Shaking up the Football League - A Bury FC Story

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Season Four, January 2017

Transfers

In

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Fernando Torres - ?450,000 - Las Palmas

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John Souttar - ?3,000,000 - Dundee United

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Paulo Carvalho - ?1,100,000 - SLB B

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Rui Mourato - ?750,000 - Sporting Lisbon B

Out

Paulo Carvalho - Loan - SLB (part of transfer)

Adam Nicholson - Loan - Chelsea

Matches

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02.01.17
Premier League
Bury 1-2 Stoke
Souttar (7) - Vossen (60), Kane (90+4)

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07.01.17
FA Cup Third Round
QPR 1-1 Bury
Pienaar (53) - Murphy (84)

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10.01.17
Premier League
Leeds 0-1 Bury
N/A - Torres (48)

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17.01.17
FA Cup Third Round Replay
Bury 1-0 QPR
Cameron (24) - N/A

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21.01.17
FA Cup Fourth Round
Bury 0-2 Norwich
N/A - Trotter (37), Hughes (90+3)

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24.01.17
Premier League
Bury 1-2 Chelsea
Keane (pen 79) - Willian (15), Lampard (69)

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29.01.17
Premier League
Manchester City 2-1 Bury
Aguero ( 6 ), Jovetic (50) - Torres (52)

League Table

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Player of the Month

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Fernando Torres

Despite rejecting Bury in the summer he joined up with the squad after leaving Las Palmas and scored 3 league goals in 5 games.​
 
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Season Four, February 2017

Matches

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01.02.17
Premier League
Arsenal 3-2 Bury
Gabbiadini (11), Oxlade-Chamberlain (37, 68) - Ceballos (26), Torres (73)

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04.02.17
Premier League
Bury 3-1 West Brom
Murphy (27, 66), Keane (90+3) - Dicko (35)

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19.02.17
Premier League
Bury 1-1 Liverpool
Rooney (20) - Rhodes (30)

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22.02.17
Premier League
Watford 0-2 Bury
N/A - Celina (27), Ceballos (43)

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26.02.17
Premier League
Bury 1-0 Norwich
Cameron (41) - N/A

League Table

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Player of the Month

Every one of them. First time out of the relegation zone since the start of the season.​
 
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Season Four, March 2017

Transfers

In

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Memphis Depay - Free - Unattached

Memphis joins on a free transfer after being released by PSV in the January transfer window. Was rated very highly when he was younger and is a great acquisition.

Club News

Youth facilities set to be upgraded

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Following the poor standard of player in the Youth Candidates team, Chairman Anthony McGuire has announced plans to renovate the youth set up at Bury. He will be looking to increase the Youth Level to a Category 2 Academy and improve the youth facilities by the end of the year.

Matches

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11.03.17
Premier League
Bury 2-0 Newcastle
Torres (51), Mane OG (68) - N/A

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28.03.17
Premier League
Leicester 1-1 Bury
King (74) - Torres ( 6 )

League Table

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Player of the Month

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Rob Lainton
His performances recently have been excellent and allowed the team to climb out of the relegation zone.​
 
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Season Four, April 2017

Club News

Training facilities to be upgraded

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Following the plans to upgrade the youth facilities being announced, Bury manager Michael Henson submitted a request to the Chairman to upgrade the training facilities and he kindly agreed. The new facilities will cost around ?1,800,000 and will be completed in October 2017.

Matches

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01.04.17
Premier League
Swansea 1-1 Bury
Seferovic (80) - Rooney (90+2)

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08.04.17
Premier League
Bury 1-0 Cardiff
Cameron (63) - N/A

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15.04.17
Premier League
Bury 0-3 Manchester United
N/A - Pjanic (59), Rooney (66), Fellaini (78)

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22.04.17
Premier League
Aston Villa 2-2 Bury
Lainton OG (4), Mutch (43) - Torres (pen 12), Daniels (50)

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29.04.17
Premier League
Bury 1-4 Tottenham
Coentrao OG (85) - Smalling (36), Clasie (40), Soldado (pen 47, 50)

Following Aston Villa's 5-1 defeat at Newcastle, Bury will remain in the Premier League for the 2017/18 season!

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League Table

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Player of the Month

The squad. Everyone rallied around and pulled together as we survived relegation and Aston Villa were relegated.​
 
Well done mate! your January transfers in my opinion were soooooo much better than your summer signings.. i wasn't expected multi million pound moves but maybe some experience of relegation dogfight sort of players but in January you blew my mind with the acquisition of Torres and Depay!
 
