Since announcing that kit partner, Hope + Glory Sportswear were to return for the 2023/24 season, the team at H+G have been hard at work in conjunction with the Interim board and operating football board to give members a fresh set of kit options for the new season. In future, we will continue to make…
The motion to adopt of the Gigg Lane Stadium as the football club’s home playing venue was approved by 97% of the vote. 1116 were in favour, 34 against and 9 abstentions. The motion to adopt Bury Football Club as the playing name was approved by 92% of the vote. 1046 were in favour, 95…
We have another opportunity to play at Gigg Lane at the start of the new season. We want to grab it with both hands, by voting to merge the two societies, one of whom owns the Gigg Lane stadium and the other, a thriving non-league football club. Very little has changed since the first vote…
A full set of minutes will be issued after the AGM but in the interim here are the results of the votes. 733 ballots were submitted from 1377 eligible voters (53%). Approve the Minutes from the last AGMVotesPercentageYes – I approve the minutes69899.43%No – I do not approve the minutes40.57%Votes tallied: 702Abstentions: 31Approve the Shakers…
We can confirm that all three motions were approved by a huge margin after a turnout of 82% of the eligible vote. A total of 1329 votes were issued, and 1089 were received. The special resolution to amalgamate the two Societies was approved by 94% of the vote:1003 votes in favour.66 voted against.20 abstained. The motion…
We have been provided with the following message from Bury FC Benefactors Limited regarding the current merger vote. “As we enter the final few days of voting and as all the stakeholders involved are issuing statements we wanted to reiterate our position of supporting the merger. Anyone advocating that it is better for either Society…
We are pleased to confirm that voting will now commence ahead of two Special General Meetings, both at 7.30pm, which you can log into via Zoom. The first will be on 28th October and the second on 11th November 2022. The reason for holding a second meeting is to simply confirm the verdict given in…
The Proposals and Q&As supplied to date have focused on the reasons why we are recommending a merger, and a return to Gigg Lane.We are very clearly backing a merger, and our efforts have gone into describing the positives of that outcome.We know there have been questions, aimed predominantly at Bury FC Supporters’ Society but…
Please find below some key documents and policies which will form the basis of the governance of the new, amalgamated Community Benefit Society which will control and co-own Gigg Lane and Bury Football Club (2019) Ltd in future if the vote to amalgamate is approved. The policies will be adopted by the Interim Board at…
We hope to have the first set of FAQs available very soon, we are waiting for approval/comment from all parties to ensure a consistent approach where possible. In the meantime we have been provided with the following statement on the merger proposals from Bury FC Benefactors Limited, the company which holds the shares of the…