2015–16 Bury F.C. season

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Bury
2015–16 season
ChairmanStewart Day
ManagerDavid Flitcroft
StadiumGigg Lane
League One16th
FA CupFourth round
(vs. Hull City)
League CupSecond round
(vs. Leicester City)
JP TrophySecond round
(vs. Morecambe)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Leon Clarke (15 goals)
All:
Leon Clarke (17 goals)
Highest home attendance7,064 vs. Hull City, 30 January 2016
Lowest home attendance1,508 vs. Morecambe, 6 October 2015
Average home league attendance3,751
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 season is Bury's first season back in League One since relegation in 2012–13 season after gaining promotion the previous season It is also their 131st year in existence.[1] Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 MF England Scott Burgess Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 CF England Leon Clarke Wolverhampton Wanderers Free transfer [3]
1 July 2015 CB England Peter Clarke Blackpool Free transfer [4]
1 July 2015 CF England Anthony Dudley Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 CB England Matty Foulds Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 CM England Jacob Mellis Blackpool Free transfer [5]
1 July 2015 CF England Tom Pope Port Vale Free transfer [6]
1 July 2015 DF England Marcus Poscha Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 GK Scotland Jack Ruddy Academy Trainee [2]
1 July 2015 CF England Brayden Shaw Academy Trainee [7]
13 July 2015 LM England Danny Pugh Coventry City Free transfer [8]
7 August 2015 CB England Reece Brown Free agent Free transfer [9]
6 November 2015 GK Republic of Ireland Paddy Kenny Free agent Free transfer [10]

Transfers out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 RM Wales Nicky Adams Northampton Town Free transfer [11]
1 July 2015 CB Scotland Jimmy McNulty Rochdale [a] Free transfer [2]
1 July 2015 CB England Pablo Mills Free Agent Released [2]
1 July 2015 RW England Chris Sedgwick Retired N/A [13]
1 July 2015 RM England Joe Thompson Carlisle United [b] Released [2]
19 November 2015 GK Republic of Ireland Paddy Kenny Free Agent Released [15]
  1. ^ Following McNulty's release he joined Rochdale.[12]
  2. ^ Following Thompson's release he joined Carlisle United.[14]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
21 July 2015 GK England Christian Walton Brighton & Hove Albion 1 September 2015[a] [17]
19 November 2015 FW England Joe Dodoo Leicester City 18 December 2015 [18]
  1. ^ Walton returned to Brighton on 1 September 2015, due to injury.[16]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
10 September 2015 MF England Scott Burgess Stalybridge Celtic 8 October 2015 [19]
27 January 2016 FW Wales Daniel Nardiello Plymouth Argyle End of the season [20]

Competitions[]

Pre–season friendlies[]

On 16 June 2015, Bury announced their confirmed pre–season fixtures.[21]

22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) Friendly Macclesfield Town 0–1 Bury Macclesfield
19:30 BST Report Clarke 39' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 415
Referee: Oliver Yates
24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly Morecambe 1–1 Bury Morecambe
19:30 BST Murphy 36' Report 3' (o.g.) Stadium: Globe Arena
Referee: Darren England
25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly Radcliffe Borough 2–2 Bury Radcliffe
15:00 BST 16'
Smith 62' (pen.)		 Report Williams 45'
Dudley 50'		 Stadium: Stainton Park
Attendance: 471
28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly Bury 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Bury
19:45 BST Pope 25' Report Conway 64' Stadium: JD Stadium
Attendance: 1,696 (522 visitors)
Referee: Darren Handley
1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly Bury 3–2 Preston North End Bury
15:00 BST Clarke 11', 66'
Tutte 78' (pen.)		 Report Garner 13'
Keane 30'		 Stadium: JD Stadium
Attendance: 1,307 (366 visitors)
Referee: Darren Handley

League One[]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Southend United 46 16 11 19 58 64 −6 59
15 Swindon Town 46 16 11 19 64 71 −7 59
16 Bury[a] 46 16 12 18 56 73 −17 57
17 Oldham Athletic 46 12 18 16 44 58 −14 54
18 Chesterfield 46 15 8 23 58 70 −12 53
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Bury were deducted 3 points for playing the unregistered Callum Styles against Southend United on 8 May.[22]

