2019–20 Bury F.C. season

Bury 2019–20
Club information
Manager	Paul Wilkinson
League Season information
Final League position	N/A (expelled from EFL on 27 August 2019)
Season statistics
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The 2019–20 season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 27 August 2019. It was Bury's 135th season since the club was founded in 1885, and their first back in League One following promotion from EFL League Two in the 2018–19 season. Bury were expelled from the EFL on 27 August 2019, bringing their season to a premature end.

Pre-season

The Shakers announced a pre-season friendly against Blackburn Rovers.

Friendly 13 July 2019 (2019-07-13)	Nantwich Town	1–1	Bury	Nantwich
15:00 BST	Mwasile  67'	Report	Archer  48'	Stadium: Weaver Stadium Attendance: 424

Friendly 16 July 2019 (2019-07-16)	Bury	P–P	West Bromwich Albion	Bury
				Stadium: Gigg Lane

Friendly 19 July 2019 (2019-07-19)	Bury	1–3	Al-Ittihad	Bury
14:00 BST	13'	Report	Al-Aboud  26' Romarinho  52' Jiménez  62'

Friendly 24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)	Bury	0–3	Blackburn Rovers	Bury
19:45 BST		Report	Rothwell  26' Brereton  38' Armstrong  90'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,351

Friendly 27 July 2019 (2019-07-27)	Port Vale	1–2	Bury	Burslem
15:00 BST	Cullen  63'	Report	Bunn  23' Archer  38'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 801

Friendly 30 July 2019 (2019-07-30)	Radcliffe	1–3	Bury	Radcliffe
19:30 BST	Wharton  59'		Mottley-Henry  10', 73' J. Roberts  69'	Stadium: Neuven Stadium

Competitions

League one

League table

2019–20 Football League One table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Coventry City  (C) (P)	34	18	13	3	48	30	+18	67	Promotion to the Championship
2	Rotherham United  (P)	35	18	8	9	61	38	+23	62
3	Wycombe Wanderers  (P) (O)	34	17	8	9	45	40	+5	59	Qualification to the League One play-offs
4	Oxford United	35	17	9	9	61	37	+24	60
5	Portsmouth	35	17	9	9	53	36	+17	60
6	Fleetwood Town	35	16	12	7	51	38	+13	60
7	Peterborough United	35	17	8	10	68	40	+28	59
8	Sunderland	36	16	11	9	48	32	+16	59
9	Doncaster Rovers	34	15	9	10	51	33	+18	54
10	Gillingham	35	12	15	8	42	34	+8	51
11	Ipswich Town	36	14	10	12	46	36	+10	52
12	Burton Albion	35	12	12	11	50	50	0	48
13	Blackpool	35	11	12	12	44	43	+1	45
14	Bristol Rovers	35	12	9	14	38	49	−11	45
15	Shrewsbury Town	34	10	11	13	31	42	−11	41
16	Lincoln City	35	12	6	17	44	46	−2	42
17	Accrington Stanley	35	10	10	15	47	53	−6	40
18	Rochdale	34	10	6	18	39	57	−18	36
19	Milton Keynes Dons	35	10	7	18	36	47	−11	37
20	AFC Wimbledon	35	8	11	16	39	52	−13	35
21	Tranmere Rovers  (R)	34	8	8	18	36	60	−24	32	Relegation to League Two
22	Southend United  (R)	35	4	7	24	39	85	−46	19
23	Bolton Wanderers  (R)	34	5	11	18	27	66	−39	14
24	Bury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-12	Club expelled

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

• Bury deducted 12 points for entering into an insolvency event, before later being expelled from the EFL on August 27 2019. At the time of their expulsion, they had played no matches.
• Bolton Wanderers deducted 12 points for entering administration.

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League One fixtures were announced.

Bury were expelled from the English Football League on 27 August 2019 after failing to satisfy the criteria provided within their notice of withdrawal from the EFL, by a deadline of 5PM BST on this date. The club failed to fulfil any of their League One fixtures in 2019-20 due to their financial crisis, and consequently upon their expulsion, League One will consist of 23 teams for the upcoming season, with three teams being relegated instead of the usual four.

Matches

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03)	Bury	P–P	Milton Keynes Dons	Bury
15:00 BST				Stadium: Planet-U Energy Stadium

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10)	Accrington Stanley	P–P	Bury	Accrington
15:00 BST				Stadium: Crown Ground

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17)	Bury	P–P	Gillingham	Bury
15:00 BST				Stadium: Planet-U Energy Stadium

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20)	Rotherham United	P–P	Bury	Rotherham
15:00 BST				Stadium: New York Stadium

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24)	Tranmere Rovers	P–P	Bury	Birkenhead
15:00 BST				Stadium: Prenton Park

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

First round 13 August 2019 (2019-08-13)	Sheffield Wednesday	w/o	Bury	Owlerton
19:45 BST				Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1											'	Advance to Round 2
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Transfers

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2019	RM		Nicky Adams	Northampton Town	Free transfer
1 July 2019	CB		Tom Aldred	Brisbane Roar	Free transfer
1 July 2019	CB		Sam Allardyce	Oxford United	Undisclosed
1 July 2019	CM		Scott Burgess	Port Vale	Free transfer
1 July 2019	LM		Danny Mayor	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer
1 July 2019	AM		Jay O'Shea	Brisbane Roar	Free transfer
2 July 2019	CB		Will Aimson	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer
2 July 2019	CF		Nicky Maynard	Mansfield Town	Free transfer
2 July 2019	LB		Chris Stokes	Stevenage	Free transfer
4 July 2019	GK		Joe Murphy	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer
4 July 2019	CB		Eoghan O'Connell	Rochdale	Free transfer
11 July 2019	CF		Dom Telford	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed
15 July 2019	LM		Callum McFadzean	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer
19 July 2019	LM		Joe Adams	Brentford	Undisclosed
23 July 2019	RW		Byron Moore	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer
9 August 2019	MF		Callum Hulme	Leicester City	Undisclosed
25 August 2019	CF		Gold Omotayo	Yeovil Town	Free transfer
27 August 2019	CB		Adam Thompson	Rotherham United	Free transfer
27 August 2019	CF		Jermaine Beckford	Retired	N/A