Match ends, Bury 0, Bradford City 0.
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League One rivals Bury and Bradford played out a goalless draw in the FA Cup third round.
City full-back Tony McMahon was closest to scoring before the break, but his free-kick rebounded off the post.
Bury struggled to create chances in the first half, while winger Craig Jones was taken to hospital after appearing to be knocked unconscious.
James Hanson fired over from McMahon's cross late on, but the hosts held on to force a replay at Valley Parade.
Bury manager David Flitcroft told BBC Radio Manchester:
"It was a good 0-0 draw really, quite a lot of goal line action and goal mouth action, two really committed teams and at times over-committed but the referee managed it that way and was quite consistent with how he managed it.
"Listen, first half Andrew Tutte is clean through , if he opens himself up and strokes that one in it could be a different encounter because they didn't really look like threatening us.
"It was important that we got a clean sheet with the recent number of goals we've conceded and I was really pleased with that aspect. A new keeper coming in as well, it's great for his first game to be able to keep a clean sheet."
Bradford assistant manager Steve Parkin: "Like we've seen many times before in cup ties, it was two committed teams and I thought the lads put in a committed display.
"It would have been nice to have nicked it at the end. In the context of the game I thought we just shaded it."
Line-ups
Bury
Formation 4-5-1
- 1Lawlor
- 2RileySubstituted forPughat 64'minutes
- 27Cameron
- 40Brown
- 3Hussey
- 14JonesSubstituted forLoweat 20'minutesBooked at 69minsSubstituted forRoseat 79'minutes
- 4Tutte
- 19Soares
- 6Etuhu
- 10Mayor
- 9Clarke
Substitutes
- 8Mellis
- 11Pope
- 15Lowe
- 20Burgess
- 22Pugh
- 30Bachmann
- 32Rose
Bradford
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Williams
- 2Darby
- 18Routis
- 23McArdle
- 3Meredith
- 29McMahon
- 4EvansSubstituted forMarshallat 87'minutes
- 8Liddle
- 17ReidSubstituted forMorrisat 83'minutes
- 9HansonBooked at 13mins
- 10ClarkeSubstituted forJamesat 67'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Marshall
- 11Knott
- 14Morris
- 15Leigh
- 30Cracknell
- 33James
- 44Cole
- Referee:
- Robert Lewis
- Attendance:
- 6,962
Match Stats
Home TeamBuryAway TeamBradford
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home3
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home1
- Away2
- Corners
- Home3
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away9
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Bury 0, Bradford City 0.
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Foul by Kelvin Etuhu (Bury).
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Gary Liddle (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. James Hanson (Bradford City) left footed shot from very close range is too high.
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Corner, Bury. Conceded by Gary Liddle.
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Corner, Bury. Conceded by Christopher Routis.
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Attempt missed. Christopher Routis (Bradford City) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner.
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Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Chris Hussey.
Substitution
Substitution, Bradford City. Mark Marshall replaces Lee Evans.
Substitution
Substitution, Bradford City. Josh Morris replaces Kyel Reid.
Substitution
Substitution, Bury. Danny Rose replaces Ryan Lowe.
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Danny Pugh (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by James Hanson (Bradford City).
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Danny Mayor (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Stephen Darby (Bradford City).
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Attempt missed. Gary Liddle (Bradford City) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left.
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Foul by Tom Soares (Bury).
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James Meredith (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Booking
Ryan Lowe (Bury) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
