Revealed: EFL release documents behind Bury's sad demise - including £10k missed payments to Sunderland

Bury failed to pay over £10,000 to Sunderland AFC over a four-year period - as EFL documents show the extent of the club's financial woes.
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The Shakers were expelled from League One at the start of the 2019/20 season after long-standing financial issues came to the fore.

And documents released by the EFL, which have been seen by the Echo, reveal the late payments and fines which contributed to the decision to remove the club from the pyramid.

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Bury were late paying a number of clubs whom they owed transfer fees, loan wages and ticket sale proceeds - with the EFL having to step in on several occasions and deduct money from their Basic Award payments.

The EFL have released documents relating to Bury's sad demiseThe EFL have released documents relating to Bury's sad demise
The EFL have released documents relating to Bury's sad demise

Basic Award payments are the sums given to EFL clubs by the governing body each season.

And the Echo can reveal that three of the payments Bury failed to make were to Sunderland AFC.

The first came in 2013, where a sum of £1,707.00 failed to be paid as a contribution towards loan wages for Trevor Carson.

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A similar payment was missed in May 2017, relating to the loan of centre back Tom Beadling, where the EFL had to deduct a sum of £4847.76 from Bury's Basic Award payment after loan fees were not paid.

Later that year, a sum of £5,795.30 was also not paid to the Black Cats - although the reason for this payment has been redacted in the EFL report.

Bury missed payments to several clubs over the four-year period, with these incidents contributing to the club’s sad demise.