2010–11 Bury F.C. season

Bury F.C.
2010–11 season
Chairman Brian Fenton
Manager Alan Knill
(until 31 March)
Richie Barker
(caretaker)
Football League Two 2nd (promoted)
FA Cup 2nd Round
(eliminated by Peterborough United)
League Cup 1st Round
(eliminated by Sheffield Wednesday)
Football League Trophy Northern Section
Quarter Final

(eliminated by Tranmere Rovers)
Top goalscorer League: Ryan Lowe (27)
All: Ryan Lowe (28)
Highest home attendance 6,238 vs. Wycombe Wanderers, 30 April 2011
Lowest home attendance 1,944 vs. Shrewsbury Town, 5 October 2010
Average home league attendance 3,313

This page shows the progress of Bury F.C. in the 2010–11 football season. This year they play their games in League Two in the English league system.

Players

First-team squad

Includes all players who were awarded squad numbers during the season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK ENG Cameron Belford
2 DF ENG Phil Picken
3 DF ENG Joe Skarz
4 DF ENG Tom Lees
5 DF ENG Ben Futcher
6 MF SCO Peter Sweeney
7 MF ENG David Worrall
8 MF ENG Steven Schumacher (captain)
9 FW ENG Danny Carlton (until Jan 2011)
10 FW ENG Andy Bishop
11 MF ENG Andy Haworth
12 FW ENG Lenell John-Lewis
13 GK WAL Owain Fôn Williams (from Oct 2010 to Jan 2011)
14 MF ENG Mike Jones
15 FW ENG Ryan Lowe
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF NGA Efe Sodje
17 MF ENG Kyle Bennett
18 DF EIR Gavin Gunning (from Nov 2010 to Jan 2011)
18 FW ENG Chris Holroyd (Mar 2011 only)
19 MF FRA Damien Mozika
20 GK EIR Ritchie Branagan
21 MF ENG Andrai Jones
22 MF ENG Zach Rothwell
23 MF ENG Krishnan Patel
25 MF ENG Nicky Ajose (from Sep 2010)
26 MF ENG James Wallace (from Nov to Dec 2010)
26 FW ENG Luke McCarthy
27 DF ENG Richard Eckersley (from Mar to Apr 2011)
29 MF ENG Max Harrop
30 GK ENG Neil Cutler (until Mar 2011)

Results

Pre-season

10 July 2010 Bury 0–3 Burnley Bury
15:00 Wallace 34'
Thompson 45'
Eagles 81'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2986
13 July 2010 Radcliffe Borough 1–0 Bury Stainton Park
19:45 Brooks 48' Attendance: ?
17 July 2010 Bury 1–1 Huddersfield Town Bury
15:00 Bishop 28' Carey 10' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 1704
21 July 2010 Bury 4–0 Leeds United Bury
19:45 Lowe 34'
Bishop 63', 89 (pen)'
Carlton 83'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2769
27 July 2010 Bury 3–0 Rochdale Bury
19:45 Haworth 18'
Bishop 34'
Jones 84'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 1585
29 July 2010 Ramsbottom United 1–2 Bury Riverside Stadium
15:00 Dean 79' Hudson 71'
Boswell 87'
Attendance: ?
31 July 2010 Southport 2–2 Bury Haig Avenue
15:00 Early 35'
Gray 70'
Skarz 44'
Lee 61 OG'
Attendance: ?

