Bury Football Club are facing liquidation after officially being kicked out of the English Football League following the collapse of a takeover deal with C&N Sporting Risk.
The club were set with a 5pm deadline on August 27 to at least prove that a takeover was all but complete, having already been barred from competing in matches this season.
Owner Steve Dale said last week that a takeover had been agreed with C&N Sporting Risk, an analytics company, but it was confirmed on Tuesday that the deal had fallen through.
Fans were in attendance at Bury's Gigg Lane to prepare the stadium for their proposed match with Doncaster Rovers this weekend, what would have been their first match of the campaign.