A Macc footballing legend has rejoined our town's new club, four years after he sealed promotion of defunct club Macclesfield Town to the Football League.

The news was announced two hours before Macclesfield's home match against Prestwich Heys, as they hope to go top of the league with another win.

The 56-year-old, who last coached Port Vale, will return to Macc in a mentoring capacity.

The club said in a statement: "Macclesfield FC are delighted to announce that John Askey has agreed to join the Club in a short-term mentoring role."

"John needs no introduction to the Silkmen faithful, having made a Club record 679 appearances for Macclesfield Town between 1984 and 2003.

"In addition to this, John enjoyed two spells as Manager - the second of which saw The Silkmen reach the FA Trophy Final in 2017 and claim the National League title twelve months later.

"In the summer of 2018 John made the move to League One side Shrewsbury Town, before spending two years at Port Vale.

"John will be supporting the management team of Danny Whitaker, Peter Band and Anthony Curran - bringing with him a vast amount of knowledge and experience.

"We would like to welcome John to the Leasing.com Stadium and will be catching up with him to discuss the move shortly."

Askey was given the freedom of Macclesfield in August 2018, for his services to our town.

It is the latest piece of great news for Macc, following Saturday's win being featured on BT Sport, and a Premier League footballer signing for The Silkmen.

Macclesfield FC's Director of Football Robbie Savage tweeted: "Delighted John has agreed to assist our management team in an advisory role for the short term."

These are very exciting times for our town's football club.

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