Matches[]

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[23]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1 Doncaster Rovers 1–1 Bury Doncaster
15:00 BST Forrester 90' Report L. Clarke 90' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 6,429
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2 Bury 2–2 Swindon Town Bury
15:00 BST Pope 4'
Mayor 52'		 Report Robert 74'
Rodgers 83'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,947
Referee: Carl Boyeson
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Bury 3–4 Fleetwood Town Bury
19:45 BST L. Clarke 4'
Soares 19'
Rose 84'		 Report McLaughlin 17'
29'
Proctor 69'
Sarcevic 82' (pen.)		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,992
Referee: James Adcock
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4 Crewe Alexandra 3–3 Bury Crewe
15:00 BST King 3'
Colclough 37'
Inman 80'		 Report Mayor 23'
Soares 45'
Rose 58'		 Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,125
Referee: Oliver Langford
29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5 Bury 1–1 Oldham Athletic Bury
15:00 BST Pope 65' Report Croft 24' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 5,448
Referee: Roger East
5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6 Walsall 0–1 Bury Bescot
15:00 BST Report Jones 6' Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 4,829
Referee: Fred Graham
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7 Sheffield United 1–3 Bury Sheffield
15:00 BST Sharp 72' (pen.) Report Pope 61'
Riley 83'
L. Clarke 90'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 20,708
Referee: David Webb
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8 Bury 1–0 Port Vale Bury
15:00 BST Cameron 78' Report Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,323
Referee: Darren Drysdale
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9 Bury 2–1 Coventry City Bury
15:00 BST L. Clarke 19', 51' (pen.) Report Johnson 62' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,526
Referee: Nigel Miller
29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10 Peterborough United 2–3 Bury Peterborough
19:45 BST Zakuani 43', 49'
Oztumer Red card 25'		 Report L. Clarke 28'
Cameron 64'
Pope 81'		 Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 4,208
Referee: Steve Martin
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11 Colchester United 0–1 Bury Colchester
15:00 BST Report L. Clarke 75' Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,032
Referee: Simon Hooper
10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12 Bury 2–2 Wigan Athletic Bury
15:00 BST Cameron 6'
Hussey Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card
Pope 60'		 Report Cameron 85' (o.g.)
Morgan 90'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 5,931
Referee: Graham Salisbury
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13 Bury 0–0 Rochdale Bury
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 6,470
Referee: Andy Woolmer
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14 Bradford City 2–1 Bury Bradford
19:45 BST McArdle 45+2'
Brown 51' (o.g.)		 Report Rose 90+4' Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 17,575
Referee: Darren Bond
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Bury Shrewsbury
15:00 BST Kaikai 28'
Ogogo 73'		 Report Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 4,945
Referee: Gavin Ward
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16 Bury 4–3 Blackpool Bury
15:00 GMT Rose 2', 10'
Hussey 27'
Soares 34'		 Report Cullen 12'
Robertson 44'
Redshaw 84' (pen)		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 5,013
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17 Gillingham 3–1 Bury Gillingham
15:00 GMT Samuel 6'
Egan 10'
Osadebe 87'		 Report L. Clarke 4' Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 6,063
Referee: Keith Stroud
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18 Bury 1–0 Burton Bury
15:00 GMT Dodoo 40' Report Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,788
Referee: Andy Haines
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19 Bury 1–2 Burton Bury
15:00 GMT L. Clarke 50' Report Madden 12' (pen)
Williams 86'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,483
Referee: Tony Harrington
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20 Millwall 1–0 Bury Bermondsey
15:00 BST Williams 13' Report Stadium: New Den
Attendance: 8,311
Referee: Dean Whitestone
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21 Bury 1–0 Chesterfield Bury
15:00 BST Mayor 68' Report Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,962
Referee: Peter Bankes
18 December 2015 (2015-12-18) 22 Southend United 4–1 Bury Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT Hunt 22', 31'
Mooney 74' (pen.)
Payne 78'		 Report L. Clarke 43' Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,127
Referee: James Linington
28 December 2015 24 Port Vale 1–0 Bury Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST Kelly 57' Report Brown Yellow card 74'
Jones Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,467
Referee: England James Adcock
2 January 2016 25 Fleetwood Town 2–0 Bury Fleetwood
15:00 BST Hunter 49'
Grant 76'		 Report Cameron Yellow card 26' Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 3,301
Referee: England Nigel Miller
16 January 2016 26 Bury 2–3 Walsall Bury
