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The good times roll back to Gigg Lane as women Shakers are crowned league champions

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In a year of renaissance at Gigg Lane it was the perfect end to the season. Three years after Bury FC were kicked out of the Football League, a trophy was lifted on the turf.

Bury FC Foundation Women's team clinched the Lancashire County Championship on the final day of the season. It was the first tangible proof of a comeback after the demise of the men's senior side amid financial turmoil in 2019.

The women had continued to play despite the chaos, and suffering their own turmoil. In 2019 the club's ladies won promotion to the Premier of the North West Area League, gracing the famous Gigg Lane pitch with several games on their way to becoming champions of Division 1 - losing just once in 20 games.

But the ensuing trouble at the club saw an exodus of nine of the women's side and they were unable to take their place in the Premier.

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