Silkmen boss praises Cheltenham having 'a fantastic work ethic'

 

At the beginning of the season the Robins were tipped by many to struggle, but Silkmen boss Gary Simpson believes their lofty position is thoroughly merited as Macclesfield prepare to host a side locked to 52 points with Southend United and Crawley Town at League Two's summit.

 

Simpson said: "They're a good team who've made some good signings and they've clicked. They're working extremely hard for each other. I've seen them a couple of times and I've been saying for quite a while now that they're going to do really, really well. It's no surprise having seen them that they're doing well because they've got some very good players and they've got a fantastic work ethic."

 

The Shrimpers play the creepies on Monday, March 5th at Roots Hall, a game that will be shown live on Sky; the Gloucestershire Robins, also as hosts, on Friday, March 30th; and another home game that will bring the campaign to a close will see the Silkmen visit south-east Essex on Saturday, May 5th, let's hope it's all over by then and we're safely back in the third tier!

 

But they could do us a favour at the weekend, along with the Bulls of Hereford. (Wouldn't say no to the Cobblers pinching a point at Torquay as well, but maybe that's being greedy!)

 

 

 

Saturday, January 28th; (all kick-offs 15.00 unless stated): Hereford v Shrewsbury, 13:00, AFC Wimbledon v Aldershot, Accrington Stanley v Gillingham, Barnet v Crewe, Bristol Rovers v Bradford, Dag & Red v Rotherham, Macclesfield v Cheltenham, Port Vale v Plymouth, Torquay v Northampton.

 

FA Cup Fourth Round: http://news.bbc.co.uk 

 

Sunday, January 29th: Burton Albion v Oxford Utd, 15:00.

 

Tuesday, January 31st: Southend v Swindon, 19:45.

1	Southend United	26	7	4	2	21	9	9	0	4	30	19	16	4	6	51	28	52	+23
2	Crawley Town	26	10	1	2	29	11	5	6	2	19	19	15	7	4	48	30	52	+18
3	Cheltenham Town	26	9	2	3	19	8	7	2	3	20	15	16	4	6	39	23	52	+16
4	Swindon Town	26	9	2	1	26	7	6	2	6	15	13	15	4	7	41	20	49	+21
5	Shrewsbury Town	26	10	3	0	22	7	4	3	6	17	18	14	6	6	39	25	48	+14
6	Torquay United	27	7	5	2	26	17	6	3	4	15	15	13	8	6	41	32	47	+9
7	Oxford United	27	5	6	2	23	14	6	3	5	15	13	11	9	7	38	27	42	+11
8	Gillingham	26	7	3	2	22	12	5	2	7	22	23	12	5	9	44	35	41	+9
9	Burton Albion	27	6	4	3	16	15	5	4	5	24	26	11	8	8	40	41	41	-1
10	Accrington Stanley	27	7	1	5	20	16	3	9	2	14	13	10	10	7	34	29	40	+5
11	Crewe Alexandra	27	5	2	6	19	19	7	1	6	18	19	12	3	12	37	38	39	-1
12	Port Vale	27	5	2	6	24	21	6	3	5	20	18	11	5	11	44	39	38	+5
13	Rotherham United	26	6	2	5	18	14	4	5	4	24	25	10	7	9	42	39	37	+3
14	Morecambe	27	3	4	7	23	21	6	5	2	20	13	9	9	9	43	34	36	+9
15	AFC Wimbledon	27	4	3	7	21	30	6	2	5	17	21	10	5	12	38	51	35	-13
16	Macclesfield Town	27	5	6	3	16	10	3	0	10	9	21	8	6	13	25	31	30	-6
17	Bristol Rovers	27	4	3	7	17	23	4	3	6	17	25	8	6	13	34	48	30	-14
18	Barnet	26	4	3	5	17	22	4	2	8	16	24	8	5	13	33	46	29	-13
19	Aldershot Town	26	4	3	6	10	12	4	1	8	14	22	8	4	14	24	34	28	-10
20	Bradford City	26	5	4	5	23	19	1	5	6	8	17	6	9	11	31	36	27	-5
21	Hereford United	27	3	2	9	13	28	3	6	4	14	15	6	8	13	27	43	26	-16
22	Plymouth Argyle	27	3	4	6	15	19	2	3	9	14	30	5	7	15	29	49	22	-20
23	Dagenham & Redbridge	27	4	1	9	17	24	2	2	9	9	23	6	3	18	26	47	21	-21
24	Northampton Town	27	1	4	9	15	31	4	2	7	18	25	5	6	16	33	56	21	-23