List of Macclesfield Town F.C. seasons

Macclesfield Football Club is an English 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.

Seasons

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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 Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer[1] FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
FA Trophy
Average home
attendance[2][a]
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
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
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
1973–74 46 18 15 13 48 47 +1 51 8th of 24 QR4 3-2-1 SF 4-3-1
1974–75 46 11 14 21 46 62 -16 36 17th of 24 QR2 1-0-1 R1 0-0-1
1975–76 46 15 12 19 50 64 -14 42 15th of 24 R1 4-1-1 R1 0-0-1
1976–77 44 8 15 21 41 68 -27 31 19th of 23 QR1 0-1-1 R2 2-0-1
1977–78 46 12 9 25 60 92 -32 33 22nd of 24 QR1 0-0-1 QR3 0-0-1
1978–79 44 8 10 26 40 92 -52 26 23rd of 23 PR 0-0-1 QR3 0-1-1
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
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
1986–87 42 26 10 6 80 47 +33 88 1st of 22
Promoted
QR4 0-0-1 QR3 0-1-1
1987–88 Football
Conference
5 42 18 9 15 64 62 +2 63 11th of 22 R3 6-2-1 QF 3-0-1 1,200
1988–89 40 17 10 13 63 57 +6 61 7th of 21 QR4 0-1-1 F 5-2-1 1,433
1989–90 42 17 15 10 56 41 +15 66 4th of 22 R1 0-1-1 R2 1-1-1 1,422
1990–91 42 17 12 13 63 52 +11 63 7th of 22 QR4 0-1-1 R1 0-0-1 1,001
1991–92 42 13 13 16 50 50 0 52 13th of 22 QR2 1-0-1 SF 4-2-1 756
1992–93 42 12 13 17 40 50 -10 49 18th of 22 R2 4-4-1 R1 0-1-1 658
1993–94 42 16 11 15 48 49 -1 59 7th of 22 R2 2-0-1 R3 2-2-1 853
1994–95 42 24 8 10 70 40 +30 80 1st of 22 QR4 0-1-1 QF 3-0-1 1,260
Not promoted due to stadium safety requirements.
1995–96 42 22 9 11 66 49 +17 75 4th of 22 QR4 0-0-1 W 6-1-0 1,264
1996–97 42 27 9 6 80 30 +50 90 1st of 22
Promoted
R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 1,407
1997-98 Football League
Third Division
4 46 23 13 10 63 44 +19 82 2nd of 24
Promoted
Steve Wood 13 R2 1-0-1 R1 0-1-1 R2 0-0-1 2,905
1998-99 Football League
Second Division
3 46 11 10 25 43 63 -20 43 24th of 24
Relegated
Steve Wood 5 R3 1-2-1 R2 1-0-3 R1 0-0-1 3,311
1999-00 Football League
Third Division
4 46 18 11 17 66 61 +5 65 13th of 24 Richie Barker 16 R1 0-1-1 R1 0-1-1 R2 0-0-1 2,304
2000–01 46 14 14 18 51 62 −11 56 14th of 24 Lee Glover
Damien Whitehead
8 R1 0-0-1 R2 1-0-3 R2 0-0-1 2,064
2001–02 46 15 13 18 41 52 −11 58 13th of 24 Lee Glover 9 R3 1-2-1 R1 0-0-1 R2 0-0-1 2,123
2002–03 46 14 12 20 57 63 −6 54 16th of 24 Kyle Lightbourne
Matthew Tipton
Danny Whitaker
10 R3 2-0-1 R2 1-0-1 R2 0-0-1 2,110
2003–04 46 13 13 20 54 69 −15 52 20th of 24 Matthew Tipton 16 R3 1-2-1 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 2,385
Football League divisions renamed.
2004–05 Football League
Two
4 46 22 9 15 60 49 +11 75 5th of 24 Jon Parkin 22 R2 1-1-1 R1 0-0-1 R3 2-0-1 2,272
Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2005–06 46 12 18 16 60 71 −11 54 17th of 24 Clyde Wijnhard 8 R1 0-1-1 R2 1-0-1 SF 4-0-1 2,274
2006–07 46 12 12 22 55 77 −22 48 22nd of 24 Kevin McIntyre 9 R3 2-1-1 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 2,427
2007–08 46 11 17 18 47 64 −17 50 19th of 24 Francis Green 11 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 R2 1-0-1 2,297
2008–09 46 13 8 25 45 77 −32 47 20th of 24 Gareth Evans 12 R3 2-0-1 R2 1-1-0 R1 0-0-1 1,897
2009–10 46 12 18 16 49 58 −9 54 19th of 24 Emile Sinclair
Ricky Sappleton
7 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 R2 0-0-1 1,887
2010–11 46 14 13 19 59 73 −14 55 15th of 24 Tyrone Barnett 13 R2 0-2-1 R1 0-0-1 R2 1-0-1 1,807
2011–12 46 8 13 25 39 64 −25 37 24th of 24
Relegated
Ben Tomlinson
George Donnelly
6 R3 2-2-1 R2 1-0-1 R2 0-0-1 2,227
2012–13 Conference
National
5 46 17 12 17 65 70 −5 63 11th of 24 Matthew Barnes-Homer 18 R4 4-1-1 R1 0-0-1 1,670
2013–14 46 18 7 21 62 63 −1 61 15th of 24 Scott Boden 18 R3 3-1-1 R1 0-0-1 1,512
2014–15 46 21 15 10 60 46 +14 78 6th of 24 Waide Fairhurst 10 QR4 0-1-1 R1 0-0-1 1,773
Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed.
2015–16 National
League
5 46 19 9 18 60 48 +12 66 10th of 24 Kristian Dennis 22 R1 1-0-1 R3 2-2-1 1,648
2016–17 46 20 8 18 64 57 +7 68 9th of 24 Chris Holroyd 13 R2 2-1-1 F 5-3-1 1,456
2017–18 46 27 11 8 67 46 +21 92 1st of 24
Promoted
Scott Wilson 14 R1 1-0-1 R1 0-0-1 1,455
2018–19 EFL League Two 4 46 10 14 22 48 74 −26 44 22nd of 24 Scott Wilson 11 R1 0-0-1 R3 2-0-1 R2 1-2-1 2,389
2019–20 37 7 15 15 32 47 −15 19 24th of 24
Relegated
Joe Ironside 6 R1 0-0-1 R2 0-2-0 GS 1-0-1 1,998
2020–21 National League 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Club was expelled from the National League on 29 September 2020. At the time of their expulsion they had played no matches.
New club Macclesfield was formed and joined North West Counties Football League for the next season.

Notes

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  1. ^ Average home attendance = for league games only

References

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  1. ^ "Macclesfield FC club details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ^ "English non-league attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.