Just being still in existence is something of a bonus for Bury fans after their club came perilously close to going out of business recently.
A takeover was completed, however, and now manager Kevin Blackwell has begun the task of adding to the eight players currently on the books at Gigg Lane.
Ex-Northampton striker Shaun Harrad is one of those players although he spent the 2012/13 campaign on loan at Cheltenham and played as a substitute in the play-off semi-final second leg against the Cobblers.