Walsall 1 Bury 1

My piece from today's paper

David Worrall helped relegated Bury to a consolation point before blasting Chairman, Brian Fenton.

Impressive full back Worrall revealed:

"The club's in a mess, the Chairman's gone off on holiday and no-one can tell me where. He's not answering his phone to me or the office staff.

"I'm only twenty-two, captain and the only player with a contract for next season - it shouldn't be happening at a professional football club.

"I've been here for five years now and I think that it's a good time for a change. I've heard that a couple of clubs are interested in taking me depending on where they finish this season."

Former Manchester United youth prospect Febian Brandy opened the scoring in the 22nd minute.

Striker James Baxendale wriggled his way into the box from the right before cutting the ball back for Brandy to slot in his seventh goal of the season from twenty yards.

Brandy and fellow winger Jamie Paterson both had penalty claims turned down and striker Will Grigg had a shot beaten away by keeper Cameron Belford as Walsall tried to build on their lead.

Relegated crisis club Bury started brightly and striker Jonson Clarke-Harris took advantage of an eleventh minute mix up between keeper Sam Johnstone and defender Dean Holden to nip in a head an effort against the post.

Brandy admitted he now needs to think about his future. He revealed:

"My contract runs out in July and I have some thinking to do. Walsall's been good for me. The manager and the lads are great, so are the fans. Everyone connected with the club has been brilliant.

But I'm twenty-four now with an eight month year old daughter and so I have to think about her security as well."

Efe Sodje's last gasp equaliser piled on the misery for Walsall.

Player-coach Sodje grabbed his first goal of the campaign in the 90th minute when he pounced to poke in the rebound after striker Johnson Clarke-Harris's 30 yard free kick had come down off the bar.

But the draw - and Swindon's win against Stevenage - left the Saddlers six points off the play-off places with one game to play.

Walsall had recovered from an early season sixteen game winless run that saw them fearing relegation at Christmas, but manager Dean Smith said:

"We've just fallen short at the end. We've had an excellent season and there have been some good solid performances, but this wasn't one of them. I'm sitting here disappointed - having gone fifteen games undefeated.

"Forty-five games in and to be where we are is a fantastic achievement; there are a lot of teams that would like to swap places with us."

Kevin Blackwell only named two substitutes and refused to use youth players despite Bury's long injury list and explained:

"I've seen young players' careers being ruined by playing them too early and so there was no chance of that happening."

"The club's waiting for things to happen and for people to come forward to help this week. If the manager gets full backing, it's going to be a great challenge."