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Grimsby v Bury Preview

By: Alex Green
Date: 28/01/2008

IT'S Bury's turn to find out what all the Premiership clubs complained about as they faced relegation. Yes it’s January, it's cold, it’s a Tuesday night welcome to the land of clichés.

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But it’s going to be a tough nut to crack for Bury as they face a team on a great run but it’s always a game of two halves lets find out who will have the last laugh? (Ok I'll stop)

The Opposition

Overview

Only six points off them dreaded relegation places, Bury have enough reasons to come out with all guns firing on Tuesday night. After defeat to Championship side Southampton at St Mary’s over the weekend Bury can feel proud of their efforts after knocking out Norwich in the Third Round. The league is a somewhat less glamorous affair with one win in eleven. It isn't going to get better either after playing one of the in-form teams in the league (us if you hadn't got that). Bury will go on and play MK Dons, Darlington, Morecambe, Wycombe, Rotherham and Stockport - all enough for Bury fans to worry about who they can possibly pick points off of.

The Team
New manager Chris Brass (above) has his work cut out for him the small squad is bolstered by a handful of loan signings but not enough to in still faith into the Gigg Lane support. Ever present and ever idiotic coward Dave Challinor will fortunately for himself find his rather generously proportioned arse on the bench for tomorrow evening's game, as his one trick of throwing a ball very far, doesn't carry much kilter anymore. Young Andy Bishop is still catching admiring glances from other clubs as he consistently provides the goals in a struggling side while former Mariner Ben Futcher (left) is always a danger at set pieces. Though conceding 20 away from home isn't thee worst record by any of the teams in the league it certainly isn't the best either and that stat will have young goalkeeper Jim Provett wanting to make his first clean sheet in 12 games in all competitions.

Key Player
Nicky Adams. The Midfielder is one of the finds of the season being at Bury since 2005 the 22 year old is becoming a big bargaining tool for The Shakers as they wait for one of the bigger clubs to arrive to sign Adams name on the dotted line. With 7 goals from midfield this season the local born lad (up the road in Bolton) is a major cog in the engine room of Bury fast on the ball and not afraid to put his foot in Adams is one of the better midfielders we will come across this season.

Recent Form

TownBury
DShrewsbury(h)1-1
DDagenham(a)0-0
WWrexham(h)1-0
WStockport(a)2-1
WChesterfield(a)2-1
Currently 13th in League Two.
LSouthampton (FAC)(a)2-0
DBradford(h)2-2
WNorwich (FAC)(h)2-1
LDarlington(a)0-3
LMorecambe(a)0-2
Currently 20th in League Two.

Top Scorers

TownBury
Danny North7
Bishop13
Adams8

Team News

TownBury

  • Paul Bolland is out after limping off at the weekend, Danny Boshell will replace him if needed.

  • Ciaran Toner and Martin Butler are both missing through long-term injuries.

  • Paul Morgan is a doubt for Bury, but they are expected to name an unchanged side.

    • Probable Teams

    TownBury
    G1Barnes
    D6Fenton
    D24Atkinson
    D3Newey
    M14Hird
    M2Clarke
    M11Boshell
    M4Hunt
    M17Hegarty
    F9North
    F19Jones
    G1Provett
    D7Haslam
    D4Futcher
    D2Scott
    D3Woodthorpe
    MTBAStephens
    M8Baker
    M11Barry-Murphy
    M12Buchanan
    F10Bishop
    F16Adams

    Subs

    TownBury
    13Montgomery
    15Whittle
    18Bore
    7Till
    20Taylor
    9Hurst
    26Anane
    19Mangan
    5Challinor(boo!)
    24Dorney

    Head to Head

    Honours are almost even between the two sides over the years with Grimsby currently leading by a short head.

    P 66 W 26 D 16 L24 F 98 A 95

    Bury Head-to-Head (42nd on The Opposition Ladder)

    Last Meeting

    Bury 1 Grimsby 1 (Sat 18th August 2007)

    In the second game of the season when optimism was still high and we always drew 1-1 Town went ahead through Bolland. Bury then scored their inevitable equaliser in the second half.

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    Prediction

    Grimsby Town 1 Bury 0

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