Bury FC News

Can you be at Gigg Lane early on Saturday morning to help remove water from the covers laid on the pitch? Be #PartofIt to get the game ON! To help protect the pitch from the predicted snow fall yesterday and any freezing conditions that followed, covers were placed across the pitch on Wednesday. With the forecast anticipating a halt in the rain overnight on Friday / Saturday, the covers are due to be removed first thing on Saturday morning. The pitch remains soft underneath from t

We welcome Burscough for their first visit to Gigg Lane as we hope to resume matters in the NWCFL Premier Division this Saturday, 3pm kick-off. Our game on Tuesday night was called off owing to a water-logged pitch, so we will now play Ramsbottom later in the season. With 14 games to fit in between now and 20th April, there’s plenty to get your teeth into as we head on the hunt for top spot. We have the covers on the pitch (see here) in the hope of avoiding a repeat of the recent cance

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Someone, somewhere doesn’t want us to play this game. For a second time, our game with Ramsbottom United due to take place this evening has had to have been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. A local referee was called when there was no sign that the water was draining away following heavy rain earlier today. A new date will be confirmed in due course, and tickets will be valid for the rearranged fixture.   Next Up: Burscough (H) We hope to back at Gigg Lane in qu

Sam Coughlan joins after being in the junior levels at Everton (Photo Credit – Everton FC) Dave McNabb has added two players to his squad this week to solve some of the gaps in the team following injuries in the past couple of weeks. We welcome to Gigg Lane midfielder Sam Coughlan and defender Harry Brockbank. Sam, 19, arrives having previously played in Everton’s Academy where he has been since the age of eight. After leaving the Merseyside club last summer, he has recently been r

It may come as no surprise to those in and around BL9, that the persistent rain overnight and so far this morning is impacting on the condition of the pitch at Gigg Lane. To give the game the best chance, we will push any inspection as late as possible this evening and will communicate the relevant timings when known. As always, keep across the latest from the club on the website, X / Twitter & Facebook.   View the full article

Following the recent incidents of anti-social behaviour, we have brought in some additional safety measures for our home games under the advice of the police. We acknowledge that almost all supporters are well-behaved and some will feel these are unnecessary measures. However, even standing near the touchline waiting for the game to finish makes stewarding harder and identifying genuine troublemakers difficult to identify in a crowd. We are faced with ever more serious sanctions for cr

Your Shakers made it six for six this past Saturday as we came away from the Arcoframe arena with all three points as we continue on a run of fine form and remain unbeaten in the league since November. Oli Jepsongot on the scoresheet with a powerful header at the back post and Andy Briggs netted his 20th and 21st goals of the season to ensure Dave McNabb’s men came away with all three points. Pilkington almost found away back into the game in the dying minutes of the second half capita

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