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    Legends Q&A: Lee Bracey

    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 game after the Bolton game, manager Mike Walsh turned to Bracey and gave him a route back into the Football League following Halifax’s relegation into the Conference the season before. His Bury debut was the second leg of the League Cup tie and after the Wanderers drew the tie level in normal time, the match went to a penalty shootout. Bracey saved the first penalty, taken by former Shakers hero David Lee, though the visitors went on to claim victory.
     
    Penalties were something of a speciality of Bracey’s during his time at Bury. While he was at Swansea City, he saved a Liam Robinson spot kick on a snow-covered Gigg Lane pitch in February 1991 and he continued this fine form from 12 yards with saves in the home win versus S¿¿¿¿horpe United and two in the same game at Doncaster Rovers’ tumbledown Belle Vue, in a game which Bury won 3-1.
     

    Bracey played every game for the remainder of the 1993/94 season but the following two seasons saw him as second choice following Kelly’s recovery. However, he always stepped up to the plate when he was needed across those two campaigns including in such crucial games as the FA Cup second round match versus Crewe at Gresty Road in which Bury shocked their opponents from the division above their own.
     
    After Kelly’s departure, Lee remained second choice following Dean Kiely’s arrival. He did not make any appearances in the 1996/97 season and after the Shakers sealed the Division Two championship he moved to Ipswich Town for a fee of £40,000. He later played for Hull City, where he saw out his Football League days.
     
    Credit: Greater Manchester Police

    While first training and subsequently working as a constable for Greater Manchester Police, Essex boy Lee turned out for a number of non-league clubs in the north including Chorley and Rossendale United. He has settled in the area with his wife Claire and their two boys and it will be a pleasure to welcome back this fans’ favourite.
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    Match Info: Avro (A), Sat 17th Aug, 3pm KO

    Wow! Bury go into their FA Cup preliminary round match at Avro on Saturday with confidence sky high after a thumping 7-1 league victory at Abbey Hey on Tuesday.
     
    The Shakers needed a good performance after the tame home draw against Irlam at Gigg Lane last weekend. And they lived up to their nickname with six goals in an amazing second half.
     
    The goal-fest began with a rapid-fire hat-trick in 10 minutes from Reuben Jerome, followed by goals Rustam Stepan (71), Cameron Fogarty (80) and Efe Ambrose (92).    
     
    There was little warning of what was to come in the first half, when Bury’s dominance was rewarded by just one goal from Bebeto Gomes on 13 minutes.
     
    The victory keeps them just two points behind leaders Charnock Richard, and gives them a goal difference of 10 – not bad after just four league games!
        In Opposition – Avro

    Avro FC have won one and lost one of their first two games in the  Northern Premier League West Division. After a 1-0 victory at home to Atherton Collieries on Saturday they lost by the same score at Wythenshawe Town on Tuesday. There was a touch of irony there, because Town were promoted last season via the NWCL premiership play-offs at Bury’s expense.

     
    This is the Oldham club’s second season in the NPL. They started life in 1936 at the Failsworth factory of aircraft builder A V Roe. The club joined the Manchester League in 1954. They were promoted to the league’s Premier Division exactly half a century later. They topped the division in 2010 and held on to the title in the following season.
     
    A big step forward came in 2017 when they left their Failsworth base and moved to a newly-built stadium in Oldham. For several years they shared the ground – now called the Vestacare Stadium – with the Oldham rugby league club. It has a 4G artificial turf pitch.

    In 2018, Avro were promoted to the North West Counties League Division One North, and the following year went up to the Premier Division after finishing second.  

     
    Tickets
    Purchase your tickets in advance here


    This game is ALL TICKET – no pay on the day will be available.

     
    On the Day & In the Ground
    Travel by Train: Mainline Rail – Manchester Victoria or Moston. Metrolink – Hollinwood (20 mins walk)


    Travel by public bus:  180 from Oldham Street (Stop A) Manchester city centre, to Hollins Rd/Oak Rd then walk 5 minutes down Oak Rd to stadium.


    Driving: M60 J22 then A62 towards Manchester/Failsworth. First left onto Hollins Rd – signposted Oldham South and Hollinwood. Follow Hollins Rd to junction with Oak Rd – just before petrol station – then Oak Rd to Whitebank Rd.

    SatNav Postcode: OL8 3JH

    WhatThreeWords: ///trace.lists.older
     

      Parking: Parking is available adjacent to White Bank Road (West Side of the Stadium), and beyond there is an overflow carpark.

    Parking – The Vestacare Stadium

    Please park considerately and think of local residents.
      Inside The Ground: There will also be our two main bars, and food area, in addition, there will be some temporary concessions around the Stadium.
     
    #NonLeagueDogs: Dogs aren’t allowed in the ground on Saturday.
      Match Coverage & Live Stream
    If you are unable to make it to the action, we’ll have all the live coverage across our media platforms.
      Live Stream: For this game, we will have no live stream. 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. 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.
      Up the Shakers!
      #ShakersTogether | #BuryFC | #PartofIt
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    Treasureline: Week 12

    This week’s Treasureline Winners for Week 12 – 14th August 2024 are in! The rollover this week was £1500 and remember it can reach up to a life-changing £10,000!!

    Want to be part of it? Join here
    Prize Draw No. Members Name £1500 Rollover NJ0825 NO WINNER £1000 SB5255 E SHUFFLEBOTHAM £100 LL0114 T TOWLER £50 HA2402 R SOLWAY £50 RP5399 P OWENS £25 SB5835 J PEDDER £25 HM0270 R CALLISTER £10 HL2381 G THOMAS £10 LL3751 S LUNN £10 PB2520 J WOODMAN £10 LL0381 J BROWN £10 NQ3224 S WESTWOOD £10 RQ1480 P BURROW £10 NG3636 A KEERS £10 LL4095 D ROBERTSHAW £10 RA1317 E SCHOFIELD £10 RQ4395 C OAKLEY Bury FC is a partner of NYCDA and a beneficiary of the NYCDA Weekly Draw. Gambling Commission account number 5166. Registered Office: 1-2 Frecheville Court, Bury, BL9 0UF. Responsible Person: Mr M Brocklehurst. For more information, please visit www.nycdaweeklydraw.co.uk/treasureline.
     
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    FANS’ STORIES REQUIRED – ‘GOING TO THE MATCH’

    The team at Bury Art Museum are asking for Bury FC fans to put pen to paper and write down your personal stories of why you support the Shakers.


    How did you come to support the club?  Did your parents / grandparents support Bury? What was your first ever match?  What are your best memories of supporting the Shakers?  What does the club mean to you and your family?
     
    These memories and stories  will be included in a booklet  which will be available for everyone to read at an exhibition “Going To The Match” which will be held at the Art Museum from 4th October 2024 through to 1st March 2025. 
     
    If you would like to take part, please email your stories (no longer than 350 words) in Word format before the deadline of 26th August to artgallery@bury.gov.uk    
     
    The focal point of the exhibition will be LS Lowry’s masterpiece ‘Going to the Match’, the 1953 painting which depicts fans arriving for a Bolton Wanderers game at Burnden Park.
     
    The exhibition will focus on football fans and will include iconic photographs of football fans from various north-west clubs, including Bury, Manchester United, Manchester City, Everton, Liverpool, Oldham and Bolton.  There will also be various interesting Bury FC historical and fan-related items on display at the exhibition.
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