RYAN Lowe scored the winning goal on his 160th and final appearance for Bury as they defeated Southend 3-2.

On an afternoon dubbed "Ryan Lowe day" by the club, a frantic opening half-hour saw the Shakers twice come from behind to level the scores.

It set the finale up perfectly for Lowe to score from the penalty spot with his last ever touch in a Bury shirt to wrap up all three points.

Adam Barnett's own goal cancelled out debutant Franck Moussa's opener, and Lowe levelled for the second time after David Mooney put the visitors back in front.

Bury moved the ball with confidence early on but fell behind when Moussa fired in from the edge of the box with only eight minutes on the clock.

The hosts drew level in the 21st minute when Lowe crossed from the right and Barrett turned past his own goalkeeper under pressure from Jacob Mellis.

But two minutes later the Shrimpers regained their lead when Mooney's close-range snapshot flew in off the post.

Southend's advantage should have been doubled within a minute when the lively Moussa cut the ball back to Tyrone Barnett in the area, but he got his shot horribly wrong – firing wide.

Bury equalised in the 31st minute through Lowe. After brilliant work from Danny Mayor to control the ball and lay it off, the 37-year-old forward finished with aplomb with a neat side-footed strike from the edge of the area.

The visitors could have taken a lead into the break when former Shaker David Worrall clipped the post with an effort from the edge of the box.

Mooney came a lick of paint away from his second after the break when he rattled the crossbar after lifting the ball over on-rushing Bury keeper Chris Neal.

David Flitcroft introduced debutants from the youth team in forwards Callum Styles and Rob Bourne late on as he gave the 3,575 fans inside Gigg Lane a glimpse of things to come.

Deep into three minutes of stoppage time Lowe's header was handled by substitute Sam McQueen in the penalty area and the striker stepped up to take the resulting spot kick and win the game for Bury.