2014–15 Bury F.C. season

During the 2014–15 season, Bury competed in the fourth tier of English football, Football League Two.

Bury F.C.
2014–15 season
ChairmanStewart Day
ManagerDavid Flitcroft
League Two3rd (Promoted)
FA Cup2nd round
League Cup1st round
Football League TrophyQuarter final (North)
Top goalscorerLeague: Daniel Nardiello (10)
All: Daniel Nardiello (14)
Highest home attendance8,396 vs. Southend United, 21 April 2015
Lowest home attendance1,681 vs. Morecambe, 7 October 2014
Average home league attendance3,774

Match details

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Pre-season

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9 July 2014 Radcliffe Borough 1–4 Bury Stainton Park, Radcliffe
19:30 BST McGinley   68' Report Burke   2'
Grimes   50', 55'
Laus   83'
18 July 2014 Bury 1–3 Sheffield Wednesday Gigg Lane, Bury
19:45 BST Nardiello   40' Report Maghoma   3'
Nuhiu   56'
Coke   80'
30 July 2014 Bury 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Gigg Lane, Bury
19:45 BST Nardiello   71' Report Williamson   45'
Rhodes   85' (pen.)
2 August 2014 Bury 3–3 Rochdale Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 BST Eastham   1' (o.g.)
Nardiello   41'
Lowe   44'
Report Bennett   9'
Logan   69', 90'

League Two

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Burton Albion (C, P) 46 28 10 8 69 39 +30 94 Promotion to Football League One
2 Shrewsbury Town (P) 46 27 8 11 67 31 +36 89
3 Bury (P) 46 26 7 13 60 40 +20 85
4 Wycombe Wanderers 46 23 15 8 67 45 +22 84 Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5 Southend United (O, P) 46 24 12 10 54 38 +16 84
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Matches

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The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[1]