League Two

7 August 2010 1 Bury 0–1 Port Vale Bury
15:00 BST Collins 66' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,681
14 August 2010 2 Oxford United 1–2 Bury Oxford
15:00 BST Midson 31' Lees 26'
Lowe 79'
Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 7,552
21 August 2010 3 Bury 1–1 Northampton Town Bury
15:00 BST Worrall 69' Guinan 33' (pen.) Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,845
28 August 2010 4 Barnet 1–1 Bury High Barnet, London
15:00 BST Marshall 75' Lowe 56' Stadium: Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 1,563
4 September 2010 5 Bury 5–4 Gillingham Bury
15:00 BST Bishop 15', 50'
Lowe 34' (pen.), 73'
Sodje 62'
Akinfenwa 47', 58'
Spiller 59'
Palmer 66'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,700
11 September 2010 6 Crewe Alexandra 3–0 Bury Crewe
15:00 BST Miller 3'
Artell 18'
Murphy 71'
Schumacher Red card 63' Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,030
18 September 2010 7 Bury 1–1 Hereford United Bury
15:00 BST Lowe 90' Bauzà 46' (pen.)
Lunt Red card 72'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,753
25 September 2010 8 Cheltenham Town 0–2 Bury Cheltenham
15:00 BST Lowe 11' (pen.)
M. Jones 85'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 2,758
28 September 2010 9 Morecambe 1–4 Bury Morecambe
19:45 BST Drummond 45' M. Jones 3'
Schumacher 21', 89'
Haworth 78'
Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 2,607
2 October 2010 10 Bury 1–1 Rotherham United Bury
15:00 BST Lowe 41' Le Fondre 47' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,788
9 October 2010 11 Bury 3–0 Accrington Stanley Bury
15:00 BST Lowe 13', 45'
Ajose 57'
Procter Red card 75'
Bateson Red card 82'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,164
16 October 2010 12 Torquay United 3–4 Bury Torquay
15:00 BST Robertson 18'
Zebroski 20', 56'
Lowe 27' (pen.)
Ajose 33'
Schumacher 51'
M. Jones 71'
Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 2,553
23 October 2010 13 Bury 1–0 Southend United Bury
15:00 BST Skarz 41' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,531
30 October 2010 14 Aldershot Town 1–3 Bury Aldershot
15:00 BST Little 11'
Jones Red card 22'
M. Morgan Red card 68'
M. Jones 44', 66'
Ajose 77'
Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2,526
2 November 2010 15 Bury 0–1 Bradford City Bury
19:45 GMT Daley 30' (pen.) Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,521
13 November 2010 16 Bury 0–1 Stockport County Bury
15:00 GMT Fletcher 15' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,244
19 November 2010 17 Burton Albion 1–3 Bury Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT Collins 29' M. Jones 10'
Ajose 53'
Sodje 73'
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 2,738
23 November 2010 18 Lincoln City 0–5 Bury Lincoln
19:45 GMT Haworth 10'
Ajose 21', 71'
Lowe 23', 90'
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 3,659
11 December 2010 19 Wycombe Wanderers 1–0 Bury High Wycombe
15:00 GMT Rendell 69' Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 3,673
1 January 2011 20 Bury 2–2 Macclesfield Town Bury
15:00 GMT Lowe 83'
John-Lewis 89'
Butcher 29'
Gray 69'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,860
3 January 2011 21 Bradford City 1–0 Bury Bradford
15:00 GMT Daley 45' Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 11,384
8 January 2011 22 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Bury Accrington
15:00 GMT Jacobson 77' Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 2,481
15 January 2011 23 Bury 1–1 Aldershot Town Bury
15:00 GMT Schumacher 71' Guttridge 9' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,537
21 January 2011 24 Southend United 1–1 Bury Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT Mohsni 90' Mozika 65' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 5,175
28 January 2011 25 Bury 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Bury
19:45 GMT Lowe 39' Stadium: Gigg Lane
1 February 2011 26 Macclesfield Town 2–4 Bury Macclesfield
19:45 GMT Draper 37'
Barnett 39'
M. Jones 8'
Lowe 33', 86'
Ajose 36'
Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 1,267
8 February 2011 27 Bury 3–0 Stevenage Bury
19:45 GMT Bishop 8'
Sodje 61'
Lowe 70'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,080
12 February 2011 28 Stockport County 2–1 Bury Edgeley, Stockport
15:00 GMT Paterson 66'
Elding 84'
Lowe 88' Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 4,903
15 February 2011 29 Bury 1–1 Chesterfield Bury
19:45 GMT Lowe 46' Davies 20'
Smalley Red card 85'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,517
19 February 2011 30 Gillingham 1–1 Bury Gillingham
15:00 GMT Weston 25' Lowe 72' Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,021
26 February 2011 31 Bury 3–1 Crewe Alexandra Bury
15:00 GMT Bennett 64', 68'
Lowe 76'
Miller 41' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,308
1 March 2011 32 Shrewsbury Town 0–3 Bury Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT Bishop 21'
Lowe 53'
Schumacher 80'
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,298
5 March 2011 33 Hereford United 0–3 Bury Hereford
15:00 GMT Schumacher 3', 51'
Lowe 86'
Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 2,650
8 March 2011 34 Bury 1–0 Morecambe Bury
19:45 GMT John-Lewis 85' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,480
12 March 2011 35 Rotherham United 0–0 Bury Sheffield
15:00 GMT Stadium: Don Valley Stadium
Attendance: 4,620
15 March 2011 36 Bury 1–2 Torquay United Bury
19:45 GMT Holroyd 4' Stanley 61'
Zebroski 70'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,747
19 March 2011 37 Bury 2–3 Cheltenham Town Bury
15:00 GMT Futcher 9'
Haworth 68'
Gallinagh 3'
Low 7', 68'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,870
26 March 2011 38 Port Vale 0–0 Bury Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT Schumacher Red card 76' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,510
2 April 2011 39 Bury 3–0 Oxford United Bury
15:00 BST Ajose 1', 70'
Lowe 63'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,515
9 April 2011 40 Northampton Town 2–4 Bury Sixfields, Northampton
15:00 BST Harrad 59', 90+1' Lowe 24'
Ajose 28', 57'
Mozika 42'
Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 5,077
12 April 2011 41 Bury 1–0 Burton Albion Bury
19:45 BST Lees 77'
Mozika Red card 45+2'
Sodje Red card 87'
Winnall Red card 62' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,580
16 April 2011 42 Bury 2–0 Barnet Bury
15:00 BST Ajose 16'
M. Jones 21'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,082
22 April 2011 43 Bury 1–0 Lincoln City Bury
15:00 BST Lees 56' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,248
25 April 2011 44 Chesterfield 2–3 Bury Chesterfield
15:00 BST Davies 50'
Lester 63'
Lees 12'
Worrall 55'
Lowe 87'
Stadium: B2net Stadium
Attendance: 9,614
30 April 2011 45 Bury 1–3 Wycombe Wanderers Bury
15:00 BST Lowe 10' (pen) Ainsworth 20'
Strevens 63', 88'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 6,238
7 May 2011 46 Stevenage 3–3 Bury Stevenage
15:00 BST Laird 8'
Reid 19'
May 73'
Schumacher 16', 70'
Ajose 31'
Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 5,016

