Bury: The town where football fans are shaping politics

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"They will not let Bury die," one life-long supporter, Martin Stembridge, remembers thinking. When they did, fans demanded answers.found Mr Day spent beyond the club's means and his successor, Mr Dale, "failed to provide adequate proof of funding" to the football authorities before taking over.

Released a year ago this week, the review and its 10 strategic recommendations were widely touted as solutions to the beautiful game's ugly problems.and promised legislation to give them legal effect. For clubs in financial jeopardy, it can't come soon enough, says football finance expert, Kieran Maguire. Five clubs are on his "watch list" for financial distress and without an independent regulator, football "is likely to see more Burys", he says.

The party has committed to legislating for an independent regulator, should the Conservatives not do so. If they don't, Labour plans to canvass football fans ahead of the next general election, with a focus on areas where floundering clubs are crying out for reform. Three years on, he's still cheering on a team in the white and navy blue of Bury FC, albeit at a different ground down the road from Gigg Lane. Stainton Park is where Bury AFC is playing Irlam tonight and all its matches this season in the ninth tier of English football.

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