What's New

May 2012

 

Information has now been included back to the 1932-33 season.  Also the site has been updated for the 2011-12 season.

 

As  further information has been ascertained, existing Player Profiles have been enhanced including the addition of photographs. The staff on the reference desk at Macclesfield Library continue to be extremely helpful, including making enquiries of other Cheshire Libraries for missing information and providing contacts outside Cheshire.  Mossley FC have been most helpful and our sincere thanks go to Phil Chadwick of Witton Albion, who has made available his extensive research relating to players who have featured for both Witton Albion and Macclesfield Town.  He has also supplied many photographs which have been added to the individual profiles.

 

Graham Phythian has been working hard again, and has ascertained information for much of the missing information for the 1985-86 season.  With only a limited amount of information now missing, Season Statistics for this season have now been added. 

 

February 2012

 

Data from August 1936 has now been added.

 

Another double hat-trick scorer has been found in Syd Carter who joins Andy Scott and Johnnie Mullington.

 

Only one season was played during the Second World War and the Match Information section for 1939-40 provides, not only the match by match record, but narrative to explain the organisation of the league and the problems encountered by the club.

 

January 2012

 

Since the web site was launched, further research has been carried out with information dating back to August 1946 now included.  In addition, over 100 player photographs have been added with the help of Andrea Priestley, Geoff Findlow, Rob Hooley and Matt Davies.

 

For the Cheshire League, Overview and Achievements sections have been added from 1946 to 1968.

 

Two new sections have been added to the Menu

               What’s new? – detailing information which has been added to the site, addition information not included elsewhere and

                a pointer to interesting facts. 

               The League Story so far – information about Geoffrey Knights’ book together with cost and how the book can be

                purchased.  Also, the additional chapters written since the publication of the book can be downloaded free of charge

                from this section. 

                      

 

Missing Information

There are still some details missing and some will probably never be found: information has not been recorded in match day programmes, the edition of the local paper in which the match would have been reported has not been filmed at Macclesfield library or there is only a brief report, enquiries of the local press in the town of our opponents have failed to provide the missing information and, in other instances, the club archivist has been unable to help.  Graham Phythian, author of the Saga of the Silkmen, has been working hard undertaking research for the missing data which has resulted in Graham providing the teams/part teams/goal scorers for some of the missing matches.

 

Interesting Facts

Analysis of the number of players used in each League on average per season gives the following figures

               Cheshire League (1946-68 only)   Average 28.5  High 45  Low 19

               Northern Premier League              Average 26.1  High 51  Low 18

               Conference                                       Average 28.2  High 38  Low 21

               Football League (to 2010/11)        Average 30.2  High 37  Low 25

 

From the vast amount of information we already have the following Top 10 tables have been constructed:

 

Top 10 total appearances in all competitions from 1946 to 2011

1             673        John Askey                       

2             577        John Collins                     

3             466        Graham Tobin                 

4             439        Keith Goalen                    

5             428        Cyril Davies

6             387        Neil Sorvel                       

7             363        Elfyn Edwards                 

8             360        Steve Hanlon                   

9             354        Frank Beaumont

10           347        Alan Zelem

 

 

Top 10 goal scorers in all competitions from 1946 to 2011

 

1             182        Steve Burr

2             167        Brian Fidler

3             155        John Askey

4             112        Malcolm Glazzard

5               94        Stan Smith

6               92        Frank Monaghan

7               88        Dick Young

8               86        Cyril Davies

9               82        Phil Power

10             78        Johnnie Clowes

 

Player Profiles

Over 950 players have made at least one senior appearance for Macclesfield Town since 1946 and since the launch of the web site many profiles have been added/enhanced.  Of the more recent profiles included, the careers of the following players provide an interesting insight of their contribution to the club – Eric Barber, John Collins, George Daniels, Cyril Davies, William Johnston, David Jones, Frank Monaghan, Stan Smith and Dick Young.