Bury go four points clear

Alex McDonald - youth team's leading scorer

The week produced a full set of close games with two draws and six games ending in one goal wins, and one of those wins was Bury's as they continued their terrific season with a 2-1 home victory over Bury.

Wigan are in second place and could only draw at Walsall, whilst Burnley in third place suffered a fifth defeat of the season, and a third in four games, which has left us seven points behind the leaders and now down in seventh place.

Biggest winners this weekend were Morecambe who beat Shrewsbury 3-1 at home. That win has lifted them off the bottom of the table. They've gone above Rochdale who were beaten at Carlisle, and Accrington whose 3-2 defeat at Blackpool has seen them once again drop into bottom place.

It is cup action this coming weekend, the second round of the Youth Alliance Cup. Having beaten York City away in the first round the Clarets have been rewarded with a home tie against Shrewsbury which will be played at Gawthorpe. The game kicks off at 11:00 a.m.

We are next in league action on the following Saturday 1^st December when we play Rochdale away.

Saturday's results

Blackpool 3 Accrington 2
Bury 2 Oldham 1
Chester 1 Tranmere 2
Morecambe 3 Shrewsbury 1
Port Vale 1 Wrexham 1
Preston 2 Burnley 1
Rochdale 0 Carlisle 1
Stockport 2 Macclesfield 1
Walsall 0 Wigan 0

This week's Alliance Cup ties

Blackpool v Preston
Burnley v Shrewsbury
Bury v Hartlepool
Carlisle v Chesterfield
Lincoln v Mansfield
Rotherham v Rochdale
Stockport v Hull
Wigan v Morecambe

Next League Fixtures

Accrington v Morecambe
Bury v Macclesfield
Carlisle v Blackpool
Oldham v Preston
Port Vale v Walsall
Rochdale v Burnley
Tranmere v Stockport
Wigan v Shrewsbury
Wrexham v Chester

Burnley Goalscorers (not including friendlies)

7: Alex McDonald
6: Wes Fletcher, Rob Turner
5: Adam Kay
2: Chris Lynch
1: James Craggs, Alex-Ray Harvey, Ben Hoskin