Making an ideal start to their FA Cup campaign Bury put in another high scoring home performance beating NPL West outfit Wythenshawe 8-0 at Gigg Lane.
In the week Anthony Johnson had lamented Bury’s wastefulness in front of goal and it seemed it would be more of the same in this tie. Connor Pye burst down the left but his cross was picked out by goalkeeper Ryan Forde while Owen Robinson saw a cross fall to Mo Touray but he didn’t make solid contact with the shot.
Further chances came and went, Leo Graham was teed up but couldn’t take a shot, Oscar Threlkeld headed wide from a corner, Touray headed another over the bar while Bobby Carroll’s brilliant pass deserved to be put away by Tom Carr.
It could have been a different story had Wythenshawe put away a chance of their own as Princewell Anuniru got in behind the defence. Threlkeld blocked the shot and made the clearance.
It was set to be another frustrating day until Connor Pye appeared at the far post to head in Owen Robinson’s cross and open the scoring. This broke the seal and in the fifteen minute spell that followed the Shakers couldn’t stop scoring.
Seconds after the restart Leo Graham played in Carr who rounded the keeper and finished into the open net.
Bury continued to look the most likely to score, Kai Evans made it three on 40 minutes. Surging towards goal and working a neat one-two with Touray before finishing into the bottom corner.
3-0 turned to 4-0 when Touray was fouled outside the box. Evans took the free kick and left Forde stationary as he grabbed his second.
Wythenshawe must have been begging for halftime but Bury kept on coming. One minute into stoppage time Robinson’s cross from the left was headed in by Touray. Then before the referee could blow for halftime it was six. Connor Pye again at the far post had all the time in the world to fire a shot into the top corner.
Three minutes into the second half and Bury scored their seventh. Touray pulling the ball back to Robinson to fire into the bottom corner. Bury fans by now were looking up record scores in cup matches.
In a relatively quiet second half the goals were harder to come by but it wasn’t for lack of effort. The most likely to score again was Kai Evans in search of his third. He crossed to Jes Uchegbulam but the substitute just missed contact. Evans went for it alone next time seeing a long range effort tipped over by Forde.
Evans wouldn’t be denied again and with Uchegbulam as provider he struck into the top corner for his hat-trick and Bury’s eighth.
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