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2008–09 Macclesfield Town F.C. season

This article documents the 2008–09 season of Cheshire football club Macclesfield Town F.C.

Macclesfield Town F.C.
2008–09 season
ManagerKeith Alexander[1]
Football League Two20th
FA CupThird Round
League CupSecond Round
Football League TrophyFirst Round

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Torquay United 46 14 15 17 64 55 +9 57
18 Crewe Alexandra 46 15 10 21 68 73 −5 55
19 Macclesfield Town 46 12 18 16 49 58 −9 54
20 Lincoln City 46 13 11 22 42 65 −23 50
21 Barnet 46 12 12 22 47 63 −16 48
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: football-league.co.uk

Results

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League Two

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9 August 2008 1 Shrewsbury Town 4–0 Macclesfield Town Shrewsbury
Cansdell-Sherriff   31'
Holt   51' (pen.)
Coughlan   79'
Hibbert   85'		 Stadium: Prostar Stadium
Attendance: 5,812
16 August 2008 2 Macclesfield Town 0–2 Bradford City Macclesfield
Thorne   10', 14' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,556
23 August 2008 3 Accrington Stanley 2–0 Macclesfield Town Accrington
Mullin   50'
Ryan   60'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,323
30 August 2008 4 Macclesfield Town 0–6 Darlington Macclesfield
Hessey   62' Clarke   26', 53', 64' (pen.), 67'
Walker   56' (o.g.)
Austin   89'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,554
6 September 2008 5 Macclesfield Town 2–1 Luton Town Macclesfield
Yeo   12'
Morgan   61'		 Charles   90' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,349
13 September 2008 6 Bournemouth 0–1 Macclesfield Town Bournemouth
Evans   2'   17' Stadium: Fitness First Stadium
Attendance: 3,922
20 September 2008 7 Port Vale 1–4 Macclesfield Town Stoke on Trent
Dodds   44' Dunfield   36'
Yeo   75', 83' (pen.)
Reid   86'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 6,645
27 September 2008 8 Macclesfield Town 1–4 Exeter City Macclesfield
Yeo   45' Stansfield   1', 48'
Harley   35'
Gill   85'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,854
4 October 2008 9 Brentford 1–0 Macclesfield Town London
MacDonald   15' Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 4,773
11 October 2008 10 Macclesfield Town 4–2 Aldershot Town Macclesfield
Evans   48'
Thomas   55', 58'
Green   83'		 Hudson   51'
Hylton   64'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,857
18 October 2008 11 Notts County 1–1 Macclesfield Town Nottingham
Facey   48'
Evans   67'		 Yeo   65' Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 4,600
21 October 2008 12 Macclesfield Town 1–2 Lincoln City Macclesfield
Yeo   5' Beevers   45'
Frecklington   82'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,247
25 October 2008 13 Macclesfield Town 1–2 Rotherham United Macclesfield
Green   90'
Jennings   90'		 Tonge   5'
Sharps   90'   90'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,020
1 November 2008 14 Macclesfield Town 0–1 Gillingham Macclesfield
Miller   18' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,635
15 November 2008 15 Rochdale 1–1 Macclesfield Town Rochdale
Rundle   66' Brown   81' Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 3,013
22 November 2008 16 Barnet 1–3 Macclesfield Town London
O'Flynn   59' Gritton   15'
Green   87'
Brown   89'		 Stadium: Underhill
Attendance: 1,579
25 November 2008 17 Macclesfield Town 1–0 Grimsby Town Macclesfield
Brown   68' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,182
2 December 2008 18 Wycombe Wanderers 4–0 Macclesfield Town High Wycombe
Vieira   11', 51'
Balanta   45'
Johnson   71'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 3,770
6 December 2008 19 Macclesfield Town 1–1 Bury Macclesfield
Gritton   6'
Flynn   74'		 Dawson   8' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,431
12 December 2008 20 Chesterfield 2–4 Macclesfield Town Chesterfield
Ward   38', 67'
Goodall   90'		 Gritton   23', 57'
Bell   25'
Evans   77'
Green   90'		 Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 2,451
20 December 2008 21 Macclesfield Town 0–4 Dagenham & Redbridge Macclesfield
Benson   4', 19'
Taiwo   7'
Saunders   48'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,909
26 December 2008 22 Morecambe 4–1 Macclesfield Town Morecambe
McStay   17'
Carlton   24'
Drummond   63'
Howe   79'		 Reid   3' Stadium: Christie Park
Attendance: 2,578
28 December 2008 23 Macclesfield Town 3–1 Chester City Macclesfield
Brown   6'
Evans   76' (pen.)
Gritton   85'		 Lowe   56' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,219
17 January 2009 24 Aldershot Town 1–1 Macclesfield Town Aldershot
Hudson   90' Evans   21' Stadium: EBB Stadium
Attendance: 3,018
24 January 2009 25 Macclesfield Town 2–0 Brentford Macclesfield
Sinclair   45'
Evans   58' (pen.)		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,942
27 January 2009 26 Macclesfield Town 0–0 Wycombe Wanderers Macclesfield
Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,306
31 January 2009 27 Rotherham United 2–0 Macclesfield Town Sheffield
Hudson   12'
Reid   76'		 Stadium: Don Valley Stadium
Attendance: 2,945
10 February 2009 28 Exeter City 4–0 Macclesfield Town Exeter
Stansfield   16'
Logan   44'
Saunders   73'
McAllister   75'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 2,839
14 February 2009 29 Macclesfield Town 0–1 Rochdale Macclesfield
Kennedy   45' (pen.) Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,396
17 February 2009 30 Macclesfield Town 1–1 Notts County Macclesfield
Yeo   26' Hamshaw   72' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,370
21 February 2009 31 Gillingham 3–1 Macclesfield Town Gillingham
King   2'
Barcham   74', 88'		 Evans   80' (pen.) Stadium: Priestfield
Attendance: 4,620
25 February 2009 32 Macclesfield Town 0–2 Port Vale Macclesfield
Ahmed   85'
Dodds   90'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,267
28 February 2009 33 Macclesfield Town 3–0 Shrewsbury Town Macclesfield
Cansdell-Sherriff   21' (o.g.)
Evans   53' (pen.)
Brown   90'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,553
3 March 2009 34 Bradford City 1–0 Macclesfield Town Bradford
Furman   60' Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium
Attendance: 11,908
7 March 2009 35 Darlington 1–2 Macclesfield Town Darlington
Poole   61' Evans   40' (67), pen.' Stadium: The Darlington Arena
Attendance: 2,995
10 March 2009 36 Macclesfield Town 0–2 Accrington Stanley Macclesfield
Cansdell-Sherriff   21' (o.g.)
Evans   53' (pen.)
Brown   90'		 Williams   42'
Procter   89'		 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,746
14 March 2009 37 Macclesfield Town 0–2 Bournemouth Macclesfield
Bradbury   50', 70' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,589
21 March 2009 38 Luton Town 1–0 Macclesfield Town Luton
Craddock   69' (pen.) Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 5,363
28 March 2009 39 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–1 Macclesfield Town London
Benson   71'
Ritchie   83'		 Rooney   38' Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 1,347
31 March 2009 40 Lincoln City 1–0 Macclesfield Town Lincoln
Pătulea   27' Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 2,478
4 April 2009 41 Macclesfield Town 1–1 Chesterfield Macclesfield
Evans   15' Gritton   8' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,276
11 April 2009 42 Chester City 0–2 Macclesfield Town Chester
Rooney   8'
Evans   29'		 Stadium: Deva Stadium
Attendance: 2,248
13 April 2009 43 Macclesfield Town 0–1 Morecambe Macclesfield
Artell   85' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,773
18 April 2009 44 Bury 3–0 Macclesfield Town Bury
Bishop   4'
Hurst   57', 75'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,499
25 April 2009 45 Macclesfield Town 2–1 Barnet Macclesfield
Brown   2'
Dennis   82'		 Adomah   54' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,619
2 May 2009 46 Grimsby Town 0–0 Macclesfield Town Grimsby
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 6,876

