This game was dominated with red and yellow cards which took away from an otherwise improved Bury Town performance
Bury Town started the game on the attack with Cemal Ramadan making his presence felt a few time in the opposition box and on 16 minutes Bury took an early lead when Cruis Nyadzayo’s shot from inside the box produced a good save from Jordan Smith but Cemal Ramadan pounced on the loose ball to score with a follow up strike from close range.
A Bury corner on 22 minutes played in by Jed Wigley found Lewis O’Malley just inside the box and his flick on fell to Cemal Ramadan and his shot from close range pulled another good save from Jordan Smith who punch the ball clear from his goal line.
Bury suffered a blow on 23 minutes when Will Gardner was shown a straight red card for kicking out at Miguel Lopez after a corner had been cleared. On 30 minutes Kirkley & Pakefield tried to make the extra man count when Kaiden Goldsank got the ball to the edge of the Bury box but his scuffed shot was easy for the Bury ‘keeper Woods.
On 37 minutes a Bury attack saw Cemal Ramadan send Max Maughn on his way down the wing and on to the edge of the box but a poor pass was easy for the defence to clear. With just a minute remaining of the half another good Bury attack saw Cruis Nydazayo bring the ball into the box and hit well hit strike was saved well by Jordan Smith. It was a competitive first half that ended with Bury taking a narrow lead into the break.
Half Time: Kirkley & Pakefield 0 Bury Town 1
The second half descended into a bad-tempered affair and the referee Bradley Mingay had to work hard to keep things under control. On 48 minutes Cemal Ramadan was back in the thick of the action in the box and with his back to goal set up Cruis Nydazayo running in on goal to shoot but the defence did enough to get the ball clear.
With 65 minutes on the clock the on-pitch head count was levelled up when Max Kirby picked up this second yellow card and his evening was over. A long ball into the box from Bury fell to Cemal Ramadan on 78 minutes but he could only find the side netting with his strike from a wide angle.
Bury finished the half strong and on the attack trying to find the second goal to finish the game off. Bury had to wait until injury time before they sealed the win.
In the middle of a flurry of five yellow cards picked up by the home side Cemal Ramadan made the most of the disorganisation from Kirkley as he got back into the home side’s box to hit a good strike which pulled another good save from Jordan Smith but the ball went straight to Max Maughn who scored for Bury from a tight angle.
A feisty game for the most part especially during the second half but Bury got the job done as they put their name in the hat for the next round of the Suffolk Premier Cup.
Full Time: Kirkley & Pakefield 0 Bury Town 2
The David Longman Man of the Match: Max Maughn
Match Rating: 1
Attendance: 81