Bury F.C.

Association football club in Bury, Greater Manchester
This article is about the football club from Bury, Greater Manchester. For the phoenix club besides from Bury, Greater Manchester, see Bury A.F.C. For the club from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, see Bury Town F.C .
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Bury Football Club is a dormant English association football club based in Bury, Greater Manchester, whose team final played in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football, during the 2018–19 temper. The team are known as “ The Shakers ”, and shimmer in white shirts and navy blasphemous shorts. Gigg Lane, one of the populace ‘s oldest football grounds, has been the club ‘s family venue since 1885. The clubhouse ‘s localization led to local derby games with numerous clubs and Bury has long-standing rivalries with approximate neighbours Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic and Rochdale. Established in 1885, Bury was a founder member of the Lancashire League in 1889 and was crowned champion in the 1890–91 and 1891–92 seasons, before being elected to the Football League in 1894. Bury won the Second Division deed in 1894–95 and won its test match to secure forwarding into the First Division. They remained in the clear flight for 17 seasons, winning the FA Cup in 1900 with a 4–0 victory over Southampton and again in 1903 with a 6–0 winnings over Derby County. This remains a record winning margin in an FA Cup final examination, equalled only once, when Manchester City drum Watford in the 2019 concluding. They were relegated to the second gear Division at the end of the 1911–12 temper, before securing promotion again in 1923–24. immerse lost their top-flight status in 1928–29 and have not returned. They dropped into the third base tier in 1956–57, before winning promotion as champions of the Third Division under the stewardship of Dave Russell in 1960–61. From 1967 to 1971 they were promoted once but, with three relegations, found themselves in the Fourth Division for the beginning prison term. Bury won promotion at the end of the 1973–74 campaign and remained in the Third Division until 1979–80. It was in the one-fourth tier in September 1995 when Stan Ternent took over as team coach. He led the team back to the second tier for the beginning time in 28 years after securing two back-to-back promotions in 1995–96 and 1996–97 – winning promotion as champions in the latter campaign. The club remained there for fair two seasons and was relegated twice in four seasons, before securing forwarding out of League Two in 2010–11. It then switched between Leagues One and Two, being doubly relegated ( in 2012–13 and 2017–18 ) and doubly promoted ( in 2014–15 and 2018–19 ). Bury finished the 2018–19 season as runner-up in League Two, earning promotion to League One for the 2019–20 season. however, the clubhouse was ineffective to begin the season because of longstanding fiscal difficulties and, on 27 August 2019, was expelled from the English Football League ( EFL ). In December 2019 and February 2020, the club survived HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC ) winding-up petitions in the high Court. In November 2020, the club was placed into presidency ; in May 2021, Gigg Lane was put up for sale by the administrator and, in October, a prefer bidder was given exclusivity to close a softwood for the crunch and the club .

history [edit ]

formation and early years ( 1885–1895 ) [edit ]

