Determining the Outcome of the 2020/21 Season Since the implementation of the latest national lockdown restrictions at the turn of the year, football at ‘non-elite’ levels has been suspended. This includes matches and training for the first team and management. It is currently planned for these restrictions to end on 31st March (or earlier if…
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We note the comments made about our club, and individuals associated with the club, by a supposed bidder for Bury FC, who has now pulled out of the process. The accusations made are false and seem designed purely to cause harm to our club. We have commented on this before here and can confirm the…
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By Bill Hern Along with David Gleave, I am co-author of Football’s Black Pioneers. The concept is very simple, we identified the first black player at each of the Football League clubs then wrote about their background, experiences, career etc. It sounds easy but it took us four years to undertake the research and write the…
By Rich Beedie At the end of last August, the book ‘Football’s Black Pioneers’ was released, it contained the stories of the first black players to represent the 92 league clubs. Sadly, Bury were missing due to the timing of the release. There were plenty of ex-Shakers in there; Winnie White, Efe Sodje and the…
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There has been speculation over the weekend regarding the potential purchase of Gigg Lane. The Shakers Community board would like to put the record straight and confirm that we have never made any bid to purchase Gigg Lane. Our rules would not permit such actions without a mandate to do so from our members. We…
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We are pleased to announce that Bury Women’s Vets have decided to affiliate with Bury AFC, and will play under our name once the process has completed. They will play as Bury AFC Women’s and Bury AFC Women’s Vets teams. The Women’s Vets team was set up 18 months ago and has grown from 10…
BuryAFC-Nov20-charts The results are encouraging with some clear actions for us to take forward, especially once we are clear of the pandemic. We have included the data in full above as most of the charts speak for themselves. You can also download the full results here. The results give us a Net Promoter Score of…