendy	Stadium: Whitebank Stadium Attendance: 400

2 October 2021 (2021-10-02) 12	Macclesfield	4–1	Charnock Richard	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Adams 9' Danns 33' Maieco 47' 68'	Report	Carsley 90'	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 2,778

5 October 2021 (2021-10-05) 13	Macclesfield	2–1	Northwich Victoria	Macclesfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Dwyer 64' Hanson 66' Maieco	Report	Sephton 31' Schofield	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 3,003

9 October 2021 (2021-10-09) 14	Wythenshawe Town	0–1	Macclesfield	Wythenshawe
15:00 BST (UTC+01)			Dwyer 18' Morrison	Stadium: Ericstan Stadium Attendance: 894

16 October 2021 (2021-10-16) 15	Squires Gate	0–0	Macclesfield	Squires Gate
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Boyd Ridings	Report		Stadium: The Brian Addison Stadium Attendance: 408

23 October 2021 (2021-10-23) 16	Macclesfield	3–0	Padiham	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Clare 61' (pen.) 90' Berry 90+4' Bardsley–Rowe Clare		D. Sherlock K. Sherlock Walker	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 3,221

29 October 2021 (2021-10-29) 17	Lower Breck	1–3	Macclesfield	Anfield
20:00 BST (UTC+01)	McGivern 86' Brown Morris Peers		Danns 30' 53' Adams 84' Ashton	Stadium: Anfield Sports and Community Centre Attendance: 563

6 November 2021 (2021-11-06) 18	Macclesfield	2–2	Runcorn Town	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Danns 59' 90+5' (pen.) Simpson		Cairns 68' Foulkes 80' (pen.) Antoine Davies Lloyd	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 3,420

9 November 2021 (2021-11-09) 19	AFC Liverpool	1–2	Macclesfield	Crosby
19:45 GMT	McCarthy 90+2' Parr Thomas		Danns 21' (pen.) Mendy 78' Morrison	Stadium: Rossett Park Attendance: 413

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) 20	Skelmersdale United	0–0	Macclesfield	Skelmersdale
15:00 GMT	Nicholson	Report	Maieco Simpson	Stadium: JMO Sports Park Attendance: 936

27 November 2021 (2021-11-27) 21	Northwich Victoria	3–4	Macclesfield	Northwich
15:00 GMT	Dunn 40' 90+3' Birchall 46' Birchall Mather		Danns 38' 77' 80' Berry 90+2' Clare Danns Danquah Mendy	Stadium: Wincham Park Attendance: 942

4 December 2021 (2021-12-04) 22	Macclesfield	2–0	Barnoldswick Town	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Berry 36' Clare 45'	Report	Fagan	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 3,502

11 December 2021 (2021-12-11) 23	Macclesfield	1–0	Squires Gate	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Bardsley–Rowe 18' Clare Maieco Mendy			Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 3,392

18 December 2021 (2021-12-18) Match postponed	Prestwich Heys	P–P	Macclesfield	Prestwich
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Adie Moran Park

27 December 2021 (2021-12-27) 24	Macclesfield	2–1	Winsford United	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Danns 54' Clare 75' Clare		Coughlan 6' Jackson McDonough	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 4,353

3 January 2022 (2022-01-03) 25	Prestwich Heys	1–0	Macclesfield	Prestwich
14:00 GMT	Rothwell 6' Dickin		Clare	Stadium: Adie Moran Park Attendance: 420

8 January 2022 (2022-01-08) 26	Macclesfield	2–4	Wythenshawe Town	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Berry 18' 49' (o.g.) Berry Clare	Report	Bryan 22' Smalley 57' Palma 74' Byrne 77' Wilkinson	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 3,543

14 January 2022 (2022-01-14) 27	Litherland REMYCA	1–2	Macclesfield	Bootle
19:45 GMT	Riley 37' Clair Clements Murphy	Report	Danns 27' Lee 29' Lee Lonsdale Maieco	Stadium: Berry Street Garage Stadium Attendance: 643

