| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? 12:19 - Jul 15 with 7101 views | EGP |
Crisis club bury were left reeling this morning, when their main sponsor, the local council, withdrew their sponsorship on the eve of the new season.
Bury mbc have been plastered across the bury kit for several seasons, as no reputable local businesses would touch the joke outfit with a bargepole, after the basement club shafted many local companies with the infamous 10p in the £1 offer, following yet another dubious financial episode a few years ago, that has stained their name permanently.
Local businessman leaving Gigg Lane
Common currency at Giggle
EGP was fortunate to receive a copy of the council’s minutes from a recent meeting on which a review of sponsoring the semi-professional club was high on the agenda. This prompted a decent turnout in the public gallery and as the debate continued, there was an outburst from a gentleman in the gallery.
Gesticulating wildly with both arms, the man, wearing a blue shirt with Smith Metals on the front, described the sponsorship as being like Thatcher’s funeral, before helpfully adding that, “... it was a ludicrously expensive thing to do, desired by few, but paid for by everyone.”
With these words ringing in the councillors’ ears, the sponsorship was put to the vote and was unanimously thrown out.
Regular Guardian Angel, the imaginatively named Neville Neville, commented on this rejection on the Town Hall steps. Speaking solemnly, the genial pensioner opined, “Well, before these lads (the new Directors) walked in, we were six hours away from closure. It’s a sign of how far we’ve come that the local council can choose to turn their backs on the most important thing in this town.”
EGP managed to track down busy, bury Councillor, Norman Normal, for his views on the matter. He said, “There is a growing feeling in the town that bury football club are a joke outfit, you know, tinpot like. Only last Saturday, they were playing Sheffield United at Gigg and when the team ran out, they announced them to the crowd as the Mighty Shakers! Who, exactly, are they trying to kid?”
Normal, who by now was on his soapbox, continued, “And if that wasn’t bad enough, when United scored, they played Monty Python’s ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’. I mean, who is dreaming up this shit? And, to cap it all off, they played T Rex’s ‘Children of the Revolution’ during the substitutions. They’ve even renamed their programme, The Revolution. It’s just all one big, bull shitting con down there and we, as elected councillors, have to put the decent ordinary folk of burry, sorry bury, first.”
Normal continued, “They can’t even keep their own house in order. Gigg is such a dump, clubs are now refusing to play there” referring to the recent friendly with FC Brugges, where the Belgians refused to turn up for bury’s stellar pre-season opener, and the decision by League 2 clubs to boycott bury.
This loss of income means that plans to install undersoil heating have ironically, been put on ice. Writing on the big club’s messageboard, one regular suggested, “Leave undersoil heating till we are back in the second tier.” Another agreed, saying, “Not a priority, but a decent scoreboard would be good.”
In the meantime, the club, who recently defaulted on a payment to Ikea for their new furniture, have just three weeks to find a new sponsor, order new shirts, and find enough players to fill them. Frustratingly, bury outfit, Crown Oils, recently opted to sponsor local rivals Rochdale, so that’s one less door available to knock on cap in hand.
That famous old Sweedish company
Commenting on this big sponsorship deal with Dale, Managing Director Matt Greensmith said, “As a family run business and employing many people from the area, we wanted to support the best local football team, and we are hoping that our involvement may also assist the club in continuing to promote itself on a national level. We wish the team all the best for the season ahead, and are confident of a strong showing in the league following recent disappointments.”
In a cruel twist of events, the bury club shop also received its first batch of stock, which was out of date before the boxes were even opened.
Early indications suggest that bury may still carry on using this kit, because without bury on the front of the shirts nobody would know who they were, nor indeed, would probably have never even heard of them.
When the BBC’s Football League Show host Steve Claridge was asked to give an opinion, he fiddled with his biro before saying, “The one thing people are forgetting amongst all this mess are the fans. It’s not nice being a fan of a club that is a laughing stock. I should know, I’ve played for enough of them myself.”
19m 34s
Don’t have nightmares. We’ll be back. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 13:37 - Jul 15 with 4332 views | 100notout |
'plans to install undersoil heating have ironically, been put on ice'
Quality!
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 13:43 - Jul 15 with 4314 views | judd |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 13:37 - Jul 15 by 100notout |
'plans to install undersoil heating have ironically, been put on ice'
Quality!