9 August 2014 1 Bury 0–1 Cheltenham Town Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 BST Report Hanks   42' Attendance: 3,376
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
16 August 2014 2 Hartlepool United 0–2 Bury Victoria Park, Hartlepool
16:00 Daniel Nardiello   18'
Danny Rose   73'
Attendance: 3,246
Referee: Gary John Sutton
19 August 2014 3 Luton Town 1–1 Bury Kenilworth Road, Luton
19:45 Ruddock   90+1' Report Rose   62' Attendance: 7,890
Referee: Tim Robinson
23 August 2014 4 Bury 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Soares   5'
Rose   15'
Report Reid   66' (pen.) Attendance: 3,156
Referee: James Adcock
30 August 2014 5 Bury 2–1 Accrington Stanley Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Rose   35'
Mayor   62'
McNulty   70'
Report Naismith   19' Attendance: 3,381
Referee: Kevin Wright
6 September 2014 6 Wycombe Wanderers 0–0 Bury Adams Park, High Wycombe
15:00 Report Attendance: 3,483
Referee: Kevin Johnson
13 September 2014 7 Carlisle United 0–3 Bury Brunton Park, Carlisle
15:00 Report Rose   48'
Jones   59'
Lowe   80'
Attendance: 3,975
Referee: Mark Brown
16 September 2014 8 Bury 2–1 Stevenage Gigg Lane, Bury
19:45 Lowe   13'
Jones   47'
Report Marriott   10'
Johnson   89'   90+4'
Attendance: 2,638
Referee: Richard Clark
20 September 2014 9 Bury 3–1 Burton Albion Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Nardiello   48', 66'
Lowe   57'
Report Blyth   88' Attendance: 4,536
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
27 September 2014 10 Exeter City 2–1 Bury St James Park, Exeter
15:00 Grimes   5'
Davies   34'
Keohane   83'
Report Mayor   45+4'
Soares   59'
Attendance: 3,215 (254 Bury fans)
Referee: Stuart Attwell
4 October 2014 11 Bury 2–0 Tranmere Rovers Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Etuhu   55'
Soares   58'
Nardiello   87'
Report Donnelly   37'
Gill   48'
Attendance: 4,481
Referee: Andy Haines
11 October 2014 (2014-10-11) 12 AFC Wimbledon 3–2 Bury Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames
15:00 BST (UTC+01) Akinfenwa   26', 37'
Tubbs   54'
Bulman   61'
Fuller   73'
Moore   87'
Report Mayor   49'
Lowe   73'
Soares   82'
Cameron   88'
Attendance: 4,268
Referee: Gavin Ward
18 October 2014 13 Bury 3–0 Portsmouth Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Mayor   9'
Etuhu   29'
Lowe   44'
Rose   61'
Report Drennan   21'
Devera   69'
Wallace   81'
Attendance: 4,259
Referee: Robert Madley
21 October 2014 14 Shrewsbury Town 5–0 Bury Greenhous Meadow, Shrewsbury
19:45 Akpa Akpro   3', 35', 51'
Goldson   19'
Clark   73'
Report Soares   11'
Mills   48'
Attendance: 4,233
Referee: Andy Woolmer
25 October 2014 15 Southend United 1–1 Bury Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00 Corr   37'
Worrall   73'
Prosser   81'
Payne   84'
Report Binnom-Williams   51'
Jones   71'
Mills   84'
Tutte   90+1'
Kennedy   90+3'
Attendance: 5,174
Referee: Darren Drysdale
1 November 2014 16 Bury 2-0 Cambridge United Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Adams   13'
Soares   15'
Rose   28'
Duffus   77'
BBC Report Donaldson   69'
Coulson   76'
Attendance: 3,704
Referee: Graham Horwood
15 November 2014 17 Morecambe 1-0 Bury Globe Arena, Morecambe
14:30 Fleming   55'
Ellison   70'
BBC Report Cameron   81' Attendance: 2,665
Referee:   David Coote
22 November 2014 18 Bury 1–3 Newport County Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Rose   61' Report O'Connor   3', 43', 90+3'
Zebroski   78'
Jones   82'
Attendance: 3,166
Referee: Carl Boyeson
29 November 2014 19 Bury 0–2 Dagenham & Redbridge Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Soares   55'
Mayor   60'
Report Hemmings   50'
Jakubiak   55'
Cureton   74'
Batt   89'
Attendance: 3,042
Referee: Andy Madley
13 December 2014 20 Oxford United 2–1 Bury Kassam Stadium, Oxford
15:00 Riley   45+2'
Holmes-Dennis   59'
Mullins   67'
Jones   69' (o.g.)
Barnett   90'
Report Cameron   19'
McNulty   44'
Jones   61'
Mayor   63'
Attendance: 6,912
Referee: Steve Martin
20 December 2014 21 Bury 2–2 York City Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Mills   26'
Cameron   44'
Tutte   57'
Nardiello   62'
Report Ilesanmi   33'
Hyde   66'
Summerfield   78'   83'
Halliday   89'
Attendance: 3,313
Referee: Mark Haywood
26 December 2014 22 Northampton Town 2–3 Bury Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00 Richards   6'
Horwood   50'
Toney   64'
Hackett   77'
Report El-Abd   18'
Tutte   30'
Soares   45'
Mayor   57'
White   65'
Hussey   83'
Attendance: 4,563
28 December 2014 23 Bury 2–0 Mansfield Town Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Lowe   40'
Tutte   67'
Mayor   77'
Report McGuire   63' Attendance: 3,196
3 January 2015 24 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–0 Bury Victoria Road, Dagenham
15:00 Labadie   45+1'
Murphy   51'
Boucaud   84'
Report Lowe   37'
Rose   82'
Attendance: 1,877
17 January 2015 25 Bury 1–1 Wycombe Wanderers Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Lowe   17'
Mayor   32'
El-Abd   42'
Report Onyedinma   68' Attendance: 2,932
24 January 2015 26 Bury 2–1 Carlisle United Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Nardiello   16' (pen.), 62'
Hussey   87'
Report Rigg   22'
Meppen-Walter   47'
Attendance: 3,589
27 January 2015 27 Accrington Stanley 0–1 Bury Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45 Atkinson   80' Report Cameron   68'   81'
El-Abd   70'
Attendance: 2,067
31 January 2015 28 Burton Albion 1–0 Bury Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00 Edwards   62' Report Tutte   88' Attendance: 3,049
Referee: Stuart Attwell
7 February 2015 29 Bury 1–1 Exeter City Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Cameron   13'
Nardiello   45'
Report Davies   13'
McAllister   57'
Oakley   65'
Attendance: 3,513
Referee: Nigel Miller
10 February 2015 30 Stevenage 0–0 Bury Broadhall Way, Stevenage
19:45 Report Attendance: 2,165
Referee: Graham Horwood
14 February 2015 31 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Bury Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
15:00 Johnstone   24'
Burns   90+3'
Richards   90+5'
Report Mayor   4'
Rose   17'   73'
Riley   82'
Adams   90+5'
Attendance: 2,375
Referee: Charles Breakspear
21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) 32 Bury 1-0 Hartlepool United Bury
15:00 GMT Rose   54'
Tutte   75'
Report Austin   48' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,172
Referee:   Chris Sarginson
28 February 2015 33 Plymouth Argyle 0-2 Bury Plymouth
15:00 GMT Alessandra   90+2' Report El-Abd   54'
Nardiello   62'
Rose   90'   90+2'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 7,374
Referee:  
3 March 2015 34 Bury 1-0 Luton Town Bury
19:45 GMT Soares   9'
Lowe   90+1'
Report Cullen   73' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,915
Referee:   Scott Duncan
7 March 2015 35 Bury 0-1 Oxford United Bury
15:00 GMT El-Abd   6'  
Mayor   48'
Riley   65'
McNulty   72'
Tutte   88'
Report MacDonald   13'
Roofe   45+1'
Baldock   77'
O'Dowda   85'
Hylton   87'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,645
Referee:   Kevin Johnson
15 March 2015 36 Mansfield Town 0-1 Bury Mansfield
15:00 GMT Report Tafazolli (o.g.) Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 2,868
Referee:   Darren Sheldrake
17 March 2015 37 York City 0-1 Bury York
19:45 GMT Report Soares   9' Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 3,194
Referee:   Andy Madley
21 March 2015 38 Bury 2-1 Northampton Town Bury
15:00 GMT Riley  
Etuhu   66'
El-Abd   90+1'
Report Holmes   10' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,969
Referee:   David Coote
3 April 2015 39 Cambridge United 0-2 Bury Cambridge
15:00 BST Report Cameron   23'
Soares   53'
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 5,427
Referee:   Mark Brown
6 April 2015 40 Bury 1-2 Morecambe Bury
15:00 BST Eaves   17' Report Amond   79'
Mullin   85'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,045
Referee:   Darren Bond
11 April 2015 41 Newport County 0-2 Bury Newport
15:00 BST Report Lowe   21'
Nardiello   88'
Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,123
Referee:   Oliver Langford
14 April 2015 42 Bury 1-0 Shrewsbury Town Bury
19:45 BST Riley   57' Report Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,277
Referee:   Dean Whitestone
18 April 2015 43 Portsmouth 0-1 Bury Portsmouth
15:00 BST Report Lowe   45' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 14,569
Referee:   James Adcock
21 April 2015 44 Bury 0-1 Southend United Bury
19:45 BST Report Worrall   74' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 8,396
Referee:   Tony Harrington
25 April 2015 45 Bury 2-0 AFC Wimbledon Bury
15:00 BST Soares   33'
Lowe   77'
Report Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,099
Referee:   Geoff Eltringham
2 May 2015 46 Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Bury Birkenhead
15:00 BST Report Soares   61' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 7,518
Referee:   Simon Hooper

