The first half was all 
But it was just one of a host of chances that came our way in a superb 45 minutes of football with the Clarets playing an exciting passing game. Apart from the goal, we hit the post and the bar as well as missing a number of very good chances.
Bury hardly got a look in and Michael Hale had what could only be described as a quiet half.
There wasn’t too much of a change after the interval although there was an improvement from the home side, coached by Chris Casper the son of former
More chances were created by the Clarets and there was a feeling that we might pay the penalty for all the missed chances, we did exactly that.
We were running down the clock but with the game into stoppage time Bury won a corner following a long punt upfield. Up came the keeper and every player on the pitch apart from the corner taker was in the
Astonishingly as the corner came over the referee pointed to the penalty spot, it was for pushing but it looked to be a poor decision and it incensed the
It was a harsh result for us, we really should have won it, but it was another good performance by the youngsters following on from the win at Preston last month when
It will be a tough week for some of the youngsters, as the first team have a break some of these players could be involved in another three games by next Saturday.
Today’s team was:
Michael Hale, Rob Henry , Neal Trotman , Ryan Townsend, Chris McCann, Marc Pugh, Joe Booth, Nicky Platt, Tom Ince (Martin Reilly), Kyle Lafferty (Cayne Hanley), Alex Taylor.
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