Macclesfield Football Club (Australia)

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Macclesfield
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Full nameMacclesfield Football Club
NicknameBlood & Tars
Sport Australian Rules Football
Founded1880
League Hills 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.

A-Grade Premierships

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