In our final throwback to a previous game at this stage of the competition, we are looking back to last season’s game against Stamford at the Leasing.com Stadium.
Paul Dawson scored the only goal of the game as the Silkmen reached the First Round Proper for the very first time since the Club reformed.
Due to a number of injuries at the times, there was a place for Manager John Rooney on the bench, who remained registered as a player and was therefore able to make the numbers up on the team sheet.
The Silkmen came closest to opening the scoring first after just five minutes when Danny Elliott found the underside of the crossbar from close range but couldn’t make the breakthrough.
Max Dearnley was alert to the pace of Kai Tongue who raced clean through on more than one occasion, but Macc’s number one was first to the ball each time.
Justin Johnson was utilised regularly as he created vast amounts of space to run in to and attack his opposing full back at speed, making him a continuous threat out wide all afternoon.
The Silkmen hit the post again just after the half an hour mark when Luke Duffy’s well struck free kick crashed back off the far post.
After continuous pressure, Captain Paul Dawson opened the scoring, curling a delightful strike beyond Tom Jackson into the far top corner after 37 minutes.
The woodwork was battered for a third time by a D’Mani Mellor half volley just three minutes later, though it remained a one goal deficit at the break.
Former Macclesfield Town man Elliott Durrell was withdrawn at the interval for the visitors, to a round of applause from the home support.
A flurry of substitutions ensued for both sides throughout the second half as they looked to make a difference to the score line.
Luke Duffy was first to leave the field for the Silkmen in place of Isaac Buckley-Ricketts as he provided a different option out on the wing.
Brandon Lee and James Edmondson departed simultaneously ten minutes from time as Luis Lacey and Danny Whitehead took up their respective positions.
Despite both sides best efforts to add to Paul Dawson’s only goal on the scoresheet in the latter stages, it remained at 1-0 throughout the four minutes of additional time.
What do you remember about the Stamford game?
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