22 January 2022 (2022-01-22) 28	Charnock Richard	1–1	Macclesfield	Charnock Richard
15:00 GMT	Darr 88' Jakovlevs Nickeas Regan	Report	Danns 59' Berry Hanson	Stadium: Mossie Park Attendance: 641

29 January 2022 (2022-01-29) 29	Macclesfield	3–1	Skelmersdale United	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Berry 45+2' Danns 67' Lonsdale 88'	Report	Morris 28' Morris Nicholson Preston	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 4,347

5 February 2022 (2022-02-05) Match postponed	Padiham	P–P	Macclesfield	Padiham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Arbories Memorial Sports Ground

8 February 2022 (2022-02-08) 30	Irlam	2–2	Macclesfield	Irlam
19:45 GMT	Brown 35' Southworth 55' Cartwright Francis Holt Icely		Danns 50' (pen.) Berry 61' Hanson Fensome Sonogo	Stadium: Silver Street Attendance: 915

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12) 31	Macclesfield	4–0	Lower Breck	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Danns 64' Berry 76' Clare 77' Dwyer 90+3' Berry Duffy Mendy	Report	Finley Miller	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 3,745

19 February 2022 (2022-02-19) 32	Burscough	0–4	Macclesfield	Burscough
15:00 GMT	Brady McNamara	Report	Danns 42' 64' Berry 72' Owens 77' Clare	Stadium: New Victoria Park Attendance: 375

22 February 2022 (2022-02-22) 33	Vauxhall Motors	0–6	Macclesfield	Ellesmere Port
19:45 GMT	Heath	Report	Clare 16' Danns 21' 33' Berry 42' 43' Adams 83'	Stadium: vanEupen Arena Attendance: 576

26 February 2022 (2022-02-26) 34	Runcorn Town	0–1	Macclesfield	Runcorn
15:00 GMT	Davies Hughes Turner	Report	28' (o.g.) Sanogo	Stadium: Viridor Community Stadium Attendance: 635

5 March 2022 (2022-03-05) 35	Macclesfield	3–1	Longridge Town	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Clare 1' Freedman 37' Adams 89'	Report	Anderton 54' Flynn Forbes Martin Turner	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 4,002

8 March 2022 (2022-03-08) 36	Padiham	0–2	Macclesfield	Padiham
19:45 GMT	Hoskin Morton		Clare 61' Danns 77'	Stadium: Arbories Memorial Sports Ground Attendance: 625

12 March 2022 (2022-03-12) 37	Macclesfield	4–0	Ashton Athletic	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Danns 45+1' Berry 48' 90' Clare 64' Freedman	Report	Houghton	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 4,604

19 March 2022 (2022-03-19) 38	Macclesfield	6–0	Avro	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT	Berry 29' 42+2' 84' (pen.) 90+2' West 68' Kiwomya 90+6' West	Report		Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 4,038

26 March 2022 (2022-03-26) 39	Congleton Town	1–3	Macclesfield	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Chadwick 4' (pen.) Putnam Read	Report	Berry 14' Mendy 61' 77' Freedman Mendy	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1,668

2 April 2022 (2022-04-02) 40	Macclesfield	4–2	AFC Liverpool	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	44' (o.g.) Clare 45+2' (pen.) 69' Duffy 77'	Report	Fisher 62' Scorah 79' Croasdale Lyons	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 4,720

FA Cup

Macclesfield were drawn at home to Burscough in the extra preliminary round and away to Squires Gate in the preliminary round.^[7]

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07) Extra Preliminary Round	Macclesfield	4–0	Burscough	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Clare 3' Dwyer 20' 30' Coker 45' Ajayi Berry Clare	Report		Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 1,334

21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) Preliminary Round	Squires Gate	6–4	Macclesfield	Squires Gate
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Feeney 15' Westwood 21' Ing 62' 67' Boyd 73' Iley 82' Bartram–Conway Ing	Report	Dwyer 3' 39' Adams 49' 73' (o.g.) Sekouba	Stadium: The Brian Addison Stadium Attendance: 738

FA Vase

Macclesfield were drawn away to Winterton Rangers in the first qualifying round.^[8]

