BURY have finished their League Two season in 13th place thanks to another easy away win at Accrington Stanley on Saturday.
The Shakers were always comfortable after star striker Andy Bishop brilliantly bagged a timely first-half brace.
It means that the Gigg Lane outfit have now claimed 34 points out of a possible 57 since manager Alan Knill took over in early February.
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It was perhaps even a slight on the brilliance of Bury's performance that rumours of match-fixing were circulating around the Fraser Eagle Stadium.
Accrington manager John Coleman denied such rumours: "That's absolute rubbish. We have kicked into this game, and given our very best for 90 minutes," he said.
And Knill beamed: "That's the way to end the season - with a win. We deserved it after that first half.
"We were the better team, and I thought that the second half was a non-event. At 2-0 the game was over.
"I never felt that they could get back into the game. At 2-0, I never thought that they would score three to win. They may have got one, but I always thought that we were comfortable."
While most of his players flew to Spain immediately after the clash, Knill was already switching his attentions to next season.
And in particular the task of keeping his leading marksman Bishop, who has now scored 25 goals this term.
Bishop's first was a clinical penalty, rammed into the bottom right corner on 21 minutes, after Nicky Adams was up-ended by Phil Edwards.
His second was a curling effort into the top right corner, bang on half time, after he was sent clear by winger Adams, who caused the home defence problems all afternoon.
Bishop is a target for a number of Championship clubs, with Charlton and Ipswich just two that have been mentioned.
And Knill continued: "That's 71 goals in three seasons now for Bish, and I can only hope that next season he is celebrating his 95th and 96th in four seasons. The boy is absolute quality.
"We took him off early because he was struggling with a back problem - he was struggling with it on Friday."
Despite always looking likely to lose their 15th home game of the season, Stanley did have their chances.
Jim Provett made two smart first half saves from Paul Mullin and young winger Robert Grant.
And Provett was called upon again when Mullin looked almost certain to score with 20 minutes on the clock. The 25 year-old smartly blocked the scuffed effort.
Knill, who also admitted that the last few months of the season had left him feeling extremely tired, added: "In general I'm delighted for everybody, because we have finished the season on a real high."
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