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Bury: Bringing Football Back

Episode 1

Duration: 47 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel HD

When Bury FC collapsed last August 2019, a group of locals made it their mission to bring football back to their town - against massive odds. Bury FC was one of the oldest clubs in English football. It had been at the heart of the local community for more than 130 years.

When the club was expelled from the English Football League, local pubs were suddenly empty, the takeaways had no customers and Bury’s market was deserted. Families who had been watching Bury FC for generations had a piece of their lives ripped away.

A group of fans decided to do something. They launched a new club - a team ‘by the fans, for the fans’. BBC Three followed Chris Murray and his friends for 12 months, getting amazing behind-the-scenes access to the birth of a new grassroots football club.

In this first instalment of a two-part documentary, we see them pushing ahead with the phoenix club despite the coronavirus pandemic torpedoing all their best-laid plans - but will they succeed in getting the Bury FC fanbase onside? Show less

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