Media Watch: Bury 1 Grimsby Town 1
Parrish earns point for Bury - Bury Times
ANDY Parrish could barely hide his delight after bagging his first-ever senior goal to earn a deserved point for Bury.
In fact, the only person happier in Gigg Lane on Saturday afternoon, aside from his dad, Dave, would have been any lucky punter who picked the Bolton-born defender to score the Shakers' first goal.
Parrish was 66-1 to claim the first Bury strike, but for 45 minutes, you could have got those odds on virtually anyone in a white shirt, as Chris Casper's side turned in a lifeless display.
Phil Bolland capitalised on Jim Provett's howling error 10 minutes in to give Grimsby the lead - and you got the feeling it might be another bad day at home for the Shakers, who barely mustered an effort at goal.
The second half, though, was a completely different affair. Andy Bishop emerged from the bench at the break to a tremendous reception, and immediately set about tormenting the Grimsby defence.
His arrival also sparked Nicky Adams into life, and the Bolton-born winger had the freedom of Gigg Lane from then on.
Visiting keeper Phil Barnes single-handedly kept his side in the game, beaten only by Parrish's close range effort on 71 minutes.
Glynn Hurst was twice denied by the former Blackpool man, who also got the faintest touch to divert Bishop's lunging effort from crossing the line with 10 minutes remaining.
It could so easily have been three points, but the day belonged to Parrish - the latest talent to roll off the Shakers conveyor belt.
"The goal was fantastic, I loved it," beamed Parrish. "This game will be remembered in our house for a long time, and I'm sure my dad will be reminding us of it.
"We were completely all over them in the second half, and had the game been five or 10 minutes longer, then the points would have been in the bag."
With his side now third in the table, manager Casper could afford to forgive his goalkeeper for the dropped catch which gave Grimsby their opening goal.
"It wasn't the best bit, and Jim (Provett) knows that, and the goal really knocked the stuffing out of us," he said.
"The second half was as good as we have played for a long time, but on the other side, the first half is as poor as we have been.
"We were lucky to only be one down at the break, but in the second half we created as many chances as we did in the second half of last season."
Shakers: Provett 5; Parrish 7; Woodthorpe 6; Morgan 8; Futcher 6; Challinor 7; Scott 6; Baker 6; Adams 8; Dean 5 (Bishop 45, 7); Hurst 7. Subs not used: Barry-Murphy; Mangan; Richardson; Buchanan.
Source:www.burytimes.co.uk
Parrish's first goal rescues Bury - Manchester Evening News
TEENAGE hotshot Andy Parrish was the toast of Gigg Lane as his first ever senior goal saw Bury move up to third in League Two.
The Bolton-born hitman fired in a 71st minute equaliser to cancel out Paul Bolland's 10th minute opener as the Shakers clinched a deserved point.
But Chris Casper's team should have come away with all three points after dominating the second half.
"The goal was fantastic, I loved it, hopefully it's one of many," said Parrish. "My dad will keep reminding everyone in our house of the game.
"You can't believe we were the same team in the second half. We got a good talking to at half-time and realised we'd got to go out and prove something.
"Keith Alexander has told me to get forward and hopefully contribute to the goals.
"The gaffer has always been putting me in there anyway, but with the height of Ben Futcher, they have kept me back at the moment.
"There is only Paul Morgan at the back for corners. The last thing you want is them breaking off a corner when all the lads are forward."
Substitute Andy Bishop played a key role as Bury gained second-half superiority. The on-song striker, who underwent a painkilling injection for a knee problem in midweek, replaced new boy James Dean at half-time.
And while he could not produce the goals, as he had did in last week's victory at MK Dons, he asked plenty of questions of the Mariners' defence.
Source:http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Buckley Pleased With A Draw Against Shakers - Grimsby Telegraph
Mariners boss Alan Buckley was happy with a point after a battling 1-1 draw at Bury on Saturday.
Although Town bossed the first-half and went 1-0 up thanks to a Paul Bolland strike, the Shakers turned it around after the break and deserved to claw their way back into the game.
