2015–16 Bury F.C. season

Bury
	2015–16 season
Chairman	Stewart Day
Manager	David Flitcroft
Stadium	Gigg Lane
League Cup	Second round; (eliminated by Leicester City)
← 2014–15	2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Bury's first season back in League One since relegation in 2012–13 season after gaining promotion the previous season It is also their 131st year in existence.^[1] 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 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	MF	Scott Burgess	Academy	Trainee	^[2]
1 July 2015	CF	Leon Clarke	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2015	CB	Peter Clarke	Blackpool	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2015	CF	Anthony Dudley	Academy	Trainee	^[2]
1 July 2015	CB	Matty Foulds	Academy	Trainee	^[2]
1 July 2015	CM	Jacob Mellis	Blackpool	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2015	CF	Tom Pope	Port Vale	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2015	DF	Marcus Poscha	Academy	Trainee	^[2]
1 July 2015	GK	Jack Ruddy	Academy	Trainee	^[2]
1 July 2015	CF	Brayden Shaw	Academy	Trainee	^[7]
13 July 2015	LM	Danny Pugh	Coventry City	Free transfer	^[8]
7 August 2015	CB	Reece Brown	Free agent	Free transfer	^[9]
6 November 2015	GK	Paddy Kenny	Free agent	Free transfer	^[10]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	RM	Nicky Adams	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[11]
1 July 2015	CB	James McNulty	Rochdale ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free transfer	^[2]
1 July 2015	CB	Pablo Mills	Free Agent	Released	^[2]
1 July 2015	RW	Chris Sedgwick	Retired	N/A	^[13]
1 July 2015	RM	Joe Thompson	Carlisle United ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[2]
19 November 2015	GK	Paddy Kenny	Free Agent	Released	^[15]

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Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
21 July 2015	GK		Christian Walton	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 September 2015^{[lower-alpha 3]}	^[17]
19 November 2015	FW		Joe Dodoo	Leicester City	18 December 2015	^[18]

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Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
10 September 2015	MF		Scott Burgess	Stalybridge Celtic	8 October 2015	^[19]
27 January 2016	FW		Daniel Nardiello	Plymouth Argyle	End of the season	^[20]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 16 June 2015, Bury announced their confirmed pre-season fixtures.^[21]

22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) Friendly	Macclesfield Town	0–1	Bury	Macclesfield
19:30 BST		Report	Clarke 39'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 415 Referee: Oliver Yates

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly	Morecambe	1–1	Bury	Morecambe
19:30 BST	Murphy 36'	Report	3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Globe Arena Referee: Darren England

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Radcliffe Borough	2–2	Bury	Radcliffe
15:00 BST	16' Smith 62' (pen.)	Report	Williams 45' Dudley 50'	Stadium: Stainton Park Attendance: 471

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Bury	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Bury
19:45 BST	Pope 25'	Report	Conway 64'	Stadium: JD Stadium Attendance: 1,696 (522 visitors) Referee: Darren Handley

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Bury	3–2	Preston North End	Bury
15:00 BST	Clarke 11', 66' Tutte 78' (pen.)	Report	Garner 13' Keane 30'	Stadium: JD Stadium Attendance: 1,307 (366 visitors) Referee: Darren Handley

League One

League table

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Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[22]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Bury	Doncaster
15:00 BST	Forrester 90'	Report	L. Clarke 90'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,429 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Bury	2–2	Swindon Town	Bury
15:00 BST	Pope 4' Mayor 52'	Report	Robert 74' Rodgers 83'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,947 Referee: Carl Boyeson

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3	Bury	3–4	Fleetwood Town	Bury
19:45 BST	L. Clarke 4' Soares 19' Rose 84'	Report	McLaughlin 17' Hornby-Forbes 29' Proctor 69' Sarcevic 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,992 Referee: James Adcock

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Crewe Alexandra	3–3	Bury	Crewe
15:00 BST	King 3' Colclough 37' Inman 80'	Report	Mayor 23' Soares 45' Rose 58'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,125 Referee: Oliver Langford

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Bury	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Bury
15:00 BST	Pope 65'	Report	Croft 24'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,448 Referee: Roger East

