Peters’ pride as milestone man
SHELDAN KEAY
BRENT Peters has reflected on how proud he is of his career as Bacup Borough manager after spending the past 20 years with the club.
Peters has been in charge of the club for over two decades, after becoming manager back in 1997. He is now set to honoured with an event celebrating the achievement later this year.
The Bacup boss is delighted to have reached the milestone, and now hopes that more success can be achieved over the coming years.
“It doesn’t seem like
‘I’m not a quitter and I’ve done my best over the years’
yesterday when I walked in. I was only supposed to be here briefly and was just asked to stabilise them as they had got off to a really bad start that season,” he said.
“They had just been beaten 10-0 when I took over and had no points in mid-September, I took over and we ended up finishing mid-table.
“At the end of the season I said I’d move on, but Frank Manning said to me that it probably looks like that would be the end of Bacup Borough as nobody was interested in helping them as they had a mountain of debts.
“I said to the club that whatever happens, I’ll ensure that there is survival, so I paid a lot of the fees that the club needed and then I made the career decision to stay ●● Brent Peters, centre, has spent two decades at Bacup Borough and the rest is history.
“I came in with my eyes shut in a lot of ways and I had to fight to keep this club alive. I’m not a quitter and I’ve done my best over the years.
“There has been tough times along the way, such as when I suffered a bankruptcy to save the club, but we’ve had a lot of suc- cess too which makes me really proud.
“There have been great people that has helped to keep us afloat such as Brian Boys and others, and it’s important now that we can build on the positive times we had and keep going forward and progress in the future.
“We’ve come a long way at Bacup Borough Football Club over the past 20 years and we have some exciting plans ahead.”
The event to celebrate Peters’ time at Bacup is set to be held at the Brian Boys West View Stadium on FA Cup Final day, featuring plenty of faces from the club’s past.
The club hope to have as many in attendance as possible, and also have them taking part in several short games against each other on the pitch.
Some of the proceeds from the event will also go to Rossendale Hospice and The Sophie Lancaster Foundation. More information can be found on the Borough website.