11 September 2021 (2021-09-11) First Qualifying Round	Winterton Rangers	3–2	Macclesfield	Winterton
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Ture 7' Walker 16' Allison 65'		Adams 17' McGowan 36' Clare Coker	Stadium: West Street Stadium Attendance: 363

NWCFL Challenge Cup

Macclesfield were drawn away to Skelmersdale United in the quarter-final, the match was later switched to the Leasing.com Stadium at Skelmersdale's request.^[9]

16 March 2022 (2022-03-16) First Round	Northwich Victoria	1–2	Macclesfield	Northwich
19:45 GMT	Birchall 78'	Report	Maieco 53' 64' McDonnell	Stadium: Wincham Park Attendance: 231

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) Second Round	Macclesfield	2–1	Sandbach United	Macclesfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Berry 4' Freedman 35' (pen.)	Report	Evans 84' Roberts Tatters	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 693

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) Third Round	Macclesfield	4–1	Brocton	Macclesfield
19:45 BST (UTC+01)	Berry 11' 17' Dwyer 13' Clare 75' Berry	Report	Smith 46' Blanchette Devoir Rolston	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 530

2 May 2022 (2022-05-02) Quarter-final	Macclesfield	2–3	Skelmersdale United	Macclesfield
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Berry 29' Danns 45+2' Danns 45+2'		Salkeld 22' Croughan 39' Howard 90'	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 1,148

Cheshire Senior Cup

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) First Round	Macclesfield	3–2	Cheadle Heath Nomads	Macclesfield
19:45 GMT	Ryan 19' Grimshaw 62' McGowan 79'		Foley 68' 86' Evans	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 402

7 December 2021 (2021-12-07) Second Round	Macclesfield	1–3	Stockport County	Macclesfield
19:45 GMT	Rokka 25' (pen.) Rokka	Report	Jennings 22' Alli 45' Edwards 66'	Stadium: Leasing.com Stadium Attendance: 1,054

Last updated: 23 April 2022.
Source: https://www.nwcfl.com/clubpage.php?id=888

References

^ "Macclesfield FC: Silkmen crowned champions in first season". BBC Sport. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation". Google Docs.
^ "Promotion and Relegation explained for the 2021-22 Season". nwcfl.com. 9 July 2021.
^ "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
^ "Stage One of 2021–22 Season Fixtures Released". NWCFL. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "Remaining 2021–22 Season Fixtures Released". NWCFL. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "The first two draws for the new Emirates FA Cup 2021–22 have been made". The FA. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "Early round draws for FA Youth Cup, Buildbase FA and Vase have been released". The FA. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "Macron cup tie against Skelmersdale United to be played at the Leasing.com Stadium". Macclesfield FC. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

External links

[table_note_res_PO0.98505957656776-4] Contested a one-off inter-step play-off match as one of the bottom six runners-up from Step 5 with the most points per game (PPG) against a third-from-bottom club out of six from Step 4 with the fewest PPG. The winner rose to Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while the loser dropped to Step 5.^[2] If a runner-up did not meet the minimum participation criteria, a club in the next eligible position between second and seventh would have played instead.^[3]

[1] "Macclesfield FC: Silkmen crowned champions in first season". BBC Sport. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[pro/rel-2] Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation". Google Docs.

[3] "Promotion and Relegation explained for the 2021-22 Season". nwcfl.com. 9 July 2021.

[Steps_1_to_6_League_Tables-5] "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.

[6] "Stage One of 2021–22 Season Fixtures Released". NWCFL. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[7] "Remaining 2021–22 Season Fixtures Released". NWCFL. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[8] "The first two draws for the new Emirates FA Cup 2021–22 have been made". The FA. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[9] "Early round draws for FA Youth Cup, Buildbase FA and Vase have been released". The FA. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[10] "Macron cup tie against Skelmersdale United to be played at the Leasing.com Stadium". Macclesfield FC. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
40	29	7	4	94	38	+56	94	18	1	1	54	15	+39	11	6	3	40	23	+17

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
40	29	7	4	94	38	+56	94	18	1	1	54	15	+39	11	6	3	40	23	+17

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
40	29	7	4	94	38	+56	94	18	1	1	54	15	+39	11	6	3	40	23	+17