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From the Ashes

No players, no staff and no league to play in – can Robbie Savage and local businessman Rob Smethurst build a new club from the ashes of the liquidated Macclesfield Town?

After Macclesfield Town Football Club is wound up in September 2020, former Premier League star-turned-pundit Robbie Savage and local businessman Rob Smethurst attempt to build a new club from the ashes – Macclesfield FC. With no players, no staff, no league to play in and a rundown old ground, can Robbie and Rob turn Macclesfield FC into a competitive football club which the community can be proud – in the space of nine months?

5 months left to watch

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 May 2022 21:00

Music Played

  • Joy Division

    Atmosphere

  • Elbow

    Starlings

  • Blur

    Out Of Time

  • New Order

    Ceremony

  • LCD Soundsystem

    Someone Great

  • The National

    Terrible Love

  • Vampire Weekend

    White Sky

  • The Chemical Brothers

    The Golden Path (feat. The Flaming Lips)

  • ²¹±ô³Ùâ€J

    Taro

  • Moderat

    Milk

  • Destroyer

    Tinseltown Swimming In Blood

  • ²¹±ô³Ùâ€J

    Breezeblocks

  • The Smashing Pumpkins

    Drown

Credits

Role Contributor
Participant Robbie Savage
Participant Robert Smethurst
Participant Tiegan Byrne
Director David Bouchard
Executive Producer Gabby Cook
Executive Producer Marc Vesty
Executive Producer Steve Rudge
Executive Producer Mark Woodward

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