Boss: Ref to blame for draw

Bury manager David Flitcroft felt the referee cost his side two points as they drew 1-1 at home to League Two leaders Wycombe.

Danny Mayor bundled in a 30th-minute opener in a match both bosses felt should not have gone ahead with snow and rain having made the pitch boggy. Fred Onyedinma then claimed a deserved equaliser for Wanderers in the 68th minute but Flitcroft felt referee David Webb missed a foul just before Onyedinma fired past goalkeeper Nick Pope. "The ball wasn't rolling properly, which probably suited them more than us," said Flitcroft. "But my team showed character to stand firm. Wycombe throw everything at you, whether it's a good pitch or a bad pitch. Everything's aerial, it's coming at you from all angles, and we withstood that. "For 32 minutes, until Ryan Lowe went off, we totally dominated. It was never in doubt that we'd get a result. "Then if the officials do their job they give a foul on Adam El-Abd for a push and it was handball. He'd been giving fouls for challenges like that all through the second half. "In the same incident he got two decisions wrong - that can't be right. "It was a 1-0 all day long but solely from a referee's decision we've not got the three points." Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth hailed his players determination to fight back and earn a point. He said: "The pitch was terrible, it was an absolute mud bath. "So the character that we showed to come from behind in conditions like that, away from home on a horrible winter's afternoon, I'm so proud of those boys. "They did so well, they really dug deep. It's not all about playing pretty football sometimes, it's about heart, desire, graft and grit. "People like Aaron Holloway and Fred Onyedinma showed just that, to match the Aaron Pierres and the Alfie Mawsons, who you know you're going to get it from week in, week out. "The culture at this club is really special and everyone plays a part."