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Bury given deadline to avoid EFL expulsion after having third game suspended
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Bury's first two League One matches of the season were also suspended by the EFL
Bury have been given 14 days to avoid being expelled from the EFL after having their Carabao Cup tie with Sheffield Wednesday suspended.
The EFL previously called off Bury's games against MK Dons and Accrington.
The League One club had been given a deadline of Wednesday to show the EFL a plan to pay off outstanding creditors.
But after not providing "the clarity required" they have now had a third game suspended and given two weeks to meet the EFL's insolvency policy.
"Despite continued efforts, regular communication and dialogue with [Bury chairman] Mr Steve Dale and his team, the required evidence has not been forthcoming," EFL executive chair Debbie Jevans said.
"Albeit regretfully, the board has been left with no choice but to take the action it has."
The EFL said they would continue to work "constructively with the club and Mr Dale" to obtain the details required to avoid calling off further fixtures.
BBC Radio Manchester have contacted Bury for comment.
Financially-troubled Bury's first-round match against the Owls had been due to take place at Hillsborough on Tuesday, 13 August.
The club have already been given a 12-point deduction for the season after entering into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) - which is classed as an insolvency event by the EFL - to try to clear some of their debts.
The Shakers saw a winding-up petition against them dismissed by the High Court on 31 July, while Dale claimed the EFL were "working against" them, to which Jevans later said that the league was "not standing in the way" of the club's survival.
The EFL had previously issued the club with a withdrawal of membership notice - which was itself suspended since 25 July. But this has now been lifted, with the Shakers given until 23 August to prove their financial viability or face expulsion.
Bury, who won promotion from League Two last season, have also previously been referred to an independent disciplinary panel after their opening-day fixture against MK Dons was suspended.
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People have been saying for twenty years that football's ridiculous business model we see lower league clubs crashing out of existence and somehow most of those that have been close to the edge have survived, thankfully including us, but you can't help thinking the luck is beginning to run out for several clubs who have been trading insolvently for far too long.
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This should have been sorted in May. The EFL is becoming s laughing stock.
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Why haven't they threatened Bolton with the same punishment
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A terribly sad time for Bury fans as a club with their history is on the brink. Likewise it’s a sorry state of affairs for English Football.
We know all to well what it feels like, and it’s the supporters that ultimately end up suffering.
I don’t think the EFL have covered themselves in much glory either. It’s now causing a major problem with fixtures being postponed and having an affect on the league one competition. Part of entry into their completions should be to see club accounts. Also the fit and proper persons test should be made stricter. Likewise there should be player salary caps in league one and two because that’s where all the money will be going on players wages, not forgetting the parasites (player agents) who drain money from the game.
Hopefully Bury can sort their problems out.
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The football authorities are sitting back and allowing this to happen, probably because individuals at the top are happily creaming off a fair amount of money for themselves and don't really care if a few small clubs go under. The football industry is the business equivalent of the Wild West and the bad guys are winning. This includes greedy footballers taking home far more money than they ever deserve.Originally Posted by MAD_MAGPIE
(Many) clubs and owners have shown they are not able to police their own finances, so the league should introduce rules that do it for them, with tight salary caps which prevent teams from overspending. Major League Soccer in the USA does this, whilst still offering fans the excitement of some big name signings through the Designated Player rule, but overall the wage structures ensure that teams in MLS are sustainable and that the games are very competitive. It's a sad state of affairs when English football needs to take lessons from the Americans on how to run things, but that's the state we're in.
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Because the situation there is different. They have 2 prospective buyers.
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I don't get the league stance of suspending matches, surely that only makes Bury's situation worse? I get the argument that if they start the season and then fold its disruptive for other teams, but surely the opponents also benefit from having a game rather than a blank weekend.
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I don't think they know what to do, to be honest. A club that can't stage competitive fixtures should be expelled from the league but clearly that's a huge decision to make. It looks as if this is what will eventually have to happen, but even if Bury do manage to get themselves sorted out, then the postponed matches will have to be re-positioned as midweek fixtures which means their would-be opponents so far face a more crammed schedule and could claim to be at a competitive disadvantage against other clubs.
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I could not agree more. The American idea seems like a sensible and prudent one.
There needs to be a complete review of player salaries certainly in League One and Two. Its the EFL with the PFA who are the only ones who can enforce and implement this by coming together and clubs agreeing to this at the league AGM's.
Too many owners and custodians have proven themselves not to be fit and proper by spending money they've not got, or gambling with clubs long term future in an attempt at short term success by running up a tab and expecting someone else to foot the bill.
It's fine for them to spend money if they are giving the club the money (or paying the shortfall between income and expenditure) but once that ceases either by money running out, or them selling the club to someone else is when it starts to become a problem.
There are 72 clubs in the football league and countless others in non-league all with their own unique identity and history and all mean something to their community and to football in this country. That is what is supposed to be great about English Football. Where else in the world would you get attendances of 5,000+ in the fifth tier with nearly 1,000 travelling fans like our game the other night?
This rich colourful footballing culture and history is something that should be protected, yet this is increasingly coming under threat by those who are entering the game buying the clubs and not running them properly, and the authorities that run the competitions.
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