Bury Football Club - Legends Wall 2024 - Player Panels

Legends Wall (Players) - Manchester Road End

Following over 700 suggestions for the Legends Wall, we are delighted to confirm that 40 players & 15 historical images representing the club's history, will adorn the wall along the entry to the South Stand and now it's your chance to sponsor a poster.

All purchase will be made via TicketCo, the price to sponsor a legends poster is £69.99 plus VAT & booking fee. It will last for two seasons and will include your name (or business name) at the bottom of the poster.

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BOB STOKOE - A balding central defender, Stokoe came to Gigg Lane in February 1961 as the makeweight in the transfer of John McGrath to Newcastle United. He played in the closing 17 games of Bury’s season and didn’t taste defeat as 13 wins and 4 draws helped Bury claim the Division Three title. He took over as player-manager in December 1961 and remained in charge until August 1965. After famously winning the FA Cup as Sunderland manager in 1973, he then had a second spell as Bury manager between November 1977 and May 1978.

BILLY HIBBERT - Centre forward Hibbert joined Bury in May 1906 and spent six years with the Shakers, during which time he became a star. His scoring ratio - 99 goals in 178 league games - ensured he became the fourth Bury man to be capped for England, when he started for the national side in April 1910. He also owned a tobacconist and newsagents business on Bell Lane and so, when Bury told him that they wanted to sell him to Newcastle in October 1911, he wasn’t too happy. The transfer fee of £1,950 was a new British transfer record at the time, which demonstrated how much of a star striker he was.

JOE LEEMING - A defender who also appeared in the Shakers’ side as a forward on occasions, Leeming scored two of Bury's six goals without reply in the 1903 FA Cup Final win against Derby County. Joe played 258 games in the club’s very early and successful Football League days, having made his Shakers debut in April 1898. He played regularly right up until the end of the 1907-8 season when he was transferred to Brighton & Hove Albion.