Great read EGP - keep em coming |
The "stellar" pun weren't bad an' all.
the bury FC - playing out of their skins. |  |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 13:57 - Jul 15 with 4288 views | BigKindo |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 13:43 - Jul 15 by judd |
The "stellar" pun weren't bad an' all.
the bury FC - playing out of their skins. |
.......playing out of their skins. With a skeleton staff? |  | | |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 14:05 - Jul 15 with 4268 views | Toffeemanc |
Probably going to ask the league if they can play in skins, then there will be no need of a sponsor on the shirts or needless laundry bills !
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 14:16 - Jul 15 with 4247 views | R17ALE |
Judging by the method of the businessman leaving giggle, they still haven't sorted their drainage problems out either! |  |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 15:22 - Jul 15 with 4164 views | judd |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 14:16 - Jul 15 by R17ALE |
Judging by the method of the businessman leaving giggle, they still haven't sorted their drainage problems out either! |
Surely they would have been photographed without a paddle? | |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 15:54 - Jul 15 with 4093 views | gigger |
And we are obsessed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You poor sweethearts roll on September. |  |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 16:06 - Jul 15 with 4073 views | aleanddale |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 15:54 - Jul 15 by gigger |
And we are obsessed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You poor sweethearts roll on September. |
come on gigger.
You have to admit you are an easy target in footballing abyss that is July!!!.
Also they are incredibly funny.
why was your friendly result not on tele at the weekend or in any papers at the weekend?
Your new board not happy with the reporting of Factual goings on?
only #revolution #smokeandmirrors
Is the big match of pre season tomorrow v Mevagissey fishing X1?. | | | |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 16:21 - Jul 15 with 4042 views | sandylaner1 |
will read EGP's posts to grandchildren |  | | |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 16:26 - Jul 15 with 4025 views | TTNYear |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 15:54 - Jul 15 by gigger |
And we are obsessed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You poor sweethearts roll on September. |
Please gigger
#obsessed
#buryarebackward
If you're going to contribute can you make sure you use the right hashtagage (new word). [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 16:31 - Jul 15 with 4015 views | judd |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 16:26 - Jul 15 by TTNYear |
Please gigger
#obsessed
#buryarebackward
If you're going to contribute can you make sure you use the right hashtagage (new word). [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 16:38 - Jul 15 with 3998 views | D_Alien |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 16:21 - Jul 15 by sandylaner1 |
will read EGP's posts to grandchildren |
(To paraphrase the "Accrington Stanley" advert)
"burry, who're they?" |  |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 20:18 - Jul 15 with 3750 views | RAFCBLUE |
At least they have a new shiny coach called ....
EAVESWAY EXPRESS
Is Hughie the driver? The last time it was Eaves way, they went bust!
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 20:34 - Jul 15 with 3716 views | gigger |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 16:06 - Jul 15 by aleanddale |
come on gigger.
You have to admit you are an easy target in footballing abyss that is July!!!.
Also they are incredibly funny.
why was your friendly result not on tele at the weekend or in any papers at the weekend?
Your new board not happy with the reporting of Factual goings on?
only #revolution #smokeandmirrors
Is the big match of pre season tomorrow v Mevagissey fishing X1?. |
Not much to talk about in July is there?
I visited the borough of whitworth yesterday and frequented the halfway house and got talking to an ex fail fan who stopped going when Steve errrrrr took over.
He reckons that flitcroft was the top banana in the golden duo.
He said flitcroft was the proper coach and was the hands on chap and hill did the media.
My new mate Alan did have the old black and white striped shirt on tho and looked a bit of a nob.
I tried my look in the blue ball next but what the craps happened its called the norden arms now and full of pesky kids.
So a quick one in the bowling green next, you can't FAIL in that pub, see what I did.
A very pleasant afternoon was had in your manor before heading back to the safety of bury and Sunday lunch in the pack horse birtle. | |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 21:22 - Jul 15 with 3664 views | EGP |
The EGP team would urge Dale fans to ignore any bury fans hijacking this thread. We seek to provide entertainment to our fans on our website.
If interlopers wish to interject, then that says more about them than it does about us.
EGP #for the fans of Rochdale. | |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 21:41 - Jul 15 with 3634 views | D_Alien |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 20:34 - Jul 15 by gigger |
Not much to talk about in July is there?
I visited the borough of whitworth yesterday and frequented the halfway house and got talking to an ex fail fan who stopped going when Steve errrrrr took over.
He reckons that flitcroft was the top banana in the golden duo.
He said flitcroft was the proper coach and was the hands on chap and hill did the media.
My new mate Alan did have the old black and white striped shirt on tho and looked a bit of a nob.
I tried my look in the blue ball next but what the craps happened its called the norden arms now and full of pesky kids.
So a quick one in the bowling green next, you can't FAIL in that pub, see what I did.
