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In his latest The Bar Man column, Jeff Hoyle discusses a trip to the Isle of Man… The last time I saw my beloved Bury FC was in April 2019 on a wet and cold Tuesday evening at Gigg Lane. We lost 0-2 to Cambridge United and rumours were swirling around that the players hadn’t been paid. The rumours turned out to be true, and despite gaining promotion at the end of the season, the club was expelled from the football league. Fast forward to the present day and the Phoenix team are back at Gigg Lane and playing in the North West Counties League, Step Nine of the football pyramid and the same lev…