Macclesfield C stumbled into their nightmare last night with a 4-2 defeat at the hands of Denton. Their Division 2 status is now out of their hands.
Almost 2 years to the day, Man with Hat masterminded (with the help of others), a shock cup final victory on par with the Liverpool v Wimbledon final of 1988 and the Leeds v Sunderland final of 1973 and ...... For those who witnessed the extraordinary events of that balmy evening the memories will live on for the rest of our lives. It is with the cruelest of ironies therefore that MWH is now reporting the final implosion of the Macc C phenomenon at, of all the venues in the world it had to be, Denton. To compound the irony, my conqueror and now erstwhile friend will in just a few days time be my holiday companion. I guess this puts things a little more in perspective but it doesn't help. There appears to be an inherent equality in the universe that transcends time and for whatever reason there has been a leveling up.
For the record, there was a win for the Kool Kat on board 1 carrying on from his impressive slaying of his strong Stockport opponent the previous week. A win also from Joachim who continues to impress at his temporary reduced grading. In between top and bottom boards we therefore required another 1.5 points and none were forthcoming. An uncharacteristic poor game from Tony, possibly the wrong type of opponent for Marc and Ant coming out second best in an extreme double-edged game that could have gone either way. Man with Hat, not for the first time makes a hash of the opening, fights back doggedly (but dogged costs time) then makes poor end game choices with limited time left.
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