BURY 1 WEST BROM 3 BURY were left baffled and bemused after West Brom's raiding party tore apart their proud home record. It was the first home defeat the Gigg Lane fans had seen in the league since Mansfield's 2-0 win at Easter 1996 -29 games ago.

Yet the foundations of that had been loosened in midweek when Bury were beaten by Sunderland in the Cola-Coca Cup while Albion's Canadian striker Paul Peschisolido finally brought it crashing down with a superb hat-trick.

And manager Stan Ternent is almost certain that it will happen again.

He said: "From time to time we are going to lose matches. It's a new experience for us but as long as we learn from it and keep pegging away we'll be all right.

"We've just got to get unforced errors out of our system at this level otherwise it's going to cost us dear."

That was the lesson of this defeat and it's how the side heeds the warning which will determine the way their season will go. Surprisingly, Bury could have won the game. They had goal chances but failed to take them before making defensive mistakes that were punished by the pace of the Albion midfield and the finishing of Peschisolido.

Inside the first seven minutes the lively David Johnson had forced a save from Miller in the Albion goal before hitting another shot that the keeper could only palm away, frustratingly out of reach of the advancing Swan and Battersby.

Yet a minute later Albion were ahead. Andy Gray, playing the sweeper role, was caught and robbed by Andy Hunt and he put Peschisolido away to score his first with an angled shot into the far corner of the net. Chances then came and went for both sides. For Bury Gray flighted a shot over the bar, Battersby failed to connect with a Daws cross and neither Swan nor Battersby could take advantage when Miller dropped Gray's cross into the six yard box.

And how they were made to pay. On the stroke of half time Peschisolido scored his second and most decisive goal when he chipped the keeper after Lenny Johnrose had lost possession in his own half.

That effectively killed the game from Bury's point of view but worse was to follow when Richard Sneekes found oceans of space in midfield in the 60th minute. He found Peschisolido in a good position in the area and although the Bury defence forced him wide, the Canadian was still able to cut back inside and shoot past Kiely to complete his hat-trick.

Fortunately for Bury Peschisolido then retired while the Shakers responded by pushing Gray into a more forward midfield role that appears to be his best position and the Shakers enjoyed their best moments of the game.

Miller saved well from Gray's overhead kick, Battersby and Randall went close before Chris Lucketti finally salvaged some consolation with a last minute goal.

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