In a very brief statement from the 
Strangely, manager Kevin Blackwell said: “Sam has been with the club for two seasons and has been instrumental in helping build it back up from the ruins. He has done a fantastic job and he leaves with our thanks.” So Blackwell thinks he's done a fantastic job but has decided not to offer him a new deal to remain at
Those two years followed a long association with Stan Ternent. He returned to Bury, where he had previously been manager, to work as Stan's assistant in 1995 and remained with him for almost nine years when the two of them left