Bury's future hangs in the balance: weekend football countdown – live!

Shakers await fate amid threat of extinction after 135 yearsJames Bentley: losing Bury would devastate a communityYou can email Barry or tweet @bglendenning or post BTL 2.36pm BST Manchester City: In news of a slightly less impoverished outfit in the north-west, Manchester City will be without John Stones for their visit to Bournemouth on Sunday. The defender is sidelined with a muscle problem, while Benjamin Mendy is back in training but not yet ready to play following the knee injury which kept him out for most of last season. City have never lost to or even drawn with against Bournemouth City head to Bournemouth on Sunday to face a team they have never lost to. “We know each other quite well for the fact that it is the same managers from four years ago,” Guardiola said. “They have the same points as us after two games and they won away [against Aston Villa] when it is difficult to go to a newly promoted team in the first game of the season. They are defending incredibly well, setting up deep with a 5-4-1 or a 5-3-2, and they attack really well in the channels and from set-pieces so it is always tough.” 2.24pm BST Bolton Wanderers: “Former Bolton boss Phil Parkinson has spoken out following his resignation from the club this week, to say he left with “a heavy heart”. Along with his assistant Steve Parkin, the 51-year-old resigned from from the beleaguered League One club yesterday. Two days previously, Bolton’s fixture against Doncaster was postponed amid welfare concerns for the club’s younger players – who have had to play this season due to a transfer embargo imposed after the club went into administration. Continue reading…
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