Blue is the Colour
side of the cricket square from the football pitch and grandstand , both teams faced a lengthy walk before reaching the pitch . Though cricket was eventually phased out following the establishment of the Victory Sports Ground at Newton Road ( incidentally , a temporary ground for Bury Town in 1978 when Ram Meadow became flooded ), this layout remained unaltered until the end , despite much of the old cricket ground on either side of the pavilion being swallowed up by a car park and other non-football buildings .
Above : Match advert from 1920 when the club was known as Bury United
Left : A charity match in 1917 showing the original grandstand at the West Suffolk Cricket Ground
Above : An OS map from 1926 showing the King ’ s Road ground
Founder members of the Eastern Counties League in 1935 / 36 , alongside future Football League side Ipswich Town , Bury undertook some improvements to King ’ s Road a couple of years later , adding similar looking covered shelters on either side of the grandstand , which boosted the covered accommodation to 1,000 . Much to the detriment of the facili-
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