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Player Update – Tom Stewart

We can confirm the departure of goalkeeper Tom Stewart.
 
The 28 year old joined the club in the summer from Lancaster City. 
 
  He made eight appearances, including two big FA Cup wins at Congleton & Avro. 
 
We’d like to thank Tom for his contributions and wish him well for the future. 
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Book the 3G Pitch at Gigg Lane, the home of Bury FC! 

Looking for a premier venue to host your next game or training session? Look no further! Gigg Lane offers a brand new, state of the art 3G pitch that is perfect for all your footballing needs.

One of the world’s oldest professional football stadiums, Gigg Lane has been home to Bury Football Club since it was built in 1885 and now it’s your chance to play on the pitch.

Since the pitch installation was completed last month, we’ve started to see all 28 Bury FC adult, junior and community teams in their new home for training and matches, whilst also welcoming other local grassroots junior and adult clubs such as Unsworth, Prestwich, Westbury and Totty Robins.

Please ensure you read and adhere to our footwear rules – keeping our pitch in the best possible condition is essential.  
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Match Info: Radcliffe (A), Sat 28th Sept, 3pm KO

Home victories over Stockport Town in the league and Burscough in the Isuzu FA Vase second qualifying round take our unbeaten run to 17 games. And that’s not to mention third place in the NW Counties league table with games in hand.
 
It all provides an excellent springboard for our dive into the deep waters of the game against supreme rivals Radcliffe.
 
But the Shakers made many fans shake with fear by conceding a late, late goal in the one-sided game against Town on Tuesday. Rustam Stepans had scored from a penalty on 55 minutes, and a second goal from Sam Coughlan on the stroke of 90 finally seemed to have clinched it.
 
But three minutes later Harley Monaghan sparked a scary ending but a satisfactory 2-1 result.
 
Goals from Ruben Jerome, Ben Hockenhull and Rustam Stepans made the Isuzu FA Vase second qualifying round win against Burscough on Saturday a complete contrast. It seemed all over by half-time. And so it was: 3-0.

Highlights and post-match interviews from Tuesday’s win are available on our YouTube channel (links below)
    In Opposition – Radcliffe
It’s not been a good start in the Vanarama National League North for newly-promoted Radcliffe. They’re currently bottom: played 8, won 0, drawn 4, lost 4.
 
The 2-1 away win against Warrington in the Emirates FA Cup second qualifying round will have given morale at the club a hefty boost. And they will be hoping for another when they take on Bury at the Neuven Stadium in the third qualifying round.
 
The game will have special resonance for 37-year-old Nicky Adams, who played for Bury during his long career in league football.
 
Radcliffe football club came into being as Radcliffe Borough in 1949. It was a bitter blow for many in the town when it became part of Bury Metropolitan Borough in 1974. And that may explain why it took so long for the club to drop “Borough” from its title – in 2018.        
  Tickets
This game is SOLD OUT & ALL TICKET for AWAY Supporters.

Tickets can be collected from main reception between 1pm & 7pm on Thursday, and between 1pm & 5pm on Friday.

Please show your QR code to collect your ticket.
  Travel & Parking
Address: Neuven Stadium, Colshaw Close E, Radcliffe, Manchester M26 3PE (WhatThreeWords – ///energetic.crowned.kicks
 
  Public Transport: The 98 Bus is the only direct bus route, running from Bury Town Centre to outside the Neuven Stadium.

Nearest Tram Stop: Radcliffe. After arriving at Radcliffe Tram Station, turn left out of the car park and walk straight to the top of the road (Spring Lane) at the traffic lights, turn right pass the Royal Oak Pub and follow the road until the next set of traffic lights near Tesco. Turn Right and head up Ainsworth Road, until you reach the Victoria Pub. Turn left onto Lowe Street and the Neuven Stadium is at the end of the road on the right turning into Colshaw Close East. The journey takes around 20 minutes.

Driving: M60 junction 17 follow signs for Whitefield and Bury. Take A665 to Radcliffe via by-pass to Bolton Road. Signposted to turn right into Unsworth Street. The Neuven Stadium is on the left approximately half a mile turning into Colshaw Close East. Enter M26 3PE for those using Sat Navs.

Parking: There is no parking for fans on the Neuven Stadium’s ground, alternative parking is available at the Cricket Ground which is a 5-minute walk away or street parking, obviously goes without saying please be respectful to our neighbours and do not park inappropriately and/or in front of driveways.

Ground Facilities: This fixture will be separated between home & away supporters. There will be a food van which serves the likes of chips, burgers, hot dogs etc, hot and cold drinks. There is an outside bar which serves a range of beers.
  Match Coverage & Live Stream
If you are unable to make the game, 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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Recruitment Update – September 2024

Our Head of Recruitment Jimmy Holmes has provided the following update for supporters:

We are now 2 months into the season. I just wanted to provide an update on the new squad with an insight into how we’ve gone about it.
 
