CONGRATULATIONS to Andy Preece on his two years in charge at Gigg Lane and on his success in turning a "hoof team" into a football team.

Thank God the shades of Warnock have passed and that Bury Football Club is producing footballers once again.

Let us hope that the initiative which provoked the recent Bury Times headline "£15m bid for Shakers" will be brought to a successful conclusion.

BEAU