Edinburgh City defender Robbie McIntyre will forver be grateful to Bury and their fans for the kindness they showed him during a difficult time.
The League One club were this week expelled from the Football League after 125 years after a takeover bid to take the club out of administration fell through, with liquidation now likely.
McIntyre, who joined James McDonaugh’s side last summer from East of Scotland outfit Tynecastle, started his career in Rangers’ academy before moving south to Huddersfield Town.
From there he moved to Bury in January 2014 and spent the rest of the season at Gigg Lane.
Family circumstances meant he had to return to Scotland prematurely, but the left back can’t thank the Shakers enough for their help when it was most needed.
“Three months in to my contract at Bury in March 2014, my father suffered a cardiac arrest followed by a couple of months of ‘rehab’, he shared in a message on social media.
“I had no option but to go home and help take care of my family, which meant I had to risk sacrificing my full-time football career.
“My father eventually passed away in the May of 2014 and it was then I had to make a decision to step back from football and focus my time and energy elsehwere.
“In the months of my absence, Bury continued to pay me my full wage and also released a statement explaining my departure due to my father’s passing, in response to which I received nothing but condolences form the Bury fans,
“It is for this act of kindness that I will always have nothing but gratitude towards the club that helped me and my family in our time of need.”
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