2011–12 Bury F.C. season

During the 2011–12 season, Bury competed in the third tier of English football, Football League One.

Bury F.C.

2011–12 season
Chairman	Brian Fenton
Manager	Richie Barker
Stadium	Gigg Lane
League 1	14th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Bishop (8) All: Andy Bishop (9)[1]
Highest home attendance	6,970 vs. Sheffield United, 14 January 2012
Lowest home attendance	1,295 vs. Crewe Alexandra, 30 August 2011
Average home league attendance	3,552
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	14	18	49	53	−4	56
13	Hartlepool United	46	14	14	18	50	55	−5	56
14	Bury	46	15	11	20	60	79	−19	56
15	Preston North End	46	13	15	18	54	68	−14	54
16	Oldham Athletic	46	14	12	20	50	66	−16	54

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Cameron Belford	27	0	23+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Phil Picken	40	0	36+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Skarz	49	1	45+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	EIR	Patrick Cregg	8	0	5+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF	SCO	Peter Sweeney	45	4	41+0	4	1+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
7	MF	ENG	David Worrall	45	3	29+12	3	0+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Steven Schumacher	34	6	29+3	6	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Andy Bishop	43	9	33+7	8	1+0	0	1+0	1	1+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Andy Haworth	7	0	0+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
12	FW	ENG	Lenell John-Lewis	30	5	8+20	5	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
13	MF	ENG	Mark Carrington	21	1	12+9	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	USA	Mike Grella	10	4	8+2	4	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	NGA	Efe Sodje	43	2	40+1	2	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Mark Hughes	27	0	21+4	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	ENG	Andrai Jones	14	0	9+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
25	FW	ENG	Shaun Harrad	27	2	14+12	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	ENG	Luke McCarthy	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
29	MF	ENG	Max Harrop	7	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Players played for Bury this season who are no longer at the club:
15	FW	ENG	Ryan Lowe	7	7	5+0	4	0+0	0	2+0	3	0+0	0
19	MF	FRA	Damien Mozika	6	1	3+1	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Mike Jones	27	4	24+0	3	1+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
Players who played for Bury on loan and returned to their parent club:
28	FW	WAL	Ryan Doble	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW	ENG	Kudus Oyenuga	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Mark Cullen	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Giles Coke	30	6	28+2	6	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	ENG	Ashley Eastham	27	2	22+3	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	MF	ENG	David Amoo	28	4	19+8	4	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Nathan Clarke	11	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	EIR	Shane Byrne	15	0	10+4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	ENG	Lateef Elford-Alliyu	13	2	4+9	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	NIR	Trevor Carson	17	0	17+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	GK	WAL	Jonathan Bond	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	FW		10	Andy Bishop	8	0	1	0	9
2	FW		15	Ryan Lowe	4	0	3	0	7
3	MF		15	Giles Coke	6	0	0	0	6
=	MF		8	Steven Schumacher	6	0	0	0	6
5	MF		12	Lenell John-Lewis	5	0	0	0	5
6	MF		6	Peter Sweeney	4	0	0	0	4
=	MF		19	David Amoo	4	0	0	0	4
=	FW		14	Mike Grella	4	0	0	0	4
=	MF		14	Mike Jones	3	0	1	0	4
10	MF		7	David Worrall	3	0	0	0	3
11	DF		18	Ashley Eastham	2	0	0	0	2
=	FW		28	Lateef Elford-Alliyu	2	0	0	0	2
=	DF		16	Efe Sodje	2	0	0	0	2
=	FW		25	Shaun Harrad	2	0	0	0	2
15	MF		19	Damien Mozika	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF		3	Joe Skarz	1	0	0	0	1
=	MF		13	Mark Carrington	1	0	0	0	1
				Totals	58	0	5	0	63

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
16		DF	Efe Sodje	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	0
15		MF	Giles Coke	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
8		MF	Steven Schumacher	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
6		MF	Peter Sweeney	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
18		DF	Ashley Eastham	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0
10		FW	Andy Bishop	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
23		DF	Nathan Clarke	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
12		FW	Lenell John-Lewis	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
7		MF	David Worrall	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
21		DF	Andrai Jones	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
2		DF	Phil Picken	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Joe Skarz	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
17		DF	Mark Hughes	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
4		MF	Patrick Cregg	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
23		DF	Shane Byrne	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		FW	Ryan Lowe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Damien Mozika	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	David Amoo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Mike Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13		MF	Mark Carrington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	10	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	16	0

