The English Football League have confirms what will happen if Bury end up getting kicked out of the league on Friday.
The Shakers have had six matches suspended with the EFL not satisfied with the League one club’s financial situation.
Fans are hoping owner Steve Dale, who bought the club for just £1, will sell up, though according to reports he’s ignoring emails and turned down bids just days until the deadline on their future.
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EFL’s statement, which has been read over 42,000 times, states: “Bury FC’s scheduled League One fixture with Tranmere Rovers on Saturday 24 August has been suspended as further clarity remains outstanding in relation to a number of the Club’s financial obligations.
“In addition, Sheffield Wednesday have been awarded the Carabao Cup Round One tie scheduled to be played against Bury and will progress to Round Two, where they will play away at Rotherham United on Wednesday 28 August.
“The EFL Board continues to be frustrated at the lack of significant progress that has been made by Mr Dale in providing the information required. However, we will continue to work with the current ownership in an attempt to achieve a resolution ahead of the Notice of Withdrawal deadline of Friday 23 August.
“It remains in regular communication with Mr Dale but if a solution is not found by the deadline, the Board will authorise the necessary share transfer on behalf of Bury FC which shall be legally binding on all parties and result, regretfully, in the Club no longer being a member of the League.
WHAT HAPPENS IF BURY ARE EXPELLED?
EFL add: “Should this happen, Bury’s record from the 2019/20 season would be expunged with League One consisting of 23 Clubs for the remainder of the campaign and the number of relegation places reduced to three at the conclusion of 2019/20 season. Four promotion places would remain from League Two ensuring a full complement of 24 teams in League One in 2020/21.
“Bury would then be free to make an application to the Football Association to re-join league competition further down the English football pyramid from season 2020/21.”
At this stage, it is unknown what the procedure would be if Bury do not apply to re-join the competition for next season and full details on that are likely to follow at a later date.
After checking out EFL’s statement on Bury and what it would mean if they were expelled, fans took to give their reaction, the majority gutted and others poked fun at the league organisation – see those tweets on the next page.
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