29 Facts About Bury FC

1.

Bury FC do not include the tie in their complete FA Cup record.

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2.

Bury FC's words were popularised by the media and the club subsequently adopted the term as their official nickname.

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3.

In 1900 and 1903, Bury FC won the FA Cup, scoring ten goals in the two finals without conceding any.

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4.

Bury FC's run to the final was remarkable in that they were drawn away from home in every round but won through with victories over Burnley, Notts County, cup holders Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest.

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5.

En route to the final against Derby County, Bury FC defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sheffield United, Notts County and Aston Villa.

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6.

Bury FC scored three goals in four minutes just before the hour was up and their sixth after 76 minutes.

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7.

Bury FC remained sole holders of the record until the 2019 final in which Manchester City defeated Watford by the same score.

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8.

Bury FC was in charge when the team were relegated in 1912 and stayed on until 30 April 1915 when he was dismissed because of the club's lack of income in wartime.

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9.

Bury FC have not played in the top flight since relegation back to the Second Division in 1929.

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10.

Striving to recover First Division status, Bury FC had four top six finishes in Division Two in the 1930s.

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11.

Bury FC were close to relegation from the Second Division several times after the war.

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12.

Bury FC transferred to Manchester City in 1966 and Bury were relegated the following season.

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13.

Bury FC came close to promotion from the Third Division in both 1990 and 1991 when they finished fifth and seventh respectively to qualify for the play-offs.

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14.

Bury FC were back in the play-offs again in 1995 after finishing fourth.

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15.

Bury FC were relegated to fourth-tier Division Three at the end of that season.

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16.

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

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17.

In December 2012, Bury FC were placed under a transfer embargo after falling into financial difficulty as a result of poor attendance figures, and ended up being relegated at the end of the season.

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18.

Bury FC were the first club to be expelled from the Football League since Maidstone United in 1992.

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19.

The EFL announced an independent review of EFL regulations concerning the financial sustainability of member clubs, which in February 2020 concluded that any additional EFL action "would not have made any difference to the eventual outcome" – "a lack of owner funding" ultimately caused Bury FC's demise, exacerbated by excessive wages paid to players under Day's chairmanship.

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20.

Bury FC confirmed, in an update to the administration records filed at Companies House, that the club's total liability amounted to £12,545,559.

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21.

Bury FC have played at Gigg Lane since 1885 when they rented the plot from the Earl of Derby's estate soon after the club's foundation.

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22.

That total was achieved when Bury FC hosted an FA Cup third-round tie against neighbouring Bolton Wanderers on 9 January 1960.

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23.

Bill Gorman and Derek Spence were Bury FC's most capped international players, each earning 10 caps while at Bury FC, for Ireland and Northern Ireland respectively.

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24.

Bury FC played and scored in both the 1900 and 1903 FA Cup Finals, and made one international appearance for England against Scotland in 1900.

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25.

Bury FC left in 1998 to take over at Burnley and, a couple of seasons later, Bury were back in the lower league where they have stayed amid worrying financial issues.

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26.

Bury FC Women, known as the Bury FC Foundation Women's Team, was founded in 1996.

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27.

Club has a supporter's group called Forever Bury FC, founded in 2002, who strive to help the club face its financial difficulties.

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28.

Bury FC have had a club mascot operating on the sidelines since 1997.

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29.

Bury FC was retired in 2018 to be replaced by a cartoon police dog.

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