Macclesfield Town Football Club was wound-up after a High Court ruling on 16 September 2020.
Following the winding-up order, the club was initially suspended and then expelled from the National League with effect from 12 October 2020.
In October 2020, local businessman Robert Smethurst purchased the assets of Macclesfield Town, and established Macclesfield F.C., entering it into the North West Counties Football League in the 2021–22 season.
They still play at Moss Rose, now known as the ‘Leasing.com Stadium’.
NWCFL Prem is Step 5 in the (Regionalised) National League System and Level 9 in the English Football Pyramid.
Its counterpart this way on, is the NECFL Prem where the likes of ply their ‘trade’:
Grimsby Borough
Sherwood Colliery
Penistone Church
Winterton Rangers
Staveley Miners Welfare
Barton Town
Bottesford Town
Maltby Main
Goole
Hemsworth Miners Welfare
Albion Sports
Athersley Recreation
Macclesfield FC are currently top of the NWCFL Prem Division – four points clear of the second placed team and with two games in hand.
They are 12 points clear of the third placed team, who do have one game in hand over Macclesfield.
Good luck to Macclesfield, their owner, players & suporters.
