Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
Will the Sun or the Daily Star have the back page headlines 'Dead and Bury(ied)' this morning? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49451896
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Slick
Guru
Yeah, they probably will. My only real surprise is it hasn't happened sooner but I still think Bury will find away back in some form by next season.
Paulus
Started young, and still going.
But in what league would that be?
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
Talking about this down the pub last,.the question of what'll happen to Gigg Lane came up.
I know that when the same thing happened to Accy in 1962 the ground was just left to decay for years until it was demolished on safety grounds, The land is still a football/playing field as it belongs to a next door school. Will the owner of what was Fury FC sell the land for development? It's not much good for anything else is it? I don't think a reformed 'AFC Bury' or whatever could afford to run and maintain such a large ground,at lower non league level.
Another question was asked. Which league club will now take over the title of having the shortest name in the league? Without looking it up we got quite a few 7 lettered names, but none with just 6.,so it's almost certain there are non with just 5 letters in their full name.
I know that when the same thing happened to Accy in 1962 the ground was just left to decay for years until it was demolished on safety grounds, The land is still a football/playing field as it belongs to a next door school. Will the owner of what was Fury FC sell the land for development? It's not much good for anything else is it? I don't think a reformed 'AFC Bury' or whatever could afford to run and maintain such a large ground,at lower non league level.
Another question was asked. Which league club will now take over the title of having the shortest name in the league? Without looking it up we got quite a few 7 lettered names, but none with just 6.,so it's almost certain there are non with just 5 letters in their full name.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
Probably right at the bottom,at this level.....
https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/divisions/13/
My home town team www.greatharwoodtown.co.uk/index.html was kicked out of that league some 12/13 years ago for not having the basic requirement of changing rooms and floodlights,following an arson attack at the ground.
All that league asks is that you have changing facilities and floodlights. If a reformed Bury can find a ground with both they could reform.
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Dave7
Legendary Member
Does "Pool" not count ?
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
No, because officially it has a 'The' in front of it.
Some non football fan seriously suggested PNE,thinking that was their official title.
vickster
Legendary Member
Or ‘Scum’ for the Manchester team in red
MarkF
Guru
A couple of points.
Nobody's legs fell off and Bury FC is not finished, with their support base they'll have an easier time getting going again than Halifax and Aldershot. both of whom were quickly back at the level at which they went pop. I see Darlington have quickly risen too. A Phoenix Bury wont start "at the bottom", you can't have 500/1000 away fans turning up at another club used to crowds of 50. Common sense will prevail and they'd start at a decent level.
Bury have had at least two squads over the recent seasons that no lower league football fan viewed as anything but shoot or bust. Bad ownership + fans turning a blind eye = this.
Nobody's legs fell off and Bury FC is not finished, with their support base they'll have an easier time getting going again than Halifax and Aldershot. both of whom were quickly back at the level at which they went pop. I see Darlington have quickly risen too. A Phoenix Bury wont start "at the bottom", you can't have 500/1000 away fans turning up at another club used to crowds of 50. Common sense will prevail and they'd start at a decent level.
Bury have had at least two squads over the recent seasons that no lower league football fan viewed as anything but shoot or bust. Bad ownership + fans turning a blind eye = this.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
I see Dean Saunders has been a nobber and earned himself a prison sentence.
Good.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-49497817
Good.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-49497817
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
Bury's demise does not matter a jot outside of Bury, despite all the hand wringing and crocodile tears. A club from the National League will vacate the hole they left in the EFL and that scenario will repeat all the way down to the lowest of the feeder leagues. So we lose one financial basket case from the EFL and make quite a few other clubs very happy at their promotion.
A harsh judgement, but that's the way it works folks.
Dave7
Legendary Member
But he wasnt drunk.
He was just confused.
Slick
Guru
Obviously non league would be the obvious answer but I think they could be allowed to restart at the lowest league next season if other conditions are met. A lot still to be decided though.
