"We missed it by one goal, there's nothing we can do about it.After the initial disappointment reality does kick in, and the reality is that we've finished fourth in the league.Nobody fancied us to do that and for us to just be in the play offs is an unbelievable achievement considering where we've been.It's been a really good turn round in 16 months and you have to credit the players and everybody at the football club."

"There's nothing we can do about Wycombe or Exeter, we did our job.We won the game, all being by playing not particularly well, but we won the game and we were always reliant on other results, but it just hasn't gone for us."

"We thought there was more time to play, but the referee made his decision.He decided to blow and get off the pitch before everybody else did.H e was in front of me when he blew and was like an Olympic sprinter all of a sudden."

"The penalty for them was harsh, if you've been in the game or watched enough football, you kind of know what's happening there.The keeper comes and the player isn't going to get the ball.He's only running it out of play but he's going to go down whether the keeper gets it or not.That's what happened and unfortunately the referee gave a penalty, but fortunately for us, he didn't take it and put it over the bar, it gave us another lifeline."

"We didn't play very well, but we did enough to take something, we had the chances to take something out of the game.Hursty and Futch had chances but full credit to Accrington, I thought they were excellent.They beat Chesterfield last week, they do have some decent players there and kept to their shape which was difficult for us to break down at times, but the record book will say 1-0 to Bury and it's another win for us."

"The plan was to score early; we were trying to score as soon as possible, but it wasn't to be so we have to quickly get over it.There are people walking around here as if we've lost or something terrible has happened.We should be celebrating.I heard Keith Hill talking about being in the play offs, it's an unbelievable achievement for Bury and yet all of a sudden we've thrown it away by winning one nil at home."

"Let's get over it, get our heads around it, carry on and go forward.We are undefeated in twelve games going into the play offs.There's no point in looking back at what could have been, lets look forward at what might be and try and make that happen."

"It's Shrewsbury Town, they've won one and we've won one.It's a tough game, they have good players but they will probably be looking at us saying exactly the same."

"Paul Scott is close to returning whilst I had to make a decision on John Welsh and Stephen Dawson.I just thought that they players that have got us there deserve the chance to take us further so I spoke to John and he understood, though obviously he didn't like it which I would expect.It was a decision I had to make, last week I left Dawson out, this week I brought him back.I have more decisions to make for Thursday now."

"The crowd was over seven and a half thousand today, that's fantastic and I have to say that that pleases me more than anything else.When I first came we had two thousand and for us to have seven and a half thousand now says lots to me.It's a sign of how far we've come.We can produce a team that can entertain and attracts people that will hopefully make the club stronger."

"Our job is to compete and everyone wants to support a winning team and follow a winning team.That's out job, its an entertainment business and I'm delighted with the attendance today."