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														Cup competitions						Manager
	Division	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		Average attendance	FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy FA Trophy
												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					Albert Leake
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					Frank Beaumont
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	Billy Haydock
1973–74			46	18	15	13	48	47	+1	51	8th of 24				QR4	3-2-1			SF	4-3-1	Billy Haydock Eddie Brown
1974–75			46	11	14	21	46	62	-16	36	17th of 24				QR2	1-0-1			R1	0-0-1	Eddie Brown Willie Stevenson John Collins
1975–76			46	15	12	19	50	64	-14	42	15th of 24				R1	4-1-1			R1	0-0-1	John Collins
1976–77			44	8	15	21	41	68	-27	31	19th of 23				QR1	0-1-1			R2	2-0-1	David Connor
1977–78			46	12	9	25	60	92	-32	33	22nd of 24				QR1	0-0-1			QR3	0-0-1	David Connor Derek Partridge
1978–79			44	8	10	26	40	92	-52	26	23rd of 23				PR	0-0-1			QR3	0-1-1	Phil Staley
			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	Brian Booth
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	Neil Griffiths Peter Wragg
1986–87			42	26	10	6	80	47	+33	88	1st of 22 Promoted				QR4	0-0-1			QR3	0-1-1	Peter Wragg
1987–88	Football Conference	5	42	18	9	15	64	62	+2	63	11th of 22			1,200	R3	6-2-1			QF	3-0-1
1988–89			40	17	10	13	63	57	+6	61	7th of 21			1,433	QR4	0-1-1			F	5-2-1
1989–90			42	17	15	10	56	41	+15	66	4th of 22			1,422	R1	0-1-1			R2	1-1-1
1990–91			42	17	12	13	63	52	+11	63	7th of 22			1,001	QR4	0-1-1			R1	0-0-1
1991–92			42	13	13	16	50	50	0	52	13th of 22			756	QR2	1-0-1			SF	4-2-1
1992–93			42	12	13	17	40	50	-10	49	18th of 22			658	R2	4-4-1			R1	0-1-1
1993–94			42	16	11	15	48	49	-1	59	7th of 22			853	R2	2-0-1			R3	2-2-1	Sammy McIlroy
1994–95			42	24	8	10	70	40	+30	80	1st of 22			1,260	QR4	0-1-1			QF	3-0-1
			Not promoted due to stadium safety requirements.
1995–96			42	22	9	11	66	49	+17	75	4th of 22			1,264	QR4	0-0-1			W	6-1-0
1996–97			42	27	9	6	80	30	+50	90	1st of 22 Promoted	Steve Wood	15	1,407	R1	0-0-1			R1	0-0-1
1997-98	Football League Third Division	4	46	23	13	10	63	44	+19	82	2nd of 24 Promoted	Steve Wood	13	2,905	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R2	0-0-1
1998-99	Football League Second Division	3	46	11	10	25	43	63	-20	43	24th of 24 Relegated	Steve Wood	5	3,311	R3	1-2-1	R2	1-0-3	R1	0-0-1
1999-00	Football League Third Division	4	46	18	11	17	66	61	+5	65	13th of 24	Richie Barker	16	2,304	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1	R2	0-0-1	Sammy McIlroy Peter Davenport
2000–01			46	14	14	18	51	62	−11	56	14th of 24	Lee Glover Damien Whitehead	8	2,064	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-3	R2	0-0-1	Peter Davenport Gil Prescott
2001–02			46	15	13	18	41	52	−11	58	13th of 24	Lee Glover	9	2,123	R3	1-2-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-0-1	Gil Prescott David Moss
2002–03			46	14	12	20	57	63	−6	54	16th of 24	Kyle Lightbourne Matthew Tipton Danny Whitaker	10	2,110	R3	2-0-1	R2	1-0-1	R2	0-0-1	David Moss
2003–04			46	13	13	20	54	69	−15	52	20th of 24	Matthew Tipton	16	2,385	R3	1-2-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	David Moss John Askey Brian Horton
Football League divisions renamed.
2004–05	Football League Two	4	46	22	9	15	60	49	+11	75	5th of 24	Jon Parkin	22	2,272	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R3	2-0-1	Brian Horton
			Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2005–06			46	12	18	16	60	71	−11	54	17th of 24	Clyde Wijnhard	8	2,274	R1	0-1-1	R2	1-0-1	SF	4-0-1
2006–07			46	12	12	22	55	77	−22	48	22nd of 24	Kevin McIntyre	9	2,427	R3	2-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	Brian Horton Paul Ince
2007–08			46	11	17	18	47	64	−17	50	19th of 24	Francis Green	11	2,297	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	Ian Brightwell Keith Alexander
2008–09			46	13	8	25	45	77	−32	47	20th of 24	Gareth Evans	12	1,897	R3	2-0-1	R2	1-1-0	R1	0-0-1	Keith Alexander
2009–10			46	12	18	16	49	58	−9	54	19th of 24	Emile Sinclair Ricky Sappleton	7	1,887	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-0-1	Keith Alexander Gary Simpson
2010–11			46	14	13	19	59	73	−14	55	15th of 24	Tyrone Barnett	13	1,807	R2	0-2-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	Gary Simpson
2011–12			46	8	13	25	39	64	−25	37	24th of 24 Relegated	Ben Tomlinson George Donnelly	6	2,227	R3	2-2-1	R2	1-0-1	R2	0-0-1	Gary Simpson Brian Horton
2012–13	Conference National	5	46	17	12	17	65	70	−5	63	11th of 24	Matthew Barnes-Homer	18	1,670	R4	4-1-1			R1	0-0-1	Steve King John Askey
2013–14			46	18	7	21	62	63	−1	61	15th of 24	Scott Boden	18	1,512	R3	3-1-1			R1	0-0-1	John Askey
2014–15			46	21	15	10	60	46	+14	78	6th of 24	Waide Fairhurst	10	1,773	QR4	0-1-1			R1	0-0-1
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	1,648	R1	1-0-1			R3	2-2-1	John Askey
2016–17			46	20	8	18	64	57	+7	68	9th of 24	Chris Holroyd	13	1,456	R2	2-1-1			F	5-3-1
2017–18			46	27	11	8	67	46	+21	92	1st of 24 Promoted	Scott Wilson	14	1,455	R1	1-0-1			R1	0-0-1
2018–19	EFL League Two	4	46	10	14	22	48	74	−26	44	22nd of 24	Scott Wilson	11	2,389	R1	0-0-1	R3	2-0-1	R2	1-2-1	Mark Yates Sol Campbell
2019–20			37	7	15	15	32	47	−15	19	24th of 24 Relegated	Joe Ironside	6	1,998	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-2-0	GS	1-0-1	Sol Campbell Daryl McMahon Mark Kennedy
2020–21	National League	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0											Tim Flowers
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.