Buried Alive: The Bury FC Story
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- čas přidán 26. 12. 2019
- Bury FC have an incredibly rich and important history in English football. They are the typical story of a northern english town deeply connected with community, and whose success has often represented much more for the city. This summer, after owner Steve Dale failed to pay an outstanding tax bill, the club went under, losing its status in the English football league.
This is the story of Bury, how they went under, and what the town is doing to rebuild.
Directed by Rory Reames and Nick Manser
Producer by Nick Manser, Rory Reames and Ben Jacquin
Edited by Nick Manser
Animation and VFX by Aaron Lee
Additional photography by Martin Stembridge
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That's why the 50+1 rule is so fucking important for many fans of the german Bundesliga.
No more than 49% of the club can belong to the investors, the rest has to stay in the hand of the members of the club.
We must keep fighting for this rule. It protects our clubs from becoming rich peoples toys.
If only Wimbledon FC and bury FC survived
As a football fan this was just so sad to watch.
I'm a United fan, I most likely will never have to go through something like this(financial crisis, expulsion from EFL), but I can feel it from these Bury fans right to the core. I've been a hardcore United fan since I was 3-4, and I'm 22 now. If this happened to my club, I don't know how I could cope. I feel so much pity for them. It must be like losing a family member honestly
Rafael Silva yeah it was just like Leyton but they came back up
As a bury fan this is even harder to.watch
As a rugby fan this upset me too, sport unites people
Totally agree..I support PAFC and we're doing well..but I feel for BFC and all the supporters ...EFL Stinks and needs to support clubs in crisis.
Sad part is it could have all been avoided. They had a 1m gift but it was rejected because it was from the owner of a different club in England. That would have kept the club alive and in the league at least
Kenwright's donation yeah, the efl are disgusting really
It's a shame that the 1m was rejected. Unfortunately though if it was it would be classed as a conflict of interest which is not allowed
@@kie1878 gifts from major shareholders of other clubs are not allowed. conflict of interest
Their debts are far in excess of £1m so it wouldn't have made a jot of difference. The complex nature of the debt meant that whenever a buyer came forward and looked at the books they dropped out.
@@prvvideoonline7993 surely they could of just put it through some other way passing through different hands until its not traceable. Its not like other teams are not collaborating in terms of ownership. You only have to look at watford, man city and chelsea for examples of owners who have there hands all over the place in terms of ownership.
The FA needs to open their eyes, and forget about the money. They can't let owners like Steve Dale ruin football clubs in a few weeks
FREDDIE TRACEY they always thinking about Money ,Money ,Money. Very sad
Steve dale had no clue they where a club, he bought it to get an extra penny
Its efl not fa
It's just not about the money it's about stopping a floodgate by putting these kinds of restrictions
@@phil3261 there should be strict rules regarding negligent owners that should be introduced
Y’all need an award for these documentaries
For a close-up of some guy's nosehairs?
@wondie you are an idiot
@@YushaKozaki fuck you
Yup, top notch. As a new fan to English Soccer (sorry, I'm American) this channel is great for learning the history.
@@endcensorship874 no worrys im american tooo. Let me give you some more channels so your learn more. Watching these for 1 year caught me up with every thing. "ESPN FC, Sky Sports, Rabonna* TV, On My Goal, and NBCSN Premier league Update after every match day.
those helped me a lot
It's honestly sad seeing a team with genuine football heritage wiped off the map because some people only care about making a quick profit. R.i.p. Bury
It sure did leave a mark on EFL history.
To know we (Bolton) were hours away from this too is heartbreaking, hopefully we can meet again in the league at some point in the future
I'm a bury fan and yeah fuck the efl and fuck dale also hated the false hope from c&n sporting risk worst thing is having no football
As Rochdale Fan same here
@@bman5548 sorry about your team man thats messed up
Bolton a disgrace of a club. The way they over spent and dealt with agents it is them who should be where bury are now.
