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)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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	Nationality	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	Nationality	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]

1. Following Reece Brown being released, he later signed for Sheffield United.^[16]
2. Following Chris Eagles being released, he later signed for Accrington Stanley.^[18]
3. Following Daniel Nardiello being released, he later signed for Bangor City.^[21]
4. 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

Bury v Blackburn Rovers

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

Bury v Morecambe

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

Radcliffe Borough v Bury

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

Blackpool v Bury

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

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

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

Bury v Charlton Athletic

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

Gillingham v Bury

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)

Coventry City v Bury

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)

Bury v Oldham Athletic

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)

Walsall v Bury

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)

Bury v Port Vale

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)

Bury v Shrewsbury Town

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)

Swindon Town v Bury

17 September 2016 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)

Bury v Chesterfield

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)

Milton Keynes Dons v Bury

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

Bury v Scunthorpe United

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

Peterborough United v Bury

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

Rochdale v Bury

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

Bury v AFC Wimbledon

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

Bury v Bolton Wanderers

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

Northampton Town v Bury

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

Bury v Southend United

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

AFC Wimbledon v Bury

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

Sheffield United v Bury

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

Bury v Millwall

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

Bury v AFC Wimbledon

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

AFC Wimbledon v Bury

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

Burton Albion v Bury

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

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
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

Bury v Morecambe

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

Bradford City v Bury

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

Stoke City U23 v Bury

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

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