Walsall 0-1 Bury

Craig Jones joined Bury in the summer of 2012

Craig Jones' goal earned Bury their first league win of the season and ended Walsall's unbeaten start.

The Saddlers claimed a draw and four consecutive wins in August, and went into Saturday's game top of the table.

But they were undone by Jones' sixth-minute strike, which he powered low into the net.

Walsall pushed for an equaliser, but Shakers goalkeeper Rob Lainton produced a string of saves to make sure his side went away with all three points.

Walsall boss Dean Smith told BBC WM:

"I can't have asked any more of the players, they gave it their all.

"We didn't start the game very well and we got punished by a decent goal from them but, for half an hour in the first half it's as well as we've played this season so far.

"It was a good finish from them but looking back we know we could have defended it better."

Bury manager David Flitcroft told BBC Radio Manchester:

"It was the ultimate team performance, in everything we did.

"In a good film, you never remember the start of the film, it's only ghosts that remember the start of the film and you always remember the end.

"At the start of the film today we played some good stuff ourselves, we were unplayable and caused a lot of problems.

"It was a tough game today but that's the way football is."