2021–22 Macclesfield F.C. season

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.

Macclesfield
2021–22 season
OwnerRobert Smethurst
ManagerDanny Whitaker
StadiumLeasing.com Stadium
NWCFL Premier Division1st (promoted)
FA CupPreliminary Round
FA VaseFirst Qualifying Round
NWCFL Challenge CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tom Clare & Neil Danns (21)

All:
Tom Clare (23)
Highest home attendance4,720 vs. AFC Liverpool,
NWCFL Premier Division,
(2 April 2022)
Average home league attendance3,390
Biggest win6–0 vs. Vauxhall Motors (A)
(22 February 2022)
6–0 vs. Avro (H)
(19 March 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

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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
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

Competitions

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NWCFL Premier Division

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League table

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Pos Team 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:
  1. ^ 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

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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

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

Results by matchday

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940
GroundHAHHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAAAHHHAHAAHAHAAAHAHHAH
ResultWDWWWWDWWLLWWWDWWDWDWWWWLLWDWDWWWWWWWWWW
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Macclesfield FC: Silkmen crowned champions in first season". BBC Sport. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  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.
  4. ^ "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
  5. ^ "Stage One of 2021–22 Season Fixtures Released". NWCFL. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Remaining 2021–22 Season Fixtures Released". NWCFL. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  7. ^ "The first two draws for the new Emirates FA Cup 2021–22 have been made". The FA. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Early round draws for FA Youth Cup, Buildbase FA and Vase have been released". The FA. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  9. ^ "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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