@@bigdon176 keep crying
I started playing Fifa 19 with the intention of taking a team from league 2 to the PL and I randomly picked Bury. I didn't know any of the issues going on so it's weird to see that in a digital universe, Bury are in the UCL but in real life Bury isn't even playing right now.
I did something similar but with Qingdao FC in China
I used Bury a few times as well
Swansea were 1 game away from the conference and subsequent liquidation
There’s always hope bury fans believe me
Hope so mate, life just hasn’t been the same since😥
So were br*ght@n. It ruined my whole bank holiday.All the best Bury your be back.
@@deangutteridge6189 shame Brighton wasnt let to die off
@Frenk Frenk Odd how he's mentioned in the rather small Dutch Wikipedia article on The Swans, and has his own wee page as well, but no mention of his involvement at all in the English article. Bit shameful, really...
Bury FC has my heart, great documentary
I'm from there.
😨
I’m glad they got extinct
@@notaqua806 why that makes no sense, leave them alone
U let your club die 😂
@@James-vy6ck no they didnt, how do u expect fans in a small town to raise 1 million plus and pay players wages
So sad. But the FA and the EFL need to be held accountable for this and for the situation other clubs like Maccelsfield are in. Disgraceful that no one will be held accountable for the death of Bury but hopefully they will be back next season and Gigg Lane will be bouncing. The whole of football stands as one with the fans of Bury FC. UTS.
Here is a article of Downfall of Bury FC.
lifesportstravel.blogspot.com/2019/09/bury-fc-downfall-bury-expelled-from-efl.html?m=1
Exactly! It's kinda shocking Macclesfield is also down ; - ;
Heartbreaking to watch. I'm a Gooner and we are going through difficulties but this Documentary puts it all into perspective. I hope Bury FC can rise from the ashes that this prick Steve Dale has left.
Danny max finishing in the top six every season yeah big difficulties, you have no idea what Bury have been through and teams like Bolton coventry Blackpool and Portsmouth so u can’t say ur going through difficulties at all
@@lukeclarke9255 I'm not even going to argue with you. If you can read my Original Post and then comment with what you've just said then i think that just sums you up as a person.
luke clarke you need to learn how to read
luke clarke what a fucking prick you are! He said in his eloquent answer that it put the difficulties of his team into perspective. Wanker!
even as a United fan this kind of story puts our difficulties in perspective too
It is so sad to see the football league allowing unfit owners to take over clubs, Bury has been severely let down and it's really tragic to see
The fact that two of the richest clubs are up the road in Manchester and they don’t even give them a pound. These old clubs are the foundation of football and should be treated with more respect.
Those so called big time clubs sold their soul to Murdoch along time ago. The EFL used to be an organisation who split profits between all clubs, then the EPL was formed and those clubs broke away from the EFL so they could have all the profits for themselves. Greed
LOOOOL THEY DONT OWE YOU SHIT
They can’t. It’s conflict of interest. Owner of Everyon tried to give money and it was rejected
It may well be a conflict of interests but surely in cases such as Bury some of the bigger premier league teams etc could organise friendly games against them at Old Trafford etc and let them keep most of the gate receipts or something.
I know that Man United did something along those lines back in the 60s or 70s when Tranmere Rovers were in the shit financially. As far as I know, United were the only top flight team to pick up the phone back then and offer to help Tranmere.
If it happened before then surely it could have happened again in Bury's case.
In fairness to them If they do that they’ll be expected to pay the bills of loads of clubs in the area.
My grandad askew was a Bury fan, the last words he ever said to me were 'we shall be going to see bury at some point ' ( in his old fashioned twang)
He walked out and then had a heart attack in the street. I never saw him again.
I watched bury a few times but my closest team was Burnley , so I'm a Burnley fan but id go and watch the mighty shakers whenever we weren't at home.
Bury died and so did my Grandad's club , football is a lot more than a game , it is family - luckily I still have my club but my thoughts go out to all the loyal fans who are now lost.
