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Our last cup outing saw Anthony Johnson’s men dispatch Wythenshawe 8-0 courtesy a Kai Evans hat trick.
Our opponents beat Marske United 3-0 to reach the second round of the cup, and sit only two places behind Bury in the league table having won their last five games.
This is the third of five consecutive games at Gigg Lane, where The Shakers have been taking full home advantage so far this campaign, having lost only one at home.
In Opposition – Workington
Workington began with a turbulent history, being founded in 1890, disbanded in 1910, and reformed in 1921 after a ten year break.
In 1951, the team made their debut in the Football League away to Halifax Town.
Six years later, in the 1957/58 season, Workington welcomed Manchester United’s Busby Babes side featuring the likes of Harry Gregg, Bobby Charlton and Duncan Edwards, who lost his life days later in the Munich Air Disaster.
Workington were also famously managed by legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly in the 1950s.
On the Day & In the Ground
Our Matchday @ Gigg guide is available to read to find out everything you need to know going on in and around the ground.
We recommend that supporters purchase tickets online in advance of the match via the ticketing page on our website to avoid queues.
Pay on the gate will also be available.
There is no segregation for this fixture, but Emley supporters are asked to purchase their tickets here.
Matchday Media Coverage
If you are unable to make it to the action at Gigg Lane, we’ll have all the live coverage across our media platforms.
Live Stream: For this game, there will be a live stream available outside of the UK. This can be purchased online via our brand new stream website Shakers Live via new streaming provider Infinity 21. Match Passes are available for £9.99.
Keep up-to-date with all our video content via the club’s YouTube Channel. Click to subscribe and never miss highlights and match reaction across the season.
Audio Commentary: Roch Valley Radio will be providing commentary for this game. Join the team from the press box at Gigg Lane. Click here ahead of kick-off to listen live. Audio commentary will be provided for every game of the season, so you will never miss a piece of the action.
Social Media: Our team will also bring you in-depth text commentary via the club ‘MatchDay Live‘ Twitter feed, with team news and half time and full time updates available also on Facebook and feel like you are there with our match galleries and imagery available over on Instagram.
Whatever the weather, wherever you are across the globe, we have you covered.
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This recognition celebrates our commitment to creating opportunities for all, building confidence, bringing people together and ensuring that everyone, whatever their age, ability, gender or background, has a place to play, feel included and be part of our community.
During the 2025/26 season, our club continued to grow and develop as a truly inclusive community football organisation, supporting 25 junior and community teams alongside a huge range of football and community programmes.
Football for all ages and abilities
Our junior and community teams remain at the heart of the club, giving hundreds of young people the opportunity to develop their football, make friends and be part of a team.
But our offer goes far beyond traditional youth football. We provide recreational men’s and women’s football, creating opportunities for adults of all ages and abilities to enjoy the game in a relaxed, welcoming environment. We have formed some of the first women’s vets teams in the country and our men’s and women’s walking football sessions ensure that age doesn’t have to be a barrier to staying active, socialising and enjoying football.
We believe that a lifelong love of football can start at any age. Our Bury Ballers and Baby Ballers programmes give children aged 2–10 the chance to develop their confidence, coordination and football skills through fun, age-appropriate sessions.
These programmes are about much more than developing future footballers. They help children become active, make new friends and develop important social and physical skills from an early age.
We are also committed to growing the women’s and girls’ game. Our Wildcats and Squad Girls programmes provide girls-only football sessions, creating a positive and supportive environment where girls can enjoy football, develop their skills and build confidence alongside their peers. We want every girl who wants to play football to feel that there is a place for her at our club and that journey doesn’t have to stop as she gets older. Our strong girls’ provision feeds directly into a huge women’s football offer, creating opportunities for players to continue playing, progressing and staying involved in the game throughout their lives.
From introducing girls to football for the first time, through to recreational and competitive opportunities in adulthood, our aim is to create a genuine pathway that keeps women and girls connected to the game.
Football without barriers
Inclusion is fundamental to everything we do.
Our Comets pan-disability programme provides football opportunities for children with disabilities, ensuring that young people can enjoy the game in an environment designed around their needs.
We believe football should be accessible to everyone, and programmes such as Comets demonstrate our commitment to removing barriers and ensuring that every child has the opportunity to participate, belong and thrive.
More than just football
Our work doesn’t stop when the season ends. We deliver holiday clubs, in conjunction with the council, providing children and families with opportunities to stay active, have fun and engage with their community during school holidays.