Bury Football Club was founded on 24 April 1885 after Aiden Arrowsmith, [ 1 ] a local enthusiast, had brokered two meetings between church teams Bury Wesleyans and Bury Unitarians at the Waggon & Horses Hotel and the White Horse Hotel. [ 2 ] It was agreed from the beginning that the team should be professional. The FA had recently legitimised professionalism but it was placid a controversial topic. [ 2 ] Ahead of the 1885–86 season, the club leased a plot of land on Gigg Lane from the Earl of Derby ‘s estate. [ 3 ] On 12 September 1885, the beginning match played there was a friendly against a team from Wigan and Bury won 4–3. [ 4 ] The club first entered the FA Cup in 1887–88 and were drawn to play Blackburn Rovers away from home in the first round off. They travelled to Ewood Park but scratched before the game. The two teams played a friendly match alternatively, which Bury lost heavily by 10–0. Some sources, including the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation ( RSSSF ), have recorded the friendly as a first-round FA Cup tie. [ 5 ] The Football Association, however, lists the consequence as a cinch by Blackburn, [ 6 ] recognising that Bury withdrew from the contest. This is confirmed by the Lancashire Evening Post’s evening edition of the like day, which reported that “ Bury scratched before the couple, and played an ordinary game ”. [ 7 ] Bury FC do not include the tie in their arrant FA Cup record. [ 8 ]
Bury team pictured in 1892 Bury were founder members of the Lancashire League in 1889, [ 3 ] finish as runner-up in the inaugural address 1889–90 rival. They won the championship the following two seasons. [ 9 ] In 1891–92, Bury were Lancashire Cup winners for the first time, and they have won this rival a entire of eleven times, most recently in 2017–18. [ 10 ] The baseball club ‘s nickname— ” The Shakers ” —was beginning used at the 1892 Lancashire Cup concluding against Everton. Before the pit, J. T. Ingham, the golf club ‘s president coach, reportedly inspired the players by saying : “ We shall shake ’em ! In fact, we are the Shakers ”. His words were popularised by the media and the cabaret subsequently adopted the condition as their official dub. [ 11 ] besides in 1891–92, Bury contested an FA Cup tie for the first time when they defeated Witton and Heywood Central before losing to Blackpool after a play back in the third qualify round. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] In 1894, the club was elected to the Football League in 1894. [ 12 ] In their first season, 1894–95, they won the Second Division title by a nine-point margin and beat Liverpool, the First Division ‘s bottom club, in the trial match to gain promotion. [ 9 ]
Bury retained their top-flight status for seventeen seasons until they were relegated to the Second Division after the 1911–12 season ( they finished in the relegation positions in the 1904–05 season but avoided relegation when the capacity of Division One was increased from eighteen to twenty clubs ). [ 9 ] In 1900 and 1903, Bury won the FA Cup, scoring ten goals in the two finals without conceding any. [ 9 ] In the 1900 concluding, they beat southerly League team Southampton 4–0. [ 13 ] Bury ‘s test to the final was remarkable in that they were drawn aside from home in every round but won through with victories over Burnley, Notts County, cup holders Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest. The semi-final against Forest was played at Stoke and ended 1–1 after Bury missed a penalty. A replay was held at Bramall Lane in Sheffield and Bury began disastrously by conceding two goals in the first two minutes. Charlie Sagar pulled one bet on after 55 minutes and then Jasper McLuckie equalised with only five minutes to go. extra fourth dimension was played and Sagar scored the achiever after 110 minutes of play. The final examination at the honest-to-god Crystal Palace ground was played in a heatwave and Bury, captained by Jack Pray, dominated from the start. The goals in a biased match were scored by McLuckie ( 2 ), Willie Wood and Jack Plant. The players were on a win bonus of £10 each in the concluding, ten times more than their usual £1 per equal bonus. [ 14 ] Three years late, Bury did not concede a goal in any round. En route to the concluding against Derby County, Bury defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sheffield United, Notts County and Aston Villa. As in 1900, the final was played at the old Crystal Palace prime in south London. A push of 63,102 accompanied. As the two teams wore identical kits, agreement on colours for the day was necessary and they both changed with Bury wearing