You are always welcome at Burnley
James Turner I hope your Grandad is heaven helping Bury resurrect, I’m sorry to hear about him passing 🙏🏻 good luck to Burnley for next season (Stockport County fan)
i’m a burnley fan too! btw sorry about your grandfather
@@tomsmyth9642 Stockport County?? Alum Armstrong 97 awesome fa cup run never forget that!!!
To say that I was at the Liverpool vs Bury Pre season friendly last season, and being From Bury this breaks my heart. I wasn't a Bury FC fan but I was always looking at their results and making sure that they were doing well. I was very upset when they seemed to disappear
Support local
@@jackgerrard6 When their first game is played after this whether it be the same club or a pheonix club I will be there
"Making sure they were doing well" 😂😂😂
@@user-zy9yg2eu5t Ye of course why wouldnt I. Mr "Kuyt"
@@tubble3058 you are a gimp lad
6:55 I went to that match. I still remember it. We had promotion. At the end of the match, we all got to run on the pitch and take pictures with the bury players. I was actually sat in the south stand I think. I loved it. best day of my life.
As a family line of Bury fans this is sad too watch... It made grown men cry... The community is so helpful... Open ur eyes efl... Get Bury back! I saw the last game in person the same day my dad saw his final... Please I, no WE need Bury club back
I almost lost my football club Glasgow Rangers FC. If it can happen to us, it can happen to anyone. One of the biggest fan bases in World football, 150 years of history, Most Successful Club team in the World. No one is safe, but my heart goes out to all Bury fan's, it is so sad. Maybe just start again in the Northern League, and take it from there. At least you will still have a club to follow. A slogan from Our dark days of uncertainty, was, If they play on the streets, we will will watch from the pavements. 😉👍🇬🇧
I'm not English but my partner is. Her dad is a lifelong loyal Bury fan so he introduced me to his club since mine is far away and for the past few years we used to go to Gig lane watch them.
Even though I've been many times to Premier League stadiums especially in Manchester where we live, nothing can be compared to the atmosphere I felt there.
From the first moment I could feel how much the community cared, buying a match program on our way in, eating a pie in the cantine outside the ground, a beer in the pub across the stadium after the game.
Nothing can be compared with lower division football. It's pure love for the game.
He still watches football on TV but since Bury 'died' it's not the same for him anymore. All it's left is the stories he tells me now and then about the old legends and how his wish when he visited the Wailing Wall on Jerusalem was for Bury to win the FA Cup (they got promoted though that year so he still says with pride that he might somehow helped lol).
Owners like Dale and EFL should understand that they're not just shutting a souless business, they stop new memories being build, a grandpa taking his grandson to the game, new bonds between friends go on a away game road trip.
I wasn't born a Bury fan but my heart is with them.
it’s sad that the mistakes of so many caused an institution to crumble
A very touching video that touches the heart of all football fans. The EFL should be ashamed of their inabilty to help such a famous club. Bury FC will becoime one of the greatest phoenix clubs in non-league. They will very soon return to their rightful place in the EFL
I find it really weird as Rochdale Fan that our Fiercest Rival Bury FC will no longer be playing us a club like Bury FC deserve better makes me really lucky that my team actually has a good owner who wants to look after the club.
A tragedy - I remember going to Gigg Lane in the late 90s. As an away fan I remember going into a pub just outside the ground. I remember friendly locals and a great pint of local ale. One of the friendliest places I have ever visited as an away fan. What's happened at Bury is heartbreaking. Respect to the Bury people.
Beautifully produced + edited
I live 5 minutes from the stadium it's so sad..
Rip shakers
@All night Mike it's stood there at the moment i think it will be home to a new bury team or repurposed
@All night Mike yeah it's so sad i used to go there most weeks my granddad was a.lifelong mad.fan
So much respect and admiration for the supporters of Bury Football Club. A great old club who we played in the football league a lot over the years, they were destroyed by a terrible ruthless owner. So sickening to see this happen to any club.
My team Reading FC are currently at rock bottom and the owner is killing our proud club and the EFL are just punishing the club with continual points deductions, embargoes for a number of years now. We protested in a march against Dai Yongge at the weekend.
