Reported by Eric Wood at Gigg Lane

The Shakers named an unchanged squad from the one that thrashed Brentford 4-1 on Tuesday night. Adam Rooney returns to the bench after recovering from an injury at the expense of Domaine Rouse.

With both teams only losing once so far this year when scoring first the opening goal was needless to say crucial. Bury had the best of the chances in the first ten minutes, with Elliott Bennett coming close just 5 minutes in, but his shot from the edge of the penalty area was deflected by Adam Yates. Elliott Bennett had another good chance to score when he managed to find space on the edge of the penalty area to go for goal, but once again the Morecambe defence was able to get the ball away from danger.

Bury came very close to taking that all important first goal on the 20 minute mark when Nicky Adams crossed the ball into the six yard box looking for Efe Sodje. The on loan defender managed to head the ball at goal, but Morecambe defender Jim Bentley managed to get a touch to force the ball just over the crossbar for a corner. From the resulting corner, Glynn Hurst fired a good shot from the edge of the six yard box which had keeper Shawn Jalal beaten. However, luckily for Morecambe David Artell was stood on the line to clear the ball away from danger.

Just a few minutes later and The Shakers had another golden opportunity when Elliott Bennett played a superb ball into the six yard box for a completely unmarked Glynn Hurst, who was able to head the ball towards goal. However, the ball went just inches wide of the left hand post. It was the best chance from some early pressure from Bury, who were unlucky not to be two goals up before the half hour mark.

Bury were in complete control of the game, and nearly took the lead on 38 minutes when Elliott Bennett fired a good shot from the edge of the six yard box which forced a good reaction save from Shawn Jalal in the Morecambe goal. Morecambe had their first shot of the game just two minutes before halftime when Jim Bentley fired a good shot from the edge of a crowded six yard box, which forced a good save from Darren Randolph.

The Shakers took the lead as the first half entered injury time when David Buchanan fired a good ball into the six yard box for Andy Bishop, who had no difficulty forcing the ball over the line to give Bury the halftime lead.

Goal Bury 1-0 Morecambe (Andy Bishop 45)

Halftime: Bury 1-0 Morecambe

The away side nearly got an instant equalizer at the beginning of the second half when Neil Sorvel fired a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area, which was met with a superb save by Darren Randolph. The Shakers had a superb chance to extend their lead on 48 minutes when Nicky Adams was brought down in the penalty area after a superb long run which started in the Bury half. The referee awarded a penalty and Andy Bishop stepped up calmly to slot the ball into the bottom left hand corner of the goal to put The Shakers in a commanding position.

Goal Bury 2-0 Morecambe (Andy Bishop PEN 49)

The away side responded instantly when Stewart Drummond managed to fins space in the six yard box to fire a powerful header at goal, which flew into the top right hand corner of the goal to give Morecambe a lifeline in a game for the vast majority of which they have been second best.

Goal Bury 2-1 Morecambe (Stewart Drummond 53)

The home side nearly regained their two goal lead when Glynn Hurst fired a superb shot at goal from the edge of the six yard box, which forced a superb save by keeper Shawn Jalal.

Fulltime: Bury 2-1 Morecambe

Bury: Darren Randolph, Paul Scott, Ben Futcher, Steve Haslam, Glynn Hurst (Rooney 65), Andy Bishop, Brian Barry-Murphy, David Buchanan, Nicky Adams, Elliott Bennett (Parrish 89), Efe Sodje

Subs: Jim Provett, Richie Baker, Andy Parrish, Adam Rooney, Simon Yeo

Morecambe: Shawn Jalal, Adam Yates, David Artell, Jim Bentley, Garry Hunter (Blinkhorn 46), Wayne Curtis (Newby 77), Carl Baker (Lloyd 49), Gary Thompson, Neil Sorvel, Stewart Drummond, Danny Adams

Subs: Paul Lloyd, Jon Newby, Matthew Blinkhorn, Henry Mcstay, Scott Davies

Attendance: 2, 596 (367 Visitors)