Cambridge blue shirts and navy shorts while Derby chose bolshevik shirts and bootleg shorts. [ 14 ] Six of Bury ‘s 1900 finalists were in the 1903 team, led by skipper George Ross who scored the opening goal after 20 minutes. Derby ‘s keeper Jack Fryer played despite an existing wound which he aggravated early in the second half when he was trying to prevent Charlie Sagar from scoring Bury ‘s second gear goal. As a consequence, Fryer was forced to leave the playing field and, as substitutes were not allowed then, one of the full-backs deputised in goal and their team was down to ten men for most of the last forty minutes. Bury scored three goals in four minutes good before the hour was up and their sixth after 76 minutes. Joe Leeming scored the third and last goals. Willie Wood and Jack Plant scored the other two. The final was a no contest and Derby were lambasted by the crush for their poor performance. One reporter commented that, but for being merciful, Bury should have scored twenty dollar bill. [ 14 ] Bury ‘s 6–0 winnings established an FA Cup final examination phonograph record for the biggest winning margin. Bury remained sole holders of the criminal record until the 2019 final in which Manchester City defeated Watford by the same score. The ball used in the 1903 final is on display at the National Football Museum. [ 15 ] Until 1907, the team was always managed by one or more committee members. [ 16 ] Club secretary Harry Spencer Hamer is believed to have been in charge of the team in both the 1900 and 1903 FA Cup finals, but he was never formally appointed team director. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 16 ] The first base specialist team director was goalkeeper Archie Montgomery who was appointed on 1 February 1907. He was in bang when the team were relegated in 1912 and stayed on until 30 April 1915 when he was dismissed because of the club ‘s miss of income in wartime. [ 16 ] The baseball club had a windfall in 1922 when Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, unexpectedly gifted them with the freehold of Gigg Lane. The team returned to the First Division for a five-season spell in 1924 and achieved their highest-ever league position, fourth, in 1925–26. [ 9 ] Bury have not played in the top flight since relegation back to the Second Division in 1929. [ 9 ]
Chart of table positions of Bury in the Football League. Striving to recover First Division status, Bury had four crown six finishes in Division Two in the 1930s. The closest that they have ever come to a top fledge rejoinder was in 1936–37 when they finished third base ( merely the first two teams were promoted ). [ 9 ] With league football suspended for the duration of World War II, Bury took separate in the wartime competitions and, like all other clubs, frequently relied on node players because of service calls. They had a successful temper in 1939–40 and won the North West Regional League Championship. [ 19 ] The team were unbeaten in a sequence of 16 matches from October to February. [ 20 ] On 30 December 1939, they played a friendly against Stoke City which resulted in a 7–6 succeed for Bury. [ 20 ] Bury were close to delegating from the Second Division several times after the war. They finally dropped into the Third Division North for the beginning prison term in 1957. 1957–58 was that division ‘s last season before the regional sections were amalgamated into national Third and Fourth Divisions. [ 9 ] Under coach Dave Russell, a young Bury team were Third Division champions in 1960–61. [ 9 ] They spent seven of the future eight seasons bet on in the Second Division with a best position of eighth in 1962–63. [ 9 ] In the 1962–63 Football League Cup, they reached the semi-final but lost 4–3 on aggregate to eventual winners Birmingham City. [ 9 ] For three seasons from 1963, Bury ‘s best player was the future England midfielder Colin Bell, who was team master while even a adolescent. He transferred to Manchester City in 1966 and Bury were relegated the following season. They bounced straight binding as Third Division runner-up in 1968 but went down again in 1969. [ 9 ]
