Football League Two - KO 19:45
Bury 0 (0) - 1 (1) Bradford
Daley 30 (p)
At Gigg Lane on 02-11-2010
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Topical game headline
"Bury Splash the Points"
"It's raining points for Bradford"
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Match stats
Bury: Fon Williams, Picken, Sodje, Skarz, Lees, Schumacher, Jones, Worrall (John-Lewis, 81 ) , Mozika, Lowe, Ajose
Subs not used: Sweeney,Carlton,Haworth,Bennett,Branagan,Futcher,
Bradford: Pidgeley, Oliver, Rehman, O'Brien, Williams, Daley ( Hanson, 70 ) , Doherty ( Bullock, 84 ) , Osborne,
Adeyemi, Syers, Price
Subs not used: Evans, Chilaka, Threlfall, McLaughlan, Moult,
Bookings: Fon Williams (Bury)
Referee: A Haines (Tyne & Wear)
Shakers
MATCH STATS
Shakers Movers and Shakers!
Shots (on Goal) 6(3) 2(1)
Fouls 1 4
Corner Kicks 10 4
Offsides 1 2
Time/Possession 57% 43%
Yellow Cards 1 0
Red Cards 0 0
Saves 2 2
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Full match report
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It's raining points for Bradford City as Daley penalty sinks Bury
8:10am Wednesday 3rd November 2010
By Simon Parker
Bury 0 City 1
A month ago, Peter Taylor's claim that City were a team still capable of going places was met with general scorn.
Nobody should be disputing it now.
Taylor's troops made it four wins in five at soaked Gigg Lane last night with a real statement of intent.
Bury were the hottest team in the division and chasing a fifth victory on the bounce. Instead City – who climb to
tenth in the table – inflicted their first defeat since September 11.
Suddenly it's the Bantams who are the team on the up. How fortunes can soon change.
Omar Daley got his chance from the penalty spot at last – and emphatically made it count.
The Jamaican had wanted to take one on Saturday against Oxford for the chance of clinching his hat-trick.
This time, with no Lee Hendrie to take seniority, up he stepped and fired the Bantams to another memorable win.
City had already won one big result earlier in the day when James Hanson's three-game ban was overturned.
The striker was clear to play but had to settle for a bench spot, with Jason Price given a second start in his
place. There was no Hendrie so David Syers, who made his point with a crashing volley on Saturday, was back in from
the start.
The biggest fear before the game was whether the night would go the distance. Bury was deluged from mid-afternoon
and the groundstaff were out in force in the two hours leading up to kick-off clearing surface water off the pitch.
It was still raining heavily as City old boy Steve Schumacher won the toss and immediately invited his former team
to play straight into the taxing conditions.
Straight away, Tom Adeyemi was thwarted mid-run down the right wing as the ball just held up and stopped.
Zesh Rehman's clearance struck Mike Jones and the loose ball fell for Nicky Ajose in the City box. But Luke Oliver
was straight across with a sliding challenge to halt any danger.
With the ball not running freely in places, it was hardly condusive to passing football but Jones dug out a shot
that flew over the City bar.
The Bury winger was heavily involved in the early exchanges as the home side pushed to use the elements to their
advantage.
Rehman missed a Ryan Lowe cross but recovered in time to get his body in the way of David Worrall's shot.
Most of the early action was being played in the City half but Daley looked a handful on the counter, with his
speed unsettling Efe Sodje.
City nearly grabbed the lead after 22 minutes with their first genuine threat. Rehman picked out Leon Osborne,
whose first-time cross was bulleted goalwards by Price.
But keeper Owain Fon Williams was equal to the header with an instinctive block with both hands. Anywhere straight
at the keeper and it was surely a goal.
City had picked up and Price worked enough room in the penalty area for a Daley shot which flew into the away end.
Peter Taylor felt there was a deflection and furiously shouted for a corner, even re-enacting it to show the home
supporters.
But there was no doubt about the penalty which gave the Bantams a half-hour lead.
Daley sent Price bustling away and he was taken out by Fon Williams as he tried to round him. With no Hendrie,
Daley stepped up to take the spot-kick and thumped it into the roof of the net for his third goal in three days.
The water was playing havoc again as a Bury short corner simply stopped dead after going no more than a foot. Then
Osborne broke into the box, only to leave the ball behind him when it stuck in the surface.
City seemed to be adapting better to the conditions and looked strong in possession. Bury were having real problems
containing the pace and power threat of Daley and Price.
