2018–19 Bury F.C. season
# 2018–19 Bury F.C. season

The 2018–19 season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019. It is Bury's 134th season since the club was founded in 1885, and their first in EFL League Two following relegation from EFL League One in 2017–18. Besides competing in League Two, the team participated in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. In the latter, they reached the semi-final stage for the first time.

## Competitions

### Pre-season friendlies

As part of Bury's pre-season schedule, they faced Rangers, Huddersfield Town, Liverpool and Everton.

### League Two

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lincoln City (C, P) | 46 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 73 | 43 | +30 | 85 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 2 | Bury (P) | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 82 | 56 | +26 | 79 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons (P) | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 79 | Promotion to EFL League One |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 76 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 74 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |

* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 4 May 2019. Source: BBC

**Results by matchday**

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

**Matches**

On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.

### EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw, bar the invited U-21 teams, was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November. On 8 December, the third round draw was made by Alan McInally and Matt Le Tissier on Soccer Saturday. The quarter-final draw was made on Sky Sports by Don Goodman and Thomas Frank on 10 January 2019. The draw for the semi-finals took place on 25 January live on Talksport.

| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L1 | Rochdale | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Bury | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Leicester City U21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | L1 | Fleetwood Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | Nicky Adams | Carlisle United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Will Aimson | Blackpool | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Chris Dagnall | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | Byron Moore | Bristol Rovers | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2018 | RB | Tom Miller | Carlisle United | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2018 | CF | Jordan Archer | Chester | Free Transfer |
| 13 July 2018 | CF | Gold Omotayo | Whitehawk | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2018 | LB | Chris Stokes | Coventry City | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2018 | CF | Dom Telford | Stoke City | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2018 | LM | Callum McFadzean | Guiseley | Free transfer |
| 29 September 2018 | CF | Nicky Maynard | Aberdeen | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Nathan Cameron | Macclesfield Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | Chris Humphrey | East Kilbride | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | Zeli Ismail | Walsall | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Craig Jones | Connah's Quay Nomads | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Greg Leigh | NAC Breda | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | Chris Maguire | Sunderland | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Andrew Tutte | Morecambe | Released |
| 3 July 2018 | CF | Robert Harker | Burnley | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2018 | CM | Callum Reilly | Gillingham | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2018 | AM | Callum Styles | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2018 | DM | Dai Wai-tsun | Oxford United | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Chris Dagnall | Tranmere Rovers | Mutual consent |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Chris Sang | Free agent | Mutual consent |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 July 2018 | GK | Mathew Hudson | Preston North End | 2 January 2019 |
| 6 August 2018 | AM | Callum Styles | Barnsley | January 2019 |
| 15 August 2018 | CM | Jamie Barjonas | Rangers | 2 January 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CF | Caolan Lavery | Sheffield United | 31 May 2019 |
| 23 January 2019 | CB | Scott Wharton | Blackburn Rovers | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CM | Jordan Rossiter | Rangers | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 August 2018 | CB | Tom Aldred | Motherwell | 31 May 2019 |
| 22 August 2018 | CM | Scott Burgess | Wrexham | 22 November 2018 |
| 24 August 2018 | LB | Joe Skarz | FC Halifax Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 28 August 2018 | LW | Harry Bunn | Southend United | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CF | Jordan Archer | Maidenhead United | January 2019 |
| 7 September 2018 | GK | Scott Moloney | Skelmersdale United | 6 October 2018 |
| 5 October 2018 | CF | Gold Omotayo | Maidstone United | November 2018 |
| 5 October 2018 | CF | Chris Sang | Marine | November 2018 |
| 2 November 2018 | DF | Dougie Nyaupembe | Hyde United | December 2018 |
| 9 November 2018 | CF | Jordan Archer | Southport | 31 May 2019 |
| 21 December 2018 | CF | Chris Sang | Altrincham | January 2019 |
| 11 January 2019 | DF | Dougie Nyaupembe | Stalybridge Celtic | 31 May 2019 |
| 24 January 2019 | CM | Scott Burgess | York City | 31 May 2019 |
