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League Two Table
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| 1 | Walsall | 18 | +10 | 35 |
| 2 | Swindon | 18 | +7 | 34 |
| 3 | MK Dons | 18 | +15 | 32 |
| 4 | Notts County | 18 | +10 | 31 |
| 5 | Bromley | 18 | +6 | 30 |
| 6 | Gillingham | 19 | +6 | 29 |
| 7 | Cambridge Utd | 18 | +4 | 29 |
| 8 | Salford | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Colchester | 19 | +7 | 28 |
| 10 | Chesterfield | 18 | +3 | 28 |
| 11 | Crewe | 18 | +3 | 27 |
| 12 | Grimsby | 18 | +7 | 26 |
| 13 | Fleetwood Town | 18 | +1 | 26 |
| 14 | Barnet | 18 | +3 | 25 |
| 15 | Tranmere | 18 | +3 | 23 |
| 16 | Oldham | 18 | +3 | 23 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 18 | Barrow | 18 | -5 | 20 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 18 | -8 | 17 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury | 18 | -13 | 17 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | -16 | 17 |
| 22 | Cheltenham | 18 | -18 | 17 |
| 23 | Harrogate Town | 18 | -11 | 16 |
| 24 | Newport County | 18 | -15 | 12 |
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Bury Preview
By: Richard Hubbert
Date: 12/08/2004
FOLLOWING the Mariners' 1-1 draw with Boston in the Lincolnshire derby in the week, we’re back at Blundell Park again when Town will be looking to secure their first three points of the new season.
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Bury have begun the new campaign in decent form as they look to improve on last season's 12th place finish. Graham Barrow is the man with the task of guiding Bury closer to the play-offs, where they got to in the 2002/03 season under ex-manager Andy Preece. Preece was sacked, somewhat harshly in many people’s eyes, back in December. Barrow has previously managed Rochdale, Wigan and Chester. Since he took over at the turn of the year he has done reasonably well - keeping Bury clear of the relegation zone last year and adding some decent players to his squad over the summer - culminating in a decent start with a 3-1 win over Yeovil at the weekend and a 2-2 draw with much fancied Bristol Rovers on Tuesday evening.
Graham Barrow has made five new signings at Gigg Lane over the summer. Perhaps the most important from their point of view is Town villain Dave Challinor (left) who, as all Town fans know, broke Martin Pringle’s leg when playing for Town a few seasons back, with a reckless challenge. He will line up in defence along with ex Wednesday player Brian Barry Murphy who scored a fantastic 25 yard top corner goal on Tuesday to secure a point for the Shakers. Dwayne Mattis is another new player who scored on Tuesday. The midfielder signed on a free from Huddersfield in the summer after 6 years at the McAlpine stadium. Ex Boston striker Graeme Jones and Jon Newby are two strikers who joined Bury over the summer with Newby - who hit nearly 20 goals in previous two year stay at Gig Lane - expected to score the goals to help Bury have a successful season.
David Flitcroft (left) has been a key player for Bury since his move from Macclesfield in February. Flitcroft has had successful spells in the lower divisions with Rochdale and Chester before he made a move to Macclesfield last summer. However, his time at Moss Rose was not all together successful, so he made a move to Gigg Lane where he has been a regular in the centre of midfield, putting in some impressive performances.
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Amazingly, after 59 meetings between Town and Bury, there is nothing to separate the two sides! Both clubs have won 22 games each, conceded 85 goals - and scored 85 goals! This surely means that something has to give tomorrow. Town haven’t beaten Bury since 1988 - losing every game since then except the last one in 1999 when it was a dull 0-0 draw.
P 59 W 22 D 15 L 22 F 85 A 85 Bury Head-to-Head (42nd on The Opposition Ladder).
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The last time the two sides met was in a dull league encounter in Division One at the end of the 1998/99 season. Town were sailing high half way through the season under Alan Buckley - they were in 6th place in January, but fell away at the end of the season when goals became hard to come by. Bury meanwhile, were at the foot of the division and were eventually relegated. By April, when the two sides met at Blundell Park - Steve Redmond had been given the Bury job following the departure of Neil Warnock. Grimsby Team: Love, Butterfield, Gallimore, Livingstone, Richard Smith (sent off 72),Burnett, Donovan, Black (Nogan, 69), Ashcroft (Lever, 73), Lester (Clare, 88), Groves
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