By Andrew Snaith

WHITBY TOWN 2
MACCLESFIELD 3
STEPHEN Walker’s late penalty would’ve sounded the away side’s alarm bells in the final minutes, but Macclesfield’s early firepower proved decisive.
The hosts began brilliantly and forced goalkeeper Max Dearnley to deny Nathan Thomas early on, before he teed up Jake Charles whose effort was blocked.
Tom Clare netted a brace and his first came against the run of play, nodding home a close-range header after 16 minutes as John Rooney forced Shane Bland into a smart stop to avoid it getting worse.
Soon they ha...