In 1971, relegation from Division Three took Bury into the Fourth Division for the foremost prison term. They gained promotion in 1974 and spent six seasons in the Third Division before the following delegating. [ 9 ] The club celebrated its centennial in 1985 by gaining forwarding rear to the Third Division. [ 9 ] Bury came close to promotion from the Third Division in both 1990 and 1991 when they finished fifth and seventh respectively to qualify for the play-offs. They were eliminated at the semi-final stage in both play-offs, losing 2–0 on aggregate to Tranmere Rovers in 1990 and 2–1 on aggregate to neighbours Bolton Wanderers in 1991. [ 9 ] Relegation followed in 1992 and then Bury qualified for the fourth-tier play-off in 1993 by finishing seventh but, however again, lost their semi-final tie by going down 1–0 on aggregate to York City. Bury were back in the play-offs again in 1995 after finishing fourthly. This time, they won their semi-final by beating Preston North End 2–0 on sum and so went to Wembley for the final, where they lost 2–0 to Chesterfield. [ 9 ] The club then enjoyed a revival under coach Stan Ternent who engineered two consecutive promotions in the mid-1990s. In 1996, third gear seat in what was now the fourth-tier Division Three, followed by the third-tier Division Two claim in 1996–97, brought Bury back to the second tier for the first time in 30 years. [ 9 ] They went back to the third base tier on the last day of the 1998–99 season on the basis of having a lower goals scored total than Port Vale, the League having decided to use this measured preferably than goal difference as its tie-breaker. Bury ‘s finish deviation was higher than that of Port Vale, and the League reinstated goal dispute as the tie-breaker for the follow season .
In 2001–02, fiscal problems caused by the collapse of ITV Digital brought the club into administration [ 21 ] and to the brink of folding. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] A supporters ‘ campaign raised enough money to keep the baseball club adrift, [ 24 ] and in recognition of his role within that action, UEFA presented club press officer Gordon Sorfleet with their Best Supporter award for 2001–02. [ 25 ] Bury were relegated to fourth-tier Division Three at the end of that season. [ 9 ] They finished seventh in 2003 and qualified for the play-offs but, even again, their semi-final hoodoo hit and they were beaten 3–1 on aggregate by Bournemouth. [ 9 ] In May 2005, Bury became the first ( and to date the only ) football club to score a thousand goals in each of the top four tiers of the English football league. [ 26 ] A class later, in December 2006, the club was expelled from the FA Cup after they were found to have fielded an ineligible player in a second-round replay win against Chester City. [ 27 ] In addition to that thrashing, the team ‘s 2006–07 league form was poor and they finally finished in 21st rate, the club ‘s lowest-ever position, narrowly avoiding relegation from the Football League. [ 9 ] In the 2008–09 season, newly appointed director Alan Knill, a erstwhile Bury player, led the team to a fourth-place stopping point, missing automatic promotion by a unmarried goal ; in the play-off semi-final, Bury were beaten on penalties by Shrewsbury Town after a 1–1 aggregate draw. [ 9 ] Towards the end of the 2010–11 season, with the team chasing promotion, Knill and assistant Chris Brass left the club for Scunthorpe United. [ 28 ] Youth team director Richie Barker took over as caretaker director and secured the cabaret ‘s promotion to League One, the team finishing second base. [ 29 ] In December 2012, Bury were placed under a transfer embargo after falling into fiscal difficulty as a resultant role of poor attendance figures, [ 30 ] and ended up being relegated at the goal of the season. Property investor Stewart Day became president of the cabaret in May 2013 and later that year he noted that £1.5 million had been invested in the club, by and large to pay off debt. [ 31 ] Bury finished the 2014–15 League Two season in third gear seat with a club-record points catch of 85 and earned promotion back to third-tier League One, where they spent the future three seasons. [ 9 ] The team finished bottom of the 2017–18 EFL League One board and returned to League Two for the second time in five seasons. [ 9 ] In May 2018, the early Bury striker Ryan Lowe was appointed first-team director on a biennial condense, having been caretaker-manager doubly during 2017–18 after two other managers were sacked. [ 32 ] In June 2018, Lee Dykes became the club ‘s first base sporting director and introduced a youth development strategy designed to fast-track academy players into the first base team at the earliest opportunity. [ 33 ] Having three times reached the northern semi-final stage of the EFL Trophy in its earlier incarnations, Bury in the 2018–19 tournament advanced to the national semi-final where they lost 0–3 at home to Portsmouth. [ 34 ] The team had a good season in League Two and, during the winter months, went 14 consecutive matches unbeaten before winning promotion to League One after a 1–1 withdraw at Tranmere Rovers on 30 April. [ 35 ]

