Bury FC News

Following a North West Counties Football League Management Committee meeting held on 6th September 2023, we have been notified of the League’s intention to fine the club £100 and deduct three points for fielding a player contracted to another club. The club disputes this and is in the process of appealing to the Football Association. No sanctions will take effect until the appeal has been heard. We know supporters will be severely disappointed to learn that we might lose hard earned po

We have received various reports over the last few weeks of discriminatory language used at our Men’s first-team matches. Our message is simple. Discriminatory language has no place in our club. Our Safeguarding & Welfare Officer, Tania Jackson said: “Football is for everyone. Discriminatory language has no place in our club. If you hear it please report it.   “Let’s create a respectful, inclusive environment where everybody feels welcome.” If you wish to contact Tania

This week we informed the FENIX Trophy organisers of our intentions to withdraw from the competition. Following discussions amongst the board & management team, it was felt that our recent cup successes coupled with the Finnish weather, it would be difficult to arrange a date before the first round concludes in December. We understand that this might come as a disappointment to supporters, but we have taken this decision in the best interest of the football club. View the full

Over the last few weeks, the club have been working with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) on identifying the individuals who firstly invaded the pitch after the equalising goal was scored, and secondly those who were shown to be fighting with each other and this was portrayed on social media during our Play-off Final at Ericstan Park in early May. We are now able to provide you with a further update, following our statements last month. As a club, we wish to again re-iterate that this beh

Bury Football Club can confirm the cancellation of Monday’s NWCFL Champions Cup fixture against Charnock Richard. A request was made to push the fixture back by 24 hours, resulting in the NWCFL’s unilateral decision to cancel the game. The refunding of tickets has begun. TicketCo can take up to 30 days to issue refunds during busy times. Tuesday’s friendly against Cheadle Town will go ahead as planned. The club will make no further comment. View the full article

We are delighted to announce Tony Cunningham as our new club secretary. Tony joins us after nearly 25 years at nearby Ramsbottom United. He started out as the club’s PA man, carried out numerous roles including club secretary – a position he’s held at the club since 2013. Prior to his involvement at the Riverside Stadium, he’d spent time at Mossley & Rossendale United.  He also has a close affinity to Gigg Lane, supporting the Shakers throughout his life, first coming to a game in 1957,

We have today (Tuesday) had further conversations with Greater Manchester Police, around crowd issues in the play off final at Ericstan Park on Saturday. The police will now be working through a process of identifying the people that encroached on the playing surface when we scored, and also the images on social media of fans fighting. As a club, we deplore this behaviour and as well as supporting the police, we will be issuing the most serious of sanctions. We will keep our suppo

Following discussions with AFC Liverpool ahead of our game next Saturday (9th November), the club can provide the following update: A request was made to us by AFC Liverpool on 22nd September to move this fixture to the Friday evening (8th) or to an early kick-off (12.30pm) on the originally scheduled date. The reasons given revolved around how a number of their club’s volunteers were due to steward Liverpool’s Premier League fixture against Aston Villa that same evening and consequently, A

We can confirm that Bury Football Club and manager Andy Welsh have agreed to part company. We would like to thank Andy for his hard work and commitment to the club, the players, and it’s volunteers over the past three and a half years. Andy provided outstanding leadership throughout some difficult and turbulent times, not least during a global pandemic when just playing football was a challenge. In addition to winning a league title Andy quietly helped and supported many volunteers off