Adam Proudlock and Gaz Owen passed late fitness tests to enableJim Gannon to name an unchanged side for the crucial derby against Bury.

County started brightly creating a number of good openings, Anthony Pilkington going the closest with a drill from the inside of the area.

Moments later, some great build up play found David Poole out wide on the right. The former Yeovil man found Adam Proudlock on the edge of the area and his low drill was well saved by Warrington.

A speculative effort from John Fitzgerald 18 yards out, provided The Shaker's with their first attempt of the game. After this County started to lose some momentum, with mis-placed passes in the middle of the park, allowing Bury a few good chances albeit not reallychallenging Lewis.

The magnificent County support were beginning to get restless as County continued to be broken down in the midfield. Anthony Pilkington, in particular was being marked off the ball.

County created a good chance on the 34th minute when Tony Dinning fed the ball through to Adam Proudlock but the popular frontman could not make contact with the ball.

Bury went desperately close on the 39th minute when Andy Bishop was fed the ball in the area. One-on-one with Lewis, it took a last ditch sliding tackle from Owen to deny The Shaker's an opening

County thought they were ahead three minutes into the second half when Anthony Elding volleyed home from 18 yards out, but the Assistant Referee had already raised his flag.

The Hatters started to regain some of the momentum lost in the previous half as they pushed desperately for a winner.

Straight from a County corner, Bury went up the other end of pitch and through Tom Youngs and Andy Bishop forced a corner of their own. From this The Shakers nearly had the lead when Scott volleyed over from inches out.
The Shaker's went close again when Tom Youngs' headed effort from inside the area was gathered by Joe Lewis.

Youngs went close again moments later when he won the ball in the middle of the park and ran at Lewis from the left wing. His shot was needlessly saved by the on loan Norwich man to force a corner ball.

County were generally ineffective and they struggled to break down a solid Shakers outfit. In fact it was our near neighbours that looked most like scoring with former County man Glynn Hurst going close with a chip from inside the area.

County nearly scored with nine minutes remaining when The Shakers struggled to keep out Anthony Elding and then Adam Le Fondre efforts. The ball was finally cleared for a corner that found Bowler at the farpost. Unfortunately he didn't get hold of his shot and Warrington saved.