2016–17 Bury F.C. season

Bury

2016–17 season

Chairman

Stewart Day

Manager

David Flitcroft
(until 16 November)^[1]

Stadium

Gigg Lane

FA Cup

First round replay
(vs. AFC Wimbledon)

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The 2016–17 season is Bury's second consecutive season in League One and their 132nd year in existence.^[2] 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 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF	Nicky Clark	Rangers	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2016	RM	Zeli Ismail	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2016	CB	Antony Kay	Milton Keynes Dons	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2016	GK	Chris Kirkland	Preston North End	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2016	LB	Greg Leigh	Bradford City	Free transfer	^[7]
1 July 2016	RB	Niall Maher	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July 2016	GK	Ben Williams	Bradford City	Free transfer	^[9]
19 July 2016	CB	Leon Barnett	Wigan Athletic	Free transfer	^[10]
21 July 2016	CM	Neil Danns	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[11]
5 August 2016	CF	Chris Brown	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	^[12]
6 August 2016	GK	Paul Rachubka	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[13]
24 August 2016	CF	James Vaughan	Birmingham City	Free transfer	^[14]
14 October 2016	CF	Ishmael Miller	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer	^[15]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Reece Brown	Sheffield United ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	RW	Chris Eagles	Accrington Stanley ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	LB	Chris Hussey	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	^[19]
1 July 2016	GK	Rob Lainton	Free agent	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	CF	Ryan Lowe	Crewe Alexandra	Free transfer	^[20]
1 July 2016	CF	Daniel Nardiello	Bangor City ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	CB	Kiel O'Brien	Southport ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	GK	Michail Papastylianou	Apollon Limassol	Free transfer
1 July 2016	CB	Marcus Poscha	Free agent	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	RB	Joe Riley	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	^[23]
1 July 2016	SS	Danny Rose	Mansfield Town	Undisclosed	^[24]
19 July 2016	CB	Peter Clarke	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	^[25]
19 July 2016	LB	Danny Pugh	Blackpool	Free transfer	^[26]
27 July 2016	CF	Leon Clarke	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	^[27]
4 August 2016	GK	Chris Kirkland	Free agent	Mutual consent	^[28]
29 August 2016	GK	Jack Ruddy	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	^[29]
31 August 2016	CF	Nicky Clark	Dunfermline Athletic	Free transfer	^[30]

↑ Following Reece Brown being released, he later signed for Sheffield United.^[16]
↑ Following Chris Eagles being released, he later signed for Accrington Stanley.^[18]
↑ Following Daniel Nardiello being released, he later signed for Bangor City.^[21]
↑ Following Kiel O'Brien being released, he later signed for Southport.^[22]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2016	DM		Kean Bryan	Manchester City	End of Season	^[31]
31 August 2016	LM		Tom Walker	Bolton Wanderers	End of Season	^[32]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Bury	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Morecambe
13:00 BST		Report	Graham 7'	Stadium: Mill Farm

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Bury	0–4	Morecambe	Morecambe
16:00 BST		Report	Ellison Trialist Trialist Barkhuizen	Stadium: Mill Farm

29 July 2016 (2016-07-29) Friendly	Radcliffe Borough	4–0	Bury	Radcliffe
19:30 BST	Sonogo 3', 17' (pen.) Rokka 7' Nalatche 60'			Stadium: Taurus Stadium

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	Blackpool	1–1	Bury	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Potts 89'	Report	Etuhu 51'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road

League One

Main article: 2016–17 Football League One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
18	Swindon Town	20	6	5	9	21	28	−7	23
19	Milton Keynes Dons	20	5	6	9	25	30	−5	21
20	Bury	20	6	2	12	28	38	−10	20
21	Coventry City	20	4	7	9	17	25	−8	19	Relegation to Football League Two
22	Chesterfield	20	5	3	12	24	34	−10	18	Relegation to Football League Two

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Bury	2–0	Charlton Athletic	Bury
15:00 BST	Danns 71' (pen.) Etuhu 87'			Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,037

13 August 2016 2	Gillingham	2–1	Bury	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Jackson 6' Kay 57' (o.g.) Hessenthaler 84' Donnelly 90+3'	Report	Hope 32' Pope 66' Mayor 85'	Stadium: Priestfield Attendance: 5,324 (189 away fans)

