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SOL SURVIVOR!

Campbell’s Macc beat drop, but Notts go down

ROAR EMOTION: Sol Campbell celebrates as Macclesfield stay up

SOL Campbell hailed a Hollywood ending as Macclesfield completed their very own Escape to Victory.
Dead and buried when the former England man took charge in November, the Silkmen fought back to beat the drop. Elliott Durrell netted as Macc drew 1-1 with Cambridge yesterday, sending Football League founder member Notts County spinning out of the EFL.
“I’m not saying it’s Bobby Moore and Pele in Escape to Victory but it feels a bit like that,” said the 4...

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