Through our Community Trust, we also deliver initiatives designed specifically to support underrepresented and disadvantaged groups. This work is central to who we are. We recognise that not everyone has the same opportunities to participate in sport, and we are committed to using football as a vehicle for positive change – tackling barriers to participation, improving wellbeing, bringing communities together and creating opportunities for people who may otherwise be left behind.
Casey Lynchey, Head of Operations & Community:
A club at the heart of its community
Being shortlisted for Manchester FA Grassroots Club of the Year is a huge honour, but for us, the recognition represents something bigger than football. It represents the coaches giving up their time, the volunteers working behind the scenes, the parents supporting their children, the players turning up week after week and the community partners who help us make a difference.
Together, we are building a club where everyone has the opportunity to play, belong and be part of something bigger.
We also want to thank Manchester FA for their relentless support and commitment to helping us upskill our coaches, develop our workforce and bring new initiatives into our community. Their support has helped us continue to grow, improve what we offer and reach even more people through football. We’re incredibly grateful for the partnership and the opportunities they continue to create for our club and our community.
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The game is scheduled to be played on Saturday 26th September, with further details around the game to be released in the coming week.
It will be the second meeting between the two sides this season, after Bailey Sloane’s late header secured all three points on 22nd August.
Keep an eye out on the website and social media for further details about the game!
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There was only one change to the Shakers lineup that won the week before with Bailey Sloane preferred to Louis Isherwood in defence. Rustam Stepans was back on the bench having missed the last three weeks with concussion but the home side were without their manager in the dugout as he served the first of a three match ban.
In the early exchanges it was the visitors Emley who carved out the first real chances of the day. Former Shaker Gabriel Johnson lead an attacking front three that saw Aaron Haswell’s shot deflected away while Jack Cowgill headed over the bar from a free kick.
Bury grew into the match. A Kai Evans pass was threaded to Mo Touray who set up Leo Graham for a shot that went over the bar. Tom Carr then had a great chance when he got in behind the defence. He went down under pressure from the Pewits keeper yet neither a penalty for a foul nor a booking for simulation was doled out.
Next Touray stole the ball in Emley’s half and played in Owen Robinson. His lob over goalkeeper Ben Bottomley seemed destined to land in the net but was deflected wide and out for a corner.
Bury then had a trio of chances. Carr played in Robinson to shoot. His first effort hit the post, his second was saved by Bottomley. Granted a third chance Robinson laid the ball off to the oncoming Touray who blasted an effort onto the crossbar.
The goal was coming for the Shakers and it was fitting that Robinson would be the one to put it away. A perfect cross from the left by Connor Pye was headed in to open the scoring.
Five minutes later the score was doubled and again it was a cross from Pye that unlocked the defence. A fiercer effort into the box this time and Tom Carr ghosted between two defenders and buried the chance for 2-0.
Finding their groove Bury looked like scoring every time they went forward. A passing move through the middle saw Touray, Carr and Robinson create an opening for Leo Graham but he could only fire over the bar.
The Shakers third goal came from a free kick out on the left. Kai Evans with a goal of the season contender curled an effort to the far top corner that Bottomley at full stretch didn’t get close to.
The away side couldn’t match the Shakers but nearly claimed a goal back before the break. Joe Stacey arriving late for a corner placed a shot that Mitch Allen saved at the bottom corner.
After halftime Bury still showed the type of quality that had now seen them score eighteen goals in their last three home matches. Evans cross was met by Robinson but the onrushing Bottomley did enough to block the shot.
Evans and Robinson combined again shortly afterwards and grabbed the fourth goal of the day. Evans from a narrow angle fired in to put the match beyond a doubt.
The search for a fifth goal never stopped. Substitute Anthony Dudley came the closest heading one chance over, another that hit the post and when played in by Graham his left footed volley was brilliantly saved by the Emley keeper.
The 4-0 win underlined another storming performance from the Shakers, though it is a credit to how well they have performed of late that a four goal victory felt almost routine.
View lineups and more in our match centre.
Match highlights to follow
Post match interviews
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Tina Newall, Chair of the Football Supporters’ Society of Bury, and Casey Lynchey, Head of Operations & Community attended the ‘Beyond Matchdays: Celebrating Supporters in the Community’ event on Tuesday, hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Football Supporters and the Football Supporters’ Association.
Tina, who was only one of three speakers, alongside Nick Clarke (Citizens Trust – MCFC) & Hannah Kumari. (Fans for Diversity- FSA), delivered a speech at the event, which can be read in full below:
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The event brought together MPs, the Sports Minister Stephanie Peacock, supporter organisations and representatives from clubs across the football pyramid, from non-league to the Premier League.
