Each week Bury FC in the Community and players from Bury football club will be visiting local schools across Bury as part of our schools education programme, where we deliver talk's based on the life styles of professional footballers regarding their training routine, diet and education.

The children get the chance to ask questions in a assembly with the players, then the players visit various class rooms to chat to the children and sign autographs'.

Last week David Buchanan, Richie Baker, Nicky Adams and James Dean visited Hollymount RC Primary School where the children have been working on a school project, over the next few weeks the children will be putting biographies based on the players visit together to be displayed in school.

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Below are some of the questions and photos that year 6 pupils asked!

Year 6 Questions

What is your best moment in football?
DB - Getting pro contract at Bury and representing Northern Ireland at U21 level
RB - Playing for Manchester United as a schoolboy and getting pro contract at Bury.
NA - Scoring on his 1st Team debut for Bury shortly after turning pro.
JD - Turning Pro

What was the first team you played for?
JD - School teams and local Sunday league teams in Accrington.
NA - School team then Manchester United from 9-15
RB - School team then Manchester United from 9-15
DB - Local team call Roach ?? then Bury

What age was you when you signed for your first pro club?
JD - 21 - Northwich Victoria
NA - 9 - Manchester United
RB - 9 - Manchester United
DB - 14 - ??

Who is your favourite footballer?
JD - Cristiano Ronaldo
NA - Ronaldinho
RB - Paul Scholes
DB - Paul Scholes

Mr Barnes (Head Teacher) went on to ask why Paul Scholes, to which they both answered his range of passing and things he does in a game go simply unnoticed but are world class. Mr Barnes then informed that Mrs Fuller a teacher at the school, used to teach Paul Scholes as a child.

What is your favourite match that you played in?
DB - Northern Ireland under 19 debut away in Italy which he scored in.
RB - Playing for Manchester United youth against Barcelona in France winning 2-1
NA - Bury 2 - 0 Sunderland, Carling cup game in 2006/7 season
JD - Played in a world tournament in Gothenburg against teams from around the world.

Who is your favourite premiership player you have met?
JD - Matt Derbyshire (Good Friend)
NA - David Beckham
RB - David Beckham
DB - David Beckham

Year 4 Questions

Millie - Year 4 - What is your best skill?
JD - Strength and ability to hold the ball up
DB - Energy to get from Box to Box
NA - Dribbling
RB - Energy from box to box, and passing range

What do you want to do when you finish playing?
JD - Stay in football, maybe become a referee or physio.
DB - Definite ambitions to be a manager.
NA - Doesn't want to stay in football, will learn a trade.
RB - Become a coach or manager, stay with lads in dressing room stay part of it.

Ben - Year 4 - What is the worst thing about being a footballer?
RB - Being left out the starting 11
NA - Losing a game
DB - Sustaining an injury and watching lads wishing you could help them if they losing or be part of it if they winning.
NA - Being left out, but also went on to say don't lose your head if your not in the team, work hard keep going you will get your rewards.

Who is the best Player you have played against?
JD - Frank Sinclair
RB - Aaron Lennon, Micah Richards as a Scholar, but Mikael Arteta as a Pro
DB - Mikael Arteta - Single handily destroyed our midfield
NA - Mikael Arteta - Only comment was just unbelievable

Olivia Year 4 - Best Think about being a footballer?
RB - Playing on a Saturday after a hard weeks training.
NA - Living the dream, playing against Pro's
DB - Getting paid to do something he loves, to him football is just a job
JD - Getting rewards for the hard work you put in and effort.

What is the best advice you could give any budding footballer?
JD - Play for your school, local teams etc as much as possible, there are always people watching.
DB - Always enjoy yourself, enjoy the game and you will get success.
NA - Make sure you enjoy, practice as much as possible.
RB - Enjoy, Work Hard, put 110% in to succeed

Shakers at School

Shakers at School

Shakers at School

Shakers at School