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Association football club in Bury, Greater Manchester, England

Bury

Bury Football Club is an English association football club based in Bury, Greater Manchester.

Their home ground since 1885 has been Gigg Lane, one of the world's oldest football stadiums. The team most recently competed in the 2025–26 season of the Northern Premier League (NPL) Division One West, the eighth tier of the English football pyramid. Having won promotion as champions, they will play in the seventh tier NPL Premier Division in the 2026–27 season. Before expulsion from the English Football League in August 2019, Bury FC had played in EFL League Two, the fourth tier, in the 2018–19 season. The team are known as "The Shakers", and play in white shirts and navy blue shorts. Bury have a traditional rivalry with their neighbours Bolton Wanderers.

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