Macclesfield Town F.C.
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defunct association football club in Macclesfield, England
Key facts
- Full name
- Macclesfield Town Football Club
- Nickname
- The Silkmen
- Founded
- 1874 ; 152 years ago ( 1874 ) (as Macclesfield F.C.)
- Dissolved
- 16 September 2020 ; 5 years ago ( 2020-09-16 )
- Ground
- Moss Rose
- Capacity
- 5,911 (2,375 seated)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Macclesfield Town Football Club
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- Macclesfield
- Sport
- association football
- League
- National League
- Official website
- www.mtfc.co.uk
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- home venue
- Moss Rose
- head coach
- John Askey
- topic's main category
- Category:Macclesfield Town F.C.
- Commons category
- Macclesfield Town F.C.
- inception
- 1874-00-00
- category for members of a team
- Category:Macclesfield Town F.C. players
- official color
- blue
- social media followers
- 43254
- native label
- Macclesfield Town F.C.
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Encyclopedic overview
Macclesfield Town Football Club was an association football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.
Initially known as Macclesfield F.C., the club was formed in 1874 and from 1891 played home games at Moss Rose. It competed in the short-lived Combination league in the 1890–91 season, reforming in the Manchester League at the end of the 19th century. The club won the Manchester League title twice, before becoming inaugural members of the Cheshire County League at the start of the 1919–20 season, ultimately winning the League six times. Renamed Macclesfield Town in 1946, the club were founder members of the Northern Premier League in 1968, winning the league in its first two years, as well as the FA Trophy in 1970. They were promoted to the Conference after they won their third Northern Premier League title in 1986–87.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Macclesfield Town F.C.” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.