2019–2020 fiscal crisis and EFL expulsion [edit ]

Winding-up petition, December 2018 – July 2019 [edit ]

Businessman Steve Dale bought the baseball club from Stewart Day for £1 in December 2018 [ 36 ] [ 37 ] and, in February 2019, paid an outstanding tax bill to avoid a HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC ) winding-up order. [ 38 ] however, fiscal problems resurfaced on 2 April [ 39 ] after staff and players did not receive their March salaries on time. [ 40 ] On 10 April, former drumhead coach Chris Brass, claiming to be a creditor of the cabaret, issued a winding-up request to be heard in the gamey Court. [ 41 ] Amid the EFL ‘s “ extreme concern ” about the clubhouse ‘s situation, there was doubt about whether the home plate game against Colchester United on 13 April would be played ( it was ; Bury won 2–0 ). On 12 April, the baseball club said the great wage beak would be settled within the adjacent seven days. interim, the winding-up request was adjourned until 15 May ( after the end of the league season ). In accession to Brass ‘s claim, HMRC was claiming approximately £277,000. [ 42 ] On 25 April, Dale said the club ‘s fiscal problems were “ far in excess ” of what he understood when he took over, and placed the club on the open market. Around £1.6m was needed to pay wages, HMRC and pensions to the end of May, with only £180,000 income expected during that period. [ 43 ] On 19 June, a high Court hearing on the winding-up prayer was adjourned until 31 July, to allow extra clock time for a likely sale. [ 44 ] To secure the clubhouse ‘s future, Dale proposed a Company Voluntary Arrangement ( CVA ) to ensure requital of the club ‘s football creditors in wax while unguaranteed creditors, including HMRC, would receive 25 % of monies owed. That was approved by creditors on 18 July. As a consequence, the winding-up prayer was dismissed by the High Court on 31 July. [ 45 ]

EFL interposition, July–August 2019 [edit ]

Under EFL rules, a CVA is an insolvency event and left the club apt to a 12-point discount ahead of the 2019–20 league season. Bury ‘s readiness for the new season was far impacted by the loss of director Ryan Lowe and respective members of the first-team squad. [ 46 ] On 25 July, the EFL sought further details on how Bury would satisfy the CVA ; without proof of the club ‘s fiscal viability, Bury could be expelled from the EFL. [ 47 ] Satisfactory proof was not provided, and on 29 July the clubhouse ‘s unfold league match of the season ( against MK Dons at Gigg Lane ) was suspended, [ 48 ] [ 49 ] as were four far league games. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] [ 52 ] [ 53 ] An EFL Cup tie was cancelled and awarded to Sheffield Wednesday. [ 54 ] [ 53 ]

Post-expulsion events [edit ]

