Bury FC News

Lee Bracey will be our guest for the AFC Liverpool fixture tomorrow evening, James Bentley looks back on his career. Lee Bracey arrived at Gigg Lane from Halifax Town in the late summer of 1993, following Gary Kelly’s injury sustained after John McGinlay’s vicious assault on him in the first round of the League Cup versus Bolton, which Bury won 2-0.   Choosing not to continue with Craig Nixon, who replaced Kelly from the bench, or amateur Paul Collings, who played the first

Mark Carter is our guest for tonight’s fixture with South Liverpool, Pete Cullen looks back on his career. It was surely one of the best ever £6,000 that Bury Football Club spent when they paid that modest amount to bring Mark Carter north to Gigg Lane in September 1993.  Spike was already approaching 33 at the time but having been introduced to the professional ranks relatively late in his career, he certainly grasped his perhaps unexpected chance.   Starting out on the books of Liv

Mark Patterson will be our guest for our FA Vase fixture against Maghull tomorrow, James Bentley looks back on his career.   It’s no overstatement to say that Mark Patterson saved Bury Football Club when he was sold to Bolton in January 1991.   Close season spending had reached previously unprecedented levels just six months before, when a combined £430,000 was spent on John McGinlay, Colin Greenall, Roger Stanislaus and Ronnie Mauge. When things started going from adequate

Tony Rigby is our guest for Monday’s Bank Holiday clash with Cheadle Town, James Bentley looks back on his career. Ask a Bury fan between the ages of about 38 and 50 who their favourite player is and it’s a certainty that a significant proportion will answer ‘Tony Rigby’.   He is their Greg Farrell, the skilful maestro with a football, the silky maverick who scored some of the greatest goals they ever saw from the time when football meant everything to them – more than their school w

Following over 700 suggestions for the Legends Wall, we are delighted to confirm the 40 players who will be appearing on it and now it’s your chance to sponsor their poster.  A further 15 posters are available to sponsor that represent the club’s history.  All purchase will be made via TicketCo, the price to sponsor a legends poster is £69.99 plus VAT & booking fee. Whilst the history posters are available to sponsor for £45 plus VAT & booking fee. Click the link HERE

We’d like to provide an update on our Legends Wall.   First of all, we’d like to thank all fans who sponsored a player from down the years.    We’re currently working with our Heritage Committee to create the 15 history panels that will be interjected into the player panels, matching the relevant players to the correct era.    Once designed we will publish each history panel and open these up for sponsorship.    We’re hoping to launch the Legends Wall at our first hom

We’d like to provide a further update on our Legends Wall plans.   We’re currently experiencing some technical issues with the imagery that we are planning to use on the legends wall, to get it up to the quality needed by the company printing these for us.   Our Heritage Committee along with other volunteers from the club’s Media Team are working hard to get this processed as quickly as possible.   As mentioned in the last update, we will open sales on each of the history pa

Our trip to Burscough this afternoon will see the final appearance of Lewis Alessandra, as he confirms his retirement from football.    Lewis has decided to call time on his 17-year playing career, due to recurring injuries & work commitments.   The 35-year-old started out at grassroots side Roach Dynamos before heading to Oldham. He went onto play in the football league for Morecambe, Plymouth Argyle, Rochdale, Hartlepool, Notts County, Morecambe & Carlisle Un

We’d like to provide an update on Matchday Hospitality for the final three home games. Each of our fixtures has different levels of availability for various packages. Saturday 29th March vs Squires Gate Our match ball sponsorship package is still available for this fixture, at the price of £325 plus VAT. The package includes four match tickets, two car park spaces, a two-course pre-match meal, half time refreshments & a pre-match legend Q&A. Email commercial@buryfc.co.uk if you are