15:00 BST Rose Yellow card 57'
Clarke 65' 66'
Lawlor Yellow card 70'		 Report Hussey 16' (o.g.)
Bradshaw 30'
Forde 42'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,532
Referee: England Mark Haywood
23 January 2016 27 Oldham Athletic 0–1 Bury Oldham
15:00 BST Report Clarke 10'
Soares Yellow card 49'
Jones Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,537
Referee: England Phil Gibbs
26 January 2016 28 Bury 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Bury
19:45 BST O'Sullivan Yellow card 65'
Etuhu Yellow card 88'		 Report Guthrie Yellow card 63' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,343
Referee: England Darren England
7 February 2016 29 Barnsley 3–0 Bury Barnsley
15:00 BST Watkins 20'
Brownhill Yellow card 39'
Winnall 55'
Hammill 66'		 Report Mayor Yellow card 48'
Clarke Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 9,443
Referee: England Andy Haines
13 February 2016 30 Coventry City 6–0 Bury Coventry
15:00 BST Stokes 4'
Cargill 12'
Maddison 16'
Fleck 43'
Armstrong 68' 70'		 Report Soares Yellow card 28'
Brown Yellow card 41'
Lowe Yellow card 58'
Tutte Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 11,024
Referee: England andy Davies
16 February 2016 31 Bury 1–0 Sheffield United Bury
19:45 BST Jones 27' Report Edgar Yellow card 79' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,081
Referee: England Stuart Attwell
20 February 2016 32 Bury 5–2 Colchester United Bury
15:00 BST Lowe 34'
Tutte 51' 51' 62'
Jones 56'		 Report Porter 4'
Eastman Yellow card 14' Yellow-red card
Massey 17'
Brindley Yellow card 61'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,428
Referee: England Mark Brown
23 February 2016 23 Bury 0–0 Barnsley Bury
19:45 BST Soares Yellow card 26'
Tutte Yellow card 43'
Rose Yellow card 70'
Riley Yellow card 75'
Pope Yellow card 82'		 Report Scowen Yellow card 25'
Roberts Yellow card 32'
Hammill Red card 82'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,160
Referee: England Carl Boyeson
27 February 2016 33 Wigan Athletic 3–0 Bury Wigan
15:00 BST Grigg 7' 21' (pen.)
Colclough 9'
Davies Yellow card 90'		 Report Lowe Yellow card 37'
Jones Yellow card 90'
Mayor Yellow card 90'
Tutte Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,490
Referee: England Scott Duncan (referee)
1 March 2016 34 Bury 3–1 Peterborough United Bury
19:45 BST Clarke 29'
Lowe 33'
Tutte 80'		 Report Santos Yellow card 35' Yellow-red card
Smith Yellow card 47'
Maddison 52'
Baldwin Yellow card 74'
Bostwick Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,180
Referee: England Christopher Sarginson
5 March 2016 35 Bury 0–0 Bradford City Bury
15:00 BST Brown Yellow card 24' Report McMahon Yellow card 37'
Cullen Yellow card 60'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,036
Referee: England David Webb
12 March 2016 36 Rochdale 3–0 Bury Rochdale
15:00 BST 11' 17'
Eastham 53'		 Report Gardner Yellow card 26' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,538
Referee: England Tony Harrington
19 March 2016 37 Bury 2–2 Shrewsbury Town Bury
15:00 BST Soares 30'
O'Sullivan Yellow card 52'
Clarke 65'
Bolger Yellow card 86'		 Report Kaikai 16' 33'
Smith Yellow card 75'
Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,248
Referee: England Mark Haywood
25 March 2016 38 Blackpool 1–1 Bury Blackpool
15:00 BST Philliskirk 74' (pen.) Report Mayor 76' Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 7,645
Referee: England Simon Hooper
28 March 2016 39 Bury 0–1 Gillingham Bury
15:00 BST Clarke Yellow card 81' Report Norris 27' Yellow card 57'
Oshilaja Yellow card 79'
Wright Yellow card 90+4'
Yellow card 90+9'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,907
Referee: England Oliver Langford
2 April 2016 40 Burton Albion 1–1 Bury Burton-on-Trent
Walker 90' Report Lowe 74' Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 3,331
April 9 2016 41 Bury 1–0 Doncaster Rovers Bury
15:00 GMT Clarke 77' Yellow card 78' Report Lund Yellow card 45' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,233
Referee: Michael Bull
16 April 2016 42 Swindon Town 0–1 Bury Swindon
15:00 BST Report Mayor 63' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,759
Referee: Darren Deadman
19 April 2016 43 Scunthorpe United 2–1 Bury Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT Williams 19'
Madden Yellow card 31'
Wootton 53'
Bishop Yellow card 89'		 Report Jones Yellow card 22'
Clarke Yellow card 45'
Pope 61'
Etuhu Yellow card 89' Yellow-red card
Bolger Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 3,188
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
23 April 2016 44 Bury 1–3 Millwall Bury
15:00 GMT Lowe 45+2'
Mayor Yellow card 60'
Soares Yellow card 80'		 Report Taylor 4', 83', Yellow card 63'
Morison 33'
Martin Yellow card 65'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,669
Referee: Steve Martin
30 April 2016 45 Chesterfield 3–0 Bury Chesterfield
15:00 GMT O'Shea 29' (pen.)
Novak 45+2'
Gardener 71'		 Report Jones Yellow card 25'
Bolger Yellow card 29'
Pugh Yellow card 32'
Mayor Yellow card 49'
Lowe Yellow card 55'		 Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 7,232
Referee: Chris Sarginson
8 May 2016 46 Bury 3–2 Southend United Bury
GMT Barrett 21' (o.g.)
Lowe 29', 90'		 Report 8'
Mooney 23'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,575

