As you were at the top

James Craggs

Whilst Burnley were beating Wigan 2-1 at Gawthorpe there was no let up from the two teams abve us who both recorded 1-0 wins. Wrexham won at Bury whilst second place Carlisle were winners at home against Chester.

That leaves us still five points behind Carlisle with three games in hand and eight points behind leaders Wrexham with five games in hand.

Preston and Tranmere were the biggest winners on Saturday, both winning by three goals. Preston defeated Shrewsbury at home 4-1 whilst bottom club Accrington had no answer to Tranmere with the Wirral club going home with a 3-0 victory. There were also wins for Macclesfield, Port Vale, Stockport and Walsall.

Carlisle will play one of their outstanding games during the week, they visit Preston on Wednesday, but the big clash of the weekend sees the young Burnley side travel to North Wales for a first meeting with leaders Wrexham.

There's no doubt that a win would give us a real boost particularly given the number of games we've still got to play this season.

Last Week's Results

Saturday 14^th March
Accrington 0 Tranmere 3
Blackpool 1 Walsall 2
Burnley 2 Wigan 1
Bury 0 Wrexham 1
Carlisle 1 Chester 0
Morecambe 1 Macclesfield 3
Oldham 1 Port Vale 3
Preston 4 Shrewsbury 1
Rochdale 1 Stockport 2

This Week's Fixtures

Wednesday 18^th March
Preston v Carlisle United

Saturday 21^st March
Chester v Bury
Macclesfield v Carlisle
Port Vale v Morecambe
Shrewsbury v Oldham
Stockport v Preston
Walsall v Accrington
Wigan v Blackpool
Wrexham v Burnley

Burnley Goalscorers (league and cup)

23: Wes Fletcher
8: Liam Newman
7: Chris Anderson
6: Dominic Knowles
5: James Craggs, Oliver Devenney, Alex-Ray Harvey
3: Michael King, Nik Kudiersky
2: own goals
1: Dil Chaggar, Ben Hoskin, Chris Lynch