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'''Bury Football Club''' is an [[England|English]] [[football (soccer)|association football]] team based in [[Bury]], [[Greater Manchester]]. The team are currently playing in [[League Two]] in [[The Football League]]. The club's nickname, ''the Shakers'', was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, who at the [[Lancashire Senior Cup|Lancashire Cup]] Final on 23 April 1892 declared, "We'll give 'em a shaking. In fact, we are the Shakers."<ref>[http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/WhyShakers/0,,10422,00.html Why Shakers!!!], Bury F.C. website.</ref>
'''Bury Football Club''' is an [[England|English]] [[football (soccer)|association football]] team based in [[Bury]], [[Greater Manchester]]. The team are currently playing in [[League Two]] in [[The Football League]]. The club's nickname, ''the Shakers'', was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, who at the [[Lancashire Senior Cup|Lancashire Cup]] Final on 23 April 1892 declared, "We'll shake em up". In fact, we are the Shakers."<ref>[http://www.buryfc.co.uk/page/WhyShakers/0,,10422,00.html Why Shakers!!!], Bury F.C. website.</ref>


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 17:40, 30 April 2009

For the team from Bury St Edmunds, see Bury Town F.C.
Bury
File:Bury Badge.png
Full nameBury Football Club
Nickname(s)The Shakers
Founded1885
GroundGigg Lane Stadium
Bury
England
Capacity11,000
ManagerAlan Knill
LeagueLeague Two
2007–08League Two, 13th

Bury Football Club is an English association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team are currently playing in League Two in The Football League. The club's nickname, the Shakers, was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, who at the Lancashire Cup Final on 23 April 1892 declared, "We'll shake em up". In fact, we are the Shakers."[1]

History

The club was formed in 1885 following a meeting at the Waggon and Horses Hotel, between the Bury Wesleyans and Bury Unitarians Football Clubs. After which the club took a lease on a pitch at Gigg Lane, which was originally part of the Earl of Derby's Estate.Gigg Lane's first ever game took place on 12th September 1885 when bury played a Friendly match against Wigan, and won 4-3.

In 1887 the first grandstand was built at Gigg Lane at a cost of £50, also in the same year bury recorded their record defeat, 0-10 v Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup 1st Round.

In 1889 they were founder members of the Lancashire League,in which bury's first ever floodlit game took place on 5th November 1889,when a crowd of 7,000 saw bury defeated 4-5 by Heywood Central.In 1892 bury were Lancashire Challenge Cup Winners, before joining the Football League Second Division in 1894, which they won at the first attempt, being undefeated at home all year, and beating Liverpool in a play-off at Stoke, to go up to the First Division. They beat Liverpool in a play-off to clinch promotion to Football League Division One. They stayed there until 1912.

Bury have won the FA Cup. On 21 April, 1900 they beat Southampton 4-0 at Crystal Palace, and before returning to the London venue in 1903. The second win was achieved without conceding a goal in the entire competition, including a record FA Cup Final score of 6-0 over Derby County on 18 April, which remains the highest ever victory in an FA Cup Final.

In 1906 the South Stand was built at Gigg Lane. And by 1922 the ground was finally handed over to the club from the Earl of Derby as a gift. In 1924 the Main Stand was built, during this period bury's ground was one of the best in the Football League.

In 1923 they were promoted again, and in 1926 they achieved their highest League position ever, fourth in the First Division. But two years later they were relegated and have so far not played top flight football again. Steady decline followed and by 1971, they had reached the Fourth Division for the first time.


The main local rivals of the club are Bolton Wanderers, and there are also fierce, but friendly, rivalries with Oldham Athletic, Rochdale (also know as fail because for over 100 years they have won nothing), Stockport County and Radcliffe Borough F.C..

Bury's official mascot is 'Robbie the Bobby', named in honour of former Prime Minister and creator of the modern police force, Bury born, Sir Robert Peel.

