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SMOOTH AS SILK: Matt Badcock looks at where giantkillers Macclesfield stand in the FA Cup pantheon

Matt Badcock, of our sister publication The Non League Paper, explores where giantkillers Macclesfield stand in the FA Cup pantheon

Magic of our Cup
By Matt Badcock, of our sister publication The Non League Paper

Hereford, Sutton, Altrincham, Colchester, Yeovil, Wimbledon, Luton, Lincoln. Now Macclesfield FC.
The list of FA Cup shocks involving Non-League clubs beating a top-flight opponent has a new name at the table. Pull up a chair, Silkmen, and take your place in the folklore of the world’s greatest knock-out competition.
What unfolded at the National League North club in January will be enshrined in opening TV titles, FA Cup compilations and quiz questions forever more.
As will many images of the day they knocked o...

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