FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Bury FC - Gigg Lane, Bury, Britain - August 27, 2019 A Bury FC fan wears a flag outside the stadium Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine
MANCHESTER (Reuters) - A day that began with the heartwarming sight of fans young and old sprucing up Bury's Gigg Lane ground in the hope of a match on Saturday ended in tears and despair as the 134-year-old third tier club was expelled from the Football League.
After a takeover bid fell apart just hours before a 5 p.m. local deadline and following an evening of rumours, with hopes of a last-gasp new bid, a communique from the Football League (EFL) at 11:06 p.m. ended the North West club's 125-year membership of the world's oldest professional soccer league.
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