Macclesfield Town Football Club

EDM number 45 in 1997-98, proposed by Nicholas Winterton on 22/05/1997.

That this House congratulates Macclesfield Town Football Club on winning the Vauxhall Conference in the 1996-97 season and on gaining promotion to Nationwide League Division III; notes that this latest success follows their victory in the GM Vauxhall Conference in the 1994-95 season and their winning of the FA Umbro Trophy in the 1995-96 season; believes that this is an outstanding record of achievement for a non-League club; and congratulates on their success the Manager, Sammy McIlroy, the players and the directors of the club as well as acknowledging the support given to the team by Macclesfield Borough Council, all the sponsors, including the main sponsors Zeneca plc and Bodycote International plc, and all the supporters of the Silkmen.

This motion has been signed by a total of 1 MPs.