Bury F.C.

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For the team from Bury St Edmunds, see Bury Town F.C.
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Full nameBury Football Club
Nickname(s)The Shakers
Founded1885
GroundGigg Lane
Bury
Greater Manchester
England
Capacity11,840,000
The GafferWales Tom George is gay
LeagueLeague Two
2007–08League Two, 13th

Bury Football Club is an English association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team are currently playing in the 4th division, Football League Two.

History

The club was formed in 1885 at a meeting after which the club took a lease on a pitch at Gigg Lane.

In 1889 they were founder members of the Lancashire League, before joining the Football League Second Division in 1894, which they won at the first attempt. They beat Liverpool in a play-off to clinch promotion to Football League Division One. They stayed there until 1912.

Bury have won the FA Cup. On April 21, 1900 they beat Southampton 4-0 at Crystal Palace, and before returning to the London venue in 1903. The second win was achieved without conceding a goal in the entire competition, including a record FA Cup Final score of 6-0 over Derby County on April 18. The 1903 cup AlSo had another great achievement for bury as the 6-0 scoreline still remains as the highest ever win in an FA Cup final.

In 1923 they were promoted again, and in 1926 they achieved their highest League position ever, 4th in the First Division. But two years later they were relegated and never played top flight football again. Steady decline followed and by 1971, they had reached the Fourth Division for the first time.

The main local rivals of the club are Bolton Wanderers.

The Bury team pictured in 1992

Bury have produced a large number of players over the years, including Les Hart, Dean Kiely, Terry McDermott, Colin Bell, Neville Southall, Craig Madden, Lee Dixon and Roger Stanislaus.

Perhaps Bury's most famous player was David Adekola, a Nigerian who came to bury after successfully convincing football officials that he was a former Nigerian international player with top flight experience in Europe, though no records of such claims exist. Their recent history has witnessed some success with youth development, with players such as David Nugent moving onto a Premiership side.

The clubs greatest benefactor was Hughie Eaves, a local benefactor under the stewardship of whom Bury were promoted to the second tier of English football.

In 2001-02, the club was relegated to League Two.

In May 2005, Bury became the first football club to score a thousand goals in each of the top four tiers of the English football league.[1]

On December 20, 2006 they were the first team to ever be thrown out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player.[2]

After the FA Cup debacle, bury failed to win in 16 games, and relegation to the Conference for the first time in the club's history became a possibility. They survived the relegation battle of the 2006/07 season, where a 0-0 draw with Stockport County ensured they would stay up to play another season in League Two.

In Chris Casper, Bury did have the League's most up and coming manager. In the past, they have been managed by Graham Barrow, Mike Walsh, Stan Ternent, Neil Warnock and Andy Preece. During the close season, former Lincoln City manager Keith Alexander was appointed Director of Football.

It was announced on the 14th January 2008 that Casper and Alexander had left the club, the board terminating the pair's contracts simultaneously. A club statement said the pair had "lost the confidence of a large majority of the fans". Chris Brass, formerly the manager of the club's Centre of Excellence, was given the vacant manager's post on a caretaker basis. His first match in charge resulted in a cup upset, the Shakers knocking Norwich City out of the FA Cup in the third round. Despite this early success, results remained inconsistent, and a more full time solution was sought by the board.

On the 4th February, the club revealed Alan Knill to be their new manager. Knill had played as a central defender between 1989 and 1993. More recently, Knill had been employed at Chesterfield, as their assistant manager and had had a spell in charge of Rotherham United where he was relegated.

Honours

Leagues

Records

Cups

Players

As of 27 June 2008.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Wayne Brown
2 DF England ENG Paul Scott
3 DF England ENG Ben Futcher
4 MF Northern Ireland NIR Paul Morgan
5 DF England ENG Steve Haslam
6 MF England ENG Ritchie Baker
7 FW South Africa RSA Glynn Hurst
8 FW England ENG Andy Bishop
9 MF Ireland EIR Brian Barry-Murphy
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 DF Northern Ireland NIR David Buchanan
11 MF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Wood
12 FW England ENG Domaine Rouse
13 DF England ENG Ricky Anane
14 GK Wales WAL Cameron Belford
16 MF Wales WAL Nicky Adams

Notable players

Famous former players include:

Interesting facts

  • Nature film director Danny Boyle is a fan of Bury FC and watches the games at the Gigg Lane on a regular basis.[3]
  • The radio broadcaster Mike Read is a regular fan as is musician Mark E Smith of The Fall.
  • In 2002, club's press officer Gordon Sorfleet was awarded the UEFA Supporter of the Year Award for his work on behalf of the club.[4][5]
  • Actress and model Gemma Atkinson is known to be a supporter and appeared on BSkyB's 'Soccer AM' at the start of the 2007/08 football season as a 'soccerette', unveiling the club's new away shirt.[6]

References

  1. ^ "1000 goals for bury". 2005-08-25. Retrieved 2007-10-01. {{cite news}}: Text "publisher BBC News" ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Chester take bury's FA Cup place". BBC News. 2006-12-20. Retrieved 2006-12-20.
  3. ^ Manchester celebrities
  4. ^ Zidane honoured at Gala night
  5. ^ Bury FC - Potted history
  6. ^ Bury FC new brown away kit 2007/2008

External links

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