Bury F.C.

Bury Football Club are an English association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team are currently playing in Football League Two.

Related Topics:
English - Association football - Bury - Greater Manchester - Football League Two

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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.

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1885 - Gigg Lane - 1889 - Lancashire League - Football League Second Division - 1894 - Liverpool - Division One

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Bury won the FA Cup twice, in 1900 and 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.

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FA Cup - 1900 - 1903 - Derby County

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They are nicknamed 'the shakers' as an offshoot from the Religious Society of Friends, the shaking quakers, originated from around Bury in the North West of England.

Related Topics:
Religious Society of Friends - Shaking quakers

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Bury have produced many, many great players over the years, including Dean Kiely, Andy Woodward, Nigel Smith and Lee Anderson. Other players who are perhaps a little lesser known include Terry McDermott, Alec Linday, Colin Bell, Lee Dixon, Neville Southall and Kevin 'Reg the Roofer' Hulme. 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.

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Recently Bury became the first football club to score a thousand goal in each of the top four tiers of the English football league.

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