Your club needs you (Bury) By Clive Tyldesley Telegraph 02/04/2005 We can become so desensitised to the troubles and strife of the world, it is only when someone or something close to our hearts is in peril that we are moved to respond. I have lost count of the number of Football League clubs whose fragile finances have placed them on death row, and yet it was only when I heard of Bury's present plight that I put my hand in my pocket. I grew up in a house with the Bury manager and goalkeeper as neighbours. My mum took me to Gigg Lane before I was born and my dad even did a bit of coaching for the club. He sometimes claims to have converted John McGrath from a centre-forward into a centre-half, nothing to be proud of when you consider how many forwards McGrath went on to dismember. Bury are in serious financial trouble at present and have only two players contracted for next season, but you won't find a long face around the place. The spirit of the club refuses to go under. On Good Friday, a 'Fill the Ground' Appeal more than doubled their average attendance to 6,000. Last month, a beer festival raised more merry revenue. Today, they entertain their local rivals Rochdale at the ground where I fell for football. It keeps you young to look up an old flame from time to time. Try to get to see your local team before the season is out.
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