FA Cup

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8 November 2008 Round 1 Harlow Town 0–2 Macclesfield Town Harlow
Brisley   65'
Dunfield   86'		 Stadium: Barrows Farm Stadium
Attendance: 2,149
28 November 2008 Round 2 Port Vale 1–3 Macclesfield Town Stoke on Trent
Dodds   71' Green   9', 73'
Gritton   90'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 4,684
3 January 2009 Round 3 Macclesfield Town 0–1 Everton Macclesfield
Osman   43' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 6,008

League Cup

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12 August 2008 Round 1 Macclesfield Town 2–0 Blackpool Macclesfield
Brisley   25'
Gritton   59'
Dunfield   59'		 Southern   57' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,631
27 August 2008 Round 2 West Ham United 4–1 (a.e.t.) Macclesfield Town London
Bowyer   74'
Cole   100'
Hines   105'
Reid   117'		 Evans   5' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 10,055

Football League Trophy

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2 September 2008 Northern Section Round 1 Crewe Alexandra 3–0 Macclesfield Town Crewe
Schumacher   5'
Jones   27'
O'Donnell   42'		 Gritton   13' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 2,463

Players

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First-team squad

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Includes all players who were awarded squad numbers during the season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Jonny Brain
2 MF   ENG Izak Reid
3 DF   SLE Ahmed Deen
4 DF   ENG Sean Hessey
5 DF   ENG Richard Walker
6 DF   ENG Paul Morgan (on loan from Bury)
7 MF   ENG Lee Bell
8 FW   ENG Francis Green
9 FW   ENG Emile Sinclair (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
10 FW   ENG Simon Yeo
11 MF   ENG Jamie Tolley
12 MF   ENG Danny Thomas
13 GK   ENG Matt Towns
14 FW   ENG John Rooney
15 FW   BRB Neil Harvey
16 DF   ENG Shaun Brisley
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   ENG Jordan Hadfield
18 FW   ENG Kristian Dennis
19 DF   ENG James Jennings
20 DF   ENG Rikki Bains
21 MF   ENG Chris Hirst
22 DF   ENG Matthew Flynn
23 MF   ENG Christian Millar
24 FW   ENG Vinny Mukendi
26 FW   ENG Gareth Evans
27 DF   ENG Nat Brown (on loan from Wrexham)
28 DF   ARG Joaquin Medinilla-Cabotti
29 DF   SKN Patrece Liburd
32 MF   ENG Colin Daniel (on loan from Crewe Alexandra)
33 MF   ENG Aaron Chalmers

Left club during season

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF   ENG Clayton McDonald (on loan from Manchester City)
9 FW   SCO Martin Gritton
20 FW   ENG Nick Blackman
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF   CAN Terry Dunfield
29 FW   ENG Tom Elliott (on loan from Leeds United)
25 MF   ENG Kyle Fraser-Allen (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)

References

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  1. ^ "Macclesfield Manager History | Past & Present | Soccer Base".
  2. ^ "League Two Table & Stadings; Sky Sports".
  3. ^ "Macclesfield Town match record: 2009".
  4. ^ "FootballSquads - Macclesfield Town - 2008/09".
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