Macclesfield Football Club is an association football club based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Founded on 13 October 2020 by local businessman Robert Smethurst,[1] it is a phoenix club of the former Macclesfield Town F.C., which was wound-up after a High Court ruling on 16 September 2020.[2] The club began their first competitive season in the North West Counties Premier Division, the fifth step of the National League system, in August 2021.