1954–55 Bury F.C. season

Bury

1954–55 season
Manager	Dave Russell
Stadium	Gigg Lane
First Division	13th (41 Points)
FA Cup	Third Round
Home colours
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During the 1954–55 season Bury competed in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 13th position with 41 points. In the FA Cup Bury were drawn against fellow Second Division side Stoke City in the third round which went to a fourth replay with Stoke finally winning 3–2 after 9 hours and 22 minutes of football in the longest FA Cup tie between two professional teams.

Final league table[]

Second Division[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
11	Liverpool	42	16	10	16	92	96	0.958	42
12	Middlesbrough	42	18	6	18	73	82	0.890	42
13	Bury	42	15	11	16	77	72	1.069	41
14	Fulham	42	14	11	17	76	79	0.962	39
15	Nottingham Forest	42	16	7	19	58	62	0.935	39

Results[]

Legend[]

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division[]

FA Cup[]

Squad[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  SCO Chris Conway — GK  SCO Lewis Goram — DF  ENG — DF  ENG — DF  RSA Norman Nielson — DF  ENG Billy Redman — DF  ENG Don Wilson — MF  NIR Peter Tilley — MF  ENG Henry Cockburn — MF  ENG Jimmy Greenhalgh — MF  ENG — MF  ENG

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG — MF  ENG Walter Kelly — FW  ENG Johnny Simm — FW  ENG Johnny Robinson — FW  ENG Doug Clarke — FW  ENG Stan Pearson — FW  NIR Bobby McIlvenny — FW  ENG — FW  SCO Harry Gordon — FW  ENG John Good — FW  ENG Eddie Gleadall — FW  ENG Doug Fletcher

References[]

• 1954–55 Bury season at Statto.com
• 1954–55 Bury season at Soccerway.com (use drop down list to select relevant season)

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