September 27 – The demise of Bury is complete. A proposal for the expelled English League One club to be readmitted a division lower next season has been rejected by the English Football League’s 71 member clubs.
Last month Bury became the first English professional team to go out of business for 27 years but a group trying to rescue them submitted a plan for “compassionate re-entry” to League Two.
This has been rejected, however, since the proposed rescue bid “did not have the necessary support”
The ruling means only one team will go down from League Two this campaign, rather than two, while three clubs will go down from League One.
The “Bury FC Rescue Board” – backed by local parliamentarians, the local mayor and supporters’ group Forever Bury – wrote to the EFL to plead for the club’s reinstatement, with confirmation of “active bidders” and a signed statement from owner Steve Dale pledging to sell the club.
Instead, the two-time FA Cup winners, founded way back in 1885 and elected to the Football League nine years later, will now have to apply to the Football Association for a place in non-league football.
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