Bury Town made it through to the draw for the next round of the Emirates FA Cup in front of a sell out crowd at the Denny Bros Stadium with a dominant performance against Premier Division side Brightlingsea Regent
On 6 minutes Cemal Ramadan found Ollie Hughes in the box for Bury but a slip at the crucial moment by Hughes saw the defence clear the ball from danger. Carlos Edwards set up Will Gardner on 10 minutes, but Gardner sent his shot skyward. Bury were looking good in front of goal but another chance was missed on 15 minutes with Hughes heading just wide of the far post. On 16 minutes Brightlingsea had a free kick in a dangerous area just outside the box but the ball was deflected off the wall and into the arms of Bury ‘keeper Joseph Rose. On 20 minutes Bury played in a good throw in which the ‘keeper spilled in front of goal and the loose ball bounced agonisingly out past the far post. The corner that resulted was played in by Edward for Taylor Hastings to get a glancing header just wide of the far post. Bury were awarded a penalty on 29 minutes after Max Maughn was sent to ground and Ramadan smashed home from the spot. With half time approaching Brightlingsea grabbed the equaliser with Khris Oti scoring in injury time with the only real effort on goal in the first half from the visitors.
Half Time: Bury Town 1 Brightlingsea Regent 1
Despite the setback of the late goal, Bury came out on top again in the opening stages of the second half. On 50 minutes Adam Topley played a decent ball over the defence for Brightlingsea but the ball ran too long for Valter Rocha to make use of it. On 57 minutes a better chance for the visitors came from a long cross to the far post from Morisi Gelashvili and Khris Oti shooting inches wide of the post. Bury were back on the attack on 58 minutes with Carlos Edwards crossing the ball in the box for Ollie Hughes but the cross went just to high for Hughes.
Bury’s second goal came on 68 minutes and what a goal it was. Bury won a free kick out wide outside the box and Edwards played in the perfect cross in to the box which was met by a thumping header from Will Gardner. On 81 minutes Jake Chambers Shaw picked up the ball for Bury and a superb turn and run saw him get into the box but his shot was deflected just wide of the near post. Bury put in a good all-around team performance on the night against their higher placed opponents to secure their place in the 2nd Qualifying Round.
Full Time: Bury Town 2 Brightlingsea Regent 1