Exeter City were unable to shake off their poor recent form which now extends to 3 draws in 7 League 2 games. Twice coming from behind to secure a 2-2 draw against Bury.

Exeter City 2 Bury 2
01 Krysiak 21 Jensen
02 Butterfield 02 Beeley
03 Woodman 23 Howell
35 Gill 06 Proctor
06 Coles 05 Cameron
04 Bennett 25 Edjenguele
32 Wheeler 07 Jones
29 Grimes 19 Soares
19 O’Flynn 24 Hylton
10 Gow 18 Nardiello
07 Sercombe 12 Sedgwick
Substitutes Substitutes
05 Baldwin 04 Hinds
11 Davies 11 Holden
14 Doherty 14 Harrad
20 Nichols 15 Mayor
22 Keohane 20 Reindorf
25 Parkin 26 Lainton
30 Pym
Ref: Steve Martin
Att: 3,426 with 123 from Bury
Goal Scorers
Exeter City Wheeler 41′ Nichols 77′
Bury Nardiello 15′ Cameron 47′
Substitutions
Exeter City Parkin on for O’Flynn  – 45′, Davies on for Wheeler 72′, and Nichols on for Coles  – 72′
Bury Mayor on for Sedgwick  – 80′
Discipline
Exeter City
Bury Cameron
ECFC Bury
50%
Possession
50%
4 Shots on target 6
9 Shots off target 7
4 Corners 9
6 Fouls 12
0 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0

Match Reports
Exeter’s – http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/fixtures-results/match-report/index.aspx?matchid=3631577nardiello_bury
Bury’s – http://www.buryfc.co.uk/fixtures-results/match-report/index.aspx?matchid=3631577

CheggersPics – http://exetercityfc.newsprints.co.uk/search/scu/p/u/213755/1/exeter%20city%20vs%20bury%20lge%20two

YouTube highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxeAOLJaC80

Quotes

Paul Tisdale speaking on the Club website said:-

I’m pleased with the point once we’d been behind twice and came back twice. The players put a lot of effort in – tisdale_jepsonit wasn’t an easy day and at 2-1 down with 20 minutes to go, I was thinking about substitutions and what I can do.

Would I have taken a draw at that point? Yes. But we scored the goal to make it 2-2 and had a real surge; would I take a point then? No – I’m thinking we can go and win it.

But then we started to get tired and open up, and would I take a point at that point? Yes I would.

The game just changes and the emotions change – at the start of the game today I wanted a win. But all things being said, it’s two draws this week which isn’t what we wanted, but it’s not a bad start after a rotten month.

Tom Nichols told the official websiteexeter_bury2

It’s a very good feeling. I’m pleased that we got a point out of the game, but I would have liked to have scored that chance at the end which would have made it even better. But I’m happy to have scored again – it’s been a while.

I had a chance just before that and I don’t know how the goalie saved that – it was a great save. But I kept alive in the box and it got transferred in and out a few times, and I saw Sercs smash one in across goal and I thought ‘run to goal’ as I’ve been told to do. And thankfully it came off my shinpad and went in!

By Hants