BURY FC

Throughout the club’s long history, the Shakers have played just 19 games on 11^th December – the first of which took place in Division One, a home game with near neighbours and long-time rivals Bolton Wanderers. This game took place in 1897 at Gigg Lane and attracted a crowd of approximately 8,000 supporters. Bury won the game 2-1 thanks to goals from James Settle and Harry Miller.

A 1909 Division One clash with Chelsea, at Gigg Lane, saw just 6,000 (approx.) fans at the game. Bury won the game 4-2 with the following players on the scoresheet – Bob Currie, Billy Hibbert, Tom Kay & Jimmy Lindsay.

Bolton Wanderers provided the opposition for a North West War League game at Burnden Park in 1915. As with the earlier game in 1897, the final score was 2-1 to thanks to goals from Billy Hibbert and Harry Mitchell.

Rotherham County hosted the Shakers for a Division Two game in 1920. 12,000 supporters watched on with the majority leaving the stadium early as they were unhappy following a Shakers 5-0 victory. Goals from Norman Bullock (2), Fergus Aitken, Ralph Burkinshaw and John Murphy secured the points.

The War League of 1943 brought Stockport County to Gigg Lane and a crowd of just 2,500 supporters witnessed a Bury 4-0 victory. The goals came from Don Carter and a hat-trick from guest player Revell.

Blackburn Rovers visited Gigg Lane in 1954 for a Division Two game with the Shakers. A bumper crowd of 24,126 supporters were on hand to witness Bury secure a 2-1 victory, thanks to goals from Stan Pearson (Pictured below) and Peter Tilley (Pictured at the top of the page).

1971 saw the Shakers in FA Cup action with a Second Round replay tie away ay Workington Town. 5,640 supporters watched as the Shakers ran out 3-1 winners thanks to goals from Terry McDermott, John Murray and George Jones.

Sheffield United provided the opposition in 1998 for a Division One fixture (Tier 2) at Gigg Lane.  Just over 5,000 supporters were present to witness a six-goal thriller as the game finished 3-3. The Bury goals coming from Laurent D’Jaffo (Pictured below), Paul Williams and Chris Swailes.

The last recorded game on this day was during the 2012/2013 campaign when Bury travelled to Roots Hall for a Second Round replay in the FA Cup with Southend United. The game finished 1-1 thanks to a goal from Zac Thompson. Unfortunately, the Shakers lost 3-2 on penalties. Teenage goalkeeper Daniel Bentley was the hero for Southend United in 2012, saving 2 of the 5 penalties faced.