The administrators at CBF in the administration report, have suggested that they are in negotiations with BFC or a source acting for BFC to settle the debt on the ground.
For a start the application is not in Steve Dales name. He has stated in the Sun and the Express recently that he will step away if necessary. Hopefully he, for once, is true to his word. One thing is for sure, a continuation of Bury FC is certainly preferable to having a new club.
As per FA rules Bury FC would be expected to start much higher up the chain as they are a continuation of the same club, not a phoenix with links to or a complete new club which I suspect the FA will now class Bury AFC as.
Because BFC are still trading, still members of the FA and have applied for league entry next season the FA are now unlikely to recognise Bury AFC as a Phoenix and as such the new team is likely to have its provisional acceptance into NWCL overturned and will likely be placed into Manchester...
Sources within the FA now say that Phoenix application which was 'provisionally' accepted for NWCL will now be rejected on the basis that BFC are still members of the FA and have made an application to the National League set up with a view to be in a league for next season. This means that...
No one really knows what his end game is, but its a pretty safe assumption to presume the reason for him contesting these winding up petitions is that he has seen some sort of other financial opportunity (this PL money certainly makes most sense).
That statement he made on Friday is completely unbelievable. It has also emerged that Bill Kenwright (Everton), pledged a £1million donation, but Deb Jevons has said this would not have been allowed anyway.