This page shows the ELO score history of the selected club - mapping their best and worst sides of all time, and their most unlikely victories and defeats based on their ELO score.

Inspired by ClubELO.com, the ELO rating system is a method of calculating and comparing the relative strengths of teams in competition. For every match played, the ELO scores of the two teams are considered, and adjusted for other factors (such as home advantage), to calculate the likelihood of the match result. When the actual result of the game is known, the ELO score is adjusted accordingly, comparing the expected outcome of the game with the actual outcome - so a victory over Manchester United will be worth more points than one over Supermarine. The resulting ELO score can be used to compare the strengths of teams over time, and to project future results based on the current form of all teams.

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Bury

ELO Score History

A historical overview of Bury's ELO scores.

Best Teams in History

A list of the top 15 Bury sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
1903	Wednesday April 22nd, 1903	4,093.95
1901	Saturday February 16th, 1901	4,092.09
1902	Saturday October 18th, 1902	4,071.85
1900	Wednesday December 26th, 1900	4,060.39
1904	Saturday January 16th, 1904	4,042.01
1907	Saturday December 21st, 1907	4,028.36
1908	Saturday January 18th, 1908	4,022.73
1899	Saturday December 9th, 1899	4,021.73
1896	Tuesday March 24th, 1896	4,015.27
1926	Saturday January 23rd, 1926	4,006.94
1898	Saturday December 24th, 1898	4,004.60
1897	Saturday October 2nd, 1897	4,002.32
1910	Saturday March 12th, 1910	3,997.16
1909	Saturday September 18th, 1909	3,995.66
1925	Saturday December 26th, 1925	3,984.41

Worst Teams in History

A list of the worst 15 Bury sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
2008	Tuesday February 5th, 2008	3,421.34
2007	Saturday March 24th, 2007	3,423.15
2006	Saturday August 19th, 2006	3,424.55
2004	Saturday January 3rd, 2004	3,430.04
2005	Saturday February 26th, 2005	3,431.75
2003	Sunday December 28th, 2003	3,435.21
1984	Sunday April 1st, 1984	3,439.85
1994	Saturday August 13th, 1994	3,441.61
2013	Saturday December 21st, 2013	3,483.36
1992	Saturday December 12th, 1992	3,483.45
1972	Tuesday December 26th, 1972	3,486.79
1993	Saturday October 2nd, 1993	3,489.47
2018	Saturday April 14th, 2018	3,490.56
1973	Saturday March 24th, 1973	3,494.03
2010	Tuesday August 10th, 2010	3,494.71

Significant Victories

A list of the twenty most significant victories in Bury history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Bury (3,542) vs. Manchester City (4,020) Tuesday October 3rd, 1972	10.28%	2-0	+26.9
Bury (3,632) vs. Queens Park Rangers (4,014) Tuesday October 27th, 1987	15.69%	1-0	+16.9
Bolton Wanderers (3,914) vs. Bury (3,538) Wednesday October 2nd, 2002	7.29%	0-1	+9.3
Bury (3,664) vs. West Bromwich Albion (4,040) Tuesday November 29th, 1977	17.34%	1-0	+16.5
Bury (3,681) vs. Middlesbrough (4,045) Tuesday January 6th, 1976	18.25%	3-2	+16.3
Bury (3,425) vs. Sunderland (3,772) Tuesday August 22nd, 2006	15.43%	2-0	+12.7
Charlton Athletic (3,862) vs. Bury (3,517) Wednesday October 7th, 1992	8.22%	0-1	+9.2
Bury (3,439) vs. Norwich City (3,772) Tuesday January 15th, 2008	16.37%	2-1	+8.4
Bury (3,531) vs. Sheffield United (3,840) Tuesday October 3rd, 1995	20.09%	4-2	+12.0
Bolton Wanderers (3,803) vs. Bury (3,514) Tuesday August 17th, 1993	11.11%	0-2	+13.3
Bristol Rovers (3,767) vs. Bury (3,520) Saturday October 24th, 1970	11.71%	0-1	+17.7
Bury (3,884) vs. Everton (4,130) Monday December 25th, 1905	33.70%	3-2	+13.3
Bury (3,692) vs. Manchester City (3,935) Tuesday April 12th, 1966	30.97%	2-1	+13.8
Bury (3,550) vs. Cardiff City (3,792) Thursday November 7th, 2002	26.49%	3-0	+25.7
Bury (3,690) vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (3,924) Saturday November 26th, 1966	32.14%	2-1	+13.6
Bury (3,841) vs. Aston Villa (4,074) Monday September 8th, 1924	34.20%	4-3	+13.2
Bury (3,722) vs. Southampton (3,950) Saturday April 16th, 1949	32.21%	1-0	+13.6
Bury (3,693) vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (3,915) Saturday March 19th, 1966	33.58%	1-0	+13.3
Everton (4,117) vs. Bury (3,897) Tuesday December 26th, 1905	11.85%	1-2	+17.6
Birmingham City (3,941) vs. Bury (3,723) Saturday February 21st, 1953	13.86%	0-2	+25.8

