2010–11 Bury F.C. season

Bury F.C.
2010–11 season
Chairman Brian Fenton
Manager Alan Knill
(until 31 March)
Richie Barker
(caretaker)
Football League Two 2nd (promoted)
FA Cup 2nd Round
(eliminated by Peterborough United)
League Cup 1st Round
(eliminated by Sheffield Wednesday)
Football League Trophy Northern Section
Quarter Final

(eliminated by Tranmere Rovers)
Top goalscorer League: Ryan Lowe (27)
All: Ryan Lowe (28)
Highest home attendance 6,238 vs. Wycombe Wanderers, 30 April 2011
Lowest home attendance 1,944 vs. Shrewsbury Town, 5 October 2010
Average home attendance 3,313

This page shows the progress of Bury F.C. in the 2010-11 football season. This year they play their games in League Two in the English league system.

Contents

Players

First-team squad

Includes all players who were awarded squad numbers during the season.

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Cameron Belford
2 DF Phil Picken
3 DF Joe Skarz
4 DF Tom Lees
5 DF Ben Futcher
6 MF Peter Sweeney
7 MF David Worrall
8 MF Steven Schumacher (captain)
9 FW Danny Carlton (until Jan 2011)
10 FW Andy Bishop
11 MF Andy Haworth
12 FW Lenell John-Lewis
13 GK Owain Fôn Williams (from Oct 2010 to Jan 2011)
14 MF Mike Jones
15 FW Ryan Lowe
No. Position Player
16 DF Efe Sodje
17 MF Kyle Bennett
18 DF Gavin Gunning (from Nov 2010 to Jan 2011)
18 FW Chris Holroyd (Mar 2011 only)
19 MF Damien Mozika
20 GK Ritchie Branagan
21 MF Andrai Jones
22 MF Zach Rothwell
23 MF Krishnan Patel
25 MF Nicky Ajose (from Sep 2010)
26 MF James Wallace (from Nov to Dec 2010)
26 FW Luke McCarthy
27 DF Richard Eckersley (from Mar to Apr 2011)
29 MF Max Harrop
30 GK Neil Cutler (until Mar 2011)

Results

Pre-Season

League Two

FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

League data

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Chesterfield (C) (P) 46 24 14 8 85 51 +34 86 Promotion to the Football League One
2 Bury (P) 46 23 12 11 82 50 +32 81
3 Wycombe Wanderers (P) 46 22 14 10 69 50 +19 80
4 Shrewsbury Town (Q) 46 22 13 11 72 49 +23 79 Qualification to the League Two Playoffs
5 Accrington Stanley (Q) 46 18 19 9 73 55 +18 73

Updated to games played on 11 May 2011
Source: 2010–11 Football League Two#League table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 23 12 11 82 50 +32 81 11 6 6 35 23 +12 12 6 5 47 27 +20

Last updated: 11 May 2011
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground H A H A H A H A A H H A H A H H A A A H A A H A H A H H A H A H A H A H H A H A H H H A H A
Result L W D D W L D W W D W W W W L L W W L D L L D D W W W L D D W W W W D L L D W W W W W W L D
Position 11 12 7 11 11 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2

Last updated: 20 May 2011.
Source: Results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Appearances and goals

As of 6 May 2011.
(Substitute appearances in brackets)
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Cameron Belford 39 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 41 0 2 0
2 DF Phil Picken 38 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 44 0 10 0
3 DF Joe Skarz 46 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 51 1 5 0
4 DF Tom Lees 45 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 50 5 1 0
5 DF Ben Futcher 6 (5) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 (5) 1 3 0
6 MF Peter Sweeney 18 (7) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 22 (7) 0 3 0
7 MF David Worrall 27 (13) 2 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 27 (17) 2 3 0
8 MF Steven Schumacher 42 (1) 9 1 0 1 0 1 0 45 (1) 9 6 2
9 FW Danny Carlton 0 (3) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 0 (6) 0 0 0
10 FW Andy Bishop 14 (5) 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 (15) 4 2 0
11 MF Andy Haworth 20 (20) 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 25 (20) 3 4 0
12 MF Lenell John-Lewis 6 (33) 2 0 (2) 0 0 (1) 0 2 0 8 (36) 2 1 0
13 GK Owain Fôn Williams 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0
14 MF Mike Jones 37 (5) 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 40 (5) 8 1 0
15 FW Ryan Lowe 46 27 2 1 1 0 0 (1) 0 49 (1) 28 4 0
16 DF Efe Sodje 40 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 43 4 12 1
17 MF Kyle Bennett 13 (19) 2 0 (1) 0 0 0 2 0 15 (20) 2 1 0
18 DF Gavin Gunning 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
18 FW Chris Holroyd 3 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (1) 1 0 0
19 MF Damien Mozika 32 (1) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 34 (1) 2 10 1
20 GK Ritchie Branagan 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 (1) 0 0 0
21 MF Andrai Jones 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
25 FW Nicky Ajose 22 (6) 13 2 0 0 0 2 0 26 (6) 13 0 0
26 MF James Wallace 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
26 MF Luke McCarthy 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
27 DF Richard Eckersley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
29 MF Max Harrop 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (3) 0 0 0

