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Anyone going to the game on Saturday?

Bringing the good lady along for her second town game. The last game she went to was Port Vale at home (glory hunter) which I think she enjoyed, although she did spend most of the match talking to the folk next to us about rubgy!  :no:

Will there be a pitiful crowd and dreadful atmosphere?

I'm going.

Yes and yes.

Macc, are having a tidy season in the Conference, and in Matthew Barnes Homer, a good striker at the level. We've lost to the last 2 Conference teams we've played, so another wouldn't exactly be a surprise.  Paolo needs to play some yoof, and save our powder for Tuesday night a proper big game.

I'm going with my eldest daughter, who's attending her first match of the season.

It'll be shit. No fans, 50 away fans and no atmosphere. Can't wait for Sheff Utd!

Im going, will be my first game since we hammered bournemouth

Looking forward to it, as ever. Shame we didn't get a real minnow away, but I forsee a comfortable passage into the second round. 3-0 Town.

Gnasher's not even joking. Didn't Macclesfield bring less than 50 last time we played them at home? I don't expect the gate to be over 7000.

38, I believe.

Think they blamed the ticket prices. As Saturday is £10 a pop i expect they'll bring an extra dozen or so.

Well, that's a 33% increase - impressive!

I can't see us breaking 5000. Hoping for a dominant performance, with maybe some fringe players giving Paolo a (good) headache

Don't forget we'll have to cope with McNamee's wing wizardry too.

Met a bloke from Macclesfield on my hols in the Lakes recently. Only know this because he lived in his footy shirt all week. Ugly sod to boot. There we go, fact fans.....

Well, you're no Shaw Rosso, that's for sure.

That's because he deals in trivia. I play to OST's desire for facts.....

They do conceed a lot of goals away and looking at the way we have been scoring recently I reckon we'll get a few. Away from home they have conceeded the second highest in the conference and seeing as they are 7th it's the home form that has been their backbone so far.

Looking forward to this as I think a few fringe players will get a game and rest some for Tuesday.

They do not have any supporters club coaches travelling to the game either, so expect around 50 away fans again.

EDIT.

Apparently they now have a 20 seater coach hired and its "almost fully booked" :D

The magic of the cup is obviously yet to reach Macclesfield then.

I guess TBF to them they only have an average home crowd of around 1,500 and the last home game they only had 1,189.

Love The FA Cup, hope we win and are in the hat for the draw on Sunday!

Apparently Stockport arent their main rivals it is Altrincham according to a guy on my course?

Either way, they wont bring more than 50 so don't expect any real atmosphere

Has a hat actually ever been used to draw the numbers from?

Just been looking at their team and they have, Pablo Mills and Anthony McNamee in their squad.

Macc fan here, was reading the posts on this thread and thought I d give some input. First of all, I was one of the 38 who travelled last year, and that was a freak away attendance for us so dont expect it to be that low this time round, probably nearer 100. We do get low attendances, but we re not quite the pub team some of you make us out, we got an average attendance of 2,200 last year, despite finishing bottom that was higher than 4 or 5 of the other teams and we re averaging 1700 ish so far this season (the 1,125 attendance mentioned was with marine in the 4th qualifying round) with only one team bringing more than 120 away fans so far! We took nearly 800 to stockport on a tuesday night which aint bad for the conference, and we ve had followings of over 1200 in the league, rochdale springing to mind. Anyway, as for the game itself, you should comfortably progress to the next round because although we offer a lot in attack, we are vulnerable in defence and your strikers will exploit that, so although we may score 1 or 2, you ll probably score 3 or 4. How many fans are you expecting to get on saturday by the way? Hopefully as many as possible :)

My guess would be around 6000......none of us think you are a pub team.
If we take you lightly we will get beat.......simple.
Hope you have a good day regardless of result.

i do

Fair play for fighting your corner mate. No problem with Macc from me. A decent away day when i went there on a Saturday. (Totally dire on a Friday night last year mind but we won't talk about that). A few clubs didn't make the magic 100 away fans last year so nothing to be ashamed about. Bound to be a bit of ridicule for 38 I'm sure you'll agree. Not much more you can do if you we're one of them though.

