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Yes, they’re a club with a great history and in a higher league. But we have already seen off three teams from a higher division in earlier rounds and have nothing to fear.
And another Yes – we struggled against Isle of Man last weekend. But that last kick draw with two of our players in the sin bin boosted morale on and off the pitch. And we go into this cup game on the back of a thoroughly professional 4-2 win at Glossop Town on Tuesday.
The Glossop game proved the value of having a squad of players with strength in depth. Three changes enabled some to be rested and added fresh legs to a group of players who’d had a tough weekend.
In Opposition – Blyth Spartans
Despite a stunning history dating back to 1889, the Northumberland coastal town team are struggling in the Northern Premier League. They have won only one and drawn two of their eight games, and currently lie second to bottom.
Getting through to this round of the cup was a struggle after they went one down in their Wednesday night home replay against Yorkshire amateur side Campion AFC. Blyth equalised in the second half, but the game went into extra time even after the Bradford team’s goalkeeper was shown a red card. They finally ran out 3-1 winners.
The 1-1 draw in Bradford last Saturday was David Stockdale’s first match as interim manager. Afterwards, he said: “The main thing for me was the character that came out of it…Nobody is going to say it was a great performance, but it was a good performance in terms of character and determination, which is what I asked of them.”
Stockdale has since been installed as permanent first team manager. Click here to read more.
Tickets
This game is ALL TICKET & SEGREGATED for AWAY Supporters – click HERE to purchase
Ticket Prices:
Adults: £12.00 Concessions (Over 65): £7.00 11-16 year olds / Students: £5.00 U10’s: Free
Tickets subject to booking fee.
Programme Price: £2
Travel & Parking
Our Supporters Coaches are SOLD OUT – departing Gigg Lane at 10am.
Travel by Train: The nearest railway station is Cramlington, which is served by trains from Newcastle Central and Morpeth. However, Cramlington is located five miles away from Croft Park and a taxi from here will cost you approximately £11.50 (Phoenix Taxis).
Travel by Bus: You can take an X9 bus half hourly from Cramlington to Blyth, this takes approximately 40 minutes. An alternative might be to get off at Newcastle Central Station and take a 20 minute walk to Haymarket Bus Station and take an X10/X11 to Blyth. This journey takes roughly 1 hour.
Travel by Car:
From the North
From the A189 (Spine Road) take the A193 (Cowpen Road) exit and follow this into Blyth, continue on the A193 as it becomes The Broadway. Continue on the A193 at The Broadway Circle roundabout and take the next left on to Plessey Road. The ground will be on your left.
From the South
Exit the A19 onto the A189 (Spine Road) at the Annitsford Roundabout. After two miles exit onto the A1061 (signed A192 Seaton Delaval, Cramlington and Blyth Beach. Follow the A1061 for approximately three miles and exit left onto the A193. Turn right at the second roundabout onto Plessey Road as above.
Parking is freely available on the surrounding streets but please park sensibly and respect the local residents.
In the Ground
Facilities:
Segregation is rarely in place but for high profile games visiting supporters are accommodated in the Plessey Road Stand where up to 1,200 fans can be housed in this covered terrace. In addition, a number of seats will also be made available in The Port Of Blyth Stand. Refreshments in the ground are usually supplied from a burger van which serves chips and burgers.
Sat Nav Postcode: NE24 3JE
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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!
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Crewe Alexandra currently sit 7th in the table, one place behind Bury. Out of five games played in the season, Crewe have had their highs and lows with three losses against Curzon Ashton (0-2) and (3-1) and Wythenshawe (6-0). The team has also secured two wins, against Fleetwood Town Wrens (4-3) and Tranmere Rovers (4-1).
Last season saw Bury both win and lose against Crewe, with the Shakers winning 3-2 back in January and experiencing a 2-0 defeat in April.
Come and get behind the girls on Sunday as they look to regain their successful start-of-season streak and secure another three points. Entry via turnstile (West Stand) from 1pm.
Cost: £3 adults//£1 children
Parking: limited – spaces are first come first served
Address: Bury Football Club, Gigg Lane, BL9 9HU
Please note, this match has a 200 person capacity, and the kiosk will be open for food and drink. Starkies Bar will be open following the game.
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First of all, we’d like to thank all fans who sponsored a player from down the years.
We’re currently working with our Heritage Committee to create the 15 history panels that will be interjected into the player panels, matching the relevant players to the correct era.
Once designed we will publish each history panel and open these up for sponsorship.
We’re hoping to launch the Legends Wall at our first home game in October.
Thanks for your continued support on this project.
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Ben Hockenhull equalised in the sixth minute of stoppage time, after Sean Doyle opened the scoring for the Ravens 11 minutes into the second half.
The fans were in fine voice in the Manx’s capital, after hundreds made the trip across the Irish Sea for the second time this calendar year. Luckily with no delays this time!
You can watch Dave McNabb’s post match interview following that last gasp point at the Douglas Bowl below.
It’s the second away game of four in this run of fixtures. We head to Blyth at the weekend and then Ramsbottom, but focus for now is on Glossop North End.
Full information is available below.
In Opposition – Glossop North End
The club was founded in 1886 and joined the North Cheshire League four years later. Glossop spent two seasons each in The Combination and the Midland League, before moving to North Road and being elected into the Football League Second Division in 1898. Having been promoted in the 1898–99 season, they spent one season in the First Division. During this period the club was bankrolled by Sir Samuel Hill-Wood, who was later to become chairman of Arsenal. The club retains some connections with Arsenal. Glossop were relegated in 1900 and spent the next fifteen seasons in the Second Division, before exiting the Football League during World War I.
