Bury F.C.
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| Full name | Bury Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Shakers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Gigg Lane Bury Manchester England |
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| Capacity | 11,669 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager |  Chris Casper |
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| League | League Two | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | League Two, 19th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bury Football Club are an English association football team based in Bury, Lancashire. The team are currently playing in Football League Two.
The club was formed in 1885, and took a lease on a pitch at Gigg Lane, which remains their home today. 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 Division One.
Bury have won the FA Cup twice. On April 21, 1900 they beat Southampton 4-0 at Crystal Palace and before returning to the London venue in 1903. The latter 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.
They are nicknamed 'The Shakers' due to first chairman, JT Ingham who, before a Lancashire Cup game with Blackburn, said "We will shake them. In fact, we are the Shakers." Local rivals include Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic, Rochdale and Stockport County.
Bury have produced great players over the years, including Les Hart, Dean Kiely, Terry McDermott, Alec Lindsay, Colin Bell, Lee Dixon, Neville Southall and Roger Stanislaus. Perhaps Bury's most famous player has been 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 great success with youth development, with players such as Colin Kazim-Richards, David Nugent and Simon Whaley moving onto Premiership and Championship clubs to great acclaim.
Recently Bury became the first football club to score a thousand goals in the top four tiers of the English football league.
Currently they are in the 4th tier of English football, League Two. They were relegated to this level in the 2001/2002 season. It was a difficult season, including a notable 4-0 hammering by Stoke City, in which an incredible 30 yard diving header was scored by Jurgen Vandeurzen.
In 31-year-old Chris Casper, Bury currently have the League's youngest manager. In the past, they have been managed by Mike Walsh, Stan Ternent, Neil Warnock, Andy Preece, and Les Hart, who was both captain, physiopherapist and coach with 44 years sevice to the club. Most recently Casper has asked Martin Scott to step in as the new assistant manager due to the departure of Ian Miller to Leicester City.
In late 2006, Bury enjoyed their best of run of form for the past decade with six consecutive league victories. They drew 2-2 away at Weymouth F.C. in the FA Cup on 12 November, 2006. This game was notable as being Bury's first ever live appearance on terrestrial TV and attracted a respectable average audience of 2 million, peaking at 2.6 million just before the end. However on December 20, 2006 they were thrown out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player.[1]
Since the FA Cup debacle, Bury have failed to win in 16 games, and relegation to the Conference for the first time in the club's history is becoming an inevitability.
Their home, Gigg Lane, is also home to F.C. United of Manchester who rent the ground from Bury F.C.
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[edit] Honours
- FA Cup winners 1900, 1903
- FA Youth Cup winners 1966.
- Football League Cup semi finals 1963
- Lancashire Cup winners 1892, 1899, 1903, 1906, 1926, 1958, 1983, 1987
- Manchester Cup winners 1894, 1896, 1897, 1900, 1903, 1905, 1925, 1935, 1951, 1952, 1962, 1968
- Football League First Division best position 4th 1926
- Football League Second Division champions 1895, 1997; runners up 1924
- Football League Third Division champions 1961; runners up 1968; promoted 1995.
- Football League Fourth Division promoted 1974, 1985
[edit] Current squad
As of November 22, 2006
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[edit] Player records
- Most league goals in a season - 35 Craig Madden (1981-82)
- Most league goals in total - 129 Craig Madden (1978-86)
- Most league appearances - 506 Norman Bullock (1920-35}
[edit] Notable players
- Les Hart
- Colin Bell
- Baichung Bhutia
- Luther Blissett
- Stan Bowles
- Lee Dixon
- Martin Dobson
- Derek Fazackerley
- Garry Flitcroft
- Brian Flynn
- Bruce Grobbelaar
- Dean Kiely
- Alec Lindsay
- Chris Lucketti
- Terry McDermott
- Sammy McIlroy
- David Nugent
- Peter Reid
- Neville Southall
- Danny Wilson
- Laurent D'Jaffo
[edit] Trivia
- Film director Danny Boyle is a fan of Bury FC and watches the games at the Gigg Lane on a regular basis [1].
- The radio broadcaster Mike Reid is a regular fan as is musician, Mark E Smith The Fall.
[edit] References
- ^ "Chester take Bury's FA Cup place", BBC News, 2006-12-20. Retrieved on 2006-12-20.
[edit] External links
- Bury F.C. on BBC Sport: Club News - Recent results - Upcoming fixtures - Club stats
- Bury F.C. Official Site
- Bury F.C. Youth and Centre of Excellence Official Site
- Bury F.C. Media Micro Site
- Bury F.C. Official Message Board
- Y3K Shakers Site
- Odebayo
- The Consortium
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