MatthewElphinstone said:
Well done mate! your January transfers in my opinion were soooooo much better than your summer signings.. i wasn't expected multi million pound moves but maybe some experience of relegation dogfight sort of players but in January you blew my mind with the acquisition of Torres and Depay!
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Cheers mate, appreciate it. If only Torres had agreed to sign at the start of the season I might not have been in such a mess in January! Depay was a great acquisition on a free transfer and can be sold on for a profit if he reaches his potential.
 
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Bury set to ground-share whilst renovating facilities

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Bury Chairman Anthony McGuire has announced plans to enlarge the stadium by 6,281 seats as he attempts to increase the amount of fans the Shakers have.

The work will cost around ?7,750,000 and will take around 12 months to complete which means that Bury have had to find another ground to use whilst the renovation work takes place.

The Shakers will ground-share with Lancashire based club Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park until Gigg Lane is fit to hold games again.

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McGuire has also announced that construction work has begun to upgrade the club's training and youth facilities after Michael Henson put in a request to have them updated.

The work will take around 8 months to complete and will cost around ?2,500,000.​
 
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2016/17 Premier League Review

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League Table

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Champions
Chelsea (1st)

Champions League
Chelsea (1st)
Manchester United (2nd)
Manchester City (3rd)
Liverpool (4th)

Europa League
Newcastle (5th)
Arsenal (6th)
Southampton (7th)

Relegated
Aston Villa (18th)
Leeds (19th)
Watford (20th)

Footballer of the Year

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Eden Hazard - Chelsea

Player's Player of the Year

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Erik Lamela - Tottenham

Player's Young Player of the Year

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - Arsenal

Golden Glove

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David De Gea - Manchester United - 17 Clean Sheets

Manager of the Year

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Jose Mourinho - Chelsea

Top Goalscorer

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Nouha Dicko - West Brom - 19 Goals

Goal of the Season

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1st
Libor Kozak - Norwich (v Manchester United, 14th August)
2nd
Todd Kane - Stoke (v Swansea, 24th September)
3rd
Rasmus Elm - Liverpool (v Arsenal, 18th September)​
 
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The fixtures for the 2017/18 Premier League season have been released today and the opening day draws together Bury and Manchester United at Gigg Lane on the 19th August.

It doesn't get any easier for the Shakers as they take on Liverpool at Anfield in their first away game of the season before taking on Tottenham at Gigg Lane at the start of September.

In the traditional Boxing Day fixture Bury face newly promoted Huddersfield at home and then face Manchester United on New Years' Day.

The season is wrapped up with an away trip to Huddersfield before facing reigning Premier League champions Chelsea at Gigg Lane.

Full fixture list available below:

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Season Five, Pre-Season Update

Club News

Debts Cleared

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The Bury board have announced that the club has managed to clear all of its debts after the club's good financial performance last season.

Torres at Shakers until 2019

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Fernando Torres has extended his deal with Bury until June 2019 after he was impressed with how the club performed after he joined.

Premier League Sponsorship Table

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The Premier League generated ?543,000,000 in sponsorship last season with Manchester United raking in around ?170,000,000 in sponsorship. That was a huge amount compared to the Shakers as they only managed to get ?300,000 in sponsorship.

Robbie Keane becomes a coach

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Robbie Keane was going into the final year of his contract when he approached manager Michael Henson stating that he wanted to become a coach. Instead of releasing him, Henson appointed Keane to the club's coaching staff to repay his efforts in the SkyBet Championship.

Transfers

In

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Lee Easton - ?625,000 - Motherwell

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Jordan Jones - Free - Unattached

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Jonathan Bond - ?1,500,000 - Watford

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Jean-Marie Dongou - ?250,000 - Barcelona B

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Diego Lopes - ?425,000 - Rio Ave

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Pereira - ?1,900,000 - Flamengo

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Patrick Fradj - ?900,000 - Mons

Out

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William Edjenguele - Loan - Stade Brestois 29
Stephen Spencer - Loan - North Ferriby
Martijn de Zwart - Free - Unattached
Lescinel Jean-Francois - Free - Unattached
Mohamed Coulibaly - Free - Unattached
Josh Langley - Free - Unattached
Reice Charles-Cook - Free - Unattached
Daniel Powell - Free - Unattached
David Mellor - Free - Unattached
Scott Slater - Free - Unattached
John Rooney - End of Contract - Dundee United
Rob Lainton - ?975,000 - Manchester United
Paulo Carvalho - Loan - Brentford
Theo Lattie - Loan - Cambridge
Benny Huntington - Loan - Accrington
Stephen Crawshaw - Loan - Nuneaton
Bersant Celina - Loan - QPR
Eddie Carden - Loan - Guiseley
Conor Covaci - Loan - Stalybridge
Andrew Dunphy - Loan - Altrincham
Martyn Parnaby - Loan - Alfreton
Dwayne Tuzo - Loan - Ebbsfleet
Mickey Austin - Loan - Workington

Matches

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05.07.17 - Bury U21s - W 7-2
10.07.17 - Real Betis - L 1-3
14.07.17 - Cadiz - W 4-0
18.07.17 - Granada - D 1-1
22.07.17 - Boca - L 0-3
27.07.17 - FC United - W 5-0
01.08.17 - Prestatyn - W 3-1
05.08.17 - Macclesfield - W 4-1
11.08.17 - Ramsbottom - W 4-1​
 
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Season Five, August 2017

Pre-Season Press Conference

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Q: You face a tough opening fixture list, what are your thoughts on the opening three games?

