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Robbie Savage: Making Macclesfield FC

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?

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59 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 May 202221:00

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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)

  • alt‐J

    Taro

  • Moderat

    Milk

  • Destroyer

    Tinseltown Swimming In Blood

  • alt‐J

    Breezeblocks

  • The Smashing Pumpkins

    Drown

Credits

RoleContributor
ParticipantRobbie Savage
ParticipantRobert Smethurst
ParticipantTiegan Byrne
DirectorDavid Bouchard
Executive ProducerGabby Cook
Executive ProducerMarc Vesty
Executive ProducerSteve Rudge
Executive ProducerMark Woodward

Broadcasts

  • Sat 13 Nov 202123:00
  • Sat 13 Nov 202123:30
  • Sun 22 May 202221:00

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