#HerGameToo: Meet the Team

Our HGT Team, Amy, Nic, Steph, Sam, Kirsty & Cath We met our main Her Game Too Ambassador, now we meet Sam’s support team – Nicola, Kirsty, Cath, Steph and Amy.

We started by asking how they got involved with Her Game Too:

What is your role with Her Game Too and Bury?
Do you think the historical perception of women in football is getting better?
We will continue to build up to our #HerGameToo Weekend ahead of the fixtures, but if you want to be #PartofIt grab a ticket for our game against Lower Breck at Gigg Lane by clicking below:
As always, keep across the latest from the club on the website, X / Twitter & Facebook.
#ShakersTogether | #HerGameToo | #PartofIt
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- March 1

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#HerGameToo Weekend

This weekend our fixtures across both men’s and women’s first team games will celebrate women in football, and in sport in general, as we endorse the ‘Her Game Too‘ message.

The club is affliated with the #HerGameToo movement, an organisation founded in May 2021 with the aim of raising awareness and educating others on the importance of inclusivity and diversity in sports. Their video above, was viewed hundreds of thousands of times and the quest to eliminate sexism in football had begun!

We are proud to be one of hundreds of clubs, in both the professional and semi-professional / grassroots settings, to be affiliated in the UK.

Whilst starting within football, and by a group of female football fans spread across the UK, HerGameToo has resonated significantly across the sporting landscape, with like-minded initiatives now set up covering cricket, rugby and ice hockey. The start of the campaign highlighted the inequality felt, particularly by women, in the stands at football grounds across the country. But this is not limited to football supporters on the terraces, we want to see the same acceptance and inclusion on the pitch and behind the scenes.

We start the build-up to this weekend by introducing the team of ambassadors and advocates for the club, starting with Samantha Harman who volunteers as matchday volunteer co-ordinator at Gigg Lane. Sam sat down with buryfc.co.uk to answer questions around how she got involved with #HerGameToo.
Club #HerGameToo Ambassador, Sam Harman Hello Sam, please can you give a quick introduction of yourself and what involvement you have for Her Game Too?

What is your main goal as the Her Game Too ambassador for Bury FC and what are your hoping to achieve in your role as ambassador for women who go along to football matches at Bury?
The Her Game Too campaign has really taken off, how pleasing is it to see such a campaign for women especially after seeing recent campaigns like Kick It Out and Rainbow Laces?
How did you become aware of the Her Game Too campaign?
Why did you decide to get involved in Her Game Too?
Have you ever been subjected to any kind of sexism at a football match or on social media yourself?
Bury FC Women’s Chloe Greenhall wheels away after scoring at Gigg Lane earlier this season What changes have you seen over the years in the attitudes towards women going to watch football in general?

We have seen women’s football really grow recently especially with the lionesses winning the Euros and being runners-up in the World Cup. How good is that to see?

How good is it to see Bury FC promote women’s football as much as they do with the men’s team?
What would you say to any female fan going to football matches who hear things they don’t want to or who are subjected to any sexist abuse? What would you advise them to do?
It’s not just about highlighting sexism and discrimination towards women at football matches but Her Game Too also promotes women’s participation in football too.
We will continue to build up to our #HerGameToo Weekend ahead of the fixtures, but if you want to be #PartofIt grab a ticket for our game against Lower Breck at Gigg Lane by clicking below:
As always, keep across the latest from the club on the website, X / Twitter & Facebook.
#ShakersTogether | #HerGameToo | #PartofIt
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- February 29

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Treasureline: Week 40

This week’s Treasureline Winners for Week 40 – 28th February 2024 are in! The rollover this week was £500 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 £1000 Rollover BF4638 S NUTTALL £1000 LK0855 G BELL £100 HC3066 S WAKELIN £50 PC5113 MRS HANCOX £50 LJ6453 A DE MASI £25 NE6438 J JONES £25 LL0514 J ATKINSON £10 HB3841 N LANE £10 HK4150 D SHACKLETON £10 HC2412 P WOODGATE £10 BF6417 A RAW £10 SA1978 M GADD £10 HB3431 P BARMBY £10 MN4298 D ELDER £10 HJ0013 R HAMILTON £10 LJ3994 A DEWSNIP £10 GP5384 K CUDMORE 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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- February 28

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Men’s Player Of The Month – February

Dec Daniels (left) was the winner in January In another cracking month of results, we moved up to the top of the league with four wins and a draw. Scoring 10 goals, conceding just four and it could be argued that the players have shared the performances across the games this month.

With goalscorers of Briggs, Daniels, Lowe and Burns all getting on the team sheet, as well as us going on a run of three consecutive clean sheets – so kudos to the defensive line and goalkeeper!

