BURY striker Harry Bunn has revealed he is worried about providing for his baby which is due in February as the “nightmare” financial reality of not being paid plays out. The forward’s partner is due to give birth in six months’ time and the 26-year-old is worried about the future. Bury were expelled from the […]
BURY striker Harry Bunn has revealed he is worried about providing for his baby which is due in February as the “nightmare” financial reality of not being paid plays out.
The forward’s partner is due to give birth in six months’ time and the 26-year-old is worried about the future.
Bury were expelled from the Football League yesterday after going bust — the darkest chapter in the financial history of English football for nearly three decades.
Bunn told the Guardian: “This is the time when we need the help and we’d appreciate anything.
“I’ve got a baby due in February. It’s a good bit of news for me and I just wish the circumstances were different.
“We would appreciate more support.
“The PFA did help us out, giving us 50 per cent of our wages, but now we don’t have an income.
“Lads have mortgages coming out at the start of the month.”
Ex-Manchester City and Huddersfield ace Bunn also told of how the Gigg Lane players were kept in the dark over the club’s ownership situation, and training has been a “nightmare.”
That has been especially poignant given Bury have not had a game this season, missing five games.
Yesterday, midfielder Stephen Dawson has confirmed he has been forced to put his house up for sale after the club were booted out of the Football League.
He said: “I’ve been on to the mortgage adviser this morning because that is the end.
“There’s no two ways about it now, that is it for me.
How do I say to my little girls that they are going to have to leave the home they grew up in?
Stephen Dawson
“I’ve played my whole career and put everything into my house and my kids to give them a start in life when they are 18, whether that be a deposit for a house or money for college.
“I don’t have the fancy cars or the fancy clothes as I was never in a position to earn the thousands and thousands the really good players earn.
“I’ve done it just for my family and myself as I love playing but it’s utterly heartbreaking.
“How do I say to my little girls that they are going to have to leave the home they grew up in?
“I’m struggling come to terms with everything that is going on, to be honest.”
As SunSport revealed today, Bury may not be the last club to hit the wall as financial fear grips the North West football hotbed.
