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Bury F.C.

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Bury F.C.
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Full name Bury Football Club
Nickname(s) The Shakers[1]
Founded 1885
Ground Gigg Lane Stadium
Bury
England
(Capacity: 11,840)
Chairman Christopher Aldred
Manager Flag of England Alan Knill
League Coca-Cola Football League 2
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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.

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[edit] 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 21 April, 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 18 April, which remains the highest ever victory 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, and there are also rivalries with Oldham Athletic, Rochdale, Stockport County and Radcliffe Borough F.C..

The Bury team pictured in 1892

Bury have produced a large number of players over the years, including Les Hart, Colin Kazim-Richards, Dean Kiely, Terry McDermott, Colin Bell, Neville Southall, Craig Madden, Lee Dixon, David Nugent, Roger Stanislaus, Andy Mangan, Kevin Smith, Lee Millett.

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 Hugh 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.[2]

On 20 December 2006 they were the first team to ever be thrown out of the F.A. Cup for fielding an ineligible player.[3]

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 14 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 4 February, the club revealed Alan Knill to be their new manager. Last season Bury finished 13th and went on a six game home unbeaten run at the end of 2007/08.

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[edit] Players

As of 8 August 2008.[4]

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Flag of England GK Wayne Brown
2 Flag of England DF Paul Scott
3 Flag of Northern Ireland MF David Buchanan
4 Flag of England DF Steven Haslam
5 Flag of England DF Ben Futcher
6 Flag of England DF Ben Futcher
7 Flag of Ireland MF Stephen Dawson
8 Flag of England MF Richie Baker
9 Flag of England FW Glyn Hurst
10 Flag of England FW Andy Bishop
11 Flag of Ireland MF Brian Barry Murphy
12 Flag of England DF Danny Racchi
No. Position Player


14 Flag of England MF Mike Jones
15 Flag of England MF Dean Howell (on loan from Aldershot Town)
16 Flag of Nigeria DF Efe Sodje
17 Flag of England DF Ricky Anane
18 Flag of England MF Andy Morrell
20 Flag of England GK Cameron Belford
23 Flag of England MF Elliott Bennett

[edit] Out on loan

No. Position Player
–– Flag of Northern Ireland MF Paul Morgan (on loan to Macclesfield Town)

[edit] Past managers

[edit] References

  1. ^ The club's nickname, the Shakers, was bestowed upon them by a nineteenth-century club chairman, JT Ingham, who announced before a game with Everton, "We'll give 'em a shaking. In fact, we are the Shakers".[citation needed]
  2. ^ "1000 goals for bury" (2005-08-25). Retrieved on 1 October 2007. 
  3. ^ "Chester take bury's FA Cup place", BBC News (2006-12-20). Retrieved on 20 December 2006. 
  4. ^ "Squad Numbers confirmed", Bury FC (2008-07-02). Retrieved on 2 July 2008. 

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