We are delighted to confirm that Bury Football Club will be back playing at Gigg Lane for the new season. The FA have now confirmed that the name Bury Football Club can be used in competition, and a squad is ready to start the 2023/24 season in the North West Counties Football League Premier Division....Read More
As indicated within the ratification vote on Friday (view results here), the two societies Shakers Community and Bury FC Supporters Society will now amalgamate to form a joint society which will mean that competitive men’s football will again feature at Gigg Lane from this summer. As outlined in the Interim Board’s first address following...Read More
Statement on Vote Result We are pleased to announce that the confirmatory vote for the amalgamation has been passed by both societies and we can now move on to the next stage of the process to apply to use the playing name Bury Football Club and progress the legal work required to amalgamate...Read More
Bury Football Club Supporters Society would like to thank all fans who voted on the future of your club. A fan owned club is nothing without its loyal fans, you are all valued and have a part to play. Under Section 111 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 this resolution...Read More
As we approach the conclusion of the amalgamation vote we would like to remind members of both societies of the process should the amalgamation be approved. Shakers Community Society had just over 1400 eligible voters and Bury FC Supporters’ Society had around 1300. These are big numbers in the context of fan ownership, and turnouts...Read More
In this coming weeks the future of football in Bury at a professional level will be decided by members of the original supporters and members of Bury AFC. The fact that the benefactors have secured Gigg Lane was thought it would be a catalyst to join both groups of supporters. The original aim when Bury...Read More
Bury FC Supporters Society and the Bury FC Benefactors wish to make the following joint statement. Since the Benefactors and the Government grant enabled Gigg Lane to be saved, the Society and Benefactors have worked tirelessly to bring Bury FC back to life at Gigg Lane in the form of a fan-run club that will...Read More
We welcome the announcement of a 2nd merger vote and as before we wholeheartedly support a positive vote to merge. In the previous vote we highlighted how neither Society can prosper in competition with each other. Since then Bury AFC has enjoyed a competitive and successful season however the shortcomings of sharing a ground...Read More
Introduction The result of the previous vote in October was sufficient to prevent the amalgamation of the two societies, but the sheer weight of opinion in favour of an amalgamation, across the majority of all supporters, encouraged us to try and make this amalgamation happen. We are as committed as ever to making the project...Read More
This weeks results are in! The rollover this week was £1000 and remember it can reach up to a life changing £10,000!! To join please follow the link HERERead More