16 August 2016 3	Coventry City	0–0	Bury	Coventry
19:45 BST		Report	Etuhu 39' Soares 66'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 9,098 (222 away)

20 August 2016 4	Bury	0–1	Oldham Athletic	Bury
15:00 BST	Jones 57'	Report	Barnett 10' (o.g.) Klok 64' Fané 90'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,479 (1,554 visitors)

27 August 2016 5	Walsall	3–3	Bury	Bescot
15:00 BST	Morris 6' Oztumer 14' Jackson 32' Edwards 48' Dobson 60'	Report	Barnett 47' Vaughan 49' 65' Mayor 66' 67' Soares 88'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,393 (310 Bury)

3 September 2016 6	Bury	4–1	Port Vale	Bury
15:00 BST	Vaughan 6', 30' Mellis 22' Maher 66' Hope 73' Williams 90+1'	Report	Smith 58' Amoros 70' Paterson 79' Foley 89'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,042 (1,298 away fans)

10 September 2016 7	Bury	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Bury
15:00 BST	Mellis 32' Vaughan 39', 41' Mayor 65', 90+1'	Report	Deegan 20' El-Abd 38', 52' Toney 39' 76' McGivern 45+1'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,990 (360 away fans)

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 8	Swindon Town	1–2	Bury	Swindon
15:00 BST	Barry 31' Yaser Kasim 33' Raphael Branco 34' Obika 64' Thompson 86'	Report	Hope 13', 45' 38' Mellis 20' Soares 34' Kay 66' Mayor 88' Pope 90+2'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,931 (244)

24 September 2016 9	Bury	2–1	Chesterfield	Bury
15:00 BST	Ismail 41' Danns 69' Pope 87'	Report	Anderson 45+2' Dennis 44'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,494 (482 away fans)

27 September 2016 10	Milton Keynes Dons	1–3	Bury	Milton Keynes
19:45 BST	Downing 48' Reeves 63' Colclough 82' Potter 87'	Report	Vaughan 8', 68' Soares 40' Ismail 80' 90+5' Mellis 83' Bryan 89'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 7,652 Referee: Darren Deadman

1 October 2016 11	Bury	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Bury
15:00 BST	Soares 35' 58' Mellis 41' Kay 80' Etuhu 90+1'	Report	Wiseman 42' Wallace 45+2' Morris 65' van Veen 80'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,355 Referee: David Webb

8 October 2016 12	Peterborough United	3–1	Bury	Peterborough
12:00 BST	Forrester 38' Maddison 48' Kay 52' (o.g.) Coulthirst 86' Lopes 88' White 90+1'	Report	White 2' (o.g.) Mayor 61' Maher 66'	Stadium: ABAX Stadium Attendance: 3,964 Referee: Tony Harrington

15 October 2016 13	Rochdale	2–0	Bury	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Henderson 38' (pen.) Mendez-Laing 74' Andrew 79' Bunney 79'	Report	Maher 17' Mellis 39', 87' Soares 43' Vaughan 66' Bryan 77' Miller 79' Kay 80'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 5,344 Referee: Peter Bankes

18 October 2016 14	Bury	1–2	AFC Wimbledon	Bury
19:45 BST	Danns 27' (pen.) Tutte 68'	Report	Robinson 26' Taylor 39' Meades 90+1'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,211 Referee: Andy Haines

24 October 2016 15	Bury	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	Bury
19:45 BST	Soares 54'	Report	Clough 13' (pen.), 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 8,007 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

29 October 2016 16	Northampton Town	3–2	Bury	Northampton
15:00 BST	Richards 30' 36', 64' (pen.) Taylor 71'	Report	Leigh 35' Ismail 47' 82' Kay 48' Mayor 70' Miller 74' Danns 90+2' Hope 90+7'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 5,739 Referee: Carl Boyeson

12 November 2016 17	Bury	1–4	Southend United	Bury
15:00 GMT	Vaughan 20' (pen.) Soares 64' Barnett 89'	Report	Ranger 9', 61' Cox 12' Ferdinand 20' McLaughlin 64' 76'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,033 Referee: Richard Clark

19 November 2016 18	AFC Wimbledon	5–1	Bury	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT	Parrett 15' Whelpdale 26' Poleon 27' Elliott 28' Francomb 36' (pen.), 57'	Report	Maher 25' Vaughan 40' Barnett 79'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Fans' Stadium Attendance: 4,141 Referee: Dean Whitestone

