About Us
27 Years providing football in the community of Bury
Bury Girls & Ladies Football Club started in the summer of 1996 to provide a group of girls with an opportunity to play football. It was just one team at that time. An association with Bury FC was formed and plans put in place to grow the Club.
Several years later and the Club boasted girls’ teams at all age groups from U10s through to adult and became a big name in the region for providing a quality football provision for female football.
In 2017 we became the official grassroots arm of Bury FC Community Trust and in turn became Bury FC Boys & Girls as we now provided a provision for boy’s football too. This partnership continued to flourish regardless of the issues at Bury FC.
In 2021, some 25 years later, with approximately 30 teams offering walking, vets, disability and recreational football alongside our regular boys, girls, Womens and mens provision we became Bury FC Foundation. With this diverse range of opportunities, the words ‘boys & girls’ became a little extinct. The term ‘foundation’ encompasses the collective opportunities we can offer at our home ground Goshen, including our fantastic 3G pitches which were funded by The Football Foundation and are managed by Bury Football Foundation..
Our Vision and Aims
Our vision is to provide opportunities for all players to develop not only as footballers but as individuals as well; to allow all our players to become the best version of themselves.
Bury FC Foundation has an ongoing commitment to providing high-quality coaching and playing programs for all in a welcoming and enjoyable environment.
Our aim is to encourage participation amongst all ages and abilities and to promote a healthy attitude for life.
Bury FC Foundation are committed to achieving the following aims:
Provide high-quality sporting, and playing programs for the whole community.
Encourage high standards of behaviour both amongst our staff, volunteers and the participants in all our sessions and teams.
Support all players to reach their goals to enhance their development and to provide them with every opportunity to excel in their football journey.
Build open and honest relationships with parents and players by creating a positive spirit throughout the club through the development of accountability and respect for all.
And most of all to work as a TEAM with everything we do.
One Club, One Community, One Football Family
Football for All
Not only do we provide opportunities to boys, girls and women to play football, through our partnership with Bury Football Foundation we are able to offer football opportunities to those who can't follow mainstream football.
This includes our disability teams, our men's and women's walking football teams and our men's and women's vets teams.
There is no excuse not to participate in the sport you love.
Player Support
At our club you will have access to quality training and opportunities to develop your football skills and knowledge. We also offer targeted training such as goal keeping. Alongside our training, we also offer the opportunity to play weekly fixtures in a variety of local leagues To support our football development we offer additional sessions looking at nutrition, fitness and injury prevention. We also hold many social events, including our spectacular Annual Presention Evening.
Coach Education
All our coaches and volunteers are approved through the FA's Annual Health Check and are licensed qualified coaches undertaking professional development on a regular basis