Bury began the second half as they had the first and almost got their reward when Lowe's header dropped at the feet
of Worrall eight yards out. Pidgeley rushed at him and he couldn't get a proper connection on the loose ball.
Lowe then nutmegged Luke O'Brien into the box – but again the pitch proved decisive as the ball slithered to a halt
behind him.
City's travelling support were belting it out behind Pidgeley's goal and the team were working their socks off to
protect the lead.
Bury broke menacingly from a City corner as Worrell sent Nicky Ajose charging away over halfway but Osborne tracked
him all the way and snuffed out the danger.
Bury were cranking up the pressure and Lowe was a whisker off his 11th goal of the season with a precise sidefoot
that clipped the outside of the post.
With 20 minutes left, Taylor summoned Hanson to take over from Daley – and the sub almost made a spectacular
entrance.
Hanson's first involvement was a 30-yard rocket which looked to be screaming into the top corner until Fon Williams
managed to finger-tip it over.
City still had work to do at the other end and Lowe collected Schumacher's pass before spinning and firing wide.
Tempers flared when Sodje led with his arm in an aerial challenge with Hanson right in front of the dug-outs. Both
managers and coaching staff argued on the touchline but referee Andy Haines took no action.
Oliver stood firm to deny substitute Lenell John-Lewis; the last ten minutes was a case of putting bodies on the
line.
Taylor threw on Lee Bullock for Tommy Doherty in a further attempt to shore things up.
With the game into added time, City survived a late scare as Lowe's thumping shot was palmed out by Pidgeley and
scrambled clear.
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You ain't seen nothing yet, says Bantams boss Taylor
7:40am Wednesday 3rd November 2010
By Simon Parker
Peter Taylor believes in-form City have got the bit between their teeth after the latest success at Bury.
And he reckons his side can still get better as they surge up the table.
City's fourth win in five games propelled them into League Two's top half for the first time since the second week
of the season.
Last night's victory, sealed by Omar Daley's first-half penalty, was even more impressive given that third-placed
Bury had won four in a row.
"Five matches ago we were 21st, now we're tenth," said Taylor. "Whoever plays knows they are going to have to work
very hard now to stay in the team.
"We've got a decent squad and if we can get them all fit, we'll have a very, very good squad.
"There are all little things that are improving but we've still got a long way to go."
City produced a superb rearguard effort to frustrate Alan Knill's high-fliers in terrible weather and conditions.
Neighbouring Rochdale's game was abandoned because of a waterlogged pitch and there were fears that the same could
happen at Gigg Lane.
Both managers saw referee Andy Haines before the game and Taylor said: "I didn't want anybody to score and then it
be called off.
"There were two areas that weren't so clever but I think it was playable. I'm not just saying it because we won but
I think the referee got it right.
"I've got a lot of respect for Bury. We had to be at our best to stop them because they're in really good form.
"They are going to have spells when you can't get the ball because they are a good football team.
"We had to make sure that we plugged the holes in the right areas and I thought that we did that.
"When the boys had to head the ball they headed it, when they had to tackle they tackled. They all worked extremely
hard for each other."
City were delighted to win their appeal over James Hanson's red card against Oxford, although the striker was given
a sub's role as Taylor felt his preparations had been disrupted by the uncertainty.
He added: "It's great news about James and we were confident. It's obvious he's had a fair hearing and that's what
the appeals system is for."
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Hanson's ban is overturned
Posted on: Tue 02 Nov 2010
The football club are delighted to be able to confirm that James Hanson's three match ban has been overturned by
the Football Association following an appeal by City.
This means the striker WILL be free to face Bury at Gigg Lane on Tuesday evening.
Hanson was originally set to miss the Shakers clash plus the trips to Colchester United and Wycombe Wanderers after
being given a straight red card during Saturday's victory over Oxford United.
City elected to appeal the sending off, however, on the grounds of wrongful dismissal.
To the Bantams delight, a Football Association disciplinary panel decided on Tuesday afternoon to scrub out
Hanson's red card and allow the striker to play on without a suspension.
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Speight makes it 1000
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Loan update: Speight features for Vale
Posted on: Wed 03 Nov 2010
City striker Jake Speight started his first match for Port Vale on Tuesday evening since his loan move away from
the Bantams to the Valiants.
Speight, who is on a month's loan at Vale Park, was an unused substitute during Vale's weekend win over Crewe
Alexandra, but he featured from the start against Burton Albion.
In doing so, he became the 1,000th different player to represent Port Vale in the Football League.
The striker lasted 57 minutes before being substituted in a game that the Valiants drew 0-0 with Burton.
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