22 November 2016 19	Sheffield United	1–0	Bury	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	O'Connell 85' Ebanks-Landell 90+3'	Report	Mellis 43' Pope 44' Williams 62' Leigh 80', 85'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,022 Referee: Ross Joyce

26 November 2016 20	Bury	2–3	Millwall	Bury
15:00 GMT	Jones 45' Vaughan 61', 67' Maher 69' Kay 71' Etuhu 90+5'	Report	Williams 70' (pen.) Smith 71' Butcher 86' O'Brien 90+2' 90+3'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,028 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

5 November 2016 First round	Bury	2–2	AFC Wimbledon	Bury
15:00 GMT	Hope 27', 29' Danns 64' Mellis 90+2'	Report	Taylor 61' 79' Elliott 67' Parrett 73' Robinson 83'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,346 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

15 November 2016 First round replay	AFC Wimbledon	5–0	Bury	Kingston upon Thames
19:45 GMT	Robinson 27' Parrett 32' Robertson 34' Poleon 45+2', 72' 63' Taylor 80'	Report	Barnett 26' Tutte 50' Vaughan 52'	Stadium: Cherry Red Records Fans' Stadium Attendance: 2,316 Referee: John Brooks

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

10 August 2016 First round	Burton Albion	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Bury	Burton upon Trent
19:30 BST	Reilly 36' Beavon 105' Butcher 113'	Report	Jones 16' Pope 48' 76' Mellis 75' Maher 120'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,523

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Bradford City	3	2	0	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Morecambe	3	2	0	0	1	7	7	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Bury	3	1	0	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	ACA	Stoke City Reserves and Academy	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Bury	4–1	Morecambe	Bury
19:00 BST	Ismail 3' (pen.) Pope 49', 90+1' Kay 53' 81' Soares 83'		Mullin 43' 53' Wakefield 70'	Stadium: Gigg Lane

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Bradford City	2–1	Bury	Bradford
19:45 BST	Vučkić 31' Hiwula-Mayifuila 35' Filipe Morais 74'	Report	Walker 69'	Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 1,865

8 November 2016 Group stage 3	Stoke City U23	1–1 (4–3 p)	Bury	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Lecygne 31' Muniesa 78' Bojan 86' Imbula 90'	Report	Kay 59' Mellis 63' Miller 68'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 698 Referee: Ben Toner
		Penalties
	Banks Edwards Campbell Ngoy Taylor		Tutte Danns Dudley Kay Soares

References

↑ "Statement from the board of directors". Bury Official Site. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "Clark links up with Clarke & Clarke". Bury Official Site. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
↑ "Albanian Zeli joins Bury". Bury Official Site. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
↑ "Defender Kay signs". Bury Official Site. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
↑ "Former England keeper joins Bury". Bury Official Site. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
↑ "Left Back Leigh signs for Bury". Bury Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
↑ "Maher arrives in Bury". Bury Official Site. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
↑ "Shot stopper Williams joins". Bury Official Site. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
↑ "Bury Bag Barnett". Bury Official Site. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
↑ "Danns Signs for the Shakers". Bury Official Site. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
↑ "Striker Brown signs". Bury Official Site. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
↑ "Keeper Rachubka joins Bury". Bury Official Site. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
↑ "Vaughan becomes a Shaker". Bury Official Site. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
↑ "Miller becomes a Shaker". Bury Official Site. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
↑ "Blades sign Brown on short-term deal". BBC. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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↑ "Eagles and Donacien join Stanley". BBC. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
↑ "Hussey joins Sheff United". Bury Official Site. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
↑ "Bury striker Lowe returns to Crewe". BBC. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
↑ "Bangor City sign Wales international Daniel Nardiello". Daily Post. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ "Southport bring in O'Brien and Doyle". BBC. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
↑ "Riley leaves for Shrewsbury Town". Bury Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
↑ "Danny Rose joins Mansfield Town". Bury Official Site. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
↑ "Peter Clarke Joins Oldham". Oldham Athletic Official Site. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
↑ "Pugh Confirmed By Blackpool". Vital Football. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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National teams

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U19 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
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League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League 1, League 2)

Levels 5–6	National League

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Combination League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

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Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterbrough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

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