WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT COULD BE ONE OF THE GREATEST EMIRATES FA CUP UPSETS OF ALL TIME AS MACCLESFIELD FC STUNNED THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS, CRYSTAL PALACE.
FA CUP : MACCLESFIELD VS CRYSTAL PALACE – 10/02/2026
MACCLESFIELD HAD 8 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 2 SUCCESSFUL GOALS, WITH THE FIRST FROM CAPTAIN PAUL DAWSON WHO HEADED HIS SIDE IN FRONT JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME AT 43 MINS., AND A SECOND FROM ISAAC BUCKLEY-RICKETTS WHICH DOUBLED THEIR LEAD IN THE SECOND-HALF AT 61 MINS. CRYSTAL PALACE HAD 9 SHOTS WITH 5 ON-TARGET, (PLUS 61% POSSESSION) BUT DIDN’T MANAGE TO REACH-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET UNTIL YEREMY PINO SCORED A CRACKER AT 90 MINS., SO WITH NO FURTHER GOALS,THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO MACCLESFIELD!
BIGGEST SHOCK EVER!
A WHOPPING 117 SPOTS STOOD BETWEEN THE SIDES IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLE, AND THIS IS SAID TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST SHOCKS IN FA CUP HISTORY! (FOR CRYSTAL PALACE ANYWAY!)
OLIVER GLASNER SPOKE AFTER THE MATCH, AND, IT IS FAIR TO SAY, HE SEEMED A LITTLE DOWN-IN-THE-MOUTH! 😒 (HE CERTAINLY DIDN’T LOOK LIKE HE HAD THE ENERGY TO GIVE HIS TEAM THE HAIRDRYER TREATMENT, NOT THAT THEY DESERVED IT – IT WAS GREAT ENTERTAINMENT!)
CHIN-UP OLIVER! IT’S MOMENTS LIKE THIS, WHEN THE MINNOWS ARE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THE WHALES THAT GIVE EVERY SCHOOL CHILD AND ACADEMY PLAYER HOPE FOR THEIR OWN FUTURES! IT’S “THE BEAUTIFUL GAME” – AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHY WE LOVE IT SO MUCH!
WE HAVE DECIDED THAT MACCLESFIELD’S PLAY AS A TEAM WAS SO GOOD, IN FACT, THAT THEY SHOULD BE TODAY’S PROUD RECIPIENTS OF THE SHAMEN “EBENEEZER GOODE” AWARD! MANY CONGRATULATIONS CHAPS!
TODAY’S “EBENEEZER GOODE” AWARD FOR VERY GOOD PLAY GOES TO MACCLESFIELD FC!
