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
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

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

FA Cup

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

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