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.

Key

Key to league record Level = Level of the league in the current league system Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division. Number of goals includes goals scored in play-offs.

Key to cup records Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Preliminary round QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds G = Group stage R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finalists SF = Semi-finalists F = Finalists A (QF, SF, F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists W = Winners

Seasons

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

1. Average home attendance = for league games only

References

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