This will make the decision a tight one for supporters, and means your vote will be an all important one!

Who will replace last month’s winner, Dec Daniels, and be presented with a fully liveried Bury FC Hyundai courtesy of BCC Cars for their use for one month as their reward?

Voting closes ahead of kick-off against Lower Breck this Saturday, so VOTE NOW!

Who is your February Player Of The Month? (pick one)
Andy Briggs Harry Brockbank Sam Burns Jordan Butterworth Connor Comber Sam Coughlan Dec Daniels Charlie Doyle Jacob Holland-Wilkinson Oli Jepson Andy Kellett Ollie Kilner Arthur Lomax-Jones Benito Lowe Tom Moore Gaz Peet Billy Reeves Andy Scarisbrick Anton Smith Harry Wright Vote Head of BCC Hyundai, Simon Davis pictured with striker Benito Lowe Bury Football Club would like to thank Simon Davis and Mike Holt for their tremendous support of the club. Simon is pictured with their flagship IONIQ 6, winner of the 2023 ‘World Car of the Year’, ‘World Electric Vehicle’ and ‘World Car Design of the Year’ awards.

We would like to thank them for their commitment to Bury FC. We look forward to working with them in the years to come.

#BuryFC | #ShakersTogether | #PartOfIt
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- February 28

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PITCH INSPECTION: Wythenshawe (H)

After persistent rain this afternoon, we have called a referee in early to inspect the Gigg Lane surface ahead of this evening’s clash with Wythenshawe.
An update will be provided after 5pm once the inspection is completed.
As always, keep across the latest from the club on the website, X / Twitter & Facebook.
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- February 27

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Kit Colour Vote – 2024/26 Away Colours

The time has come to choose your away colours for the 2024/26 seasons.

Our current policy is to rotate kits every two years, to reward supporters for buying replica kits and keep them up-to-date for longer.

As we started the 2023/24 season with two new kits, home and away, we need to break this rule just once so that home and away kits are changed in alternate years. The current away kit will be kept as a third kit.

This means we are now choosing a new away kit for next season, and want help from our members to finalise the design.

For a full preview of colours that you will be voting for later in the week and for more information on how to be #PartOfIt please visit the FSSB page here

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- February 25

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Match Info: WYTHENSHAWE (H), TUE 27th Feb, 7.45pm KO

On Saturday Dave McNabb’s men made it thirteen Nortwest Counties Premier Dvision games undefeated with a 1-0 victory over Glossop North End.

We have been on a run that has seen us score 40 goals, score in every game and keep six clean sheets on our way to the top of the table.

We currently have a three point cushion over second place Wythenshawe Town with a game in hand.

We now focus our attention on their near neighbours and fellow promotion chasers Wythenshawe.

In the reverse fixture earlier in the season the spoils were shared in a one all draw with now former Shaker Shakeel Jones-Griffiths scoring our only goal that evening with Wythenshawe leveling up in the 89th minute with a Sam Dikov penalty.

This promises to be a fantastic display of NWCFL football as well as being a potential six pointer between two of the leagues in form teams!

Get down to Gigg and get behind Dave and the team as we look to extend our lead at the top of the table.

Check out the highlights from the weekends game and Dave McNabbs post match interview below.
Alcohol Sales Resume At Gigg Lane
Restrictions placed on the sale of alcohol during the game have begun to lift. for more information click here
In Opposition – Wythenshawe
Originally founded in 1946 as Wythenshawe Lads’ Club by Reg Gauntlet, a local window cleaner, gathering together a group of kids kicking a ball about in the street, started playing friendlies, held meetings with parents in a wooden hut in the grounds of Cringlewood House, Yew Tree Lane. They then set up home by hiring a room in an old farmhouse in Daine Avenue, Rackhouse. A couple of years later Noel Timpson, of Timpson Shoes, purchased two ex-WW2 Nissen huts and sited them within the farmhouse grounds.

Promotion was gained in May 2018 when the FA allocated the first team to a restructured North West Counties Football League. This meant that the club was competing at semi-professional level for the first time, they finished a creditable fourth in the First Division South in their first season.

In 2019 the first team returned to the national stage when they re-entered the FA Vase. The following season 2020-21, they made their debut in the FA Cup, in the Extra Preliminary Round beat Shelley at home 4-2 in a memorable penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw in 90 mins, exited in the Preliminary Round v. Trafford at home 1-4.