On 30 August, Bury was “ actively considering ” legal action against the EFL over its ejection. [ 69 ] After local MP James Frith said he would propose that the EFL restore Bury in League Two in 2020–21, [ 70 ] the EFL said it would consult penis clubs. [ 71 ] The EFL besides announced an mugwump review of EFL regulations concerning the fiscal sustainability of member clubs, [ 72 ] which in February 2020 concluded that any extra EFL natural process “ would not have made any remainder to the eventual result ” – “ a miss of owner fund ” ultimately caused Bury ‘s demise, [ 37 ] exacerbated by excessive wages paid to players under Day ‘s chairmanship. [ 73 ] meanwhile, Greater Manchester Police confirmed it was investigating a fraud allegation made in June 2019 in sexual intercourse to Bury ‘s finances. [ 74 ] The Frith-led working group ‘s marriage proposal to admit Bury to League Two ( backed by the Bury FC Supporters ‘ Trust, Bury South MP Ivan Lewis, Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Bury Metropolitan Borough Council ) was sent to the EFL on 20 September, [ 75 ] but was rejected at a meet of the EFL ‘s remaining 71 member clubs on 26 September. [ 76 ] Following the EFL opinion, the working group suggested that Bury apply for a place in the National League in 2020–21, subject to ownership and fiscal issues being resolved. [ 77 ] Another winding-up request was brought before the high Court by HMRC on 16 October 2019. It was adjourned for 14 days to allow the club more time to settle with little business creditors. [ 78 ] Everton president Bill Kenwright attempted to give Bury £1m to help save the club, but this was disallowed under EFL conflict of interest rules. [ 79 ] On 30 October, the petition adjournment was extended for another 35 days to 4 December after the club argued that it had continued to mechanically pay taxes on unpaid wages. The pronounce agreed that an extension was necessary for HMRC to establish if the golf club had overpaid. [ 80 ] On 4 December, the club was granted a far extension until 18 December with HMRC ordered to process the club ‘s returns and ascertain the claim amount hush owed. [ 81 ] When the High Court reconvened, this winding-up petition was dismissed ( HMRC said an unspecified debt had been paid ), [ 82 ] as was a further winding-up prayer on 5 February 2020, so “ despite not having a league to play in, Bury … however exist ”. [ 83 ] Three plans emerged during December 2019. A group of fans formed a new clubhouse, Bury AFC, and applied to the North West Counties Football League ( NWCFL ) for membership in 2020–21, which was approved in February 2020. [ 84 ] Entrepreneur Robert Benwell was reported to be seeking to resurrect Bury, but it was unclear if he would attempt to buy the original club. [ 85 ] A consortium was looking to complete a solution coup d’etat of the club. [ 86 ] On 31 January 2020, the baseball club was in danger of elimination as Dale had failed to pay any money to creditors under the terms of the July 2019 CVA. Dale had to pay at least £2m by 11 February or the CVA would be ended ; debts totalling around £5m would become immediately ascribable, with creditors able to petition for the club to be wound up. [ 87 ] On 14 February, Dale was reported to have defaulted on the design to settle outstanding debts, casting fresh doubt over Bury ‘s future, [ 88 ] and making liquidation more likely. [ 89 ] A month late, on 16 March 2020, Dale was reported to be seeking a fresh CVA ; this followed a formal notice that the previous CVA had been terminated on 9 March. The supervisor of that initial CVA, Steven Wiseglass, warned that if no fresh CVA is agreed by 1 April, he would seek to wind-up the club and appoint a murderer. [ 90 ] The consortium undertake to complete a solvent coup d’etat of the club fell through at the end of March. [ 91 ] In former April, Dale was reported to have spent £250,000 in appointing a QC to lead a legal claim for damages against the EFL, [ 92 ] and to have applied to the FA for a place in the National League or National League North ( tiers five or six ) in the 2020–21 temper. [ 93 ] however, on 7 August, the lotion was rejected by the FA, who cited the club ‘s “ fiscal resources, possession and insolvency status ” ; the club said it planned to submit an application for the 2021–22 season, [ 94 ] but none was sent. On 30 August 2020, 12 months after the baseball club ‘s EFL extrusion, the Manchester Evening News said : “ Bury FC still exists, though, if only on paper. With no players, no league to play in, and no employees to speak of, it is small more than a hollow blast of the club fans knew and loved. ” [ 95 ] The MEN report said that the baseball club “ continues to limp on ” but its future was uncertain and the danger of elimination remained, though most fans still hoped for an eventual resurrection. [ 95 ] meanwhile, Dale began making statements on the club web site, branding the fan-owned Bury AFC as “ juke ”. [ 96 ] [ 97 ] Bury AFC had arranged a groundshare consider with nearby Radcliffe FC and began the 2020–21 season in Division One North of the NWCFL. [ 97 ]

government [edit ]