Significant Defeats

A list of the twenty most significant defeats in Bury history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Yeovil Town (3,306) vs. Bury (3,774) Saturday January 8th, 1949	89.29%	3-1	-26.8
Bury (3,553) vs. Blyth Spartans (3,112) Saturday November 11th, 1995	94.94%	0-2	-14.2
Chorley (3,265) vs. Bury (3,658) Saturday November 17th, 1990	86.11%	2-1	-17.2
Tottenham Hotspur (3,812) vs. Bury (4,092) Saturday February 23rd, 1901	70.23%	2-1	-14.0
Millwall (3,722) vs. Bury (3,999) Wednesday February 3rd, 1926	70.97%	2-0	-21.3
Gillingham (3,586) vs. Bury (3,851) Wednesday September 25th, 1963	71.78%	3-0	-25.1
Northwich Victoria (3,333) vs. Bury (3,598) Tuesday November 28th, 2000	75.78%	1-0	-7.6
Bury (3,867) vs. Exeter City (3,606) Saturday January 24th, 1931	90.49%	1-2	-18.1
Bury (3,600) vs. Crewe Alexandra (3,343) Tuesday September 16th, 1980	88.63%	1-3	-26.6
Halifax Town (3,373) vs. Bury (3,629) Saturday August 23rd, 1980	71.18%	4-2	-21.4
Bury (3,675) vs. Chester (3,423) Wednesday December 25th, 1957	88.76%	1-2	-17.8
Hartlepool (3,334) vs. Bury (3,569) Saturday January 29th, 1972	68.24%	3-1	-20.5
Bury (3,517) vs. Crewe Alexandra (3,284) Saturday September 11th, 1982	86.65%	0-1	-17.3
Bury (3,553) vs. Halifax Town (3,322) Saturday April 17th, 1993	85.29%	1-2	-17.1
Stockport County (3,349) vs. Bury (3,579) Saturday February 12th, 2011	74.41%	2-1	-14.9
Halifax Town (3,351) vs. Bury (3,579) Saturday October 3rd, 1981	67.75%	2-1	-13.5
Bury (3,691) vs. Accrington Stanley (3,464) Saturday March 19th, 1960	86.97%	0-1	-17.4
Bury (3,570) vs. Woking (3,351) Tuesday November 14th, 2017	81.49%	0-3	-14.3
Northampton Town (3,385) vs. Bury (3,602) Saturday August 12th, 1995	70.17%	4-1	-24.6
Bury (3,603) vs. Darlington (3,389) Saturday August 30th, 1980	85.90%	1-2	-17.2

Opponents

A complete listing of Bury's fortunes against all opponents that they have played ten or more matches against - ranked from most to least successful, based on the average ELO points gained or lost in each match.

