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OH AMAR, WHY DID YOU LET MACC GO TO WALL?

by
The LeaguePaper Team
20 September 2020

EIGHTEEN months ago, Sol Campbell stood in a damp, disused and gutted old kitchen under the Moss Rose and talked of his delight at keeping Macclesfield in the EFL.
The juxtaposition was impossible to ignore. A millionaire footballer in catwalk clothes, perched amidst mouldy lino, discarded hinges and broken glass.
Those surroundings cast a sickly pallor on the golden glow of celebration. Salvation was secured, but Macc glaringly remained in the throes of neglect. It would later emerge that Campbell wasn’t paid for his heroics. Like many others over recent years, he was shafted by owne...

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