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John O'Neill

Sep 1, 2026

19:41
come on
19:42
mate probably my favourite day in my career just because of what it was me dad being there dad on the pitch you've all seen the pictures yeah yeah it was really he cried a big baby and I've never seen him cry in my whole life so I know how much that meant to him you know my dream when I used to sit on the wooden benches here in the main stand or over in the south stand before it was done up my dream was to play for Bury I was very fortunate that I played for Bury until I was 16 Bury were back then what is now the championship And I do believe, I'm not trying to plummet ability up too much here, but I do believe if they weren't as high up in the chapter, there was a League 2 club or Division 3 back then.
20:25
And they probably had a chance.
20:27
So nobody grows up wanting to be a manager.
20:29
Let's not pretend they do.
20:30
He probably did.
20:31
He probably grew up wanting to be a coach.

45 MINS LATER

speaker_1HOST
65:22
So someone over in that corner has said, what's harder, managing Bury FC expectations of the fans or finding somewhere in Bury that does a decent pie?

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