Post-war, they spent 1920 to 1957 in the Manchester League, being crowned champions in 1927–28. They moved from the Lancashire Combination back to the Manchester League in 1966, and then spent four seasons in the Cheshire County League from 1978 before the North West Counties was formed in 1982 in which Glossop were founder members, they had a 33-year stint in the league before winning the Premier Division title at the end of the 2014–15 campaign. They were beaten finalists in the FA Vase in 2009 and 2015.
In April 2023 GNE were relegated from Step 4 after a period of eight years, ending manager Stuart Mellish’s two-year stint at the helm. Michael Worthington was appointed as manager in the summer of 2023 as the Hillmen head into their first season back in the NWCFL.
Last season they finished 21st in the table – won 11, drawn 10, lost 25. Both Bury & Glossop won their respective league home game last season.
Tickets
This game is ALL TICKET for AWAY Supporters – click HERE to purchase
Ticket Prices:
Adults: £10.00 Concessions & Students With Valid ID: £6.00 U16’s: £2.00
Tickets subject to booking fee.
Programme Price: £2
Travel & Parking
Travel by Train: Trains depart every 30 minutes, between Manchester Piccadilly & Glossop.
Travel by Bus: Stagecoach 237 stops on the main road A57, a short walk to the ground.
Travel by Car: From M67 follow A57 signposted Glossop/Sheffield. On approaching Town Centre turn left at traffic lights by Tesco Store into Glossop Brook Road, continue up the hill to the ground. For Sat/Nav enter Glossop Brook Road for easiest access to ground.
In the Ground
Facilities :
Bar & Clubhouse with Wheelchair access
Our Famous ‘Pie Hut’ selling all the classic matchday scran!
Covered Standing & Seating Areas
Disabled Toilet Facilities Inside The Clubhouse.
Sat Nav Postcode: SK13 7AJ
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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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We’re once again heading across in our numbers with travel plans having been in place for many fans since the day the fixtures came out in July. For those who are traveling to the game, do check out the travel guide provided for supporters to take in all the best aspects of the island whilst they are there. Click here to read.
If you’re unable to head across the Irish Sea, make sure you check out the Live Stream broadcast of the game which is provided by the hosts. This can be purchased from the ticket link here. We’re also streaming this in Starkies, to purchase a ticket, click here.
We head into the fixture on a run of 11 unbeaten matches (as we did going into this fixture last year) and picked up a win at home to South Liverpool on Tuesday night.
Following Tuesday’s win, we caught up with Debutant Ben Hockenhull, Man of the Match Bryan Ly and goalkeeper coach Sam Ashton.
Opponents – FC Isle of Man
FC Isle of Man was founded in 2020 and is a community-based football club which represents the island as a whole.
The Ravens were officially accepted into the English non-league pyramid for the 2020/21 season. However, due to Covid restrictions and border controls into the island, the club were temporarily suspended from the league as it was not possible to fulfil all their fixtures by 31st May 2021, as required by the English FA.
Subsequently the season as a whole was eventually suspended due to further Covid outbreaks in early 2021 and the 2021/22 season became their first in the non-league system.
Despite going top of the division temporarily in February after a dramatic 4-3 victory over eventual league champions West Didsbury, the Ravens ultimately finished second in the league but were promoted at the first attempt after defeating New Mills in the play-off final in front of more than 3,000 spectators at the Bowl.
Current manager, Paul Jones, stepped in to take the top job permenantly in February 2023 after a period as interim manager. The club’s first manager Chris Bass left in the November before, following a difficult start to life in Step 5. Their first season in the Premier Division in 2022-23 however ended in consolidation, with a 13th place finish after a strong end to the season.
The Ravens go into the weekend in 12th place in the league, with three wins, two draws and four draws from their opening nine matches. The Ravens picked up a 3-1 win in their most recent fixture on the mainland against Prestwich Heys on Tuesday night.
Tickets
Advance tickets for this game are now on sale here from our hosts:
Adults – £10 Concessions (Over 60 / Under 16) – £5 Junior (5-11 years) – £3 Child (under 5) – FREE Hospitality – £45 (inc VIP seats, food, drinks and programme)
The ground will be segregated to manage what is being anticipated a large crowd on Saturday evening. Visting supporters will be directed to Gate B at the north end of the ground. Follow stewards advice in and around the ground at all times.
Only a limited number of seats within the away section will be under cover, so keep an eye on the weather forecast and come prepared!
Travel & Parking
Ground: The Douglas Bowl
Address: Peel Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM2 1AD
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Driving: From Douglas – proceed along Lord Street, then Peel Road, turn left at traffic lights into Pulrose Road, the ground is on the right and access to the the car park is the first turning on the right.
Parking: A large car park is accessible free adjacent to the ground.
Nearest Railway: N/A
Nearest Bus Route to Ground: From Lord Street, Douglas, take Nr 1A bus to Power Station
From Isle of Man Airport – take Nr 1 bus to Power Station Shelter, Douglas
On the day: There are no Bar Facilities at the ground and no alcohol is permitted to be consumed within the ground. Food & drink kiosks will be available, with supplier ‘Fork It’ providing burgers, pies, pasties alongside a range of hot and cold drinks in the away end.
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: Our hosts FC Isle of Man will be providing a live stream broadcast of the game for a fee of £6. This can be purchased here.
Courtesy of FC Isle of Man, the club is also hosting the showing of the game at Gigg Lane in both Starkies. Full details are here.
Highlights will be provided post-match and 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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