The Bury team pictured in 1892

Bury have produced a large number of players over the years, including Les Hart, Colin Kazim-Richards, Dean Kiely, Terry McDermott, Colin Bell, Neville Southall, Craig Madden, Lee Dixon, David Nugent, Roger Stanislaus, Andy Mangan and Kevin Smith. Perhaps Bury's most famous player was David Adekola, a Nigerian who came to Bury after successfully convincing football officials that he was a former Nigerian international player with top flight experience in Europe, though no records of such claims exist.[2] Their recent history has witnessed some success with youth development, with players such as David Nugent moving onto a Premiership side.

The club's greatest benefactor was Hugh Eaves, a local benefactor under the stewardship of whom Bury were promoted to the second tier of English football. Bury, along with long-fallen former First Division regulars Huddersfield Town and Grimsby Town pushed for a place in the Premiership, only to see their plans being derailed by the financial crisis caused by the collapse of ITV Digital.

In 2001-02, the club was relegated to League Two.

In May 2005, Bury became the first football club to score a thousand goals in each of the top four tiers of the English football league.[3]

On 20 December 2006 they were the first team to ever be thrown out of the F.A. Cup for fielding an ineligible player.[4]

After the FA Cup debacle, Bury failed to win in 16 games, and relegation to the Conference for the first time in the club's history became a possibility. They survived the relegation battle of the 2006/07 season, where a 0-0 draw with Stockport County ensured they would stay up to play another season in League Two.

In Chris Casper, Bury had the League's most up and coming manager. In the past, they have been managed by Graham Barrow, Mike Walsh, Stan Ternent, Neil Warnock and Andy Preece. During the close season, former Lincoln Town manager Keith Alexander was appointed Director of Football.

It was announced on the 14 January 2008 that Casper and Alexander had left the club, the board terminating the pair's contracts simultaneously. A club statement said the pair had "lost the confidence of a large majority of the fans". Chris Brass, formerly the manager of the club's Centre of Excellence, was given the vacant manager's post on a caretaker basis. His first match in charge resulted in a cup upset, the Shakers knocking Norwich City out of the FA Cup in the third round. Despite this early success, results remained inconsistent, and a more full time solution was sought by the board. Famous Bury fans

The Knill era 2008 - present

On 4 February 2008, the club revealed Alan Knill to be their new manager. Knill had made more than 150 appearances for Bury, and also coached the side from 3rd bottom to 2nd position in a few months. He's brought some key players in to the Shaker's promotion push like Efe Sodje, Mike Jones, Elliot Bennett and mainly current captain Steven Dawson.

Leagues

Records

Cups

Players

As of 27 March 2009.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Wayne Brown
2 DF England ENG Paul Scott (captain)
3 DF Northern Ireland NIR David Buchanan
4 DF England ENG Steven Haslam
5 DF England ENG Ben Futcher (vice-captain)
6 DF England ENG Ryan Cresswell
7 MF Ireland EIR Stephen Dawson (vice-captain)
8 MF England ENG Richie Baker
9 FW South Africa RSA Glynn Hurst
10 FW England ENG Andy Bishop
11 MF Ireland EIR Brian Barry-Murphy
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF England ENG Danny Racchi
14 MF England ENG Mike Jones
16 DF Nigeria NGA Efe Sodje
17 DF England ENG Ricky Anane
18 FW England ENG Andy Morrell
19 MF England ENG Jack Dorney
20 GK England ENG Cameron Belford
21 FW England ENG Domaine Rouse
22 FW England ENG Phil Jevons (on loan from Huddersfield Town)
23 MF England ENG Elliott Bennett (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
24 MF England ENG John Welsh (on loan from Hull City)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Paul Morgan (on loan at Macclesfield Town)

Notable Players

Past managers

References

  1. ^ Why Shakers!!!, Bury F.C. website.
  2. ^ Bury Football Club, Talk Football.
  3. ^ "1000 goals for bury". 2005-08-25. Retrieved 2007-10-01. {{cite news}}: Text "publisher BBC News" ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Chester take bury's FA Cup place". BBC News. 2006-12-20. Retrieved 2006-12-20.

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