Two-Time FA Cup Winners Bury FC Expelled From English Football League
28th August 2019
The two-time FA Cup winners, who only a few months ago were celebrating promotion to the third tier, lost all hope of salvation when a takeover bid collapsed shortly before the 1600 GMT deadline
- Historic football club Bury on Tuesday became the first team to be expelled from the English Football League in over two decades
- The club from northwest England are the first club to be expelled from the league -- comprising all the divisions below the top-tier Premier League -- since Maidstone United in 1992
- Bury's historic rivals Bolton -- one of the founders of the Football League but who have been in administration since May -- won some breathing space on Tuesday when they were given 14 days to find a buyer
LONDON, United
Kingdom- Historic football club Bury on Tuesday became the first team to be
expelled from the English Football League in over two decades.
The two-time FA Cup winners, who only a few months ago were
celebrating promotion to the third tier, lost all hope of salvation when a
takeover bid collapsed shortly before the 1600 GMT deadline.
The club from northwest England are the first club to be
expelled from the league -- comprising all the divisions below the top-tier
Premier League -- since Maidstone United in 1992.
Bury's historic rivals Bolton -- one of the founders of the
Football League but who have been in administration since May -- won some
breathing space on Tuesday when they were given 14 days to find a buyer.
For Bury, though, the bell has tolled on their time in the
Football League, ending over 100 years of participation which yielded two FA
Cups and produced players like former Manchester City and England great Colin
Bell.
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"Today is undoubtedly one of the darkest days in the
league's recent history," said EFL executive chair Debbie Jevans.
"I understand this will be a deeply upsetting and
devastating time for Bury's players, staff, supporters and the wider
community."
Four-time FA Cup winners Bolton, who were in the Premier
League as recently as the 2011-2012 season, have been given more time to try
and sort out the proposed takeover by a company called Football Ventures (Whites)
Limited.
"Despite repeated assurances, we are extremely
disappointed that we are still not in a position to reach a successful
resolution with the sale of Bolton Wanderers and have therefore taken the
decision to lift the suspension on the notice of withdrawal," said Jevans.
"I again urge all parties to finalise the proposed
takeover."