Awards

End of Season Awards Winner[1]
Forever Bury Player of the Season Ryan Lowe
Website Player of the Season Ryan Lowe
Bury Times Player of the Season Efe Sodje
Junior Shakers' Player of the Season Efe Sodje
Disabled supporters' Player of the Season Ryan Lowe
Frank Hoult Players' Player of the Season Tom Lees
Young Player of the Season Joe Skarz
Forever Bury Most Promising Newcomer of the Season Damien Mozika
Youth Team Player of the Season Max Harrop
Goal of the Season Steven Schumacher (vs Shrewsbury Town, 1 March 2011)

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref.
25 June 2010 MF Peter Sweeney Grimsby Town Free [2]
25 June 2010 DF Joe Skarz Huddersfield Town Free [3]
6 July 2010 MF Andrew Haworth Blackburn Rovers Free [4]
8 July 2010 MF Steven Schumacher Crewe Alexandra Free [5]
3 August 2010 DF Phil Picken Chesterfield Free [6]
3 August 2010 MF Kyle Bennett Wolverhampton Wanderers Free [6]
5 August 2010 FW Lenell John-Lewis Lincoln City Free [7]
19 August 2010 MF Damien Mozika Tarbiat Yazd Free [8]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
3 August 2010 DF Tom Lees Leeds United End of season [6][9]
25 September 2010 FW Nicky Ajose Manchester United End of season [10][11][12]
28 October 2010 GK Owain Fôn Williams Stockport County 4 January 2011 [13][14]
12 November 2010 DF Gavin Gunning Blackburn Rovers 31 January 2011 [15][16]
25 November 2010 MF James Wallace Everton 31 January 2011 [17]
11 March 2011 FW Chris Holroyd Brighton & Hove Albion 11 April 2011 [18][19]
14 March 2011 DF Richard Eckersley Burnley 15 April 2011 [20][21]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
23 September 2010 FW Danny Carlton Grimsby Town 20 October 2010 [22]
28 September 2010 DF Andrai Jones Altrincham 28 October 2010 [23]
11 November 2010 DF Ben Futcher Oxford United 4 January 2011 [24]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Fee Ref.
18 June 2010 DF Ryan Cresswell Rotherham United Undisclosed [25]
Players released
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Join date Ref.
7 June 2010 MF Stephen Dawson Leyton Orient 1 July 2010 (Bosman) [26]
15 June 2010 DF Paul Scott Morecambe 1 July 2010 [27][28]
16 June 2010 MF Brian Barry-Murphy Rochdale 1 July 2010 (Bosman) [29]
28 June 2010 FW Andy Morrell Wrexham 1 July 2010 (Bosman) [30]
28 June 2010 DF Tom Newey Rotherham United 1 July 2010 (Bosman) [31]
1 July 2010 MF Richie Baker Oxford United 1 July 2010 [27][32]
1 July 2010 DF David Buchanan Hamilton Academical 25 July 2010 [33][34]
1 July 2010 GK Wayne Brown Supersport United 27 July 2010 [27][35]
1 July 2010 MF Damien Allen Colwyn Bay 28 July 2010 [27][36]
1 July 2010 DF Danny Racchi Wrexham 16 August 2010 [27][37]
1 July 2010 MF Josh Rothwell Unattached [27]
31 January 2011 FW Danny Carlton Morecambe 15 February 2011 [38][39]
31 March 2011 GK Neil Cutler Scunthorpe United 31 March 2011 (Goalkeeping coach) [40]

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