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) 6	Walsall	0–1	Bury	Bescot
15:00 BST		Report	Jones 6'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,829 Referee: Fred Graham

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7	Sheffield United	1–3	Bury	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Sharp 72' (pen.)	Report	Pope 61' Riley 83' L. Clarke 90'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,708 Referee: David Webb

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Bury	1–0	Port Vale	Bury
15:00 BST	Cameron 78'	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,323 Referee: Darren Drysdale

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Bury	2–1	Coventry City	Bury
15:00 BST	L. Clarke 19', 51' (pen.)	Report	Johnson 62'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,526 Referee: Nigel Miller

29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10	Peterborough United	2–3	Bury	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Zakuani 43', 49' Oztumer 25'	Report	L. Clarke 28' Cameron 64' Pope 81'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,208 Referee: Steve Martin

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11	Colchester United	0–1	Bury	Colchester
15:00 BST		Report	L. Clarke 75'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,032 Referee: Simon Hooper

10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12	Bury	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Bury
15:00 BST	Cameron 6' Hussey 43' Pope 60'	Report	Cameron 85' (o.g.) Morgan 90'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,931 Referee: Graham Salisbury

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13	Bury	0–0	Rochdale	Bury
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 6,470 Referee: Andy Woolmer

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14	Bradford City	2–1	Bury	Bradford
19:45 BST	McArdle 45+2' Brown 51' (o.g.)	Report	Rose 90+4'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,575 Referee: Darren Bond

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Bury	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Kaikai 28' Ogogo 73'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,945 Referee: Gavin Ward

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16	Bury	4–3	Blackpool	Bury
15:00 GMT	Rose 2', 10' Hussey 27' Soares 34'	Report	Cullen 12' Robertson 44' Redshaw 84' (pen)	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17	Gillingham	3–1	Bury	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Samuel 6' Egan 10' Osadebe 87'	Report	L. Clarke 4'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,063 Referee: Keith Stroud

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18	Bury	1–0	Burton	Bury
15:00 GMT	Dodoo 40'	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,788 Referee: Andy Haines

24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19	Bury	1–2	Burton	Bury
15:00 GMT	L. Clarke 50'	Report	Madden 12' (pen) Williams 86'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,483 Referee: Tony Harrington

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20	Millwall	1–0	Bury	Bermondsey
15:00 BST	Williams 13'	Report		Stadium: New Den Attendance: 8,311 Referee: Dean Whitestone

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21	Bury	1–0	Chesterfield	Bury
15:00 BST	Mayor 68'	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,962 Referee: Peter Bankes

18 December 2015 (2015-12-18) 22	Southend United	4–1	Bury	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Hunt 22', 31' Mooney 74' (pen.) Payne 78'	Report	L. Clarke 43'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,127 Referee: James Linington

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) Postponed	Bury	P–P	Barnsley	Bury
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane

28 December 2015 24	Port Vale	1 - 0	Bury	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Kelly 57'	Report	Brown 74' Jones 90+4'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,467 Referee: James Adcock

2 January 2016 25	Fleetwood Town	2 - 0	Bury	Fleetwood
15:00 BST	Hunter 49' Grant 76'	Report	Cameron 26'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,301 Referee: Nigel Miller

16 January 2016 26	Bury	2 - 3	Walsall	Bury
15:00 BST	Rose 57' Clarke 65' 66' Lawlor 70'	Report	Hussey 16' (o.g.) Bradshaw 30' Forde 42'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,532 Referee: Mark Haywood

23 January 2016 27	Oldham Athletic	0 - 1	Bury	Oldham
15:00 BST		Report	Clarke 10' Soares 49' Jones 78'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 5,537 Referee: Phil Gibbs

26 January 2016 28	Bury	0 - 0	Crewe Alexandra	Bury
19:45 BST	O'Sullivan 65' Etuhu 88'	Report	Guthrie 63'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,343 Referee: Darren England

7 February 2016 29	Barnsley	3 - 0	Bury	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Watkins 20' Brownhill 39' Winnall 55' Hammill 66'	Report	Mayor 48' Clarke 86'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,443 Referee: Andy Haines

