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Macclesfield's most successful manager is Sammy McIlroy, who took charge at the start of the 1993-94 season. In his second season as manager, McIlroy guided the club to the GM Vauxhall Conference Championship but they were denied a place in the Football League because they stadium did not meet league requirements of having a 6,000 total capacity including at least 1,000 seats. By the time Macclesfield won the Conference title two seasons later in 1996-97, their stadium had been upgraded and they were promoted to Division Three of the Football League in place of Hereford United.

In 1997-98, Macclesfield finished runners-up in Division Three and were promoted for the second season running, this time to Division Two. But the club failed to sustain in Division Two and slipped down again the following season. McIlroy soon left for the job as Northern Ireland national coach (although he had since quit the job to take charge at Stockport County) and over the next five seasons, Gil Prescott, David Moss and John Askey were unsuccessful in trying to get Macclesfield anywhere near the top of Division Three.

In March 2004, Macclesfield turned to the experienced 55-year-old Brian Horton to take charge. Horton, whose previous manager's jobs came with Oxford United, Brighton and Hove Albion, Manchester City, Huddersfield Town and Port Vale, has since guided Macclesfield to a healthy position in the Coca Cola League Two and they stand every chance of achieving at least a playoff place this season.

1 Current players

• George Abbey
  • February 2004 - played for Nigeria in the African Nations Cup.

He has been at the club for several years and is a firm favourite with the fans.

2 Honours

• Football League Third DivisionUntil the 2004/05 season, the Football League Third Division was the third-highest division of The Football League and the fourth-highest division in the overall English football league system. Before that it was the third division overall, but that ended champions 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting
• FA TrophyThe FA Trophy is an English football competition for clubs playing in the Football Conference, Southern League, Isthmian League,and Northern Premier League. Clubs at lower levels of the National League System play in the FA Vase. It was created by The Foo winners 1970Events January events January 1 Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January, 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan
• Football ConferenceThe Football Conference is a football league at the top of the National League System of so-called non-league football in England. Conference National is the highest of the three divisions within The Football Conference, and Conference North and Conferenc champions 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja, 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t
• Northern Premier League champions 1969, 1970, 1987; runners up 1985
• Cheshire League champions 1932, 1933, 1953, 1961, 1964, 1968; runners up 1934, 1962, 1965

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