On This Day: 1st October

On this Day – 1st October...

Seven goals were scored by the Shakers on 1st October on two occasions, the first comes way back in 1887 and our first recorded game on this day. It was a Lancashire Cup fixture with Darwen at Gigg Lane with 1,500 supporters on the gate, with goals from Lomax (3), Ross (2), Hitching and Richardson.

We saw another seven goals in 1910, though this time it was a 5-2 win for the Shakers against Manchester City in the First Division. 20,000 supporters watched as Billy Hibbert hit a hat-trick, plus goals from Tom Kay & Bob Currie secured the two points.

1927 saw the Shakers back in the First Division and 10,379 fans were on hand to witness an eight-goal thriller against Sunderland with the Shakers scoring five again, with goals from Wally Amos (2), John Ball (2) and Dave Robbie.

1949 brought Leicester City to Gigg Lane for a Second Division game. Bury won the game 3-0 with goals from a Bill Griffiths' penalty, Harold Bodle and Fred Worthington with 17,178 attending the game.

1960/61 season, arguably the club's best season of league football, saw the Shakers visiting Tranmere Rovers and for the second time on this day, Bury hit seven goals with a 7-1 victory in front of a crowd of 9,512 supporters. Goals came from Allan Jackson (2), a Don Watson hat-trick, Bill Holden and Brian Turner (pictured below).

1985/86 saw Wolverhampton Wanderers arrive at Gigg Lane. The Shakers would survive the season finishing in 20th position, whilst Wolves suffered a miserable campaign by finishing second from bottom. This game would do them no favours as goals from Kevin Young, Craig Madden and Lee Dixon would secure a 3-1 win with 3,220 supporters watching.

The 2011/12 season saw Bury make the long trip south and a visit to Yeovil Town’s Huish Park. Giles Coke (Pictured above), David Amoo and Peter Sweeney would all find the target in a Shakers' 3-1 victory.

The last recorded game on this day took place in the 2016/17 season and a home fixture with Scunthorpe United in League One. Tom Soares scored the only Bury goal of the game in what would end with a 2-1 defeat.

The full record for 1 October is:

Season	Comp	Opposition	Ven	Res			Goals	Gate
1887/88	Lancs JC	Darwen	H	7	1	Won	Lomax 3, Ross 2, Hitchin, Richardson	1,500
1892/93	Lancs	Blackpool	A	1	2	Lost	Wilkinson	5,000
1894/95	Friendly	Blackburn Rovers	A	3	4	Lost	Unknown	?
1898/99	Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers	A	0	0	Draw		10,000
1904/05	Tier 1	Woolwich Arsenal	H	1	1	Draw	Sagar (Pen)	7,500
1906/07	Lancs C	Blackburn Rovers	H	0	2	Lost		3,000
1910/11	Tier 1	Manchester City	H	5	2	Won	Hibbert 3, Kay, Currie	20,000
1921/22	Tier 2	Barnsley	H	1	2	Lost	McCrae	14,000
1927/28	Tier 1	Sunderland	H	5	3	Won	Amos 2, Ball 2 (1 Pen), Robbie	10,379
1932/33	Tier 2	West Ham United	A	1	0	Won	McFadyen	10,000
1938/39	Tier 2	Swansea Town	A	3	3	Draw	Acquroff, Ormandy 2	8,000
1946/47	Lancs C	Southport	A	2	0	Won	Blondell, Roberts	3,331
1949/50	Tier 2	Leicester City	H	3	0	Won	Griffiths W (Pen), Worthington, Bodle	17,178
1952/53	Lancs C	Bolton Wanderers	A	2	2	Draw	Kelly 2	1,025
1955/56	Tier 2	Port Vale	A	1	1	Draw	Robinson	20,791
1957/58	Friendly	Falkirk	H	2	1	Won	Darbyshire 2	6,516
1960/61	Tier 3	Tranmere Rovers	A	7	1	Won	Jackson 2, Watson 3, Holden, Turner	9,512
1966/67	Tier 2	Carlisle United	H	0	2	Lost		5,552
1974/75	Tier 3	Preston North End	H	2	0	Won	Tinsley (Won), Rowland	11,914
1977/78	Tier 3	Port Vale	A	2	1	Won	Rowland, Harris (OG)	3,672
1980/81	Tier 4	Crewe Alexandra	A	2	2	Draw	Prophett (OG), Johnson	3,436
1984/85	Tier 4	Stockport County	A	0	2	Lost		3,546
1985/86	Tier 3	Wolverhampton W	H	3	1	Won	Young, Madden, Dixon	3,220
1988/89	Tier 3	Chesterfield	A	2	1	Won	Robinson (Pen), Valentine	1,837
1994/95	Tier 3	Colchester United	A	0	1	Lost		3,286
1996/97	Tier 2	Burnley	H	1	0	Won	Jepson	7,557
2011/12	Tier 1	Yeovil Town	A	3	1	Won	Amoo, Sweeney, Coke	3,127
2016/17	Tier 1	Scunthorpe United	H	1	2	Lost	Soares	5,355