Bury 1-0 Doncaster Rovers

Leon Clarke's winner was his 18th goal of the season

Doncaster's survival hopes in League One suffered a cruel blow as Leon Clarke scored a late winner for Bury.

John O'Sullivan was denied in the first half by the reactions of Rovers goalkeeper Remi Matthews, before Andy Butler headed over in reply.

Doncaster then went close as Andy Williams intercepted a poor back pass only to fire over the crossbar.

Clarke punished Doncaster's wastefulness, volleying home with 13 minutes left to play.

The result keeps Bury well-clear of relegation danger, but Doncaster are eight points from safety, having failed to win a league game since 2 January.

Bury manager David Flitcroft told BBC Radio Manchester:

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David Flitcroft on Bury v Doncaster

"The goal was immaculate. He creates chances for himself, but the rest of the players had to work hard for the clean sheet.

"It's a massive clean sheet. You don't play against a Darren Ferguson team that lies down.

"We had to withstand a lot of pressure, but we expected that.

"We said to the players before the game, to get a zero, we're going to have to work incredibly hard."

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Line-ups

Bury

• 38Neal
• 25GardnerSubstituted forEtuhuat 45'minutes
• 5Clarke
• 23Bolger
• 3HusseySubstituted forPughat 74'minutes
• 14Jones
• 18O'Sullivan
• 19Soares
• 10Mayor
• 9ClarkeBooked at 78mins
• 11PopeSubstituted forLoweat 68'minutes

Substitutes

• 6Etuhu
• 12Sedgwick
• 15Lowe
• 22Pugh
• 24Delfouneso
• 32Rose
• 34Ruddy

Doncaster

• 42MatthewsSubstituted forStuckmannat 37'minutes
• 2LundBooked at 45mins
• 4McCullough
• 6Butler
• 20Taylor-Sinclair
• 26CoppingerSubstituted forTysonat 81'minutes
• 8ChaplowSubstituted forMackenzieat 87'minutes
• 29Middleton
• 24Rowe
• 7McSheffrey
• 11Williams

Substitutes

• 3Evina
• 12Stuckmann
• 14Tyson
• 17Mackenzie
• 21Mandeville
• 27Stewart
• 34Davies

Referee:

Michael Bull

Attendance:

3,233

Match Stats

Home TeamBuryAway TeamDoncaster

Possession

Home43%

Away57%

Shots

Home13

Away14

Shots on Target

Home5

Away3

Corners

Home9

Away18

Fouls

Home12

Away6

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Bury 1, Doncaster Rovers 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Bury 1, Doncaster Rovers 0.

Posted at 90'+2'

Attempt missed. Leon Clarke (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt saved. Tommy Rowe (Doncaster Rovers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Leon Clarke (Bury).

Posted at 90'

Harry Middleton (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 87'

Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Gary Mackenzie replaces Richard Chaplow.

Posted at 87'

Foul by Kelvin Etuhu (Bury).

Posted at 87'

Aaron Taylor-Sinclair (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 84'

Attempt saved. John O'Sullivan (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

Posted at 83'

Attempt blocked. Leon Clarke (Bury) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Kelvin Etuhu (Bury).

Posted at 82'

Gary McSheffrey (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 81'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Substitution

Posted at 81'

Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Nathan Tyson replaces James Coppinger.

Posted at 79'

Delay in match John O'Sullivan (Bury) because of an injury.

Booking

Posted at 78'

Leon Clarke (Bury) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

Goal!

Posted at 77'

Goal! Bury 1, Doncaster Rovers 0. Leon Clarke (Bury) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by John O'Sullivan with a cross following a fast break.

Posted at 76'

Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Danny Mayor.

Posted at 76'

Attempt blocked. Richard Chaplow (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 75'

Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Peter Clarke.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Bury. Danny Pugh replaces Chris Hussey.

Posted at 74'

Foul by Andy Williams (Doncaster Rovers).

Posted at 74'

Cian Bolger (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 73'

Richard Chaplow (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 73'

Foul by Leon Clarke (Bury).

Posted at 72'

Attempt missed. Cian Bolger (Bury) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.

Posted at 72'

Corner, Bury. Conceded by Andy Butler.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Harry Middleton (Doncaster Rovers).

Posted at 71'

Tom Soares (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Luke McCullough (Doncaster Rovers).

Posted at 68'

Ryan Lowe (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 68'

Substitution, Bury. Ryan Lowe replaces Tom Pope.

Posted at 66'

Attempt missed. Andy Williams (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.

Posted at 66'

Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Danny Mayor.

Posted at 63'

Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Peter Clarke.

Posted at 62'

Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Peter Clarke.

Posted at 62'

Andy Butler (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 62'

Foul by Leon Clarke (Bury).

Posted at 61'

Corner, Bury. Conceded by Thorsten Stuckmann.

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