“You would have to be off your head to buy a football club,” says Macclesfield owner Rob Smethurst. That was the case for the businessman when he found the club’s Moss Rose home listed on property ...

Rob Smethurst's life looked completely different when he took ownership of Macclesfield FC in 2020. The entrepreneur was battling alcohol dependency when he spotted the club's Moss Rose stadium listed ...

FA Cup giant-killers Macclesfield are in talks with two wealthy foreign groups over a transformative investment in the non-league club’s bid to continue their rapid rise. The sixth-tier team pulled ...

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Rob Smethurst was in the throes of a drunken four-day bender when a friend called and told him his local football team was for sale. Macclesfield Town, a club founded in the 1870s, had just been ...

MACCLESFIELD, England — Bought on a drunken whim, lowly Macclesfield pulled off the biggest upset in FA Cup history by knocking out titleholder Crystal Palace in the third round last month. The ...

Macclesfield FC, a sixth-tier side often overlooked in English football’s vast pyramid, sent shockwaves through the game by stunning Crystal Palace in the FA Cup, a result widely hailed as the biggest ...