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Remembering Macclesfield Town - The Final Installment

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We left our travels involving Macclesfield Town in the pre-season of 2011/12 when the Macc lads beat Buxton in the Keith Alexander Memorial Cup but went on to be relegated out of the Football League that season. A floodlit Moss Rose in 2004/05 I must apologise as I left off stating there were 4 more games involving Macclesfield Town when in fact there are 5, so think of it as a bonus game. Our next meeting, with Macc, now an Alliance League/Conference/Skrill Premier (delete as applicable) club, was the final game of the 2013/14 season at Alfreton Town. Previous games between the two clubs had been while Macc were the higher ranked club but Alfreton were now on a par and finishing off what was their best ever season in the football pyramid. Alfreton had been top, very briefly, and were strong contenders for at least a play-off place.  An administrative error saw 3 points deducted, this, along with injuries to key players saw the season fizzle out and Alfreton finished 11 th , Macclesf