BURY manager David Flitcroft may need another health check after a pulsating Lancashire derby with Blackpool.

The 0-0 draw with arch-rivals Rochdale may not have lived up to expectations but Saturday's match was everything a derby should be.

A thrilling first half got the adrenaline pumping, with Bury leading

2-0 inside 10 minutes and then 4-1 after 34.

The Seasiders pulled another one back on the stroke of half-time before scoring a late penalty to set up a nail-biting finish.

But the Shakers held on for their first win in six, which sent them back into the League One play-off places.

Flitcroft said: “I went for my fit-to-manage health check on Wednesday, which the LMA provide, and my heart was ok, but it's been tested today!

“The manner of the goals and the timing of them was incredible, but we really dug in and showed massive character.

“Goals make derby games and getting an early one set it on fire. The fans rose to the occasion and scoring at the Blackpool end really fuelled the boys.

“Chris Hussey's delivery was outstanding, his assists are getting better and he stayed all the way with Hayden White, who's rapid.

That's the type of character you need to get three points instead of one.

“We conceded two late goals against Wigan and sometimes that's in the back of your mind, so after conceding another late on we stayed strong to make sure we got the win.”

Flitcroft granted top scorer Leon Clarke compassionate leave as his mother is seriously ill, so Danny Rose came back into the starting line-up.

He was awarded both goals as the Shakers made a flying start – and he went along with it after the game – but the dubious goals panel might have something to say.

Rose was in the goalmouth from Hussey's second-minute corner but only watched on as Bolton loanee White directed Tom Pope's header towards his own goal and his Blackpool team-mate David Ferguson got the final touch, failing to clear off the goal-line.

Rose certainly got the second, though, a scrappy close-range effort after Peter Clarke headed down from another Hussey corner.

Captain Nathan Cameron (knee) missed his first game of the season while Daniel Bachmann started after signing from Stoke last week but the on-loan keeper miscontrolled a backpass in the 12th minute, allowing Mark Cullen to tap into an open goal.

There was a cracking atmosphere at Gigg Lane, but unbeknown to Flitcroft, it wasn't just the action on the pitch that stirred each set of fans.

On Friday evening, Blackpool owner Owen Oyston announced that he was pulling out of talks with the Supporters’ Trust over their proposed takeover.

A Bury fan held aloft a provocative banner about the situation in a move clearly designed to antagonise the visiting supporters.

And it worked, with the sizeable police presence called into action to prevent some angry Pool fans crossing the segregating barriers and getting into the Bury end.

Yet the end-to-end action continued on the field, as Pope had a shot deflected wide before Clarke fired over from the corner, while Pool's Jack Redshaw fired wide.

Then from just in front of the rival factions in the 27th minute, Hussey delivered a curling free-kick from near the touchline which beat Colin Doyle at his near post.

And it got even better for Bury fans shortly after as Tom Soares found space in the centre to unleash a superb strike from almost 30 yards which arrowed just inside Doyle's right-hand post.

Dozens of disgruntled Blackpool fans headed straight for the exit, but the team rallied, creating a spate of chances as half-time approached, and Clark Robertson gave them hope of a comeback as he headed home from Redshaw's 44th-minute corner.

The Seasiders failed to maintain that momentum after the break, though, and the second half was a much more tame affair.

Jacob Mellis had a shot blocked and moments later Rose saw a header saved, while Pool responded with Cullen heading wide before the former Bury loanee tested Bachmann from 20 yards.

Clarke even had space to make a foray forward, firing narrowly over from long range, as Bury were relatively comfortable.

That was until Soares was adjudged to have pulled back substitute Martin Paterson in the 84th minute, and Redshaw tucked the spot-kick into the bottom corner.

And although the fourth official raised a few eyebrows by indicating six minutes of stoppage time, Bury went closest to scoring at the death through Danny Pugh as Pool's six-match unbeaten run came to an end.

“At 4-2, I felt comfy,” Flitcroft added. “But if they got that goal, which was the penalty, then you just don't know what might happen.

“You want to design it a bit more easier than that but it was a fantastic game, and after the two defeats, it was really about getting the win.

“And don't forget, they were the form team of the league. The plan was to really get about them, to be aggressive and attack them, and first half we turned that good play into goals.”

BURY: Bachmann 5; Riley 6, Brown 6, P Clarke 7, Hussey 8; Mayor 7 (Erwin 5 65), Mellis 7 (Burgess 85), Soares 7, Pugh 7; Pope 7, Rose

8 (Eagles 6 78).

Not used: Sedgwick, Ruddy.

BLACKPOOL: Doyle; Boyce, Aldred, Robertson, Ferguson (Thomas 89); White, Norris, Potts, McAlister (Rivers 71); Cullen (Paterson 71), Redshaw.

Not used: Cubero, Dunne, Harron, Letheren.

Goals: Bury 4 – Ferguson og 2, Rose 10, Hussey 27, Soares 34. Blackpool 3 – Cullen 12, Robertson 44, Redshaw pen 84.

Yellow cards: Bury – None. Blackpool – Aldred (31).

Referee: Geoff Eltringham (County Durham).

Attendance: 5,013 (1,498 visiting).

STAR MAN: Chris Hussey – Blackpool manager Neil McDonald admitted he changed the right side of his team to counteract Bury's left, pushing Hayden White forward into midfield and bringing the experienced Emmerson Boyce in at right-back. And while that stifled Hussey's link-up play with Danny Mayor, Pool couldn't contend with Hussey's dead-ball deliveries, which proved decisive. Hussey's ability from set-pieces is already well known, though, so it was his defending that really impressed Bury boss David Flitcroft. Some have seen that as the left-back's weakness, and the pace of White was meant to force Hussey onto the back foot, but Flitcroft hailed his determination to stay with the Bolton loanee, easing the pressure on the Bury defence at crucial stages.