FA Cup

6 November 2010 Round 1 Bury 2–0 Exeter City Bury
15:00 Sodje 28'
Lees 53'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,359
27 November 2010 Round 2 Bury 1–2 Peterborough United Bury
15:00 Lowe 51' Tomlin 13'
Mackail-Smith 38'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,514

League Cup

10 August 2010 Round 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Bury Hillsborough Stadium
19:45 Coke 60' Attendance: 7,390

Football League Trophy

5 October 2010 Round 1 Bury 0–0
(6–5 p)
Shrewsbury Town Bury
19:45 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 1,944
Penalties
Worrall soccer ball with check mark
Bennett soccer ball with check mark
Lowe soccer ball with check mark
Ajose soccer ball with check mark
Futcher soccer ball with check mark
Belford soccer ball with check mark
Harrold soccer ball with check mark
McIntyre soccer ball with check mark
McAllister soccer ball with check mark
Leslie soccer ball with check mark
Raven soccer ball with check mark
O'Donnell soccer ball with red X
9 November 2010 Round 2 Bury 0–1 Tranmere Rovers Bury
19:45 Thomas-Moore 8' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 1,961


League data

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Chesterfield (C, P) 46 24 14 8 85 51 +34 86 Promotion to League One
2 Bury (P) 46 23 12 11 82 50 +32 81
3 Wycombe Wanderers (P) 46 22 14 10 69 50 +19 80
4 Shrewsbury Town 46 22 13 11 72 49 +23 79 Qualification to League Two play-offs
5 Accrington Stanley 46 18 19 9 73 55 +18 73
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2011. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 23 12 11 82 50  +32 81 11 6 6 35 23  +12 12 6 5 47 27  +20

Last updated: 11 May 2011.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H H A A A H A A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H H A H A H H H A H A
Result L W D D W L D W W D W W W W L L W W L D L L D D W W W L D D W W W W D L L D W W W W W W L D
Position 11 12 7 11 11 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2011. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Appearances and goals