FA Cup

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The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.[2]

8 November 2014 Round One Bury 3–1 Hemel Hempstead Town Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Tutte   16'
Cameron   88'
Nardiello   90+4'
Report Potton   10' Attendance: 2,944
Referee: Andy Haines
6 December 2014 Round Two Bury 1–1 Luton Town Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00 Soares   24'
Mills   62'
Nardiello   90+1'
Report Cullen   51'
Howells   77'
Attendance: 2,790
Referee: Nigel Miller
16 December 2014 Replay Luton Town 1–0 Bury Kenilworth Road, Luton
19:45 Rooney   48' Report Cameron   68' Attendance: 2,923
Referee: Oliver Langford

League Cup

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The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Bury were drawn away to Bolton Wanderers.[3]

12 August 2014 Round One Bolton Wanderers 3–2 (a.e.t.) Bury Macron Stadium, Bolton
20:00 Davies   90+7' (pen.)
Danns   93', 96'
Report Lowe   20'
McNulty   97'
Attendance: 9,249
Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Football League Trophy

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7 October 2014 Round Two Bury 3–1 Morecambe Gigg Lane, Bury
19:45 Nardiello   14' (pen.), 39'
Soares   76'
Hussey   84'
Lowe   90+1'   90+4'
Rose   90+2'
Jalal   90+3'
Report Beeley   74' Attendance: 1,681
Referee: Graham Salisbury
11 November 2014 Round Three Bury 1-2 Tranmere Rovers Gigg Lane, Bury
19:45 Cameron   35' BBC Report Power   43'
Johnson   45'
Attendance: 1,842
Referee: Oliver Langford

