That's not a fair statement. Attendances were pretty much in line / proportion with the population.Bury don't deserve a football team because the people of Bury didn't/don't care enough to turn up and watch them
I think it was less about abandoning the original club, which was gone in everything but name, but more about they wanted a club to support so decided to give it a go with a phoenix team. If they hadn't used the word Bury and played in Burys colours it might have calmed it a bit but I can see them becoming tenants at Gigg Lane unless these shadowy benefactors appear to shore things upI have a lot of good friends who are Bury fans and they all voted no to the merger, its like civil war at the moment, i know people from both sides have been assaulted over this, its very sad but i can see both sides, i think the main upset stems from abandoning the original club far to early and not helping to get Gigg Lane back, its become far too bitter now, not sure how this will be resolved
only 200 of the fans said no. All about their egosIt looks very much to me that it's a case of all or nothing and now there will be nothing. What amazed me that was Bury Council, which has faced millions of cuts every year for a good 20 years, had 450k to give to such a project. Effectively the fans have said 'no thank you.'
I get what you are saying but i also get the need to fight for your club and hope for a miracle until the very end and not just fucking off to another club, its a tough one and im not sure where this leaves themI think it was less about abandoning the original club, which was gone in everything but name, but more about they wanted a club to support so decided to give it a go with a phoenix team. If they hadn't used the word Bury and played in Burys colours it might have calmed it a bit but I can see them becoming tenants at Gigg Lane unless these shadowy benefactors appear to shore things up
No. They can only hold a set amount of games at Pallet Park per season as per terms set by the council to appease locals.Can't they share Pallet Park with FC United given that they let them share Gigg Lane for a number of years?
As over 90% of AFC voted for the merger it's also possible that some of there members were interested in the club surviving, they just took another route to have a team ready to return. I've been getting a load of stuff from the Gigg group and they were very bullish about having local benefactors to replace the monies lost from the Council (450k) and what AFC would bring with them (£250k) They kept saying that they didn't believe the Government would ask for the £1M from the Community Fund but who knows.They reported that they had support from the FA for the creation of a team but didn't say whether they'd get an automatic place in the bottom tier or if they'd have a team/available for next season. Interesting times for themI get what you are saying but i also get the need to fight for your club and hope for a miracle until the very end and not just fucking off to another club, its a tough one and im not sure where this leaves them