A petition calling on the EFL to reverse their decision to expel Bury from the English Football League has attracted over 10,000 signatures.
On Tuesday, the Shakers had their membership revoked and will almost certainly be liquidated following C&N Sporting Risk pulling out of a proposed takeover of the crisis-club.
Current owner Steve Dale claimed late in the day he had received three further bids leading for calls for Bury to be given an extension, but the League’s decision was announced at around 11pm.
The petition on change.org is titled ‘EFL BRING BACK BURY FC’ and it calls on the governing body to consider one of those bids and bring Bury back.
The petition was shared online with a message, reading: “Calling all football supporters.
“Bury FC have had 1000s of messages of support. We need your help more than ever.
“The EFL need to consider the SJ Global bid. The initial offer was in before the deadline, the money is transferred as promised, and this does not need to go to court.
“The EFL messed up and did not explore all avenues and incorrectly thought the bid had been withdrawn.
“Please sign this petition and contact your own club and supporters association and ask them to provide messages of support for Bury FC and pressure the EFL.”
Former Bury director Ian Harrop's emotional reaction to EFL expulsion
On Wednesday, EFL executive chair Debbie Jevans told talkSPORT about what happened before Bury were expelled the previous day.
She said: “Yesterday afternoon was a very long afternoon; it was not even the afternoon, it was the whole day in fact when we were still in communication with Mr Dale and C&N Sporting Risk, who were doing all the due diligence they said they needed to do to ensure that the takeover took forward the club.
“We were going backwards and forwards with them supporting them with all the information we had and then at 3pm – just a couple of hours before the deadline we set – they said they could not continue.
“Their due diligence had demonstrated that it was impossible to move forward with the purchase, and at that point they pulled out and put the release out that everybody has seen.
“We have been going back and forth with Mr Dale and constantly worked with him, making compromises where we could, and asked for information to be shared.
“And at the eleventh hour there were emails received… a flurry of Mr Dale saying he had accepted this and accepted that.
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“There was no substance to anything we received that would allow us to delay this further and then find ourselves in a week or two weeks’ time in the same situation again.”
Bury fans have been left heartbroken by the demise of the historic club, while some players have found themselves in a financial mire following months without being paid.
Stephen Dawson told talkSPORT he is in the process of selling his house because of Bury’s expulsion from the League.