On This Day...27th September

On This Day...27th September

Today's history begins in the 1890/91 season and a Lancashire League game with Oswaldtwistle Rovers at Gigg Lane. With 2,000 supporters watching on, Bury won the game with a 3-2 win with goals from Jack Plant and a brace from Fielding.

The first Football League game took place in 1902 when Nottingham Forest visited Bury. Two goals from England international Charlie Sagar, plus one from Billy Wood earned the Shakers a 3-1 win with 9,000 attending.

1924 saw Bury make the trip to St James' Park for a Division One game with Newcastle United. 35,000 supporters were on-hand to witness a 2-2 draw thanks to goals from Norman Bullock and John Stevenson – his only goal from his seven games as a Shaker.

Port Vale hosted the Shakers at Vale Park in 1930 for a Second Division game. John R Smith scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 win in front of 13,000 supporters.

1947 saw Bury on the road again, this time for a Division Two game at Chesterfield. With 14,000 supporters watching on, goals from Jimmy Constantine and Ernie Woodcock brought home the points in a 2-1 win.

Brentford visited Gigg Lane in 1952 and left later in the day with nothing to show for their long trip North. With 12,398 watching, goals from Ken Plant (2) and a George Griffiths penalty won the game with a 3-0 victory.

The full Bury side that day was as follows:-

Jimmy Kirk, George Griffiths, Eric Massey, Jimmy Greenhalgh, Les Hart, Doug Fletcher, Les Bardsley, Bobby Dale, Ken Plant (pictured above in a game v West Ham United in 1950), Eddie Gleadall, Stuart Imlach.

Reading came to Gigg Lane on 27th September 1969 for a Third Division game, a crowd of just 3,799 watched as Bury won the game 2-1 thanks to a brace of goals from George Jones.

A 1986 Division Three game with Newport County saw the Shakers win with the odd goal in seven and a 4-3 win. 2,136 fans witnessed goals from Carl Harris and a Nigel Greenwood hat-trick earned Bury all three points.

2005 saw Bristol Rovers arrive at Gigg Lane for a League Two clash. 1,673 fans were on-hand to see the Shakers claim the win with a goal from Paul Scott.

The last recorded game on this day was in 2016 and an away trip to Milton Keynes. Bury won the game thanks to two goals from James Vaughan and a goal from Zeli Ismail.

The full record for 27th September is:

Season	Comp	Opposition	Ven	Res			Goals	Gate
1890/91	Lancs	Oswaldtwistle Rovers	H	3	2	Won	Fielding 2, Plant	2,000
1902/03	Tier 1	Nottingham Forest	H	3	1	Won	Sagar 2, Wood	9,000
1913/14	Tier 2	Nottingham Forest	H	1	0	Won	Smith W	12,000
1919/20	Tier 2	Hull City	H	2	0	Won	Ritchie, Hird	7,000
1924/25	Tier 1	Newcastle United	A	2	2	Draw	Bullock, Stevenson	35,000
1930/31	Tier 2	Port Vale	A	1	0	Won	Smith JR	13,000
1941/42	War	Blackpool	H	0	5	Lost		4,137
1947/48	Tier 2	Chesterfield	A	2	1	Won	Constantine, Woodcock	14,000
1952/53	Tier 2	Brentford	H	3	0	Won	Griffiths G (Pen), Plant 2	12,398
1958/59	Tier 3	QPR	A	1	2	Lost	Darbyshire	10.194
1961/62	Tier 2	Sunderland	A	0	3	Lost		39,893
1969/70	Tier 3	Reading	H	2	1	Won	Jones 2	3,799
1971/72	Tier 4	Darlington	A	0	0	Draw		2,160
1975/76	Tier 3	Millwall	H	2	0	Won	McIlwraith, Phillips	5,862
1977/78	Tier 3	Tranmere Rovers	H	1	0	Won	Thomson	5,116
1980/81	Tier 4	Port Vale	H	2	1	Won	Johnson, Madden	2,341
1983/84	Tier 4	Darlington	A	2	1	Won	Jakub, Madden	1,654
1986/87	Tier 3	Newport County	H	4	3	Won	Greenwood 3, Harris	2,136
1988/89	FL Cup	Everton	A	0	3	Lost		11,071
1997/98	Tier 2	West Bromwich A	H	1	3	Lost	Lucketti	6,439
2003/04	Tier 4	Doncaster Rovers	H	1	3	Lost		3,606
2005/06	Tier 4	Bristol Rovers	H	1	0	Won	Scott	1,673
2008/09	Tier 4	Wycombe Wands	H	0	0	Draw		3,597
2014/15	Tier 4	Exeter City	A	1	2	Lost	Soares	3,215
2016/17	Tier 3	MK Dons	A	3	1	Won	Vaughan 2, Ismail	7,652