A: I think they are going to be a massive task for us as Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham are all giants in English football and will need to be respected. If one player makes a mistake then they will punish you within a second so we need to be on top form.

Q: Did you organise so many friendlies so your new players will be used to how your team plays?

A: Yes absolutely. I brought in a number of new players and wanted them to get used to how we play by getting them as much match action as possible. We try and keep the ball on the floor and get it out to our wingers so that is what we worked on and I think the pre-season campaign has been a success.

Q: You mention the new signings, do you feel that they all improve your squad?

A: Without a doubt. We got two teenagers in to develop their talents as my scouts said they will be top players one day, although Pereira will be in the squad for the first game against Manchester United. Jordan Jones is similar to Memphis Depay as he got released despite having potential so hopefully he can develop his potential here. With John Rooney leaving after his contract expired I needed another attacking midfielder and Diego Lopes fits the ball. His wages are quite high and I was surprised by that considering he was on ?800 per week at Rio Ave but I'm confident it will be worth it. Rob Lainton got his dream move to Manchester United so I needed another goalkeeper and it was a great opportunity to bring back Jonathan Bond after his previous loan spell with the club in 2011. Jean-Marie Dongou is an absolute steal at ?250,000 and he'll probably be our number one striker this year. Finally, I felt that Jordan Mustoe struggled last season so Luke O'Neill will move over to left back with Patrick Fradj filling in at right back.

Q: How did you manage to get Jean-Marie Dongou for so cheap considering he is rated as one of the best young strikers in the world?

A: I'm not too sure to be honest. I was interested in Gabriel Barbosa last season but couldn't afford him so looked at the other players in the Barcelona squad. I noticed that Dongou wasn't there and after some digging I found him in their B team so enquired about him. They came back with a figure of ?250,000 and I couldn't turn that down.

Q: Rob Lainton got a move to Manchester United in the summer. Were you surprised by that?

A: Not at all. Rob has been fantastic for us ever since he joined us and I'm glad he will have the chance to show what he can do at a big club. I'm more surprised at the fact that no-one tried to buy him before this summer.

Q: Moving away from transfers, what are your expectations for the campaign?

A: Ideally I'd like to get far in a cup competition as we've not had much success in the cups since I took charge of the club. It would be great if we could get to a final but at this stage we're just taking it one step at a time. In the league I'm hoping to stay up again and I'm aiming at around the mid table mark.

Q: Finally, are you hoping for a better start than last season?

A: Absolutely. Last season we had a nightmare start and we were in the relegation zone pretty much straight away. It took us until something like March until we got out of it so hopefully we will have a better start this season.​
 
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Season Five, August 2017

Transfers

In

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Ignasi Miquel - Free - Unattached
A former Arsenal defender and will provide competition with the other centre backs.

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Wilfried Krol - ?4,900,000 - RKC
The scout reports say he will be a star Premier League attacking midfielder so snapped him up.

Out

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Donervan Daniels - ?300,000 - QPR
Never lived up to his potential so sold him for his value instead of leaving him on bench.

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Wilfried Krol - Loan - Zwolle
Instead of playing U21 games, he has gone back to his home country on loan to play as a key player.

Matches

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19.08.17
Premier League
Bury 0-0 Manchester United
N/A - N/A

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26.08.17
Premier League
Liverpool 1-1 Bury
Negredo (41) - Diego Lopes (70)

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29.08.17
Capital One Cup Second Round
Bury 0-0 Peterborough
N/A - N/A
Peterborough win 16-15 on penalties

League Table

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Player of the Month

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Jonathan Bond
He has been excellent since his transfer from Watford and only conceded one goal in three games which included Manchester United and Liverpool.​
 
Hi guys,

Since being back at uni my laptop has decided to mess up and it had to be sent into repair.

Unfortunately they couldn't fix the problem and it means that I've lost all my FM files since FM12.

Luckily my uni work was backed up though so I still have all of that!

Will be looking to start a story again soon with a team from one of the following nations;

Scotland
Croatia
Ireland

Any recommendations?
 
I suggest starting one in Scotland from League 2 as is really good.
 
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