Results and fixtures

Pre-season friendlies

Radcliffe Borough v Bury

9 July 2011	Radcliffe Borough	1–5	Bury	Stainton Park
15:00	Jones 64'		Lowe 7', 28' John-Lewis 56', 66' Worrall 69'

Bury v Burnley

12 July 2011	Bury	0–3	Burnley	Gigg Lane
19:45			Austin 7' MacDonald 37' Iwelumo 83'

Bury v Everton

15 July 2011	Bury	1–4	Everton	Gigg Lane
19:45	Schumacher 59'		Yakubu 18' Gueye 32', 44' Osman 42'	Attendance: 3,017

Bury v FC United of Manchester

23 July 2011	Bury	1–0	FC United of Manchester	Gigg Lane
15:00	Jones 34'			Attendance: 1372

Bury v Bolton Wanderers

27 July 2011	Bury	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	Gigg Lane
19:45			Klasnić 43' Cahill 61'	Attendance: 2,997

Prestatyn Town v Bury

30 July 2011	Prestatyn Town	1–8	Bury	Bastion Road
15:00	Gibson 75'		Hayes 17' (o.g.) Cullen 18' Lowe 22' Haworth 51' Bishop 53', 89' M. Jones 61' McCarthy 87'

League One

Main article: 2011–12 Football League One

Huddersfield Town v Bury

6 August 2011 1	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Bury	Galpharm Stadium
15:00	Roberts 65'		Lowe 76'	Attendance: 13,873

Bury v Carlisle United

13 August 2011 2	Bury	0–2	Carlisle United	Gigg Lane
15:00			Berrett 68' Noble 90+3'	Attendance: 3,640

Bury v Sheffield Wednesday

16 August 2011 3	Bury	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Gigg Lane
19:45	Lowe 7' Mozika 41'		Sedgwick 47'	Attendance: 5,219

Wycombe Wanderers v Bury

20 August 2011 4	Wycombe Wanderers	0–2	Bury	Adams Park
15:00			M. Jones 24' Lowe 65'	Attendance: 3,259

Bury v Charlton Athletic

27 August 2011 5	Bury	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Gigg Lane
15:00	Lowe 40'		Hayes 49' Jackson 64'	Attendance: 3,084

Sheffield United v Bury

3 September 2011 6	Sheffield United	4–0	Bury	Bramall Lane
15:00	Porter 43' Mendez-Laing 47' Lowton 71' Tønne 84'			Attendance: 17,956

Bury v Rochdale

10 September 2011 7	Bury	2–4	Rochdale	Gigg Lane
15:00	M. Jones 21' Bishop 63'		Grimes 5' Holness 10' Adams 18' Ball 47'	Attendance: 4,897

Chesterfield v Bury

13 September 2011 8	Chesterfield	1–0	Bury	B2net Stadium
19:45	Clarke 66'			Attendance: 5,727

Hartlepool United v Bury

17 September 2011 9	Hartlepool United	3–0	Bury	Victoria Park
15:00	Solano 33' Nish 51, 74'			Attendance: 5,343

Bury v MK Dons

24 September 2011 10	Bury	0–0	MK Dons	Gigg Lane
15:00				Attendance: 2,378

Yeovil Town v Bury

1 October 2011 11	Yeovil Town	1–3	Bury	Huish Park
15:00	Agard 17'		Coke 43' Amoo 67' Sweeney 85'	Attendance: 3,127

Bury v Exeter City

8 October 2011 12	Bury	2–0	Exeter City	Gigg Lane
15:00	Bishop 14' Oakley 48' (OG)			Attendance: 2,672

Leyton Orient v Bury

15 October 2011 13	Leyton Orient	1–0	Bury	Matchroom Stadium
15:00	Cox 45+1'			Attendance: 3,943

AFC Bournemouth v Bury

22 October 2011 14	AFC Bournemouth	1–2	Bury	Dean Court
15:00	Pugh 41'		Coke 45' Bishop 53'	Attendance: 6,122

Bury v Notts County

25 October 2011 15	Bury	2–2	Notts County	Gigg Lane
19:45	Bishop 5' Coke 55' (pen)		Hughes 37 (pen), 80 (pen)'	Attendance: 2,917

Bury v Stevenage

29 October 2011 16	Bury	1–2	Stevenage	Gigg Lane
15:00	Bishop 78' (pen.)		Harrison 38' Roberts 75'	Attendance: 2,638

Oldham Athletic v Bury

5 November 2011 17	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Bury	Boundary Park
15:00			Bishop 22', 30'	Attendance: 5,149

Walsall v Bury

19 November 2011 18	Walsall	2–4	Bury	Bescot Stadium
15:00	Macken 28' (pen.) Bowerman 90+3'		Sweeney 6' Jones 46' Schumacher 63' John-Lewis 87'	Attendance: 4,785

Bury v Preston North End

26 November 2011 19	Bury	1–0	Preston North End	Gigg Lane
15:00	Amoo 15'			Attendance: 4,957

Colchester United v Bury

10 December 2011 20	Colchester United	4–1	Bury	Colchester Community Stadium
15:00	Duguid 2', 31' Henderson 19' James 66'		John-Lewis 90'	Attendance: 3,156

