In the past three seasons the Conference winners – Kidderminster Harriers Macclesfield Town and Stevenage Borough – have been

In the past three seasons the Conference winners – Kidderminster Harriers, Macclesfield Town and Stevenage Borough – have been denied promotion because they failed to improve their grounds by 31 December. GM Vauxhall Conference clubs are to be given another three months to ensure their grounds are up to the required standard to gain acceptance to the Football League, which has extended the deadline for the Conference champions to meet its stipulations from New Year’s Eve until 1 April. We’re a family club, we’re all in it together and if there’s a problem we all have a say.”. So far we have the knack of winning straight after a defeat but a blip will come and we have to see how we will deal with it Knowing Bury, it’ll be well. “Everything is rosy in the garden at the moment but the test will come when we lose three or four on the trot. I’ve not spoken to Steve yet, but he’ll tell me what the problem was.”The problem for Ternent is the anticipation that is growing in Bury.

Sam Ellis [his assistant manager] will say to me: `Look gaffer, I think you need a couple of days off’. But I’m the last person to notice when things start getting to me. But if it’s down to the hassle of management, I can well understand why.”Stress is part of the territory, you learn to deal with it and it only becomes a problem when it affects your family. He’s a very good football manager and an honest lad who is mentally extremely tough, so there’ll be a good reason behind his decision. Then there is the stress that laid Coppell low at Manchester City and afflicts everyone running a football team.”He’s a close friend, Steve,” Ternent said of Coppell, “and I was absolutely amazed when he left Maine Road. I wouldn’t mind being here in two or three years’ time to see how they’ve developed.”The fate of Mick Walsh, who brought expectation and Ternent to Gigg Lane and was later dismissed, illustrates the chance element in football management that makes even projections into the near future risky. Great players like Colin Bell and Neville Southall began their careers at Bury and we’ve got a good crop of youngsters coming through.

Stockport County, Rochdale or any number of clubs might fancy the idea themselves.”There would also be a reluctance to lose the club’s identity. But it’s some way down the road and there’s a lot of competition round here. Not every player can get into the first team at the bigger clubs and we’re in an ideal position to monitor that.”What about Bury as a potential junior side for Manchester United? “I wouldn’t mind some of their juniors,” Ternent replied, quick as a flash, before adding: “The bigger clubs are going to get even bigger and it’s feasible that Bury might become a nursery club. “Their fans are all season-ticket holders and you couldn’t get a ticket for Old Trafford if you tried Liverpool and Blackburn are similar And there’s the flip side.