FA Cup[]

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) First round Bury 4–0 Wigan Athletic Bury
15:00 GMT Pope 18'
Mayor 34'
Cameron 45+2'
L. Clarke 65'		 Report Stadium: JD Stadium
Attendance: 3,856
Referee: David Coote
6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) Second round Rochdale 0–1 Bury Rochdale
12:00 GMT Report Rose 8' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,887
Referee: Darren Drysdale
9 January 2016 Third round Bury 0–0 Bradford City Bury
15:00 GMT Lowe Yellow card 69' Report Hanson Yellow card 13' Stadium: JD Stadium
Attendance: 6,962
Referee: England Rob Lewis
19 January 2016 Third round reply Bradford City 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Bury Bradford
19:45 GMT Report Cameron Yellow card 37' Yellow-red card
Mayor Yellow card 61'
Hussey Yellow card 90+2'
Lawlor Yellow card 107'		 Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium
Attendance: 6,227
Referee: England Geoff Eltringham
30 January 2016 Fourth round Bury 1–3 Hull City Bury
15:00 GMT Jones 86' Report Akpom 14' 57' (pen.) 69' Stadium: JD Stadium
Attendance: 7,064
Referee: England Darren Bond

League Cup[]

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round Wigan Athletic 1–2 Bury Wigan
19:45 BST Grigg 46' (pen.) Report Clarke 63', 89' (pen.) Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 5,484
Referee: Mark Heywood
25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round Bury 1–4 Leicester City Bury
19:45 BST Mayor 49' Report Dodoo 25', 86', 90'
Kramarić 41'		 Stadium: Gigg Lane

Football League Trophy[]

1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) First round Accrington Stanley 1–2 Bury Accrington
19:45 BST Bruna 83' Report Hope 46'
Tutte 70'		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,344
Referee: Tony Harrington
6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) Second round Bury 0–1 Morecambe Bury
19:45 Summary Miller 81' Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 1,508

Lancashire Senior Cup[]

13 October 2015 First round Accrington Stanley 5–1 Bury Accrington
14:00 BST Stadium: Crown Ground

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