Bury v Brentford

17 December 2011 21	Bury	1–1	Brentford	Gigg Lane
15:00	John-Lewis 85'		Alexander 61' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,008

Scunthorpe United v Bury

26 December 2011 22	Scunthorpe United	1–3	Bury	Glanford Park
15:00	Duffy 5'		Sweeney 50' Bishop 69' Sodje 82'	Attendance: 4,569

Tranmere Rovers v Bury

30 December 2011 23	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Bury	Prenton Park
19:45	Labadie 24' Taylor 90'			Attendance: 5,253

Bury v Walsall

2 January 2012 24	Bury	2–1	Walsall	Gigg Lane
15:00	Sadler 20' (o.g.) Sweeney 40'		Paterson 39'	Attendance: 3,095

Bury v Sheffield United

14 January 2012 25	Bury	0–3	Sheffield United	Gigg Lane
15:00			Creswell 54' Evans 62' Williamson 81'	Attendance: 6,970

Bury v Yeovil Town

21 January 2012 26	Bury	3–2	Yeovil Town	Gigg Lane
15:00	Schumacher 8', 35' Skarz 21'		Dickson 10' MacLean 87'	Attendance: 2,572

Rochdale v Bury

28 January 2012 27	Rochdale	3–0	Bury	Spotland Stadium
15:00	Akpa Akpro 15' Grimes 41', 55'			Attendance: 5,033

Charlton Athletic v Bury

31 January 2012 28	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Bury	The Valley
19:45	Stephens 90+3'		John-Lewis 42'	Attendance: 13,264

Milton Keynes Dons v Bury

11 February 2012 -	Milton Keynes Dons	P–P	Bury	Stadium mk
15:00

Bury v Chesterfield

14 February 2012 29	Bury	1–1	Chesterfield	Gigg Lane
19:45	Schumacher 88'		Ajose 41'	Attendance: 2,266

Exeter City v Bury

18 February 2012 30	Exeter City	3–2	Bury	St James Park
15:00	Archibald-Henville 5' Nardiello 9' Logan 41'		Amoo 29' Eastham 90+2'	Attendance: 4,281

Milton Keynes Dons v Bury

21 February 2012 31	Milton Keynes Dons	2–1	Bury	Stadium mk
19:45	Bowditch 20', 45+3'		Amoo 10'	Attendance: 6,405

Bury v Leyton Orient

25 February 2012 32	Bury	1–1	Leyton Orient	Gigg Lane
15:00	Elford-Alliyu 68'		Spring 27'	Attendance: 2,807

Bury v Hartlepool United

28 February 2012 33	Bury	1–2	Hartlepool United	Gigg Lane
19:45	Worrall 79'		Humphreys 45+1' Boyd 74'	Attendance: 2,072

Bury v Huddersfield Town

3 March 2012 34	Bury	3–3	Huddersfield Town	Gigg Lane
15:00	Schumacher 32' John-Lewis 70' Eastham 90+2'		Morrison 21' Rhodes 25', 29'	Attendance: 5,988

Sheffield Wednesday v Bury

6 March 2012 35	Sheffield Wednesday	4–1	Bury	Hillsborough Stadium
19:45	Antonio 11', 58' Madine 51' Lowe 64'		Schumacher 72'	Attendance: 17,684

Carlisle United v Bury

10 March 2012 36	Carlisle United	4–1	Bury	Brunton Park
15:00	Noble 25' Cook 78' Miller 88 (pen)', 90+3'		Coke 23'	Attendance: 4,855

Bury v Wycombe Wanderers

17 March 2012 37	Bury	1–4	Wycombe Wanderers	Gigg Lane
15:00	Harrad 11'		Beavon 4', 61', 70' Hayes 12'	Attendance: 2,479

Bury v Scunthorpe United

20 March 2012 38	Bury	0–0	Scunthorpe United	Gigg Lane
19:45				Attendance: 2,351

Preston North End v Bury

24 March 2012 39	Preston North End	1–1	Bury	Deepdale
15:00	Aneke 68'		Elford-Alliyu 90+3'	Attendance: 1,735

Bury v Tranmere Rovers

31 March 2012 40	Bury	2–0	Tranmere Rovers	Gigg Lane
15:00	Sodje 67' Coke 72'			Attendance: 3,733

Brentford v Bury

7 April 2012 41	Brentford	3–0	Bury	Griffin Park
15:00	Saunders 44', 63' Logan 68'			Attendance: 5,192

Bury v Colchester United

9 April 2012 42	Bury	4–1	Colchester United	Gigg Lane
15:00	Grella 40' Harrad 43' Coke 56' Worrall 73'		Eastman 57'	Attendance: 3,119

