We are very much a small edible fish in a pond inhabited by large sharks and piranha. We were once top of the non-league food chain and earned our keep by shocking some of the countries most famous clubs with our FA cup performances. Replays against Everton and Spurs meant that approximately 140,000 people altogether attended these four games and Alty got half the gate receipts. The money we received funded our rise to the pinnacle of non-league football
We were the envy of all the non-league and our ground funded in the greater part by Noel White & Peter Swales in the late 60s was by far the best at our level and passed muster for football league status. Macclesfield, by contrast, were languishing near the bottom of the NPL during the decade that we were at our best.
When Alty returned to the National league two seasons ago I held out hope that we just might be on course for a return to something akin to those halcyon days. We, the fans, really do deserve something good to happen. We have waited such a long time, however, I feel that our wait is still a long time from over and maybe beyond my lifetime.
I think that Parky deserves the chance to preserve our place in the National League. Our position is somewhat precarious but I think that that will be case no matter who we have at the helm until the end of this season. We still have plenty of winnable games left yet.
One thing is for sure, unless we receive significant inward investment we have no future at this level. I feel that the club is broken and there may be more hurt ahead as things continue to fall apart.
There is no easy way to say this, but the ground is a dump and needs major redevelopment. If the fanszone project is anything to go by then then God help us.
lots of good stuff in your post . The hard thing about the ground is as well there is only so much you can relaistically do with the ground due to its location .
As we know the local residents have never really been that open to significant change . They don't even like lots of cars on match day for example
We need significant and substained investments in the ground and team to push on the likes of which we have never seen before here