From day one at Bury FC my job was to help build a squad that could compete at the top end of the table and ultimately gain promotion, but also go on and progress up to the next league once we get there.
 
Previously the club had a high turnover of players throughout the past 4 seasons. We wanted to change this and add in players for the long term.
 
The next stage was to take what the club had from last season. We only had a handful of players that had committed so we had to build an entirely new squad.
 
We had a number of key targets that had been watched on numerous occasions that we wanted to bring to the club so when we made our approach we were fully confident in the player.
 
They are a brand new squad that will take time to fulfill its potential with an average age of 23. It was part of our plan to also build a squad that is younger. Long term we don’t want to have a relatively high average age & we don’t want to be having to re-build like in previous years.
 
We have a clear plan on how we want to get there. Even if it isn’t always easy to bring the right players into Bury FC it’s important that the individual players we sign can identify with our path. Players who can handle the pressure of playing for Bury FC but who can also handle the expectations week in week out.
 
Players that can go on a journey with the club, identify with fans and be ready for the next challenge when the club gets there. We want to invest in these players now so the rewards will come later down the road after making 50/100/150 appearances for the club. That is something unique at these levels of football. If you want to build something, you have to think two or three years ahead.
 
Most of the players are of an age, so that in one, two or three years they will still be at a good footballer’s age and everyone’s goal is to move forward with the club.
 
The purpose of good recruitment is to find players who fit a team’s style of play before anyone else realises how good they are clubs can also look for undervalued players. We wanted to bring into the club players that the fans might not have heard about before. New players that we believe can go and take the club on to another level. Players who may not have played in a certain position before who we can develop and fit into our system & style of play.
 
If the players individually and squad collectively keep their levels high it’s going to be a pleasure to watch them moving forward.
 
We don’t want to copy other clubs we want to recruit the best talent for our club and be unique.
 
Jimmy Holmes.
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Treasureline: Week 18

This week’s Treasureline Winners for Week 18 – 25th September 2024 are in! The rollover this week was £500 and remember it can reach up to a life-changing £10,000!!

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Tony Bartley: 1938-2024

Tony Bartley, 8th March 1938 – 22nd September 2024
  Tony Bartley’s football career may have begun with Bury’s traditional local rivals, Bolton Wanderers, but it was Gigg Lane and the Shakers’ supporters with whom he shared a mutual love for the rest of his life.

Lance Corporal Bartley played for the Wanderers during his national service in 1956/57 but arrived at Gigg in 1958 via a spell at his hometown club, Stalybridge Celtic.

It was the beginning of a seven-year association during which time he was part of one of the most affectionately-remembered squads of the club’s history: the 1960/61 Third Division champions who blasted 108 goals on their way to the second tier.
 
Flying down the left wing, fans of his vintage remember a tenacious, hard-working winger who also weighed in with his fair share of goals, particularly against Stoke City against whom Tony once scored a winner in a match when he shared the pitch with Stanley Matthews. He also found the net in games versus Newcastle, Sunderland, Chelsea and Leeds.

With never a hair out of place, he is also remembered for his interactions with his fans, sitting on the perimeter walls of the Boys’ Stand, the South Stand or the Main Stand and joking with supporters as he readied himself to deliver a corner into the opposition area.

Ever-present in the 1962/63 season when the harsh winter derailed Bury’s promotion push to the top flight resulting in an eighth-place finish in the Second Division, Tony also played in the game in which Brian Clough sustained his career-ending injury. Years later, the two met again after a game at Blackburn Rovers at which Clough had been managing Nottingham Forest. Clough’s broad smile in the photographic evidence of the meeting is testament to how you couldn’t help be captivated by Tony’s simple joy in life.
    Spells at Oldham and Chesterfield followed before a move across the Irish Sea to Sligo Rovers as player-manager, but it was always Bury that remained his true footballing love. The emotional video interview he gave to the club during the COVID-19 lockdown highlighted how upset he was at the club’s fate, and also how fondly remembered he was by supporters.
   
It was incredible to be able to welcome Tony back to the ground he loved for the game against Wythenshawe in March 2024.

His daughter Lisa remembers how his breath was taken away when he got out of the car and saw the Main Stand before he shouted his familiar cry of ‘Up the Shakers!’ It was, she says, a day of which he enjoyed every second.

Devoted to his family, Tony is survived by his wife Sybil whom he married while a Shaker in the 1960 close season, Lisa and her brothers Anthony and John, his eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.


Go well, Tony Bartley. You loved us and we loved you.
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