Rochdale ended last season in third place just ahead of Walsall who were also off to a winning start with a 2-0 win against Bury.
However, last season's champions and runners up were both beaten. Wrexham won the league, finishing two points ahead of Preston. They lost 1-0 at Carlisle with Preston beaten at home 2-1 by Oldham.
In the other games played there were wins for Blackpool, Macclesfield and Port Vale.
Burnley will start their Youth Alliance campaign this coming Saturday with a trip to Oldham. Kick off there will be 11 a.m.
Last week's results are all shown below along with this week's fixtures.
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Saturday 10th August
ACCRINGTON 0 ROCHDALE 4
BLACKPOOL 1 SHREWSBURY 0
BURY 0 WALSALL 2
CARLISLE 1 WREXHAM 0
MORECAMBE 1 MACCLESFIELD 2
PRESTON 1 OLDHAM 2
WIGAN 2 PORT VALE 3
THIS WEEK'S FIXTURES
Saturday 17th August
MACCLESFIELD v BLACKPOOL
OLDHAM v BURNLEY
PORT VALE v BURY
ROCHDALE v CARLISLE
SHREWSBURY v FLEETWOOD
TRANMERE v MORECAMBE
WALSALL v PRESTON
WREXHAM v WIGAN