The first full season, 2021-22, following two coronavirus pandemic hit seasons, they reached the NWCFL Division One South play-offs, losing to FC Isle of Man in the semi-finals.
They improved on that the following season, 2022-23, arguably the clubs most successful, with a first team double, winning automatic promotion to the Premier Division by becoming champions, their first ever semi-professional title, then adding the First Division Champions Cup, reserves won the Altrincham District FA Senior Cup, Sunday team champions of the Stockport Sunday League, Division Two. Junior section won a club record 13 trophies.

Sacha Lord, co-founder of the music festival Parklife and The Warehouse Project, in April 2023 joined the Board and installed as Chair in June. Barratt, appointed as Chair in 2019, remained on the Board as Vice-Chair.

In June 2023, the club changed its name, dropping ‘Amateurs’, becoming Wythenshawe Football Club, with the playing name Wythenshawe.
Tickets & Admission

General sale tickets are available online HERE, which includes hospitality tickets in the Main Stand.

We recommend purchasing a ticket ahead of the game to allow us to plan appropriately in the ground.

Please follow requests from volunteers and stewards for directions if unsure.

Prices*: £10 adult, £5 16-18, £3 Under 16s & Free for Under 5s.
1885 Suite: £40* per ticket
* plus booking fees
Buy Tickets HERE Pay on the Gate: Whilst encouraging supporters to buy online ahead of the game, turnstiles will be available to take cash & card payments.

Away Supporters: Visiting supporters will be directed to the Cemetery End entrance.
Season Ticket Holders: We have recognised the requests from some season ticket holders who wish to be sat in the Main Stand, instead of the currently allocated South Stand. The first 250 season ticket holders who wish to watch from the Main Stand, can do so by admission at the turnstile.

Please arrive early to secure your seat, with allocations made on a first-come, first-served basis.

Click here to purchase online tickets. Read here on how to access your tickets digitally.
On the Day & In the Ground
Travel: Gigg Lane is accessible by car and is well served by public transport, please see our page on the TfGM website, which advises the best travel routes to the stadium. Directions can be sourced via Google Maps below.
SatNav Postcode: BL9 9HR
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Parking: Our new car-park policy for the upcoming season is now in force.
Due to the limited space within the car park at Gigg Lane, it is reserved for the following:
Team Playing Staff and Management Match and Competition Officials Club Staff and volunteers transporting matchday equipment Members of the 1885 Suite Sponsors Blue Badge Holders If you have a blue badge or mobility issues please email the club secretary at secretary@buryfc.co.uk at least TWO days before the game. Blue Badge holders shall be prioritised for a parking space.
Entrance to the car park is strictly controlled and includes the areas within and in front of the fenced area. Please contact the Club Secretary with any other related queries.
There is on-street parking in the residential areas surrounding Gigg Lane, with supporters reminded to be respectful and considerate of the local residents at all times, as well as being mindful of and adhering to the parking permit measures in place in close proximity to the ground.
Stadium Entry: Gates will open at 6:30pm.
Our matchday volunteers will be on hand, both outside the turnstiles and inside the ground, to guide supporters to where they need to be. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask those who are there to help the day.
Matchday Programme: You can purchase a programme online now, to collect at the merchandise stall ahead of the game or head to the sellers in and around the ground. Price of £3.

Pound for the Ground: Our ‘Pound for the Ground’ half-time raffle tickets will be on sale in and around the ground, £1 per entry. Sellers accept cash or card, with 40% of the total pot going to the winning ticket with results announced over the PA system and on the scoreboard.

Food / Drink: Our new catering partner, Quirky Catering, operate the kiosks throughout the ground, and are accessible for supporters under the stands. A selection of hot and cold snacks will be available. Alcohol will be unavailable in kiosks for the time being, full details available here. Please respect the advice from stewards on managing this process on the day.
Starkies bar Starkies: For those with tickets in the Main Stand, access to Starkies will be available from when the gates open with drinks required to be consumed in the bar only for the next two games. The bar is limited to a set number and this will be managed by stewards through the day.

After the game, supporters from other areas of the ground can gain access to Starkies via the ground floor entrance in that corner of the ground – subject to the maximum capacity not being exceeded.
Keep #GiggGleaming: With so much work gone into Gigg Lane to get us to this point, we want to keep it that way and a lot of work goes into turning the ground around between games each weekend. We have a team of volunteers lined up to clean the stands following the game.

With this in mind, we urge all supporters to make sure any rubbish is processed in the correct manner, using the available bins where necessary, or if possible please take any rubbish away with you.
Designated Smoking Areas: Supporters are not allowed to smoke / vape anywhere within the stands at Gigg Lane. Designated areas are set aside to do this, follow guidance from stewards on this and only smoke / vape within these areas.
#NonLeagueDogs: For now, dogs are NOT permitted in the ground.
Match Coverage & Live Stream
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, 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. 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 score-line 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!
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- February 25

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