Bury v AFC Bournemouth

14 April 2012 43	Bury	1–0	AFC Bournemouth	Gigg Lane
15:00	Grella 10'			Attendance: 2,729

Notts County v Bury

21 April 2012 44	Notts County	2–4	Bury	Meadow Lane
15:00	Coke 46 (og)' Edwards 79'		Worrall 42' Grella 49', 67' Carrington 90+3'	Attendance: 6,732

Bury v Oldham Athletic

28 April 2012 45	Bury	0–0	Oldham Athletic	Gigg Lane
15:00				Attendance: 5,111

Stevenage v Bury

5 May 2012 46	Stevenage	3–0	Bury	The Lamex Stadium
15:00	Reid 24' Byrom 77 (pen)' Beardsley 90+1'			Attendance: 4,781

FA Cup

Bury v Crawley Town

12 November 2011 First round	Bury	0–2	Crawley Town	Gigg Lane
15:00	Byrne  15' Schumacher  59' Hughes  83'		Barnett 49' Doughty 82'	Attendance: 2,436 Referee: Mark Brown

League Cup

Bury v Coventry City

9 August 2011 First round	Bury	3–1	Coventry City	Gigg Lane
19:45	Bishop 33' Lowe 75', 88'		O'Donovan 26'	Attendance: 2,997

Bury v Leicester City

23 August 2011 Second round	Bury	2–4	Leicester City	Gigg Lane
19:45	Jones 40' Lowe 53'		Schlupp 21' Gallagher 70' Dyer 77' Danns 90'	Attendance: 3,779

Football League Trophy

Bury v Crewe Alexandra

30 August 2011 First round	Bury	0–0 (2–4 p)	Crewe Alexandra	Gigg Lane
19:45				Attendance: 1,295
	Penalties
	Cregg Bishop Worrall Picken		Westwood Shelley Davis Bell

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
22 June 2011	DF	Mark Hughes	North Queensland Fury	Free Transfer	[2]
11 August 2011	MF	Patrick Cregg	St Mirren	Free	[3]
31 August 2011	FW	Shaun Harrad	Northampton Town	Undisclosed	[4]
29 September 2011	MF	Mark Carrington	Hamilton Academical	Free	[5]
27 February 2012	FW	Mike Grella	Brentford	Free	[6]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
20 July 2011	FW	Mark Cullen	Hull City	31 December 2011	[7]
15 August 2011	FW	Kudus Oyenuga	Tottenham Hotspur	15 September 2011	[8]
25 August 2011	DF	Ashley Eastham	Blackpool	End of season	[9]
31 August 2011	MF	Shane Byrne	Leicester City	31 September 2011	[4]
31 August 2011	MF	Giles Coke	Sheffield Wednesday	31 October 2011	[4]
12 September 2011	GK	Trevor Carson	Sunderland	12 November 2011	[10]
23 September 2011	FW	David Amoo	Liverpool	End of season	[11]
13 January 2012	MF	Giles Coke	Sheffield Wednesday	End of season	[12]
17 January 2012	FW	Ryan Doble	Southampton	17 February 2012	[13]
20 February 2012	FW	Lateef Elford-Alliyu	West Bromwich Albion	End of season	[14]
24 February 2012	GK	Trevor Carson	Sunderland	1 April 2012	[15]
9 March 2012	DF	Nathan Clarke	Huddersfield Town	End of season	[16]
22 March 2012	GK	Jonathan Bond	Watford	End of season	[17]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
19 August 2011	DF	Ben Futcher	Mansfield Town	5 November 2011	[18][19]
16 September 2011	MF	Andy Haworth	Oxford United	16 October 2011	[20]
22 November 2011	FW	Danny Hudson	Mossley	21 March 2012	[21][22]
24 November 2011	MF	Luke McCarthy	Grimsby Town	1 January 2012	[23]
11 January 2012	MF	Andy Haworth	Bradford City	14 April 2012	[24][25]
20 January 2012	DF	Ben Futcher	AFC Telford United	19 February 2012	[26]
8 February 2012	FW	Shaun Harrad	Rotherham United	8 March 2012	[27]
20 February 2012	DF	Ben Futcher	Macclesfield Town	End of season	[28]
3 March 2012	GK	Cameron Belford	Southend United	End of season	[29]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref
1 July 2011	MF	Kyle Bennett	Doncaster Rovers	£80,000	[30]
30 August 2011	FW	Ryan Lowe	Sheffield Wednesday	£100,000	[31]
31 August 2011	MF	Damien Mozika	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed	[32]
13 January 2012	MF	Mike Jones	Sheffield Wednesday	£100,000	[33]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
1 July 2011	MF	Krishnan Patel	Unattached		[34]

Awards

End of Season Awards	Winner[35]
Player of the Season	David Worrall
Players Player of the Season	David Worrall
Young Player of the Season	Andrai Jones
Goal of the Season	Peter Sweeney vs Walsall