The Silkmen's new signing Richard Butcher goes straight into the starting line up for this evening's encounter with Bury at Gigg Lane. The experienced midfielder, who arrived on an emergency loan deal from Lincoln City this afternoon replaces the injured Paul Bolland in an otherwise unchanged starting XI which reads as follows:

Brain, Reid, Hessey, Brown, Morgan (c), Bell, Sinclair, Daniel, Butcher, Sappleton, Lindfield

The attacking looking bench sees the return to action of midfielder Ross Draper after his recent injury.

Subs: Veiga, Draper, Wright, Rooney, Mills, Brisley, Tipton

Match report and post match reaction to follow later.