A very pleasant afternoon was had in your manor before heading back to the safety of bury and Sunday lunch in the pack horse birtle. |
I think the Pack Horse is possibly in our manor.
Reason? The programme on planning regs aired earlier this year. Some geezer wanted to build log cabins up Elbut Lane and the planning officer who turned him down was attached to Rochdale Council.
Glad you enjoyed your trip over though - drinking Dale ale obviously makes you talk more sense! | |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 21:49 - Jul 15 with 3617 views | gigger |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 21:41 - Jul 15 by D_Alien |
I think the Pack Horse is possibly in our manor.
Reason? The programme on planning regs aired earlier this year. Some geezer wanted to build log cabins up Elbut Lane and the planning officer who turned him down was attached to Rochdale Council.
Glad you enjoyed your trip over though - drinking Dale ale obviously makes you talk more sense! |
They've got a rival up elbutt lane now called the conservatory or something, looks a bit posh.
I didn't mention in my tour of Rochdale and district that up owd betts the old new inn/nutters/Indian is being renovated into a nursery!!
Who the he'll is going to drive all way up there twice a day to drop of and pick up there kids.
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 21:58 - Jul 15 with 3600 views | D_Alien |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 21:49 - Jul 15 by gigger |
They've got a rival up elbutt lane now called the conservatory or something, looks a bit posh.
I didn't mention in my tour of Rochdale and district that up owd betts the old new inn/nutters/Indian is being renovated into a nursery!!
Who the he'll is going to drive all way up there twice a day to drop of and pick up there kids.
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Might get some custom from t' edenfield side - they'll just drop them off of a Monday morning for the week | |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 00:45 - Jul 16 with 3498 views | Daley_Lama |
I was non-plussed when i saw that Nutters was being converted to a nursery while up that way this weekend.
Fair enough him not wanting a prestigeous restaurant in the middle of nowhere and good luck etc, but a nursery?
Practicality surely says it will fall on it's bum? Only sheep live local to it, it snows a bit in these here parts and regular staffing might not be the easiest thing to come by.
I'm sure the new owners know what they are doing but it's about the wierdest place to stick a nursery i could think of.
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 08:32 - Jul 16 with 3420 views | R17ALE |
I think folk are getting their buildings mixed up. Nutters is where the Manor Brewsters pub used to be, only half a mile past Norden Terminus.
The New Inn/Indian/Nursery is the next building on the right as you pass Owd Betts.
Back in the day, the New Inn was a great place for under age drinking, a wonderful pint of Bass, and a fruit machine that had a 'skill' button! | |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 08:43 - Jul 16 with 3413 views | TTNYear |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 08:32 - Jul 16 by R17ALE |
I think folk are getting their buildings mixed up. Nutters is where the Manor Brewsters pub used to be, only half a mile past Norden Terminus.
The New Inn/Indian/Nursery is the next building on the right as you pass Owd Betts.
Back in the day, the New Inn was a great place for under age drinking, a wonderful pint of Bass, and a fruit machine that had a 'skill' button! |
But the New Inn then changed to Nutters, before he moved to the Manor. It then changed to an Indian and has been unused since they went popadom. | |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 08:45 - Jul 16 with 3411 views | judd |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 08:32 - Jul 16 by R17ALE |
I think folk are getting their buildings mixed up. Nutters is where the Manor Brewsters pub used to be, only half a mile past Norden Terminus.
The New Inn/Indian/Nursery is the next building on the right as you pass Owd Betts.
Back in the day, the New Inn was a great place for under age drinking, a wonderful pint of Bass, and a fruit machine that had a 'skill' button! |
It also used to be Nutters first restaurant.
It'll be a front now for drug money. | |
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 09:09 - Jul 16 with 3399 views | BigKindo |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 00:45 - Jul 16 by Daley_Lama |
I was non-plussed when i saw that Nutters was being converted to a nursery while up that way this weekend.
Fair enough him not wanting a prestigeous restaurant in the middle of nowhere and good luck etc, but a nursery?
Practicality surely says it will fall on it's bum? Only sheep live local to it, it snows a bit in these here parts and regular staffing might not be the easiest thing to come by.
I'm sure the new owners know what they are doing but it's about the wierdest place to stick a nursery i could think of.
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| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 09:19 - Jul 16 with 3394 views | R17ALE |
| No FC Bruges, No Open Day, No Sponsor? on 08:45 - Jul 16 by judd |
It also used to be Nutters first restaurant.
It'll be a front now for drug money. |
I'm not as old as you! | |
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