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Hello and welcome to the Guardian Football Weekly. What a moment for Macclesfield, out of existence six years ago, rescued back on track and now the first ever sixth tier side to beat aside from the top flight. A bandaged centre mid scoring the opener against last year's winner, the same guy booting it clear as the final whistle went. Does he get any more magic of the cup than that? And who didn't well up by the sight of striker Ethan McLeod's parents who lost their son weeks ago in a car crash in the dressing room with the rest of the squad.

On the other end of the scale, kudos to Man City for not giving up at five as is customary, but getting to double figures. You have to admire the optimism of Exeter's George Birch, after banging one in to cut the deficit to nine and getting the ball to run back to the centre circle. Elsewhere, the Darren Fletcher honeymoon is over as Brighton at Old Trappard. The Thomas Frank Nightmare continues as Spurs loser home to Villa.

A cracker at St James is, Rexhambeet Forest and Mansfield win at Bramill Lane. Plus the big takeaway. Has Ashley Barnes been at Burnley all this time? We'll do all that plus your questions. And that's today's Guardian Football Week leave. On the panel today, Barry Glendonny, Welcome. Hi, Max. Hello, John Bruin. Hello. And welcome, Sam Dalling. Hello, Max. Chris says, have Crystal Palace saved the FA Cup? Firstly, giving clubs belief they can win it and then providing a true cup sets. McElwifield 2, Crystal Palace 1. John, you are Mactsfield. We have talked to you about it when they went out of business. What joy? Unbridled joy really, just, I suppose, bursting with civic

pride. I wasn't there. I wish I could have been there, but I'm more than happy for everybody

that was there. It was just a utterly golden moment.

And as he said, I mean, I was thinking back this morning about when he called me from

the show back when Mac was extinct, Macclesfield Town FC was out of business and the

desolation I felt that day, you know, because I haven't lived in

Macclesfield for 25 years or so, 26 years nearly. And it's, the club always provided that

taste of home. I would see them when they played down south. And that, that connection was

gone. I mean, I still go to Macclesfield an awful lot, but I just to see them back

and to see the work that Rob Smithers, the owner and those around him have done, and just the

happiness on faces. And I've, I've been asked to do a couple of radio spots and writing.

And I think it's wonderful enough, A Gaon 5 Live said to me,

well, you don't seem that happy about this.

And the other guy that was on there was also a similar amount.

And basically, because we're from Mac,

that's just not the way.

You know, it's an unassuming place.

It's just sort of, yeah, it's good, yeah, great, yeah,

but it's brilliant. But it's not sort of, yeah, it's good, yeah, great, yeah, but it's brilliant.

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