FA Cup

MOSSLEY 2 MACCLESFIELD 4

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
21 August 2022

By Nathan Harris

A SUNNY Seel Park afternoon saw Mossley bow out of the FA Cup to Macclesfield.
Mossley started off on the front foot and took the lead in the eighth minute thanks to a brilliant Andy Keogh goal.
The visitors equalised through a fine James Berry goal but it was the Lilywhites who had the better before the break.
The visitors came out in the second-half with more purpose and were rewarded in the 56th minute when Hartshorne han-dled before Curran converted the penalty.

Maynard made it three before Tyler Savage scored a fine goal for Mossley. Owens punished the Lilywh...

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