Our fans are so drained by years of mismanagement by an owner who was rejected by the Premier League when he tried to buy Hull City and was approved by a not fit for purpose EFL. We were formed in 1871, the fifth oldest club in England. And right now we as fans are staring into the abyss, contemplating the loss of OUR football club is truly heartbreaking and I'd never wish it on any fanbase. I just wanted to say all the best to Bury FC for the future, I really do hope fans of other clubs can help the Royals in our fight against our crook of an owner and against the EFL.
I remember crying when it was announced they got expelled. Following the new AFC Bury on twitter, looks like they'll have a football club again come August. Might be NW Counties but they won't care about that, they have their club back
yeah man. doesn't matter where they start, they are already killing it. I saw on twitter, Rotherham fans supporting Bury's local pubs and stores. Man, I pray they make it , the fans
So tough watching this, I miss you Bury football club ❤️
This should be a wakeup call to the EFL, EPL and the FA. But sadly I don't think it has been. Reforms and safe guards should be put in place from preventing this from happening again because this could happen to any club in England minus a few of the very biggest teams.
There are rules on preserve historic buildings and landmarks and other items. Why are there not on football teams?
Money corruptes. In Germany we have the 50+1 rule that makes it impossible for investors to own whole clubs.
Needless to say, several club-bosses, investors or the higher-ups at the DFB started talking about getting it abolished.
What about RB Leipzig......
@@phoenixmarizzle5059 They are the exception that everyone hates.
As a cork city fan we went though the same thing in 09 keep your heads up lads you will back up the leagues keep believing it will happen and i will keep a eye on your results
RIP Bury, seemed like such a nice football club. From an Everton fan
A few seasons back I remember going on an away day to Bury with Charlton. The bury fans were so nice to us and were very welcoming. It was one of my favourite away days ever. It’s so sad to see:(
I love this club so much💙😭 we will be back💙
Am a Carlisle fan mate
I feel so sorry for the
Fans and nicky Adams 💔
Heartbreaking stuff. Stay strong Bury, the football community is with you
This broke my heart......
Sad ,cheers from Brazil 👍🇧🇷
Very well made documentary. More like this please Copa
No matter who you support if you are a real football fan you cannot be anything other than heartbroken that this was allowed to happen.
Crazy how these documentaries likes these are coming out so soon after the event. Great that that is happening and spreading information and word as fast as possible. FA should’ve immediately supported finically, and let them fall. Respect Burys historic background. Imagine if this happened to your club.
I am from Turkey, when I was 14 years old I start supporting Bury fc becouse of cm03 game and fifa. One day I picked up this team and loved it since that day always supporting. I m very sad now. I don't know what we can do
😪 it’s so sad
Bury and Bolton deserved more from from the EFL it’s an absolute joke that they were allowed to fall to pieces at the hands of useless owners.
Luckily Bolton were saved but this should still never be forgotten to prevent any other clubs being torn apart. You deserved more than this Bury fans. RIP BURY FC
Poor Effort, This could have been allot better.
Not once did they go into why the club folded, all that was said was that the finances were mismanaged.
To anyone not into football or who followed the Bury story over the last few years wont have a clue of the cause watching this
A very moving and respectful documentary
Football is a business now, I cannot imagine of devastating it is now the club is no longer in the football league, the epl needs to share the wealthy with other football leagues to help the smaller clubs stay afloat and help the communities around it, towns like Bury need a football club I hope one day you guys will return.
I have a weird story with this club. When i was like 10, i got fifa 08 for my birthday (im 18 now) and i always used to support bury because they almost always lost 5-0. As a dutch feyenoord fan ive always liked this club because of this. Since then ive always looked at what they did and how they were doing. so my it really stung when i found this out. i hope they come back stronger!
The production on this is beautiful, such a tragic story. Hard to watch really but as a football fan I'm hoping all the best for the future of Bury FC.
Love to see you guys do a show on gretna fc, went from the bottom of Scottish football to the top back to the bottom and got liquidated
I was absolutely gutted for Bury FC. The FA and the EFL need to bring the 50+ rule in like it is in Germany to stop bad ownership.
