Macclesfield Football Club (Australia)

This article is about the Australian rules football club. For the association football club based in England, see Macclesfield F.C.

The Macclesfield Football Club is an Australian rules football club first formed in 1880.^[1]

Macclesfield

Full name	Macclesfield Football Club
Nickname	Blood & Tars
Sport	Australian Rules Football
Founded	1880
League	Hills Football League
Home ground	Macclesfield, Macclesfield
Colours	Black, Red
President	Stan Forkert

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

• 1929 Hills Central Football Association A1^[3]
• 1948 Hills Central Football Association A1^[4][5]
• 1958 Hills Central Football Association A2
• 1959 Hills Central Football Association A2
• 1969 Hills Football League Southern Zone^[6]
• 1972 Hills Football League Division 4^[6]
• 1973 Hills Football League Division 4^[6]
• 1980 Hills Football League Division 2^[6]
• 2025 Hills Football League Division 2