Macclesfield Football Club (Australia)

This article is about the Australian rules football club. For the association football club based in England, see Macclesfield F.C.

Macclesfield
Full nameMacclesfield Football Club
NicknameBlood & Tars
SportAustralian Rules Football
Founded1880
LeagueHills Football League
Home groundMacclesfield, Macclesfield
ColoursBlack, Red
PresidentStan Forkert

The Macclesfield Football Club is an Australian rules football club first formed in 1880.[1]

In 1923, Macclesfield was a founding member of the Hills Central Football Association, playing in that competition until the end of the 1966 season. As a result of the restructure of Hills football in 1967, Macclesfield joined the Hills Football League Southern Zone, shifting to Division 4 in 1972, Division 3 in 1974 and then Division 2 in 1979. In 1984, Macclesfield joined the Southern Football League Division 2 competition, but only lasted 5 seasons, before shifting back to the Hills Football League Division 2 competition in 1989.[2]

Macclesfield continue to field Senior and Junior teams in the Hills Football League Division 2 competition.

  1. ^ Lines, Peter (2008). Encyclopedia of South Australian Country Football Clubs. Cowell: Peter Lines. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-9804472-9-3.
  2. ^ Devaney, John. "Macclesfield". Full Points Publications. Retrieved 5 October 2013.