Telford’s a Pilgrim

Dom Telford signs.

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FORWARD Dom Telford has become the third member of last season’s promotion-winning Bury side to follow manager Ryan Lowe to Home Park.

Dom, 22, joins fellow former Shakers-turned-Pilgrims Danny Mayor and Will Aimson at the Theatre of Greens, for an undisclosed fee.

He made 48 appearances last season, his only one at Gigg Lane after signing from Stoke City last summer, scoring 14 goals and contributing six assists.

Half of those goals came in Bury’s EFL Trophy run, which saw them reach the semi-final before being knocked out by Portsmouth.

Burnley-born Dom started his career as a scholar at Blackpool and, while only 17, graduated to the first-team for start of the 2014-15 Championship season, in which he made 14 appearances and scored in only his second game.

Still a teenager, he moved to Stoke City at the end of the season, and spent the next three seasons at the Britannia Stadium without making an appearance for the Potters.

Dom, who is being sponsored this season by loyal supporters Richard, Laura and Joe Woodward, spent the 2017-18 season on loan to Bristol Rovers in Sky Bet League One, playing 35 times for the Pirates, before joining Bury.

"Two of the 22-year-old’s team mates at Gigg Lane – midfielder Danny Mayor and defender Will Aimson – have already become Pilgrims, and Dom will be also welcomed at the Theatre of Greens by three other members of the Shakers' back-room staff: assistant-manager Steven Schumacher; Head of Fitness and Conditioning John Lucas; and Performance Analyst Jimmy Dickinson"

Reading this on the Baggo, I couldn't help but wonder if there's a slight risk of Lowey putting all of our eggs in one basket and hoping to achieve what he did with these players last season with Bury.

Of course, he might, which would be great, but I'd like to see players bought in from other clubs also, to mix it up a bit.

I'm moaning, aren't I...............

Bury Argyle FC

Welcome Dom.

Sponsored by Cerbs and his two kids I see too, bless.

Hurrah! welcome Dom.

DOM Telford has trod a well-worn path to become Ryan Lowe’s fourth signing of the summer.

Like the manager, young forward Dom was part of the successful Bury set-up that defied the odds to win promotion from Sky Bet League Two last season.

Two of the 22-year-old’s team mates at Gigg Lane – midfielder Danny Mayor and defender Will Aimson – have already become Pilgrims, and Dom will be also welcomed at the Theatre of Greens by three other members of the Shakers' back-room staff: assistant-manager Steven Schumacher; Head of Fitness and Conditioning John Lucas; and Performance Analyst Jimmy Dickinson.

Dom played 48 times for Bury during a campaign in which they not only finished as League Two’s runners-up and the country’s leading league goalscorers, but also reached the semi-final of the EFL Trophy.

It was in the EFL Trophy that Dom really came into his, scoring seven goals in Bury’s seven games – a goal every 69 minute – and assisting two more.

His six League Two goals came from 16 starts, including four during the promotion run-in, as he also made 22 appearances from the substitutes’ bench.

Prior to joining Bury last summer, Dom had a similar experience on a season-long League One loan at Bristol Rovers: his late substitute appearance in the Pirates’ 2-1 home win against Argyle was one of 20 from the bench.

His four starts included three in the EFL Trophy, in which he first demonstrated his fondness for the competition by scoring twice on his first starting appearance.

Burnley-born Dom was just 17 when he made his senior debut, for Blackpool at Nottingham Forest on the opening day of the 2014-15 Championship season.

It was not until December of that campaign that he followed that up, coming off the bench to score the equalising goal in a home game against Rotherham United.

He made the Seasiders’ starting 11 nine times during the campaign, being employed in a variety of forward roles, form which won him a move to Stoke City.

In three formative seasons at the Britannia Stadium, Dom was limited to one appearance of note for the Potters, in the EFL Trophy, of course, and spent the final year of his stay – 2017-18 –season on loan to Bristol Rovers.

Dom is being sponsored this season by loyal supporters Richard, Laura and Joe Woodward. (Cerbs and crew)

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Wait we paid a fee for someone,

Welcome Dom

Wow. Let's just hope he follows up with some defenders.

Good age.

Nice signing indeed.

Welcome Dom, may your time at Argyle be a fruitful one.

£50k signing better than the previous £15k statement of intent - looks good news on paper, just great Argo actually bought a player.

akagreengull wrote:

£50k signing better than the previous £15k statement of intent - looks good news on paper, just great Argo actually bought a player.

Apparently we even got the Yellow ticker treatment on sky sports news,

Slow news day or shock we paid a fee ,

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Says undisclosed fee,

Yea Man wrote:

Bury Argyle FC

Welcome Dom.

Sponsored by Cerbs and his two kids I see too, bless.

In laws in area reckon Bury will almost certainly be liquidated.

50k towards administrator fees?

Anyone else worth having?

Les Miserable wrote:

Good age.

Certainly looks like Ryan Lowes yoof team.

Welcome Dom!

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Says undisclosed fee,

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Bury Football Club can confirm that forward Dom Telford has joined Argyle for an undisclosed fee.

Good luck, Dom.

Earwegoagain wrote:

Wow. Let's just hope he follows up with some defenders.

Byron Moore Midfielder I think might come our way

If RL can now bring in 3 defenders and another keeper than indeed perhaps we could be top 6 come next May

Earwegoagain wrote:

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My initial thoughts for the season but I reckon Ryan Lowe thinks very different.....if we are in the mix when the next window opens I can see RL telling Hallett this is what I need to get us up

Promotion or it's failure.

harvetheslayer wrote:

If RL can now bring in 3 defenders and another keeper than indeed perhaps we could be top 6 come next May

that and we Need a ball winning midfielder and another central midfield possibly another winger too and 2 strikers isnt enough so another one of them too.