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

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	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Birmingham City	42	22	10	10	92	47	1.957	54
2	Luton Town	42	23	8	11	88	53	1.660	54
3	Rotherham United	42	25	4	13	94	64	1.469	54
4	Leeds United	42	23	7	12	70	53	1.321	53
5	Stoke City	42	21	10	11	69	46	1.500	52
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	22	6	14	114	79	1.443	50
7	Notts County	42	21	6	15	74	71	1.042	48
8	West Ham United	42	18	10	14	74	70	1.057	46
9	Bristol Rovers	42	19	7	16	75	70	1.071	45
10	Swansea Town	42	17	9	16	86	83	1.036	43
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
16	Lincoln City	42	13	10	19	68	79	0.861	36
17	Port Vale	42	12	11	19	48	71	0.676	35
18	Doncaster Rovers	42	14	7	21	58	95	0.611	35
19	Hull City	42	12	10	20	44	69	0.638	34
20	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	7	23	57	82	0.695	31
21	Ipswich Town	42	11	6	25	57	92	0.620	28
22	Derby County	42	7	9	26	53	82	0.646	23

Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Results

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

21 August 1954 1	Lincoln City	3 – 2	Bury	Sincil Bank

24 August 1954 2	Bury	2 – 1	Luton Town	Gigg Lane

28 August 1954 3	Bury	1 – 3	Fulham	Gigg Lane

1 September 1954 4	Luton Town	3 – 2	Bury	Kenilworth Road

4 September 1954 5	Bury	5 – 3	Leeds United	Gigg Lane

6 September 1954 6	Rotherham United	4 – 2	Bury	Millmoor

11 September 1954 7	Nottingham Forest	2 – 3	Bury	City Ground

18 September 1954 8	Bury	2 – 1	Ipswich Town	Gigg Lane

20 September 1954 9	Bury	2 – 2	Rotherham United	Gigg Lane

25 September 1954 10	Birmingham City	1 – 3	Bury	St Andrew's

2 October 1954 11	Bury	0 – 1	Middlesbrough	Gigg Lane

9 October 1954 12	Doncaster Rovers	1 – 0	Bury	Belle Vue

16 October 1954 13	Bury	2 – 2	Derby County	Gigg Lane

23 October 1954 14	Liverpool	1 – 1	Bury	Anfield

30 October 1954 15	Bury	3 – 1	Bristol Rovers	Gigg Lane

6 November 1954 16	Plymouth Argyle	2 – 4	Bury	Home Park

13 November 1954 17	Bury	2 – 2	Port Vale	Gigg Lane

20 November 1954 18	Swansea City	1 – 1	Bury	Vetch Field

27 November 1954 19	Bury	1 – 2	Notts County	Gigg Lane

4 December 1954 20	West Ham United	3 – 3	Bury	Boleyn Ground

11 December 1954 21	Bury	2 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Gigg Lane

18 December 1954 22	Bury	2 – 1	Lincoln City	Gigg Lane

25 December 1954 23	Stoke City	3 – 2	Bury	Victoria Ground
	King

27 December 1954 24	Bury	1 – 1	Stoke City	Gigg Lane
			King

1 January 1955 25	Fulham	0 – 0	Bury	Craven Cottage

15 January 1955 26	Leeds United	1 – 0	Bury	Elland Road

5 February 1955 27	Ipswich Town	2 – 3	Bury	Portman Road

12 February 1955 28	Bury	0 – 1	Birmingham City	Gigg Lane

26 February 1955 29	Bury	1 – 4	Doncaster Rovers	Gigg Lane

5 March 1955 30	Derby County	2 – 3	Bury	Baseball Ground

12 March 1955 31	Bury	3 – 4	Liverpool	Gigg Lane

19 March 1955 32	Bristol Rovers	2 – 1	Bury	Eastville Stadium

26 March 1955 33	Bury	3 – 1	Plymouth Argyle	Gigg Lane

2 April 1955 34	Port Vale	1 – 0	Bury	Vale Park

8 April 1955 35	Bury	4 – 1	Hull City	Gigg Lane

9 April 1955 36	Bury	2 – 1	Swansea City	Gigg Lane

11 April 1955 37	Hull City	1 – 0	Bury	Boothferry Park

16 April 1955 38	Notts County	2 – 1	Bury	Meadow Lane

20 April 1955 39	Bury	1 – 1	Nottingham Forest	Gigg Lane

23 April 1955 40	Bury	4 – 1	West Ham United	Gigg Lane

27 April 1955 41	Middlesbrough	1 – 1	Bury	Ayresome Park

30 April 1955 42	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 1	Bury	Ewood Park

FA Cup

8 January 1955 Round 3	Bury	1 – 1	Stoke City	Gigg Lane
			King	Attendance: 20,227

12 January 1955 Replay	Stoke City	1 – 1	Bury	Victoria Ground
	Ratcliffe			Attendance: 13,352

17 January 1955 2nd Replay	Bury	3 – 3	Stoke City	Goodison Park
			King Bowyer	Attendance: 2,469

19 January 1955 3rd Replay	Stoke City	2 – 2	Bury	Anfield
	King Ratcliffe			Attendance: 9,881

24 January 1955 4th Replay	Stoke City	3 – 2	Bury	Old Trafford
	Thomson Coleman			Attendance: 22,549

Squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Chris Conway
		GK	Lewis Goram
		DF	Cyril Fairclough
		DF	Eric Massey
		DF	Norman Nielson
		DF	Billy Redman
		DF	Don Wilson
		MF	Peter Tilley
		MF	Henry Cockburn
		MF	Jimmy Greenhalgh
		MF	Tommy Daniel
		MF	Don May

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Les Bardsley
		MF	Walter Kelly
		FW	Johnny Simm
		FW	Johnny Robinson
		FW	Doug Clarke
		FW	Stan Pearson
		FW	Bobby McIlvenny
		FW	Cecil Law
		FW	Harry Gordon
		FW	John Good
		FW	Eddie Gleadall
		FW	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)

External links

Template:Bury F.C. seasons

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