Its Sad As A Football Fan
Went to Gigg lane a few times in the last few years as a support worker (and united fan) and it always gave me great memories, drenched in history great fans and a wonderful community in football that we have sadly lost. Come back soon Bury, heartbreaking stuff.
Now Bury is back!!! Fan power and the hard work of volunteers and fans. Come on the Shakers!
I'm a Kekistan FC fan and this made very sad. RIP poor souls
such a traditional old club, heart and soul of the English league , nice little stadium too.hopefully you be back one day
So sad. Gutted for their fans and their town
I'm an lcfc fan RIP bury
I hope your club comes back up again
I am a Brighton fan and we went through a struggle but we came through it look where we are now. If only it happened for bury! They have my heart 💙
Poignant and powerful. This is my favourite piece by this channel that doesn't involve Eli!
Some football channels knock out any old upload. COPA90 and Tifo create meaningful content. There's a big difference between the two, no?
Having been there photographing it for a number of papers during 2019, this captures it perfectly. Drama and emotion.
RIP BURY FOOTBALL CLUB
I'm a Bury FC fan!!
Am a Carlisle fan mate
I feel so sorry for the
Fans and nicky Adams 💔
Forrest Fan here.. Really feel for the Bury fans and players... That chairman was a disgrace spending money left right and center it's a disgrace chairman's are not hold to account.. Bury will rise again.. Hang in there Bury
Thoroughly enjoyed this comedy great comedic value laughed hysterically throughout thought Steve dale was fantastic in this one 10/10
Not the first COPA90 video to make me feel the emotion but definitely the first one that made me sad. I really hope Bury come back through the strength of their fans and not some imbecile who doesn't understand what a local football club means.
Well yeah my club Iraklis in Thessaloniki, Greece we have been through that 2 times this decade
Love bury from the Dutch lads ❤️❤️❤️ I hope you come up and come back
I live a few block from Bury FC and I’ve been in the field fairly recently, it looks like the stadium belongs in the neighbouring cemetery
People need to buy the clubs out of rich oligarchs' hands. The only way to truly protect your team is for the people who care about it to own it @wimbledon
It’s shocking for any club to be going through this and could be going out of business this club needs support from other clubs and I’m a Manchester United fan it’s heartbreaking this could happen to any club
Ngl didn't know bury fc till date, but now that I do I promise I'll do something or other to help this club. Love and support from an Indian arsenal fan.
Charlton fan here and the first game I went to was Charlton vs bury and I just want to say that I wish bury a great future when they get back to the higher divisions.🔵⚪️🔵⚪️🔴⚪️🔴⚪️
As a fan of a team who played Bury mosts seasons it was devastating to see them go hope we see them back in the football league one day
I'm a portsmouth fan and we've been in this situation before. It's not pretty and it's a huge huge shame to see bury go. Every football fan didnt want to see this happen. But they are not dead. Bury will be back soon and I hope they get back into the professional leagues. Up the bury, see you soon
These football documentaries are genuinely interesting, especially when they’re about the fans of the clubs they follow.
Looks like they’re coming back and will be 100% fan owned
as a life long Charlton fan, I feel for you all at Bury. I shed a tear watching this. It is shameful what has happened to you, but as your loyal fans have said, you will rise again and I will be hoping you do play in the football League again. We are uncertain about our new owners but we play a wait and see game, but at least we have life. Where there are wonderful people like your fans there is life and with life, there is HOPE!
As a fan of football this is horrible. I am a Plymouth Argyle fan and we took the promotion Bury earned and it didn't feel right for me or any of our fans. I started going to see Plymouth Argyle when i was 9 years old and we we were in the championship. Know that the whole of the Footballing community is with you.
Need to make videos about clubs like this before its too late, macclesfield and oldham are also struggling right now but will only get the attention when there's no time left to save them
I support Greenock Morton, back in 2001 we were put into administration, and were very nearly liquidated, thankfully we were saved.
