Macclesfield

British

/ ˈmækəlzˌfiːld /

noun

a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)

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They are currently nine matches without a victory, their latest defeat arriving last Saturday against non-league Macclesfield as their efforts to retain the FA Cup came to an embarrassing end.

From BBC

Glasner's announcement comes with the south London club 13th in the league and on a nine-match winless run in all competitions, including a shock defeat by non-league Macclesfield in the FA Cup.

From BBC

Palace are winless in their past nine games, culminating in an embarrassing FA Cup exit to sixth-tier Macclesfield last weekend.

From Barron's

Crystal Palace have not won any of their past nine games in all competitions, and their FA Cup defeat at Macclesfield was a huge embarrassment.

From BBC

Unsurprisingly, Chris, Shadow Child, AI and most of you lot did not see Macclesfield's amazing victory over Crystal Palace coming...

From BBC

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