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Macclesfield 0 Mansfield 0
Simon Carter12/ 4/2008
MACCLESFIELD took a giant stride towards retaining their Football League status as they held Mansfield at home in a scrappy 0-0 draw.
The watching Wayne Rooney, hoping to see his brother John come off the Macc bench, saw a game with precious little quality.
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However he said at half time: “I’d still like to be out there kicking the ball about. It’s the same whether I’m watching a Sunday League team, Macc Town or Manchester United.”
He surely would have had a hat-trick in the first half if he’d been playing centre-forward.
Howerver Gareth Evans squandered a succession of chances heading straight at Jason White in the eighth minute, lobbing a volley wide in the 21st minute and then clattering a first-time chance from 15 yards over the bar in the 40th minute.
Mansfield’s best chance came in the 65th minute but Macc substitute James Jennings made a brave block to thwart Nathan Arnold's fierce low drive.
After the game boss Keith Alexander confirmed that he had agreed a new two-year deal to stay as Macc manager.
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