I hate to see any football team go bust, I know what it feels like, worrying if your still gny have a team to support or not and it's not nice at all.
I've been to a Bury game befofe, as I have a pal from Scotland who lives in Bury now. And it was class, would love to see Bury rise back up to the EFL, fan ownership could potentially be a good shout for Bury to rise up, worked well for Wimbledon, and you know the club is being run with the interests of the club at heart
The Football Family misses you Bury FC........ It's hard but you can come back. Mike, an Imps fan.
grew up in bury. my best mate in primary and his family were lifelong fans (me and my family have always been Manchester United). A couple of our teachers were too. I remember going to Gigg lane a couple times when we were kids with our friends. sure it was never like the booming Stretford end at Old Trafford but being from here, always made Bury feel more personal to me. Havent spoken much to my old mate since we went to different high schools over 10 years ago. I wonder what theyre up to now
I cried my eyes out watching this .............
As a bury fan from bury I am so sad to see it go but I guess one day the pain will ease
Respect for bury from Colombia from a fan Deportivo pasto
Same things happening to derby when does this stop this was definitely eye opening to see where my club could be in 10 days time you can’t help but feel for them bury fans
The worst part is that either Man U or Man City could have saved Bury with their pocket change
Wouldn't be allowed, Bill Kenwright (owner of Everton) tried to buy it but it was against the Football League's conflict of interest rule.
JeanLuc DeCastro Fuck the EFL
as a Utd fan I am sad we didn't do you can disguise is as a signing and then loan that player back too Bury
Sure. Just like how the 1 percent could end homelessness and world starvation with pocket change. But they don't want to. They enjoy the suffering of others. The Queen's husband was quoted saying he wants to come back as a deadly virus to wipe out the masses, aka those without the superior bloodline he thinks he belongs to. The elites don't believe in Noblesse Oblige, they believe that their power and cruelty is their birthright. The world is fucked.
Flat Accord Music wtf did he really say that? that’s fucked up wtf
I'm far from you but I'm so close
It is an honor to revive buri, let's make a campaign, let the fans give money, let the clubs give money and make the best club in history a champion again.
That Carter hat trick in 94.. if only they knew where their club would be all these years later.
Really sad story, could of been my club (and still could), Leyton Orient.
I’ll be sure to go along to Bury at least once next season.
Remarkable how Bury got promotion under those circumstances. Such a shame what happened after that, absolute disgrace. Hope you can get something sorted and do something like an Accrington. Good luck.
Having seen this video, it highlights that at this level it is about ordinary working class people who are passionate about their local team. These same people that are the lifeblood of the club and are always the the least regarded (by the EFL / FA / Premier etc) and most affected when these situations are played out to their detriment. We generally have no say in the running of clubs (except fan owned) but regardless of this your voices are still being heard and not forgotten. However Bury fans, stay strong and pull together to get YOUR club back as a local community asset for the future. Good luck and hopefully we will meet again in a competitive match. You have support around the country as part of the football family.
You good sir, should get several awards for doco making!!!!
As a charlton fan, I give all bury fans deep respect for bury and their supporters.
Some of my fondest memories are of Saturday afternoons at Gigg Lane. I left the area more than 20 years ago but still consider Bury (Ramsbottom) to be home. I pray that vultures like Dale will never again be allowed to feast on the corpse of a such a fine Club with such a long history.
This shows how much the FA or the EFL care about the clubs. No help whatsoever. Feel for the fans man.
No matter what rivalries we have we all love the beautiful game & these rivalries wouldn't exist without all of us. #bury #riseagain #leytonorient
I remember bury coz our legend played for that club
Southend could end up like this in 42 days time . Respect to all at Bury
As a Southampton fan I feel so much sympathy for bury. My first memories of football were built in the lower leagues, in the championship and league 1. It breaks my heart to see teams going under like this but realistically it's because the money isn't enough. The difference between the league's is so huge now owners gamble a clubs future to make some money.
Very sad, hope you come back ASAP
Augen auf, deutscher Fußball! 50+1 darf niemals fallen!