Bury veteran Efe Sodje has set his sights on making 700 league appearances after hitting 500 last week. The 39-year-old centre-half reached the milestone last Tuesday, ironically away to League One leaders Charlton.

Bury's home game with Hartlepool United is another to have fallen foul of the recent cold snap.

Bury manager Richie Barker revealed he banned his players from talking about the weekend defeat to Rochdale in a bid to get a positive response against table-topping Charlton.

Bury saw their hopes of  recording a first away win of 2012 cruelly snatched away by Dale Stephens’ stoppage-time strike as League One leaders Charlton grabbed a draw at the Valley.