Source: PA
Knill breathes a sigh of relief
Bury manager Alan Knill was relieved to come out 5-4 victors in an enthralling clash with Gillingham at Gigg Lane.
Bury had led 2-0 at half-time courtesy of efforts from Andy Bishop and Ryan Lowe, before a remarkable second-half that included seven goals in 26 minutes.
Adebayo Akinfenwa pulled one back for the visitors two minutes after the restart, before Bishop regained the Shakers' two-goal advantage. The Gills, however, levelled through Akinfenwa's second and Danny Spiller's drive, before Efe Sodje headed Bury back in front minutes later.
Gillingham's Chris Palmer levelled with a sweet volley, although Lowe's second of the afternoon seven minutes later proved the decisive effort to the relief of manager Knill.
"It was shocking for me to go through but it's a fantastic win," said Knill. "The good thing is we got five goals against a team that everybody fancies - and we could have got more.
"Our young defenders need to learn and develop but we scored some pretty good goals and did great to keep going after each setback of them equalising. I thought Andy Bishop and Ryan Lowe worked really hard. I'm so pleased for Bish to get back in the goals and we've got to keep going forward now."
