Bury FC News

Bury FC are delighted to announce that former Wigan & Oldham youngster Sean Higgins has joined the club.  The 20-year-old can play in a number of positions including full-back and central midfield.  Sean started out at Wigan Athletic before moving to Oldham in July 2019. Following two years at Boundary Park, he joined Altrincham before moving to Matlock last summer and then onto Bury AFC in December 2022.  Higgins made 36 appearances under Andy Welsh last season scoring four g

As we head into the final few games of the season Dave McNabb has added two players to bolster his squad in the push for promotion. Max Harrop Firstly we would like to welcome back to Gigg Lane, midfielder Max Harrop, who signs from Avro. Max Harrop is a name that will be familiar to Shakers fans as he played in the Bury Youth system going on to make first-team appearances in the Football League between 2010 – 2013. Max has gone on to play at several cl

Bury FC are delighted to confirm Tom Kilifin as our latest addition ahead of the 2023/24 season. The 30-year-old former Kendal Town man, scored 33 goals in 44 games last season and will link up with his new team from July 1st. Tom has also made appearances for Lancaster City & Workington When asked about Andy approaching him to join the club, Kilifin said: View the full article

We are delighted to announce the signing of goalkeeper Tom Stewart from Lancaster City. The 28-year-old has turned out for a plethora of great clubs since he started his football career over 10 years ago including Ramsbottom united, Stalybridge Celtic and our nearby neighbours Radcliffe FC. Tom also featured once for Bury AFC as emergency cover in the first league fixture of the 21/22 campaign. It will be Tom’s first season playing in the NWCFL and he is an exciting player to have

We are delighted to announce the signing of left back Will Calligan from Stockport Town. The 22-year-old came through the ranks at Barnsley starting at the age of 13, he signed on as a scholar in 2018. Since then Will has had a spell at Bradford Park Avenue before moving onto Stockport Town where he played against us in a mid season friendly last term. He’s equally adept at playing at full-back or on the wing.   Dave McNabb had the following to say about the exciting youn

We are pleased to announce our initial batch of North West Counties Football League (NWCFL) Premier Division fixtures for the 2023-24 season.   Today’s release covers the first month of the season, with the full fixture list to follow once the Northern Premier League have announced their fixtures, to allow for ground-sharing teams to avoid clashes.   In the opening four weeks of the season, we face nine games with a possible tenth should we progress in the FA Cup.   Our seas

We can now announce that we will open our 2024/25 North West Counties Premier Division campaign with a trip to the seaside. We travel to the Fylde Coast to take on Squires Gate at The Brian Addison Stadium on Saturday 27th July. We then follow up with a clash against Padiham FC on Tuesday 30th July at the Ruby Civil Arena. With on-going works to our 3G pitch at Gigg Lane, the club made request to the league to have our first two fixtures away from home. We will continue to wo

We can confirm Alex Cherera has been called up for the Zimbabwe National U20’s Team. Alex has begun travelling today (Sunday) to meet up with the squad, and as a result will miss the next four games: Tuesday 24th Sept vs Stockport Town (H) Saturday 28th Sept vs Radcliffe (A) Tuesday 1st Oct vs Chadderton (H) Saturday 5th Oct vs Longridge Town (A) He will take part in three games in COSAFA U20 Challenge Cup, a trophy his country have won six times.

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