Transfers

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
8 MF   Nicky Adams 27 EU Rotherham United Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed BBC Sport
11 DF   Chris Hussey 26 EU Burton Albion Free transfer Summer 2016 Free Bury F.C
1 GK   Shwan Jalal 30 EU Bournemouth Free transfer Summer 2016 Free Vital Football
10 MF   Danny Mayor 22 EU Sheffield Wednesday Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed Bury F.C
16 DF   Kiel O'Brien 20–21 EU Chorley Free transfer Summer 2016 Free Bury F.C
6 MF   Kelvin Etuhu 26 EU Barnsley Free transfer Summer 2016 Free Bury F.C
14 MF   Joe Thompson 25 EU Tranmere Rovers Free transfer Summer 2015 Free Bury F.C
21 DF   Joe Widdowson 25 EU Northampton Town Free transfer Summer 2015 Free Bury F.C
30 FW   James Poole 24 EU Hartlepool United Free transfer Summer Undisclosed Free Bury F.C
9 FW   Danny Rose 20 EU Barnsley Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed Bury F.C
7 FW   Hallam Hope 20 EU Everton Transfer Winter 2018 Undisclosed Bury F.C
23 DF   Joe Riley 23 EU Bolton Wanderers Free transfer Winter 2017 Free Bury F.C

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
1 GK   Trevor Carson 26 EU Cheltenham Town Released Summer Free Bury F.C
BBC Sport
4 DF   Richard Hinds 33 EU Llandudno   Released Summer Free Bury F.C
21 GK   Brian Jensen 38 EU Crawley Town Released Summer Free Bury F.C
BBC Sport
DF   Robbie McIntyre 20 EU Free agent Released Summer Free Bury F.C
8 MF   Tommy Miller 35 EU Hartlepool United Released Summer Free Bury F.C
Hartlepool Mail
35 MF   Tope Obadeyi 24 EU Kilmarnock   Released Summer Free Bury F.C
Scotsman
14 MF   Lewis Young 24 EU Crawley Town Released Summer Free Bury F.C
BBC Sport
30 GK   Reice Charles-Cook 20 EU Coventry City Free transfer Summer Free Coventry Mad
23 FW   Ashley Grimes 27 EU Walsall Mutual Consent Summer Free Bury F.C
The Football League
MF   Navid Nasseri 17–18 EU Birmingham City Free transfer Summer Free Bury F.C
6 MF   Andrew Procter 31 EU Accrington Stanley Free transfer Summer Free BBC Sport
21 DF   Joe Widdowson 25 EU Dagenham & Redbridge Free transfer Winter Free BBC Sport
1 GK   Shwan Jalal 31 EU Northampton Town Free transfer Winter Free BBC Sport

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Loans in

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No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
9 FW Danny Rose   20 Barnsley 15 August 2014 September 2014 Bury F.C
28 MF Duane Holmes   19 Huddersfield Town 30 August 2014 29 October 2014 Bury F.C Bury F.C
33 DF Tom Kennedy   29 Rochdale 23 October 2014 14 January 2015 Bury F.C
18 FW Courtney Duffus   19 Everton 24 October 2014 January 2015 Bury F.C
25 DF Hayden White   19 Bolton Wanderers 7 November 2014 4 January 2015 Bury F.C
13 GK Scott Loach   26 Rotherham United 10 November 2014 1 December 2014 Bury F.C TeamTalk
5 DF Adam El-Abd   30 Bristol City 26 November 2014 30 June 2015 Bury F.C
Bury F.C
18 MF Robert Milsom   27 Rotherham United 26 November 2014 10 January 2015 Bury F.C
21 GK Nick Pope   22 Charlton Athletic 6 January 2015 30 June 2015 Bury F.C
DF Rob Holding   19 Bolton Wanderers 26 March 2015 30 June 2015 Bury F.C
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Loans out

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No.
P
Name
Country
Age
Loan club
Started
Ended
Start source
End source
21 DF Joe Widdowson   25 Morecambe 29 August 2014 28 October 2014 Bury F.C
21 DF Joe Widdowson   25 Dagenham & Redbridge 27 November 2014 4 January 2015 Bury F.C
34 DF Pablo Mills   30 Cheltenham Town 26 February 2015 30 June 2015 BBC Sport
Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

References

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  1. ^ "2014/15 Fixtures". Bury F.C. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  2. ^ "First round draw". The FA. 27 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Capital One Cup 1st Rd Draw". Bury F.C. 17 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2014.