Former Shaker Tom Pope proved the undoing of Bury netting the only goal of the game early in the second period to cook Bury’s goose.
Lowe’s men registered a whopping 22 shots on goal to Vale’s five but that offered few crumbs of comfort for the Gigg Lane chief. “Stats like that mean nothing when you’ve been beaten in the manner we have here,” said Lowe.
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