Bury FC News

Yesterday afternoon, members of our Men’s First Team, Women’s First Team and members of staff visited Fairfield General Hospital to spread some festive joy around the wards. Players handed out selection boxes and match tickets to patients & staff across several wards. Nicky Adams, Lewis Earl, Bobby Carroll, Bryan Ly, Brad Carroll, and Alik Babayan represented the Men’s first team, while Lily Metcalf and Sinead Nugent represented our Women’s first team, alongside Community Officer

Ahead of tonight’s game away at Abbey Hey, Dave McNabb has issued the following update on a number of players: Brad Carroll We’ve been dealt some bad news in the last week with the scan results coming back on Brad knee injury confirming that he has a full rupture of his PCL and is likely to be out for up to 6 months. Brad has been brilliant since he came to the club, fantastic performances on the pitch and a player who is highly respected and well thought of in the changing room.

Dave McNabb has offered a status update on the players currently on the injured list at Gigg Lane below ahead of this weekend’s FA Cup tie with Garforth Town.   Macauley Wilson – Macauley limped out of Monday’s match with Cheadle Town late on with a knee injury. It’s still too early to assess how severe the injury is at the moment due to the swelling but we’re hopeful it will only be a week or two.   Ben Hockenhull – Ben has a very minor knock to his knee that kept him out last wee

First-team manager Dave McNabb has provided the following squad update to supporters: Ben Hockenhull – Ben has left the club to explore other opportunities. Ben has played an important part in the season, featuring in 24 games and scoring 4 times in the process. Jack Dunn – Jack has now left the club on a permanent basis. Jack has been so unlucky with injuries both prior to joining us and since he signed. Jack had a very bright start when he joined the club following two years out wit

We are very pleased to announce two appointments of staff on a full-time permanent basis. Casey Lynchey will take up the role of Head of Operations immediately.  Casey stepped into this role on an interim basis in November 2024, combining it with her existing role of Community Development Officer.  Casey has introduced some excellent initiatives whilst in the role on an interim basis and has been instrumental in community engagement and ensuring the smooth running of events on and off the pit

In our final home game before the Christmas period, we have some important things to note ahead of the game for supporters attending at Gigg Lane this weekend. Starkies The newly-refurbished Starkies bar We have finally received notification of permitted numbers and from this weekend, the bar in Starkies will be open before, during and briefly after the game with a private function due later in the evening. Supporters who are seated in the Main Stand will have access to Starkies f

We are pleased to announce that the confirmatory vote for the amalgamation has been passed by both societies and we can now move on to the next stage of the process to apply to use the playing name Bury Football Club and progress the legal work required to amalgamate the two societies and form one membership, and launch a vote to establish the new Society board. For now, please keep your membership subscriptions in place as they will be moved across to the new society as long as you cont

Bury Football Club is in the highly unusual position of speaking from the lowly position of a club in the ninth tier of English football and as one who has actually twice won the FA Cup. These days our FA Cup campaign starts in August, before the Premier League has even started. Cup replays have long been a staple of the competition and have provided an opportunity for non-league clubs to generate much-needed revenue and increase their profile. More importantly, the history of the competition d