On 27 November 2020, Dale placed the golf club into administration, with Wiseglass appointed administrator. [ 98 ] In January 2021, a Nottinghamshire-based businessman and investor in Ilkeston Town, David Hilton, was reported to be concerned in buying Bury F.C., [ 99 ] which was said to have debts of over £15 million. [ 100 ] In May 2021, the club ‘s Gigg Lane footing was put up for sale by the administrator. [ 101 ] In June, Wiseglass said he had received two ultimately unsuccessful offers to buy the club, and that a deadline of 5 August had been set for bids to buy Gigg Lane. He besides confirmed, in an update to the presidency records filed at Companies House, that the club ‘s total indebtedness amounted to £12,545,559. [ 102 ] On 26 August, Wiseglass said offers had been received from several ‘interested parties ‘, with a fans-backed group, Est 1885, among the bidders to buy the grind and club. [ 103 ] The Est 1885 offer was supported by local MPs James Daly and Christian Wakeford and by Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, [ 104 ] and was backed by an “ anonymous benefactor bequeath to bankroll ambitions for a fans-led club ”. [ 105 ] On 22 October, the administrators confirmed that the fans-backed Est 1885 group had been given exclusivity to buy both the clubhouse and Gigg Lane with the hopes of completing the deal before 2022. [ 106 ] The benefactor was reported to be English-born but now California-based businessman Peter Alexander, a lifelong Shakers fan who besides wanted to reconcile any differences with the phoenix club Bury AFC. [ 107 ]

Colours and crest [edit ]

The club ‘s colours were always white and dark blue blue. in the first place, the team wore a stripe shirt with aristocratic shorts but the stripes were replaced by the long-established all-white shirt before the clubhouse joined the Football League in 1894. There was an exception in the 1962–63 temper when a mistake was made by the clubhouse ‘s kit suppliers, who sent a commitment of royal blue shorts before the season alternatively of the common dark blue blue. then director Bob Stokoe said the baseball club could have sent them back but decided plainly to keep them for the season ; he joked that royal blue “ would tone with the Gigg Lane paintwork. ” [ 108 ] The peak on the shirt is a theatrical performance of the coat of arms granted to the former County Borough of Bury by the College of Arms on 28 February 1877. This depicts the town ‘s industrial heritage with images in the shield of an anvil, a overcharge, shuttles and a papyrus plant which respectively represent forging, wool, cotton and paper. It bears the inscription Vincit Omnia Industria ( exercise conquers all ). [ 109 ]

stadium [edit ]

Bury have played at Gigg Lane since 1885 when they rented the plot from the Earl of Derby ‘s estate soon after the club ‘s foundation. [ 2 ] The first base Football League meet played there was on 8 September 1894 when Bury defeated Manchester City 4–2. [ 110 ] A floodlit catch took identify in 1889 but there were no permanent wave lights until 1953. Until the 1990s when a complete rebuild became necessary, the capacity of the footing was 35,000. That total was achieved when Bury hosted an FA Cup third-round tie against neighbouring Bolton Wanderers on 9 January 1960. The game ended 1–1, but Bury lost the replay 4–2 after extra clock. [ 110 ] Gigg Lane was rebuilt in the 1990s and now has a capacity of 11,840, all seated and covered. The Main Stand, besides called the Family Stand, is on the northern side and houses the club offices and dressing rooms. At the western end, the Manchester Road End houses away supporters. The south Stand ( besides known as the Les Hart Stand ) is opposite the Main Stand and adjoins the Cemetery end, left ( east ) of the Main Stand. The Cemetery end was the survive separate of the rebuild stadium to be completed, in 1999. [ 111 ] In August 2019, when Bury FC was expelled from the EFL, Gigg Lane was officially known for sponsorship purposes as the Planet-U Energy Stadium, and it was completely powered by renewable energy provided by the sponsors. [ 112 ] former deals had seen the ground named the JD Stadium, [ 113 ] and the Energy Check Stadium. [ 111 ]

Players and coaching staff [edit ]

All contracted players became free agents after the club was expelled from the EFL. [ 97 ] [ 114 ] Similarly, all team management and coaching positions became vacant after the ejection, leaving the club with no players and no staff. [ 97 ] [ 95 ] celebrated Bury players have included :

managerial history [edit ]

