Bury F.C.
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| Full name | Bury Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Shakers, The Buried | ||
| Founded | 1885 | ||
| Ground | Gigg Lane Bury | ||
| Capacity | 11,669 | ||
| Manager |  Chris Casper | ||
| League | League Two | ||
| 2005-06 | League Two, 19th | ||
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Bury Football Club are an English association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. 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. Most recently Casper has asked Martin Scott to step in as the new assistant manager due to the departure of Ian Miller to Leicester City.
To the pleasant surprise of their long-suffering supporters, they are currently enjoying their best of run of form for the past decade with six consecutive league victories.
Bury drew 2: 2 with Weymouth F.C. at the Wessex Stadium on 12th November. This game was notable as being Bury's first ever live appearance on terrestrial TV and attracted a respectable avaerage audience of 2 million, peaking at 2.6 million just before the end.
Their home, Gigg Lane, is also home to F.C.United of Manchester.
Honours
- FA Cup winners 1900, 1903
- FA Youth Cup winners 1966.
- Football League Cup semi finals 1963
- Lancashire 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.
- Football League Fourth Division promoted 1974, 1985
Current squad
As of September 21, 2006
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Player Records
- 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}
Famous Players
- Colin Bell
- Baichung Bhutia
- Luther Blissett
- Stan Bowles
- Lee Dixon
- Martin Dobson
- Derek Fazackerley
- Garry Flitcroft
- Brian Flynn
- Bruce Grobbelaar
- Dean Kiely
- Alec Lindsay
- Terry McDermott
- Sammy McIlroy
- David Nugent
- Peter Reid
- Neville Southall
- Danny Wilson
External links
- Bury F.C. on BBC Sport: Club news – Recent results and fixtures
- Bury F.C. Official Site
- Bury F.C. Youth and Centre of Excellence Official Site
- Bury F.C. Media Micro Site
- Bury F.C. Official Message Board
- Y3K Shakers Site
- Odebayo
- The Consortium