#	Opponent	P	W	D	L	Avg ELO +/-
1	Yeovil Town Yeovil Town	12	9	0	3	+5.23
2	Stevenage Stevenage	10	5	3	2	+4.81
3	Burton Albion Burton Albion	12	6	4	2	+4.50
4	Accrington Stanley Accrington	20	12	4	4	+3.77
5	Birmingham City Birmingham	69	31	11	27	+3.55
6	Reading Reading	48	23	12	13	+3.24
7	Exeter City Exeter City	38	20	9	9	+2.41
8	Macclesfield Macclesfield	20	10	6	4	+1.91
9	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers	61	30	13	18	+1.89
10	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion	46	20	9	17	+1.86
11	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	69	29	23	17	+1.85
12	Peterborough United Peterborough United	49	21	11	17	+1.80
13	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	75	28	17	30	+1.73
14	York City York City	38	18	10	10	+1.60
15	West Ham United West Ham United	57	23	11	23	+1.59
16	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest	93	39	25	29	+1.56
17	Millwall Millwall	43	17	12	14	+1.56
18	Blackpool Blackpool	62	27	16	19	+1.51
19	Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic	38	16	10	12	+1.50
20	Walsall Walsall	56	24	13	19	+1.28
21	Rotherham United Rotherham United	71	28	14	29	+1.28
22	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers	63	27	18	18	+1.20
23	Gateshead AFC Gateshead	12	7	2	3	+1.11
24	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	49	18	12	19	+0.97
25	Barnet Barnet	18	6	9	3	+0.88
26	Burnley Burnley	60	22	19	19	+0.86
27	Lincoln City Lincoln City	76	31	24	21	+0.86
28	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	60	23	18	19	+0.82
29	Hull City Hull City	66	30	11	25	+0.81
30	Brentford Brentford	62	21	18	23	+0.81
31	Colchester United Colchester United	54	21	16	17	+0.75
32	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	82	31	15	36	+0.72
33	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham	41	14	8	19	+0.63
34	Everton Everton	59	15	18	26	+0.58
35	Darlington Darlington	53	26	14	13	+0.56
36	Arsenal Arsenal	34	12	7	15	+0.49
37	Workington Workington	12	7	1	4	+0.49
38	Torquay United Torquay United	48	22	13	13	+0.47
39	Aston Villa Aston Villa	54	14	12	28	+0.44
40	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle	76	30	18	28	+0.38
41	Notts County Notts County	118	47	29	42	+0.37
42	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough	48	16	13	19	+0.30
43	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	20	8	3	9	+0.29
44	Southport Southport	11	6	2	3	+0.26
45	Cardiff City Cardiff City	57	22	9	26	+0.25
46	Chesterfield Chesterfield	87	37	20	30	+0.25
47	Portsmouth Portsmouth	33	13	8	12	+0.19
48	Preston North End Preston North End	105	35	29	41	+0.12
49	Leicester City Leicester City	59	20	10	29	+0.09
50	Sheffield United Sheffield United	101	29	24	48	+0.07
51	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United	55	21	13	21	+0.05
52	Sunderland Sunderland	63	20	8	35	-0.01
53	Fulham Fulham	74	25	22	27	-0.04
54	Port Vale Port Vale	80	31	23	26	-0.05
55	Chelsea Chelsea	11	5	1	5	-0.15
56	AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon	16	6	3	7	-0.17
57	Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA)	37	16	7	14	-0.28
58	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday	78	26	16	36	-0.31
59	Derby County Derby County	62	19	14	29	-0.31
60	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	56	23	10	23	-0.32
61	Luton Town Luton Town	44	14	10	20	-0.38
62	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic	42	13	12	17	-0.43
63	Northampton Town Northampton Town	65	25	17	23	-0.46
64	Coventry City Coventry City	45	18	9	18	-0.46
65	Gillingham Gillingham	57	23	11	23	-0.53
66	Southampton Southampton	61	23	12	26	-0.55
67	Stoke City Stoke City	74	28	14	32	-0.58
68	Cambridge United Cambridge United	29	12	7	10	-0.59
69	Aldershot Town Aldershot	29	12	9	8	-0.65
70	Rochdale Rochdale	62	23	21	18	-0.69
71	Swansea City Swansea City	75	32	14	29	-0.71
72	Barnsley Barnsley	69	23	18	28	-0.72
73	Hartlepool United Hartlepool United	42	18	12	12	-0.73
74	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers	28	9	7	12	-0.78
75	Leeds United Leeds United	46	14	10	22	-0.78
76	Oxford United Oxford United	41	12	14	15	-0.88
77	Bradford City Bradford	78	24	27	27	-0.88
78	Manchester United Man Utd	44	13	8	23	-0.89
79	Hereford Hereford	34	15	7	12	-0.90
80	Boston United Boston Utd	11	3	5	3	-0.91
81	FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town	31	14	8	9	-0.98
82	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	48	15	18	15	-1.08
83	Swindon Town Swindon	51	17	12	22	-1.18
84	Milton Keynes Dons MK Dons	14	3	3	8	-1.29
85	Watford Watford	14	2	7	5	-1.32
86	Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	24	7	5	12	-1.32
87	Newcastle United Newcastle United	68	18	14	36	-1.39
88	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	73	26	18	29	-1.40
89	Morecambe Morecambe	14	6	3	5	-1.44
90	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra	52	21	14	17	-1.49
91	Manchester City Man City	51	12	13	26	-1.49
92	Chester Chester	55	18	19	18	-1.53
93	Norwich City Norwich City	35	12	7	16	-1.55
94	Leyton Orient Leyton Orient	53	17	11	25	-1.58
95	Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town	16	6	2	8	-1.68
96	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town	12	3	2	7	-1.69
97	AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	44	15	9	20	-1.94
98	Bristol City Bristol City	71	19	17	35	-2.05
99	Southend United Southend United	46	11	16	19	-2.08
100	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town	60	14	15	31	-2.09
101	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace	30	5	8	17	-2.37
102	Carlisle United Carlisle United	39	13	6	20	-2.54
103	Stockport County Stockport County	61	20	16	25	-2.82
104	Liverpool Liverpool	50	9	14	27	-3.02
105	Newport County Newport County	24	5	9	10	-4.36
106	Wrexham Wrexham	44	9	13	22	-4.59
107	Dagenham and Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge	10	1	4	5	-6.57

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