The club was founded in 1885 but there is no record of anyone managing the team until Tom Hargreaves, who was a committee member, in 1890. [ 16 ] One or more committee members took team duty until the appointment of erstwhile goalkeeper Archie Montgomery in 1907 as the beginning specialist team director. [ 16 ] Montgomery was dismissed during World War One for fiscal reasons but the first director to be sacked for poor results was James Hunter-Thompson in February 1927, even though his team had achieved the golf club ‘s highest-ever league position, finishing one-fourth in 1925–26. [ 16 ] Norman Bullock, who was the club ‘s then-record goalscorer, took over in December 1935 but went to Chesterfield in June 1938. After the second World War, Bullock returned to Bury until November 1949 when he went to Leicester City. [ 16 ] The golf club ‘s longest-serving director has been Dave Russell for eight years from December 1953 to December 1961. The highlight of his career was winning the Third Division championship in 1960–61. [ 16 ] Bob Stokoe was team coach doubly between 1961 and 1978. In the early 1970s, Allan Brown held the post for eighteen months before moving to Nottingham Forest where, until 3 January 1975, he was Brian Clough ‘s predecessor. [ 16 ] With Bury consigned to the lower leagues from the 1970s onwards, there have been several sackings as consecutive managers were unable to regain Second Division condition. A measure of achiever was finally achieved in the former 1990s when Stan Ternent inspired the team to successive promotions from fourth tier to third in 1995–96 and, as champions, from third base to second in 1996–97. He left in 1998 to take over at Burnley and, a couple of seasons late, Bury were back in the lower league where they have stayed amid worrying fiscal issues. [ 16 ] The club had a black season in 2017–18 when the team finished bottom of League One and two managers were sacked. The cabaret ‘s former striker Ryan Lowe took full blame in May 2018, having doubly been caretaker in 2017–18, [ 32 ] before leaving in June 2019 to join Plymouth Argyle. On 2 July 2019, Paul Wilkinson was appointed as coach, [ 119 ] but managed no first team games due to the club ‘s EFL expulsion .

Honours [edit ]

League championships [edit ]

Highest position: 4th in 1925–26

Cup competitions [edit ]

FA Cup
League Cup
League Trophy

early tournaments [edit ]

Records and statistics [edit ]

Bury jointly hold the record (with Manchester City) for the biggest win in the FA Cup Final (6–0, 1903).[120]
In 2005, Bury became the first (and still only) club to score 1,000 goals in each of the four professional tiers in England.[26]

club records [edit ]

The club ‘s records are listed on its own web site : [ 121 ]

defend [edit ]

The club has a garter ‘s group called Forever Bury, founded in 2002, who strive to help the club face its fiscal difficulties. In 2019, they ran a campaign called “ Help Save Our Club ”. [ 123 ] Bury have had a clubhouse mascot operating on the sidelines since 1997. The first, named after Robert Peel, was “ Robbie the Bobby ”, a cartoon policeman whose antics embarrassed the clubhouse when he was sent off the field by referees three times in 2001 for bad behavior ; one of a number of incidents involving mascots that led to a Football League recapitulation of mascot behavior. [ 124 ] He was retired in 2018 to be replaced by a cartoon police pawl. The club explained that “ patrol dogs are key members of the force and are something the younger supporters can relate to ”. [ 125 ] Following a children ‘s naming rival, the newfangled mascot was named “ Peeler ” to maintain the associate with Peel and he made his debut in the home plate match against Yeovil Town on 4 August 2018. [ 126 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

Bury ‘s flat coat is near to several early Football League clubs and sol, in any season, they are likely to play at least one “ bowler hat ” match ( for example, Oldham Athletic in 2018–19 ). traditionally, Bury ‘s chief competition has constantly been with their nearest neighbour Bolton Wanderers. For many seasons from the late 1990s, however, the two clubs rarely met as Bolton were in the Premier League or the Championship while Bury were in the lower divisions. The tete-a-tete record between them is 30 wins each and 19 draws. [ 127 ] In holocene years, matches between Bury and Rochdale have been dubbed the “ M66 Derby ” [ 128 ] and their neck and neck record is 26 wins by Bury and 21 wins by Rochdale with 21 draws. [ 129 ]