13 February 2016 30	Coventry City	6 - 0	Bury	Coventry
15:00 BST	Stokes 4' Cargill 12' Maddison 16' Fleck 43' Armstrong 68' 70'	Report	Soares 28' Brown 41' Lowe 58' Tutte 82'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 11,024 Referee: andy Davies

16 February 2016 31	Bury	1 - 0	Sheffield United	Bury
19:45 BST	Jones 27'	Report	Edgar 79'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,081 Referee: Stuart Attwell

20 February 2016 32	Bury	5 - 2	Colchester United	Bury
15:00 BST	Lowe 34' Tutte 51' 51' 62' Jones 56'	Report	Porter 4' Eastman 14' Massey 17' Brindley 61'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,428 Referee: Mark Brown

23 February 2016 23	Bury	0 - 0	Barnsley	Bury
19:45 BST	Soares 26' Tutte 43' Rose 70' Riley 75' Pope 82'	Report	Scowen 25' Roberts 32' Hammill 82'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,160 Referee: Carl Boyeson

27 February 2016 33	Wigan Athletic	3 - 0	Bury	Wigan
15:00 BST	Grigg 7' 21' (pen.) Colclough 9' Davies 90'	Report	Lowe 37' Jones 90' Mayor 90' Tutte 90'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,490 Referee: Scott Duncan (referee)

1 March 2016 34	Bury	3 - 1	Peterborough United	Bury
19:45 BST	Clarke 29' Lowe 33' Tutte 80'	Report	Santos 35' Smith 47' Maddison 52' Baldwin 74' Bostwick 90'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,180 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

5 March 2016 35	Bury	0 - 0	Bradford City	Bury
15:00 BST	Brown 24'	Report	McMahon 37' Cullen 60'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,036 Referee: David Webb

12 March 2016 36	Rochdale	3 - 0	Bury	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Mendez-Laing 11' 17' Eastham 53'	Report	Gardner 26'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,538 Referee: Tony Harrington

19 March 2016 37	Bury	v	Shrewsbury Town	Bury
15:00 BST				Stadium: Gigg Lane

FA Cup

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) First round	Bury	4–0	Wigan Athletic	Bury
15:00 GMT	Pope 18' Mayor 34' Cameron 45+2' L. Clarke 65'	Report		Stadium: JD Stadium Attendance: 3,856 Referee: David Coote

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) Second round	Rochdale	0–1	Bury	Rochdale
12:00 GMT		Report	Rose 8'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 4,887 Referee: Darren Drysdale

9 January 2016 Third round	Bury	0 - 0	Bradford City	Bury
15:00 GMT	Lowe 69'	Report	Hanson 13'	Stadium: JD Stadium Attendance: 6,962 Referee: Rob Lewis

19 January 2016 Third round reply	Bradford City	0 - 0 (a.e.t.) (2 - 4 p)	Bury	Bradford
19:45 GMT		Report	Cameron 37' Mayor 61' Hussey 90+2' Lawlor 107'	Stadium: Coral Windows Stadium Attendance: 6,227 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

30 January 2016 Fourth round	Bury	1 - 3	Hull City	Bury
15:00 GMT	Jones 86'	Report	Akpom 14' 57' (pen.) 69'	Stadium: JD Stadium Attendance: 7,064 Referee: Darren Bond

League Cup

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Bury	Wigan
19:45 BST	Grigg 46' (pen.)	Report	Clarke 63', 89' (pen.)	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 5,484 Referee: Mark Heywood

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Bury	1–4	Leicester City	Bury
19:45 BST	Mayor 49'	Report	Dodoo 25', 86', 90' Kramarić 41'	Stadium: Gigg Lane

Football League Trophy

1 September 2015 (2015-09-01) First round	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Bury	Accrington
19:45 BST	Bruna 83'	Report	Hope 46' Tutte 70'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,344 Referee: Tony Harrington

6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) Second round	Bury	0–1	Morecambe	Bury
19:45 BST		Summary	Miller 81'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,508

Lancashire Senior Cup

13 October 2015 First round	Accrington Stanley	5 - 1	Bury	Accrington
14:00 BST				Stadium: Crown Ground

References

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2015–16 Bury F.C. season

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Loans in

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