2015–16 Bury F.C. season

Bury
2015–16 season
Chairman	Stewart Day
Manager	David Flitcroft
Stadium	Gigg Lane
League One	16th
FA Cup	Fourth round; (vs. Hull City)
League Cup	Second round; (vs. Leicester City)
JP Trophy	Second round; (vs. Morecambe)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Leon Clarke (15 goals); All: ; Leon Clarke (17 goals)
Highest home attendance	7,064 vs. Hull City, 30 January 2016
Lowest home attendance	1,508 vs. Morecambe, 6 October 2015
Average home league attendance	3,751

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

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	RM	Nicky Adams	Northampton Town	Free transfer	[11]
1 July 2015	CB	Jimmy McNulty	Rochdale [lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2015	CB	Pablo Mills	Free Agent	Released	[2]
1 July 2015	RW	Chris Sedgwick	Retired	N/A	[13]
1 July 2015	RM	Joe Thompson	Carlisle United [lower-alpha 2]	Released	[2]
19 November 2015	GK	Paddy Kenny	Free Agent	Released	[15]

Following McNulty's release he joined Rochdale.[12]
Following Thompson's release he joined Carlisle United.[14]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
21 July 2015	GK		Christian Walton	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 September 2015[lower-alpha 1]	[17]
19 November 2015	FW		Joe Dodoo	Leicester City	18 December 2015	[18]

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		Scott Burgess	Stalybridge Celtic	8 October 2015	[19]
27 January 2016	FW		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[lower-alpha 1]	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:

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' Hornby–Forbes 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 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 43' 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 74' Jones 90+4'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,467 Referee: James Adcock

2 January 2016 25	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Bury	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Hunter 49' Grant 76'	Report	Cameron 26'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,301 Referee: Nigel Miller

16 January 2016 26	Bury	2–3	Walsall	Bury
15:00 BST	Rose 57' Clarke 65' 66' Lawlor 70'	Report	Hussey 16' (o.g.) Bradshaw 30' Forde 42'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,532 Referee: Mark Haywood

23 January 2016 27	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Bury	Oldham
15:00 BST		Report	Clarke 10' Soares 49' Jones 78'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,537 Referee: Phil Gibbs

26 January 2016 28	Bury	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Bury
19:45 BST	O'Sullivan 65' Etuhu 88'	Report	Guthrie 63'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,343 Referee: Darren England

7 February 2016 29	Barnsley	3–0	Bury	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Watkins 20' Brownhill 39' Winnall 55' Hammill 66'	Report	Mayor 48' Clarke 86'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,443 Referee: 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 28' Brown 41' Lowe 58' Tutte 82'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 11,024 Referee: andy Davies

16 February 2016 31	Bury	1–0	Sheffield United	Bury
19:45 BST	Jones 27'	Report	Edgar 79'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,081 Referee: 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 14' Massey 17' Brindley 61'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,428 Referee: Mark Brown

23 February 2016 23	Bury	0–0	Barnsley	Bury
19:45 BST	Soares 26' Tutte 43' Rose 70' Riley 75' Pope 82'	Report	Scowen 25' Roberts 32' Hammill 82'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,160 Referee: Carl Boyeson

27 February 2016 33	Wigan Athletic	3–0	Bury	Wigan
15:00 BST	Grigg 7' 21' (pen.) Colclough 9' Davies 90'	Report	Lowe 37' Jones 90' Mayor 90' Tutte 90'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,490 Referee: Scott Duncan (referee)

1 March 2016 34	Bury	3–1	Peterborough United	Bury
19:45 BST	Clarke 29' Lowe 33' Tutte 80'	Report	Santos 35' Smith 47' Maddison 52' Baldwin 74' Bostwick 90'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,180 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

5 March 2016 35	Bury	0–0	Bradford City	Bury
15:00 BST	Brown 24'	Report	McMahon 37' Cullen 60'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,036 Referee: David Webb

12 March 2016 36	Rochdale	3–0	Bury	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Mendez–Laing 11' 17' Eastham 53'	Report	Gardner 26'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,538 Referee: Tony Harrington

19 March 2016 37	Bury	2–2	Shrewsbury Town	Bury
15:00 BST	Soares 30' O'Sullivan 52' Clarke 65' Bolger 86'	Report	Kaikai 16' 33' Smith 75' Knight–Percival 83'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,248 Referee: 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: Simon Hooper

28 March 2016 39	Bury	0–1	Gillingham	Bury
15:00 BST	Clarke 81'	Report	Norris 27' 57' Oshilaja 79' Wright 90+4' El–Abd 90+9'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,907 Referee: 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' 78'	Report	Lund 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 31' Wootton 53' Bishop 89'	Report	Jones 22' Clarke 45' Pope 61' Etuhu 89' Bolger 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 60' Soares 80'	Report	Taylor 4', 83', 63' Morison 33' Martin 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 25' Bolger 29' Pugh 32' Mayor 49' Lowe 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	Moussa 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 69'	Report	Hanson 13'	Stadium: JD Stadium Attendance: 6,962 Referee: 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 37' Mayor 61' Hussey 90+2' Lawlor 107'	Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 6,227 Referee: 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: 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 BST		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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[13] Following McNulty's release he joined Rochdale.[12]

[16] Following Thompson's release he joined Carlisle United.[14]

[19] Walton returned to Brighton on 1 September 2015, due to injury.[16]

[table_note_BRY0.79666530890235-26] Bury were deducted 3 points for playing the unregistered Callum Styles against Southend United on 8 May.[22]

[1] "History". Statto.

[Four_Released-2] "The Retained List". Bury FC. 14 May 2015.

[3] "Shakers Capture Clarke". Bury FC. 2 June 2015.

[4] "Clarke Joins the Shakers". Bury FC. 30 May 2015.

[5] "Jacob Mellis: Bury sign former Chelsea and Blackpool midfielder". Bury FC. 30 June 2015.

[6] "Bury Net Pope". Bury FC. 9 June 2015.

[7] "Shaw Turns Professional". Bury FC. 27 June 2015.

[8] "Utility man Pugh joins Bury". Bury FC. 13 July 2015.

[9] "Short-term deal for Reece". Bury FC. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[10] "Paddy's back". Bury FC. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

[11] "Nicky Adams joins Northampton". Bury FC. 22 May 2015.

[12] "Dale sign ex-Bury defender McNulty". BBC Sport. 2 June 2015.

[14] "Chris Sedgwick calls time". Bury FC. 5 May 2015.

[15] "Joe Thompson Signs Deal With Carlisle United". News & Star. 31 July 2015.

[17] "Paddy Kenny Terminates Contract at Bury". Bury FC. 19 November 2015.

[18] "Walton Returns to Brighton". Brighton & Hove Albion FC. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[20] "Bury Capture Christian". Bury FC. 21 July 2015.

[21] "Gaffer gets his man". Bury FC. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

[22] "Burgess out on loan". Bury FC. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[23] "Daniel Nardiello: Plymouth Argyle sign striker on loan from Bury". BBC Sport. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

[24] "Pre–Season Schedule". Bury FC. 16 June 2015.

[25] "EFL Statement: Bury deducted 3 points for fielding ineligible player". EFL. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

[27] "Fixtures 2015/16". Bury FC. 17 June 2015.