# 2018–19 Macclesfield Town F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Macclesfield Town's first season back in League Two after gaining promotion the season before.

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Port Vale | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 49 | |
| 21 | Cambridge United | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 47 | |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 74 | −26 | 44 | |
| 23 | Notts County (R) | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 84 | −36 | 41 | Relegation to the National League |
| 24 | Yeovil Town (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 40 | Relegation to the National League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2019. Source: BBC

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 15 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam. The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August. The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott.

### EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Accrington Stanley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Macclesfield Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Blackpool | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | ACA | West Bromwich Albion U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Nathan Blissett | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Callum Evans | Forest Green Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Jamie Grimes | Cheltenham Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Ben Stephens | Stratford Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Miles Welch-Hayes | Bath City | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2018 | CF | Harry Smith | Millwall | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2018 | RB | James Pearson | Kidderminster Harriers | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2018 | DM | Michael Rose | Morecambe | Free transfer |
| 20 July 2018 | GK | Rhys Taylor | AFC Fylde | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2018 | GK | Luke Simpson | York City | Free transfer |
| 9 August 2018 | RM | Peter Vincenti | Coventry City | Free transfer |
| 16 November 2018 | CB | Nathan Cameron | Bury | Free transfer |
| 28 December 2018 | GK | Emmanuel Idem | Aston Villa | Free transfer |
| 11 January 2019 | LM | Enoch Andoh | Nuneaton Borough | Free transfer |
| 11 January 2019 | RW | Adam Dawson | AFC Telford United | Free transfer |
| 28 January 2019 | CB | Zak Jules | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 28 January 2019 | LB | Stelios Demetriou | Ross County | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Shamir Mullings | Maidstone United | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2019 | DM | Brice Ntambwe | Partick Thistle | Free transfer |
| 4 February 2019 | LW | Liandro Martis | Leicester City | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Noe Baba | Waterford | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | SS | Diego De Girolamo | Buxton | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Shwan Jalal | Chesterfield | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Mitch Hancox | Milton Keynes Dons | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Ahmed Ibrahim | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Kieran Kennedy | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | George Pilkington | Retired | — |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Sam Ramsbottom | Alfreton Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Courtney Richards | Nuneaton Borough | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Josh Thompson | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Danny Whitehead | Salford City | Free transfer |
| 20 November 2018 | GK | Luke Simpson | Tamworth | Released |
| 21 December 2018 | CF | Nathan Blissett | Solihull Moors | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Fiacre Kelleher | Oxford United | 31 May 2019 |
| 30 July 2018 | CM | Callum Maycock | Coventry City | 31 May 2019 |
| 3 August 2018 | AM | Malachi Napa | Oxford United | 1 January 2019 |
| 15 August 2018 | GK | Kieran O'Hara | Manchester United | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CF | Jordan Ponticelli | Coventry City | 10 January 2019 |
| 18 January 2019 | CM | Reece Cole | Brentford | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Botti Biabi | Swansea City | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 2 March 2019 | RW | | Adam Dawson | AFC Telford United | 31 May 2019 | |