Bury F.C.
Chris Casper | league =
League Two | season =
2005-06 | position =
League Two, 19th |
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Bury Football Club are an
English association football team based in
Bury,
Lancashire. The team are currently playing in
Football League Two.
The club was formed in
1885, and took a lease on a pitch at
Gigg Lane, which remains their home today. In
1889 they were founder members of the
Lancashire League, before joining the
Football League Second Division in
1894, which they won at the first attempt. They beat
Liverpool in a play-off to clinch promotion to
Division One.
Bury have won the
FA Cup twice. On April 21,
1900 they beat
Southampton 4-0 at Crystal Palace and before returning to the London venue in
1903. The latter 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 April 18.
They are nicknamed 'The Shakers', but some argue as to where this name comes from. It came either as an offshoot from the
Religious Society of Friends, the
Shaking Quakers, originated from around Bury in the North West of England or from one of its first chairmen, JT Ingham who, before a Lancashire Cup game with Blackburn, said "We will shake them. In fact, we are the Shakers."Local rivals include
Bolton Wanderers,
Oldham Athletic,
Rochdale and
Stockport County.
Bury have produced many, many great players over the years, including
Dean Kiely,
Terry McDermott,
Alec Lindsay,
Colin Bell,
Lee Dixon and
Neville Southall. Perhaps Bury's most famous player has been
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.
Recently Bury became the first football club to score a thousand goals in each of the top four tiers of the English football league.
In 31-year-old
Chris Casper, Bury currently have the League's youngest manager. In the past, they have been managed by Mike Walsh, Stan Ternent, Neil Warnock and Andy Preece.
Well-known players to have worn a Bury shirt include Chris Lucketti, Dean Kiely, Colin Bell, Stan Bowles, Brian Flynn and Lee Dixon.
Their home, Gigg Lane, is also home to F.C.United of Manchester.
Most recently Chris Casper has asked Martin Scott to step in as the new assistant manager due to the departure of Ian Miller to Leicester City.
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FA Cup winners
1900,
1903*
FA Youth Cup winners
1966.
*
Football League Cup semi finals
1963*
Lancasire Cup winners
1892,
1899,
1903,
1906,
1926,
1958,
1983,
1987*
Manchester Cup winners
1894,
1896,
1897,
1900,
1903,
1905,
1925,
1935,
1951,
1952,
1962,
1968*
Football League First Division best position 4th
1926*
Football League Second Division champions
1895,
1997; runners up
1924*
Football League Third Division champions
1961; runners up
1968; promoted
1995.
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Football League Fourth Division promoted
1974,
1985''As of January 1, 2006
Nationality given from place of birth
*Most league goals in a season - 35
Craig Madden (1981-82)
*Most league goals in total - 129 Craig Madden (1978-86)
*Most league appearances - 506
Norman Bullock (1920-35}
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Colin Bell*
Sammy McIlroy*
Luther Blissett*
Dave Hickson*
Martin Dobson*
Brian Flynn*
Alec Lindsay*
Bruce Grobbelaar*
Stan Bowles*
Lee Dixon*
Neville Southall*
Danny Wilson*
Baichung Bhutia*
Dean Kiely*
Peter Reid*
Terry McDermott*
Garry Flitcroft*
Andy Gray*
Derek Fazackerley*
Bury F.C. Official Site*
Y3K Shakers Site*
The Consortium
