ANDY Preece did not know which to be more happy about on Saturday - a win or no bookings.

A referee not yellow carding a Shakers player lately has been a sight rarer than a red squirrel colony in Radcliffe.

The club were hit with a £25,000 suspended fine last season for their terrible disciplinary record with the threat that unless they cleaned up their act this campaign, they would have to pay up.

It prompted Preece to invite a referee to spend a week at the club in an attempt to show his players what they were doing wrong. But it had no great effect and on Tuesday at Brentford, Bury were fined a further £5,000 after picking up five bookings.

"It puts the team under pressure and it puts me under pressure because the chairman has a go about being fined," admitted Preece. "We were unlucky on Tuesday because all the bookings bar one were harsh and even their manager Steve Coppell said the same. But it was great to stay booking free."

The Shakers host Notts County tomorrow night in the LDV Vans Trophy second round. Gareth Seddon may have recovered from the flu but there is still a long injury list, including Chris Billy who will be sidelined for six weeks with ligament damage.