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If Bury FC was expelled from the English Football League in August 2019, their supporters were to follow with the left, not a team and a hole in your Saturday afternoons. Many of them found it too painful to see all the football. But they hope The Club can somehow be revived. Photographer Madeleine Penfold has been to you.

Every second Saturday , Kenny would let Hindle his assisted living, take the bus into town, go for a beer And Then see how he supported The Team for More Than 70 years.

Not any more. Bury FC's financial guarantees has been ejected from the League football in August after the collapse of a takeover bid and its failure.

"What do you do without the bloody football?", says Hindle, who is 78. "A little boring if you just watch TV. "

Kenny is not deprived of alone in the feeling. The new MP for Bury North, James Daly , his virgin-say speech in The House of Commons, the loss of football at Bury FC "increased social isolation" and that some Fans "don't see, The Friends you made, a life-long".

When the turnstiles closed for The Last time at Bury ground, Gigg Lane, fans left shirts, scarves, flags and messages outside.

Some of them are inscribed with The Words "Dale's Out " - a reference to the one you bought The Club for £ 1 and not pay the player for weeks on end.

For fans, a long relationship with The Club , it is hard to see Gigg Lane are empty. Joy Hart, a former Director of The Club , outside the stadium during the protests in August last year. Her father, Les, a former Bury player and manager - has a stand named after him, and you believe that Bury FC rise from The Ashes .

she says: "I think that we all come Together , and that's all we need to rise for the Gigg Lane again. "

No soccer will be played at Gigg Lane this season, but The Company that owns The Club , has not yet been liquidated. Space Mike Curtis, who has worked at Bury FC nickname: the shakers were to hold for over three decades, furthermore, The Pitch match-ready.

Without football on a Saturday afternoon, many of the pubs in the Gigg Lane began suffering financially, because the Fans were there to meet for drinks before and after the games.

Some fans came up with a Plan - Saturday -afternoon-meet-ups at three of the pubs and clubs that have suffered The Most , with shots of old Buried, that the games on the screens and memories shared.

just down the street Daphne from the Gigg Lane's Cafe. To Daphne when the players trained in the vicinity, she came, s ' for Breakfast.

in These days, Debra Melia leads to a quieter Café, with The Most important morning of the trade, the student at The Local College.

the Former Club photographer Zoe Hitchen to put Together an exhibition in Manchester, The Club 's 134-year history from The Point of view of the fans celebrating. She wanted to hold him, because she felt, "the True Value of the Bury FC - the people and the Community has been forgotten".

she adds: "I care, because the football Club was to my family. "

In October 2019 some fans organised a fundraising match between former players, which took place in the near Radcliffe FC.

The teams Hindle were led to the place of Kenny.

The Match was sold Out , and revive has raised over £14,000 back to The Club - either to support every buyer who came to us to acquire existing Bury FC, or on the creation of a new "phoenix" page.

A new Club , named after a vote among the fans, has made an application to join the North West Counties League. You are looking at ground-sharing for the 2020-21 season, and hope to eventually play at Gigg Lane.

Dominic Martinez is a project manager by profession. In The Last few months he has been dedicating one of The Volunteers , all the available time for the establishment of The Phoenix Club .

"could I live without Bury football Club for the rest of My Life , I've Championships, the memories, I was in Wembley, I have seen," he says. But he wants the same for the next generation: "My son will never have, unless I Do Something . "

Four hundred fans to listen to in December, on options for The Future of football in Bury . They were told to buy The Club from its current owners. Entrepreneur Robert Benwell outlines its Plan , if the current Club goes into liquidation. Chris Murray from The Phoenix Club , said: "We have ensured that it played at least some football in Bury in '20-21. "

Byron Rudravajhala was born on the same day in January 2019, the Bury came back from 3-1 down to beat MK Dons 4-3 when both teams were still in League Two. His father, Sanny, succeeded his son to a game to play before The Club ceased to be. He says: "One thing I really happy as a new dad to take my son to soccer. Hopefully this can happen again in The Future . "

photos of Madeleine Penfold

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Source of news: bbc.com