JPT Northern Q/F: Bury 3 Preston 3 (Preston win 5-4 on penalties) (From Bury Times)
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JPT Northern Q/F: Bury 3 Preston 3 (Preston win 5-4 on penalties)
1:18am Wednesday 19th December 2012 in Sport By Craig Nelson
BURY’S run of miserable luck continued at Gigg Lane on Tuesday night as they were dumped out of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy on penalties.
But the way they battled back after going behind three times in an amazing Northern Area quarter-final tie made it feel more like a moral victory and could still prove to be a turning point in their difficult season.
Goals from Joe Skarz, Matt Doherty and a sublime stoppage-time strike from captain Steven Schumacher countered scrappy efforts from Preston’s Jack King, Andy Procter and Stuart Beavon.
Both sides then buried their first four spot-kicks, before Preston keeper Thorsten Stuckman pulled off a smart save to deny on-loan Wanderers midfielder Gregg Wylde and Graham Cummins grabbed his chance to send the Deepdale outfit into the regional semi-finals.
Comments(11)
nomoresurfin
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10:48am Wed 19 Dec 12
buckfeed17
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12:46pm Wed 19 Dec 12
whatyougoingonabout
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1:44pm Wed 19 Dec 12
I would like to agree but i fail to see how, when the goalkeeper has the ball and throws it out for a player to get treatment, you could call that an unfair advantage, the attack was over as the goalkeeper had the ball.
Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you view it, it will add spice to the clash on Boxing Day
Eileenshakers
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1:52pm Wed 19 Dec 12
I might have known it would be the lamentable Gregg Wylde who missed the vital kick.
Apparently we were interested in signing Cummings on loan a month or two back.
Had wylde not been playing and Cummins been in our team we might have won the penalty shoot out.
The honeymoon is definitely over now Kev and once again you have come up short in a match.
The positives to take out of this game is that we showed real fighting spirit to come back 3 times.
In the end it was all to no avail.
Our culture of glorious failure returns to haunt us.
(TAXI FOR KB PLEASE)
Shakertommy
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2:23pm Wed 19 Dec 12
I think you should remember where we were when KB came in. He's worked miracles to get us back in touch.
As for last night, perhaps if teams stopped giving the ball back and left it to the ref, then teams run by the likes of Westley wouldn't keep stopping the game to waste time.
Eileenshakers
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2:29pm Wed 19 Dec 12
Some folk know when their team should score and how to maximise the advantage of using extra time which they created in the first place with time wasting tactics.
On another point KB has not impressed me in his last 5 matches in charge.
If we have a bad christmas and new year then we will be back to where we were before we appointed him in terms of points deficit to the team in 20th position.
Bury White
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3:22pm Wed 19 Dec 12
KB is ruining your club and I think the Bury fans know it.
easylife44
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7:03pm Wed 19 Dec 12
Amazing to me....how fickle you lot really are....
shakencity
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7:25am Thu 20 Dec 12
If we beat Shrewsbury tomorrow, we go upto joint 20th with them....and who's to say we won't?
Sure, we were poor against Orient, but apart from that we've done ok really. We just need to cut out the silly mistakes at the back and finish off a few more of our chances and we'll be fine......i'd be more worried if we weren't creating the chances.
The law of averages show that not every loan signing was going to be a hit, all KB has to do is get rid of the bad ones (and he will) come January and replace them with better ones again. We cannot be this pessimistic at this stage of the season, there's such a long way to go yet. We have to believe he will get us out of this mess and i for one think he will.
Eileenshakers
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11:57am Thu 20 Dec 12
I am entitled to my opinions here or anywhere.
I am not a fickle fan but cannot see much improvment of late.
4 wins in 17 games (things can only get better).
I have to admit that what is happening off the pitch is beginning to affect the results on the pitch.
3 points tomorrow night weather permitting will go a long way to silence the doubters and improve our chances of staying up.
Bury White says...
9:54am Wed 19 Dec 12