After a testing opening to the new season which saw three games in eight days - including 120 minutes and a penalty shoot-out against Championship side Burnley - Buckley was not too disappointed with the draw.
He said: "I was delighted with our performance in the first-half.
"The passing was good, as was the movement, and there was a good understanding throughout the team.
"We created three or four really good chances through playing good football.
"I thought the only thing they could threaten us with was a long ball, a long throw or a corner. We dealt with all of those comfortably and we looked by far the better side.
"In the second-half I wanted to see more of our bright play and our one and two-touch football. Obviously, Bury had other ideas and we didn't start well.
"They made a change and that made all the difference - when they brought their sub (Bishop) on.
"They messed us up and harassed us a little bit and won the majority of the battles.
"So looking at the two halves I think 1-1 was about right really."
Buckley explained why he changed his formation from 4-5-1 - which had yielded a one-goal lead - to 4-4-2 mid-way through the second-half.
"I had to change things around and go with 4-4-2 because (Danny) Boshell looked a bit off-colour.
"Really, we couldn't do a lot to stop their pressure. We just had to hang on in there and hope we came out with a point - and we did.
"I was a bit fearful going into the game after the previous Tuesday's effort, when we put so much in. We tried to do it right with a day off on Wednesday, light training on Thursday and then a decent session on Friday.
"But you don't know how players will react to that until three o'clock comes around.
"I think with the efforts of that game in mind, and the pressure Bury put us under in the second-half, it is a good point for us."
Source:http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk
It's The Best Of Barnes - Grimsby Telegraph
Town boss Alan Buckley reserved special praise for keeper Phil Barnes, who turned in an eye-catching display at Gigg Lane.
He said: "I think our goalkeeper made two or three magnificent saves in the second-half to keep us in the game."I said to him at half-time 'you've had absolutely nothing to do - only catch a cross'. I told him that we might need to call on him in the second-half to keep us in it.
"I said he had to be prepared for that - and he was prepared.
"It was probably his best 45 minutes for us since I joined the club. The way he got down to make some of those saves was very pleasing."
Source:http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk
Bolly Rues Lost Chance - Grimsby Telegraph
Grimsby Town goalscorer Paul Bolland was delighted to get on the scoresheet at Gigg Lane - but he bemoaned the missed chances which cost the Mariners three points.
Bury regrouped at half-time and comfortably pulled back the single-goal deficit to ultimately earn a share of the spoils with a 1-1 draw on Saturday.But midfielder Bolland believes Town should have killed the game off before the break.
He said: "It was possibly a fair result in the end. We were on top in the first-half and we could have scored three or four.
"We went in at half-time 1-0 up and we said all the right things at half-time.
"Unfortunately, we just did not get going in the second-half.
"We got some good blocks in, (Phil) Barnes made a couple of good saves, and we were a bit fortunate at times.
"But we managed to keep it to 1-1, which we were reasonably pleased about because they did put us under quite a lot of pressure.
"We knew they were going to up the tempo in the second-half and we had to hang on a bit at times."
The 27-year-old chalked-up his 10th goal in a Mariners shirt with a close-range effort in the early stages.
He said: "It was a ball in, Fenners (Nick Fenton) challenged with the keeper, and he dropped it. I just took a touch and smashed it into the roof of the net.
"I was pleased to get on the scoresheet, but disappointed we didn't take the three points."
Despite a tough first eight days to the season, Bolland still believes Town should have had enough in their locker to convert more chances.
He said: "It wasn't too bad. It was tough on Tuesday night when we played for 120 minutes.
"But we are all professionals and I wouldn't say that was a factor in our performance."
After two points from their two league games so far, Bolland knows his side need to register their first win sooner rather than later.
"We will look to get three points against Macclesfield," he said.
"We also have to try to take more of the chances, like the ones we had in the first-half against Bury. We should have gone in maybe two or three goals up.
"But we just have to look forward now and make sure we get the win on Saturday."
