Kelly exacts own brand of justice - Bury Times - Tuesday, 12 December 1995:
TWELVE months ago Gary Kelly was jeered off the pitch at Underhill having been sent-off. He felt.that the red card - for deliberate handball - had been a gross injustice and it made his man of the match performance on Saturday taste all the more sweet. "I thought my sending off here was an injustice so it was especially nice to keep a clean sheet this time around," he beamed. "Red cards are something you just put to the back of your mind otherwise it would be affecting your judgement about when to make challenges and when not to. "I had to come out of my area a couple of times today and last season's incident didn't really cross my mind. All I was concentrating on was stopping Barnet from scoring. "Clean sheets are what I'm judged on and that's four on the trot in the league so you could say I'm happy with my form. "We didn't play that well today," he continued, "but we ground out a result and come the end of the season it might prove a valuable point. Barnet played well, so in the end it was probably a point gained rather than two lost." That was a theme echoed by boss Stan Ternent who admitted the Shakers had not been at their best. "We dug in, battled hard and earned his corn but we had the best chance of the match when Taylor saved from Stant." "We had to chop and change a bit at the back because of Chris's (Lucketti) suspension and Shaun Reid's injury but I was pleased we stretched our unbeaten run. "All success, at any level of football. is based on solid defence and clean sheets and we can be pleased with that aspect of the match arid look forward to Gillingham^s visit on Saturday." Tement said he was "very pleased' with the second half contribution of on-loan Millwall left hack Mike Harle. "He needs games under his belt hut has a lovely left peg and did well to pick up the pace of the match after we'd switched lan Hughes into midfield." More help is on the way this week when lan Cox. a striker from Crystal Palace, is expected to agree to a month at Gigg Lane. His arrival couldn't be more timely with Mark Carter sidelined by a troublesome hamstring and John Paskin not expected to be fit until the New Year, leaving just two fit forwards. Paskin has just resumed light training alongside Stuart Bimson whose broken elbow has mended.Barnet boss Ray Clemence was disappointed with the result but pleased with his team's performance. "We knew the game would be tight, going from Bury's recent form, and we didn't expect a lot of goals," he said. "But we created a lot of chances and on the plus side we worked well as a team and didn't allow Bury to put in any quality balls and they didn't look like scoring against us."