As of 6 May 2011.
(Substitute appearances in brackets)
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Cameron Belford 39 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 41 0 2 0
2 DF Phil Picken 38 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 44 0 10 0
3 DF Joe Skarz 46 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 51 1 5 0
4 DF Tom Lees 45 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 50 5 1 0
5 DF Ben Futcher 6 (5) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 (5) 1 3 0
6 MF Peter Sweeney 18 (7) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 22 (7) 0 3 0
7 MF David Worrall 27 (13) 2 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 27 (17) 2 3 0
8 MF Steven Schumacher 42 (1) 9 1 0 1 0 1 0 45 (1) 9 6 2
9 FW Danny Carlton 0 (3) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (6) 0 0 0
10 FW Andy Bishop 14 (5) 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 (15) 4 2 0
11 MF Andy Haworth 20 (20) 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 25 (20) 3 4 0
12 MF Lenell John-Lewis 6 (33) 2 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 2 0 8 (36) 2 1 0
13 GK Owain Fôn Williams 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0
14 MF Mike Jones 37 (5) 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 40 (5) 8 1 0
15 FW Ryan Lowe 46 27 2 1 1 0 0 (1) 0 49 (1) 28 4 0
16 DF Efe Sodje 40 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 43 4 12 1
17 MF Kyle Bennett 13 (19) 2 0 (1) 0 0 0 2 0 15 (20) 2 1 0
18 DF Gavin Gunning 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
18 FW Chris Holroyd 3 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (1) 1 0 0
19 MF Damien Mozika 32 (1) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 34 (1) 2 10 1
20 GK Ritchie Branagan 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 (1) 0 0 0
21 MF Andrai Jones 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
25 FW Nicky Ajose 22 (6) 13 2 0 0 0 2 0 26 (6) 13 0 0
26 MF James Wallace 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
26 MF Luke McCarthy 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
27 DF Richard Eckersley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
29 MF Max Harrop 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0 0 0

Awards

End of Season Awards Winner
Forever Bury Player of the Season Ryan Lowe
Website Player of the Season Ryan Lowe
Bury Times Player of the Season Efe Sodje
Junior Shakers' Player of the Season Efe Sodje
Disabled supporters' Player of the Season Ryan Lowe
Frank Hoult Players' Player of the Season Tom Lees
Young Player of the Season Joe Skarz
Forever Bury Most Promising Newcomer of the Season Damien Mozika
Youth Team Player of the Season Max Harrop
Goal of the Season Steven Schumacher (vs Shrewsbury Town, 1 March 2011)

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
25 June 2010 MF Peter Sweeney Grimsby Town Free
25 June 2010 DF Joe Skarz Huddersfield Town Free
6 July 2010 MF Andrew Haworth Blackburn Rovers Free
8 July 2010 MF Steven Schumacher Crewe Alexandra Free
3 August 2010 DF Phil Picken Chesterfield Free
3 August 2010 MF Kyle Bennett Wolverhampton Wanderers Free
5 August 2010 FW Lenell John-Lewis Lincoln City Free
19 August 2010 MF Damien Mozika Tarbiat Yazd Free
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
3 August 2010 DF Tom Lees Leeds United End of season
25 September 2010 FW Nicky Ajose Manchester United End of season
28 October 2010 GK Owain Fôn Williams Stockport County 4 January 2011
12 November 2010 DF Gavin Gunning Blackburn Rovers 31 January 2011
25 November 2010 MF James Wallace Everton 31 January 2011
11 March 2011 FW Chris Holroyd Brighton & Hove Albion 11 April 2011
14 March 2011 DF Richard Eckersley Burnley 15 April 2011
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
23 September 2010 FW Danny Carlton Grimsby Town 20 October 2010
28 September 2010 DF Andrai Jones Altrincham 28 October 2010
11 November 2010 DF Ben Futcher Oxford United 4 January 2011
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Fee Ref.
18 June 2010 DF Ryan Cresswell Rotherham United Undisclosed
Players released
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Join date Ref.
7 June 2010 MF Stephen Dawson Leyton Orient 1 July 2010 (Bosman)
15 June 2010 DF Paul Scott Morecambe 1 July 2010
16 June 2010 MF Brian Barry-Murphy Rochdale 1 July 2010 (Bosman)
28 June 2010 FW Andy Morrell Wrexham 1 July 2010 (Bosman)
28 June 2010 DF Tom Newey Rotherham United 1 July 2010 (Bosman)
1 July 2010 MF Richie Baker Oxford United 1 July 2010
1 July 2010 DF David Buchanan Hamilton Academical 25 July 2010
1 July 2010 GK Wayne Brown Supersport United 27 July 2010
1 July 2010 MF Damien Allen Colwyn Bay 28 July 2010
1 July 2010 DF Danny Racchi Wrexham 16 August 2010
1 July 2010 MF Josh Rothwell Unattached
31 January 2011 FW Danny Carlton Morecambe 15 February 2011
31 March 2011 GK Neil Cutler Scunthorpe United 31 March 2011 (Goalkeeping coach)