Non league sees it’s first promotion of the season in front of a record crowd at Moss Rose, with celebrations in full swing at Macclesfield.
The Silkmen have been crowd champions of the North West Counties Football League Premier Division after beating Ashton Athletic 4-0 on Saturday.
An attendance of 4,604 is a record for the league, and Macclesfield still have three more NWCFL games remaining. Their average league crowd so far this season has been 3,282, while being a Tier 9 side.
— Macclesfield FC (@thesilkmen) March 12, 2022
It is a momentous day for the club, who were founded on the 13th of October 2020 by local businessman Robert Smethurst coming off the back of Macclesfield Town, which was wound-up after a High Court ruling on the 16th of September 2020.
The club began their first competitive season in the North West Counties Premier Division, the fifth step of the National League system, in August 2021 and secured the title at the first attempt under manager and former footballer Danny Whitaker – with Bury AFC also plotting their own promotion bid in the NWCFL Division One North.
The club wrote via their Twitter come the full time whistle: “Once upon a time, not so long ago we were broken, staring into the abyss and without a Club to call our own.
“But now, each and every one of those who never stopped believing is a CHAMPION!
“Lets get the party started, Silkmen fans!
“FULL-TIME: Silkmen 4-0 Ashton Athletic”
🏆 | Once upon a time, not so long ago we were broken, staring into the abyss and without a Club to call our own.
But now, each and every one of those who never stopped believing is a CHAMPION!
Lets get the party started, Silkmen fans!
FULL-TIME: Silkmen 4-0 Ashton Athletic pic.twitter.com/LLafhAePN2
— Macclesfield FC (@thesilkmen) March 12, 2022
GOAL TWEETS FROM MACCLESFIELD
⚽️ 45‘| GOOOAAAALLLLL!
Sam Grimshaw’s cross is turned home by Neil Danns on the brink of half time!
Silkmen 1 v 0 Ashton Athletic
⚽️ 48‘| GOOOAAAAALLLLLL!
James Berry beats Aspinall all ends up with an absolute thunderbolt from 30 yards!
Silkmen 2 v 0 Ashton Athletic
⚽️65‘| GOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!
It’s 3! And 20 for Tom Clare!
Clare gambles, chasing a long ball forward down, Aspinall misjudges his clearance and it falls to Clare who accepts the invitation to calmly stroke home into an empty net!
Silkmen 3 v 0 Ashton Athletic
⚽️ 90+2‘| GOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!
It’s 4!
James Berry emphatically wraps the league title up, curling beyond Aspinall!
Silkmen 4 v 0 Ashton Athletic
The result means Macclesfield are champions, sitting with 85 points from 36 games played, have won 26 of them, drew 7, lost 4, scored 81 and conceded 35.
It’s Skelmersdale in second place but are now unable to catch the Silkmen, with the latter now able to celebrate the weekend away and look forward to Northern Premier League football next season.
Twitter users gave their reaction as non league sees it’s first promotion of the season in front of a record crowd…
@tjfc1987: Massive congratulations to @thesilkmen on securing the NWCFL Premier Division title 🏆 A fantastic achievement for everyone in #Macclesfield to be proud of 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 From all at @tjfc1987
@nonleaguevol: Massive congratulations!
@BFCJoe04: Congrats 👏👏
@melrusson01: What an achievement!! Macc will be mental tonight 😂 well done to all the boys @RobbieSavage8 you should be super proud #silkmen
@Helen80154665: Well done boys what a massive achievement. Well done to everyone involved at the club.
@MarkSharpley1: Couldn’t more prouder of my hometown club tonight. 18 months ago, there was nothing. Nothing at all. And now, we are the first team in the country to win a championship. Come on
@thesilkmen
@andyheath70: Well done lad’s, lets get the party started.
@Saintbarca: Congrats gents. See you for your last game in the Counties.
@MikeyDfc93: Brilliant news this another former league club, absolutely shafted by dodgy ownership, be nice to play Macclesfield some time soon!
@TrickieCatVics: Congratulations to @thesilkmen and to @roarylionMTFC see you all on Wednesday night. 💚💙💚💙💚💙
@mtfc95: Up the boyyyys
@JoshMcCluskey8: Macclesfield away next season, anyone?
@01Jamin: What a story for Macclesfield
@ben_pierce1: What an incredible effort from everyone involved from the start of Pre season all the way to now 🏆🏆 One thing I can say is that this one is for Every single Macclesfield Fan out there who’s supported the club through thick and thin and believed one day the club would be back 🏆
@BethStockton9: Congratulations to all at Macclesfield, this is such an amazing achievement 💙💙
What an achievement for @thesilkmen
CHAMPIONS! ⚽️⚽️⚽️
See how it happened on @btsportscore tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/BzMViHPTmF
— Lewis Mason (@lewismasonlive) March 12, 2022
Scenes… 💙Champions @thesilkmen pic.twitter.com/NnfEutj95v
— Nocombrick (@nocombrick) March 12, 2022
FT: 4-0. Champions. 🏆 @thesilkmen #MacclesfieldFC pic.twitter.com/elyKaTRxRJ
— Tom Barnes (@tommo99__) March 12, 2022
Great performance by the lads today away at Macclesfield .. thought they all worked hard and was unlucky not to get a goal on a few occasions ..well done boys …@AshtonAthletic #taffyarmy … superb day out cheers @warringtonhat for sorting out mate pic.twitter.com/81JrddM8bT
— nashy (@gullivers1982) March 12, 2022
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