Bury Chris Porter (footballer, born 1983)




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1.1 2002–03 season
1.2 2003–04 season
1.3 2004–05 season





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born in wigan, porter attended queen elizabeth s grammar school in blackburn, member of school s independent schools football association cup winning side in 2001. having featured in british universities team, porter had unsuccessful trials wigan athletic , blackpool before joining bury on trial. featured reserve team during 2002–03 season in 3–2 defeat walsall counterparts. scored bury s 2 goals in game, assisted on each occasion bury manager andy preece. following game, preece said chris still needs more aggression game , looks prospect . signed short-term contract club.


2002–03 season

porter made bench bury s third division 0–0 draw hartlepool united @ victoria park on 7 march 2003, unused substitute. made professional debut on 15 march when bury travelled macclesfield town. came on replace terry dunfield after 73 minutes of 0–0 draw. made second , final appearance of season on 3 may in bury s 3–0 home defeat wrexham, when replaced paul o shaughnessy after 69 minutes.


2003–04 season

during bury s 2003–04 pre-season campaign, porter scored third in 3–0 win on leigh rmi, before scoring hat-trick against young oldham athletic side stake claim starting position in bury s opening game of season. pre-season form paid dividends, earning starting berth alongside david nugent in season opening 4–2 defeat against swansea city on 9 august 2003. 1 week later, scored first professional goal in 3–2 home defeat scunthorpe united. porter, said didn t enjoy [his debut goal] as wanted because lost , withdrawn game after spraining ankle. made 2 goals in 2 games on 23 august side saw off kidderminster harriers 2–0, again failed complete full 90 minutes recurrence of ankle injury.


porter scored tenth , final goal of season on 8 may bury beat macclesfield 2–0 @ gigg lane. made 40 appearances in competitions on season.


2004–05 season

in newly renamed league two, porter scored first goal of season bury on 21 august 2004 in 1–1 draw chester city. received first red card of career on 28 september during football league trophy first round match stockport county. on yellow card, porter sent off in 90th minute of encounter, scores tied @ 1–1. bundled ball net using hand, , referee mark cowburn showed him straight red handball offence. bury lost game 3–1 after time, ending game 9 men on field. following suspension, returned score bench in 1–1 draw @ leyton orient on 9 october.


porter had been transfer target oldham athletic ahead of clash brentford on 15 march, oldham boss ronnie moore saying club had made reasonable offer . bury manager graham barrow said there no chance of him leaving , club stating oldham wanted take porter on loan view permanent deal in summer. loan move never materialised, porter matched last seasons tally final goal of season on 9 april when bury drew 2–2 kidderminster. scored ten goals in 36 appearances. contract expiring, porter offered new contract remain bury in summer of 2005.








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