I'll take 4-2 Saturday and some decent entertainment for my tenner.

What do you make of McNamee then?

No, I completely understand the ridicule, 38, is frankly quite embarrassing for a league fixture, I just wanted to say it wasnt always that embarrassing!
Pretty much all our games have been entertaining this season because of our managers 'gung ho' approach.
I expect McNamee wont start like he hasnt in most games, hes a bit hit and miss, john paul kissock is a handful and barnes homer probably will score, but our defence is leaky at times.

I went to Maccy last year, what a nightmare, getting there and the game.

Can't make Saturday on this occasion, however, I wish the away support a pleasant journey there and back and no more than that, sorry.

4-0 town.

Pretty sure Morcambe and Accrington also failed to reach 100?

I've heard of Homer-Barnes so he must be doing something right? Mcnamee has fallen like a sack of shit hasnt he! Wasnt that long ago he was playing in the Championship

Went up there a few years' ago when we got beat 2-1 (?) and the Macc fans were altogether welcoming in their pubs both before and after the game. For a town of it's size and the surrounding area rammed with league clubs, they need not be ashamed with the crowds they attract.

The words "pub team" are yours not ours, no one in Swindon is underestimating Macclesfield, that would be stupid especially after you turned us over last season convincingly and then we struggled to beat you with quite a late goal from Benson.

TBH your attendances are to be expected considering your town size and the availability of big sides within a short distance but 38 is frankly awful for any away game.

I hope you do play "gung ho" because that will make it a very entertaining game with Swindon playing a good passing game creating many chances.

I think the County Ground will be a hard place for you to visit and get a result but we have lost at home to a couple of poor sided this season in Orient and Col U so anything can happen.


For all you fact lovers out there here are 3 of the most well known exports from Macclesfield....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiXjqPiTu_A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOm8uv22e2U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96eSrFlUVh0

Macclesfield will be my 4 year old daughter's first ever Town game. She's already practicing her best chants (not the Oxf*rd ones though - might save explaining their lyrical content until she's a bit older).

To be honest I'm quite excited about the prospect - been patiently waiting for the day I can drag the kids along with me, if it all goes well she'll be a fully signed up Junior Red next year.

One day it's the kids and before you know it it's a tartan blanket round your knees and a thermos.

Hope she enjoys it

No disgrace being a Macc fan. I thought they took a few to Chelsea the other year.

As said already their fans were a decent bunch last season when we got turned over.
Like seeing a few other team fans on this forum makes it more interesting.

Even the chap from Preston who is now helping Police with their enquiries along with Freddie Starr  :)

Im not going...friends down for weekend...pah

i was there that day, thoroughly enjoyed the local hospitality,was a couple of days before christmas if i remember right. in fairness they are a good conference side andhopefully it will be an alright game tomorrow. thought they might come and shut up shop but sounds like im wrong with that thought

Martin Allan's suit on ESPN. Charity shop special!

Trivia is my middle name  :)

Has the KOT given up on starting the match day thread?

I asked one of my Tongan friends and she said Faka'ulia mo'oni ko e 'ikai ha to e me'a kehe ia he na'e 'oatu 'e he daddy mo e mummy ke tufa pe foaki ki he kakai, ka ko e te'epilo pe mo e pihi hahahahaha

Ko e te'epilo 'e ia mo e pihi 'i he kau tama ko'ena 'oku ke fakama'a ho nau back hihihihihi.

I thought that's what would happen.

A four hour round trip to watch us play Macclesfield, fuck that.  Loyal Supporter!

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"jeremey kyles a macc fan,"

illiteracy is rife in macclesfield

pardon?

would you mind unwebbing your fingers next time you try typing?

Mymacctop has to be a wind up... surely?

Oooh! Good banter :clap:

i hope not, that was my bestest diss

Who or what the fuck is this?  :sherlock:

Is this the new pnethor?

Dunno, aberration on my part...