52. Macclesfield

Total Matches Played 184 Won 59 Drawn 34 Lost 91 Goals 295-360

League Matches Played 132 - (Home) Won 33 Drawn 13 Lost 20 Goals 142-103 - (Away) Won 14 Drawn 14 Lost 38 Goals 94-152

Pictured is action from the 1-1 Cheshire Senior Cup S/F on March 15th 1969 and shows Dennis Violett (10), our goal scorer, alongside Trevor Ogden.

First Home Encounter: October 8th 1904 Manchester League 1-1 att. n/k

Last Home Encounter: September 6th 2022 NPL First Division 1-0 att. 849

First Away Encounter: September 17th 1904 Manchester League 0-0 att. n/k

Last Away Encounter: February 8th 2023 NPL First Division 1-1 att. 3,210

Biggest Home Wins: February 28th 1920 Cheshire County League 6-0 att. n/k
April 5th 1920 C.L Supplementary Comp. 6-0 att. n/k

Biggest Away Win: January 2nd 1960 Cheshire County League 6-1 att. 1,429

Heaviest Home Defeat: April 16th 1932 Cheshire County League 0-5 att. 2,000

Heaviest Away Defeat: September 18th 1965 F.A. Cup 2nd Qualifying Rd. 0-9 att. 2,683

Highest Ever Attendance: April 26th 1952 Cheshire S.C. Final at Crewe 0-2 att. 12,500

Highest Home Attendance*: August 25th 1948 Cheshire County League 3-0 att. 4,500

Lowest Home Attendance*: September 17th 2003 Cheshire Senior Cup Rd. 1 1-0 att. 201

Highest Away Attendance*: February 23rd 1951 Cheshire Senior Cup Rd. 2 0-1 att. 7,409

Lowest Away Attendance*: November 15th 2011 Cheshire Senior Cup Rd. 2 1-4 att. 151

* Attendances only regularly recorded since 1947

Goal Scorers (294): 12: FRANK FIDLER. 9: Bill Tynan.
6: Harold Howard, Ernie Brain, Joe Dale, Gerry Duffy & Trevor Ogden.
5: Dick Best, Ernie Kershaw, Billy Rudd, Archie Elsby, Stan Smith, John White & Brian Jackson.
4: Fred Flavell, Walter Lees, Jackie Cheetham, Bill Challenger, Norman Gallimore, Henry Williams & Harry McCann.
3: Ben Eyes, Albert Ellis, Harry Tew, Charles Ramsden, Sid Hall, Eric Hyde, Jack Christopher, Len Stephenson, Ken Barnes, Brian Griffin & Brendan Burke.
2: John Forster, Ned Rose, Fred Hewitt, Jimmy Jones, John Hewitt, Stan Woodhouse, Herbert Seddon, Bill Pepper, Lydiate, Jack Roscoe, Bill Houston, Richard Gotsell, Francis McEnaney, John Harrison, Tommy Douglas, Bill Foulkes, Arthur Lomas, Brian Johnson, Ian Duthie, Paddy Daly, Brian Rimmer, Alan Heathcote, John Walker, Mark Leonard, Lennie Williams, Tommy Smith, Steve Buxton, Karl Thomas & Joe Duckworth.
1: Phil Wilding, J. Carter, Sam Brittleton, Herman Cliff, Sam Thompson, Harry Barton, Fred Leather, Bill Wilding, Tom Forster, Jesse Winnington, Joe Weedall, Bob Brookes, Sam Dunn, George Fletcher, W. Bassett, Hardwick, Tom Washburn, Kirkpatrick, Fred Livingstone, Bill Lightfoot, Wilf Denwood, Frank Kenyon, Harry Middleton, John Jones, A. Isherwood, Charles Lester, George Shippam, C.S. Bennett, Tom Meakin, Joe Jones, Bob Gunn, Arthur Nixon, Tom Bate, William Jackson, Steven Morris, Mountfield, Harry Millington, Gordon Smith, Stuart Cowden, Dennis Hill, Albert Johnson, Keith Burrows, Jack Wilkinson, Bill Jones, Ken Yearsley, Jim Pennington, Alf Ashley, Fred Ridgway, Roy Tipping, Reg Tapley, Harry Bennett, Colin Barnes, Reg Dorsett, Bill Taylor, Colin Gwinneth, Stan Berrington, Johnny Lovell, Kenny Davies, Jeff Shuttleworth, Ron Hewitt, Jim McDonald, Dennis Violett, Barry Wheatley, Dave Carrick, Alan Lord, Dave Farron, Dave Griffiths, Peter Henderson, Dave Ramsden, Jimmy Garrett, Tony Quinn, Mark McCarrick, Don Graham, Dave Esser, Noel Bradley, Bob Horton, Terry Farrell, Tommy Lloyd, Paul Lodge, Tony Jarvis, Carl Alford, Steve Senior, Simon Burton & Jamie Harrison. + 5 own goals: Harry Sharples (19/12/1931), Roland Haworth (3/12/38), Daniels (11/11/39), Roger Wood (29/10/60) & Frank Beaumont (9/3/70).

4 Goals in Match (6): Harold Howard (28/2/1920 home in 6-0 Cheshire League), Dick Best (3/4/1920 home in 6-0 Cheshire League Supplementary Comp.), Walter Lees (2/4/30 home in 6-1 Cheshire League), Ernie Brain (5/3/1938 home in 4-2 Cheshire League), Frank Fidler (10/12/1949 home in 7-2 Cheshire League) & Gerry Duffy (2/1/1960 away in 6-1 Cheshire League).

Hat Tricks (8): Frank Fidler-2 (31/3/48 home in 4-1 Cheshire League & 25/8/48 home in 3-0 Cheshire League), Norman Gallimore (25/12/39 home in 7-3 Cheshire League), Sid Hall (30/11/46 home in 4-2 Cheshire League), Archie Elsby (20/3/57 home in 3-2 Cheshire League), Stan Smith (1/11/58 home in 4-1 Cheshire League), Bill Tynan (13/3/68 home in 5-1 Cheshire League Cup) & Brian Griffin (11/2/78 away in 4-1 Cheshire Senior Cup).

Goalkeeper Clean Sheets (32): 4: MARK RADCLIFFE. 3: Jack Barber & Bob Fletcher.
2: George Scales, James Mather, Les Newton, Peter Mellor, Barry Alcock & Keith Mason.
1: Walter Hardley, Arthur Pardoe, Charlie Jones, Jim Branston, Ged Johnson, Grenville Millington, John Bell, Kevin Donohue, Paul Gibson & Ollie Martin.

NOTE: Unfortunately missing is the scorer from the 30-Apr-1923 home Cheshire League fixture that we lost 1-2.