Two goals saw Stowmarket take the win but Bury fought hard for everything despite playing most of the game with ten men
Stowmarket started the game on the attack and on 9 minutes Harvey Sayer put a good ball into the box for Kane Munday, but Joe Hood made a good challenge to win the ball back for Bury. On 13 minutes Bury found themselves down to ten men when Ethan Flack was sent off for an alleged elbow seen by the linesman. On 17 minutes Cemal Ramadan tried a shot from distance which went over the bar. On 19 minutes Joe White went on a driving run forward and got a cross into the box which was half cleared and fell to Cemal Ramadan who shot over the bar. On 26 minutes Cemal Ramadan got down the wing and into the box before two defenders blocked his route to goal and won the ball back. On 33 minutes Stowmarket went on the attack and Tommy Smith saw his scuffed shot end up in the keeper’s hands. On 36 minutes Ben Curtis battled hard to win the ball for Bury and his pass sent Cemal Ramadan forward but his shot from distance went over the bar. Bury went on the attack again on 43 minutes with Joe Hood braking down the wing and putting a great cross into the box but Zach Gayfer made a good headed clearance. In injury time Kane Munday saw an opportunity to try to lob the Bury keeper from distance but Charlie Woods was not fooled and made the catch.
Half Time: Stowmarket Town 0 Bury Town 0
After the break Bury went straight on the attack with Cemal Ramadan going on a long run froward and into the box before a shove in the back saw him go down but the Ref was unimpressed and waved play on. Stowmarket took an early lead when on 49 minutes Kane Munday put a great ball in to the far post which was steered in on the volley by Jack Ainsley. On 55 minutes Harvey Sayer hit a great strike for Stowmarket which went inches wide of the top corner. On 57 minutes Cemal Ramadan was in the action again and got down the wing and went past two players and got a cross into the box but with no one in the box the chance came to nothing. On 60 minutes a cross into the Bury box to the far post found Tom Bullard who headed to the top corner but Charlie Woods made a great save. On 65 minutes a long high ball into the Bury box saw headed clear close to goal by Ollie Fenn. On 72 minutes Cemal Ramadan did well to work the ball to the edge of the box for Bury but his shot was blocked. On 78 minutes Harvey Sayer took a shot from distance for Stowmarket that went a foot wide of the base of the far post. Stowmarket then added a second goal on 78 minutes when Jack Wilkinson made the most of a loose ball in the box to score from close range. Bury gave it a good go throughout the game but it was Stowmarket who took the win at the final whistle.
Full Time: Stowmarket Town 2 Bury Town 0
The David Longman Man of the Match: Joe White
Match Rating: 2
Attendance: 466