Bury were second-best throughout their League Two game at Vale Park, and lucky to head north with a point.
The first question for Knill after the game was whether he was primed to take charge of the Iron, having dramatically come in to 2-9 with one bookmakers on Saturday morning.
“You never know in football. As far as I know I’ll be back at work at Bury on Monday, but if anything happens in between times I’m sure you (the press) will be first to know," he said.
Earlier in the week Knill had appeared to rule himself out of the running, and Bury said he was definitely staying.
But there appeared to be a large amount of money placed on him with bookmakers on Saturday.
This may have been prompted by Mixu Paatelainen apparently taking himself out of the equation.
The Kilmarnock boss instead looks set to take charge of the Finland national team, according to BBC Scotland.