Bristol City 4, Bury 1 SHAKERS boss Andy Preece blamed referee Fraser Stretton for playing too much stoppage time at the end of the first half, allowing Bristol City to grab a vital goal.

Preece was so upset he vowed to time the match video and send his findings to the FA to prove too much injury time was played.

Louis Carey nodded home a corner to give Bristol City the lead three minutes into the official two extra minutes at the end of the first half.

It made it 1-0 at the break and turned the game on its head.

Preece, who tried to speak to the officials after the game but found they'd already left the stadium, said: "It is so annoying because people's jobs depend on results.

"The ref will probably go home tonight, have a beer, watch the TV and have a laugh but I'm not laughing.

"This type of thing isn't funny. If we'd gone in 0-0 at the break we would have been 1-0 up when we scored and it would have been a different match.

"But if I tell you what I feel about the referee I'll get fined so I can't say too much."

Bury were hammered in the first half by a Bristol City team on fire. They are unbeaten in 14 games and it's easy to see why. In wing back Scott Murray, they have a fantastic talent and he tormented Bury's Dean Barrick along with the rest of the Shakers defence from start to finish. Excellent too was Brian Tinnion, who pulled the strings in midfield.

The home side played with great speed and used the flanks effectively, pulling Bury apart with the swiftness of their moves and their crisp passing.

It was a wonder that Bury held out so long. A sign of things to come came on 15 minutes when Murray outpaced Barrick but had his shot smothered by Kenny.

Barrick again lost his man in the 38th minute but made amends by clearing Murray's chip over Kenny off the line.

Regardless of how much time the ref did or didn't add on, a goal had to come. It arrived from a MUrray corner, defender Louis Carey rising unchallenged to head firmly past Kenny.

Amazingly Bury bounced back and it came out of absolutely nothing. Steve Redmond hurled a free kick into the box, Danny Swailes challenged and Paul Reid found the back of the net with a cross cum shot from 18 yards out.

However, this might not have been a wise idea because it appeared to annoy the home team and the remaining 40 minutes were painful to watch.

Within two minutes top scorer Tony Thorpe latched on to a Murray cross, swivelled past Chris Swailes with ease in the box and fired low past Kenny to claim his 12th goal of the season.

Swailes did hit the bar with a header on 64 minutes but apart from that it was all Bristol.

Thorpe was denied superbly by Kenny and midfielder Aaron Brown also failed to beat the Bury keeper, who was again in inspired form and had no chance with any of the goals.

Bristol made it 3-1 on 72 minutes, Murray cuaing havoc again down the right and Simon Clist poking the ball hoem from close range.

The Shakers made three changes, throwing strikers Adrian Littlejohn, Paul Barnes and Lutel James into the fray, but it didn't alter the course of the match.

The home team deservedly made it four on the stroke of full time, Murray capping off an excellent display by running from the half way line past three Bury defenders and shooting past poor Kenny.

BURY: Kenny 8, Redmond 6, C Swailes 6, D SWAILES 8, Barrick 5, Daws 6, Reid 6, Billy 6, Bullock 5, Smith 6, Preece 6. Subs: Littlejohn (for Bullock 74), Paul Barnes (for Preece 74), James (for Smith 74), Collins, Unsworth.

BRISTOL CITY: Phillips, Carey, Bell, Millen, Murray, Thorpe, Hill, Peacock, Brown, Tinnion, Clist. Subs: Goodridge (for Tinnion 82), Beadle, Amankwaah, Burnell, Malessa.

Ref: Fraser Stretton (Notts)

Att: 9,416.