Bury was among a number of fan-owned clubs represented at the event, alongside Darlington, Dunstable, Newport County and Scarborough Athletic.
The event focused on the vital role football clubs and supporters play beyond the matchday, with attendees sharing examples of community work covering mental health, food poverty, inclusion, youth development and the use of football facilities for wider community benefit.
Bury’s journey was a key part of the discussion, with Tina speech about the work undertaken by supporters to rebuild the club over the past five years.
The club’s growing community operation was also highlighted, including the year-round use of the 3G pitch, grassroots and recreational football, Sporting Memories, Andy’s Man Club, education and employment opportunities, Baby Ballers, disability and walking football, and school holiday football camps.
For us, the event was an opportunity to showcase what can be achieved when supporters are placed at the heart of a football club and when a club’s role extends far beyond what happens on the pitch.
It was also a chance to share ideas and experiences with supporter organisations from across the game, highlighting the different ways football continues to support and strengthen communities across the country.
The event provided a fitting platform to reflect on how far football in Bury has come since 2019.
Once a club whose future was uncertain, Bury is now a growing, fan-owned football club with a thriving community operation and ambitions to continue building for future generations.
The phrase “Look what happened to Bury” will always form part of our history.
But increasingly, there is a new phrase worth celebrating:
“Look what’s happening at Bury.”
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Last time out, Anthony Johnson’s side slotted eight past Wythenshawe in the Emirates FA Cup, extending our near-perfect record at Gigg Lane.
Bury return to league football sixth in the Northern Premier League Premier Division table, six points behind league leaders Cleethorpes Town.
Our opponents currently sit three points behind in 14th place.
In Opposition – Emley AFC
Founded in 1903 as Emley Clarence FC, the Pewits had a string of successful seasons in the 1960’s, entering the FA amateur cup in the 1968-69 season.
The club joined the Yorkshire League in the late 1960s, winning three titles across the 1970s and 80s.
They reached Wembley in 1998, losing 1-0 in extra-time in the FA Vase final.
Emley also booked their place in the next round of the Emirates FA Cup on Wednesday night after beating Bishop Auckland 2-0 after extra time.
On the Day & In the Ground
Our Matchday @ Gigg guide is available to read to find out everything you need to know going on in and around the ground.
We recommend that supporters purchase tickets online in advance of the match via the ticketing page on our website to avoid queues.
Pay on the gate will also be available.
There is no segregation for this fixture, but Wythenshawe supporters are asked to purchase their tickets here.
Matchday Media Coverage
If you are unable to make it to the action at Gigg Lane, we’ll have all the live coverage across our media platforms.
Live Stream: For this game, there will be a live stream available outside of the UK. This can be purchased online via our brand new stream website Shakers Live via new streaming provider Infinity 21. Match Passes are available for £9.99.
Keep up-to-date with all our video content via the club’s YouTube Channel. Click to subscribe and never miss highlights and match reaction across the season.
Audio Commentary: Roch Valley Radio will be providing commentary for this game. Join the team from the press box at Gigg Lane. Click here ahead of kick-off to listen live. Audio commentary will be provided for every game of the season, so you will never miss a piece of the action.
Social Media: Our team will also bring you in-depth text commentary via the club ‘MatchDay Live‘ Twitter feed, with team news and half time and full time updates available also on Facebook and feel like you are there with our match galleries and imagery available over on Instagram.
Whatever the weather, wherever you are across the globe, we have you covered.
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For just £10 an entry, you could become the proud sponsor of Bury FC First Team Manager Anthony Johnson for the entire 2026/27 season.
One lucky winner will secure the ultimate bragging rights and officially become The Gaffer’s Sponsor for the season.
And if that wasn’t enough, there are two other fantastic prizes up for grabs too…
FIRST PRIZE – SPONSOR THE GAFFER
The winner will become the official sponsor of Anthony Johnson for the 2026/27 season.
Get behind the man at the helm and enjoy the prestige of having your name associated with Bury FC’s manager throughout the campaign.
SECOND PRIZE – SPONSOR THE ASSISTANT MANAGER
The second-place winner will receive the sponsorship of Assistant Manager Tim Lees for the 2026/27 season.
THIRD PRIZE – SIGNED SHIRT
Fancy owning a piece of Shakers memorabilia? Our third-place winner will take home a signed Bury FC shirt, the perfect addition to any Shakers collection.
Whether you’re a lifelong Shaker, a regular at the Salford Van Hire Gigg Lane Stadium or simply want to show your support for the club, this is a fantastic way to get involved.
Enter now, and you could be our 2026/27 Sponsor of the Gaffer!
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