The Walsall game has now been scheduled for Wednesday 21st November, two weeks tomorrow, with an 11:00 a.m. kick off at Gawthorpe, and the next round will be played on Saturday 1st December and, should we get through, will be away from home.
Our game was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch at Gawthorpe, and it was one of four ties called off, the others being at Blackpool, Fleetwood and Morecambe as the wet weather took its toll.
In those games played, unlike last season, it was the North West League that came out on top against the North East League when teams from each league faced each other. There were seven such ties with four won and two lost and a further one lost on a penalty shoot out.
The big scoring game of the day came at Accrington where the home side beat Doncaster 5-4 and two other clubs, Carlisle and Macclesfield, hit four in winning their away games at Burton and Rotherham respectively.
There's a return to league action this weekend with Burnley at home to Morecambe. Those fixtures can be found after the cup results and draw.
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Youth Alliance Cup (North) 1st Round
Saturday 3rd November
Accrington 5 Doncaster 4
Blackpool v Shrewsbury - Postponed
Burnley v Walsall - Postponed
Burton 3 Macclesfield 4
Bury 1 Hartlepool 2
Fleetwood v York - Postponed
Hull 0 Port Vale 0 - Hull won 4-3 on penalties
Morecambe v Chesterfield - Postponed
Oldham 0 Scunthorpe 3
Rotherham 2 Carlisle 4
Tranmere 1 Rochdale 2
Wrexham 4 Lincoln 0
Youth Alliance Cup (North) 2nd Round Draw
Fleetwood or York v Preston
Morecambe or Chesterfield v Burnley or Walsall
Hartlepool v Rochdale
Macclesfield v Scunthorpe
Blackpool or Shrewsbury v Hull
Notts County v Grimsby
Carlisle v Accrington
Wrexham v Bradford City
THIS WEEK'S FIXTURES
Youth Alliance Cup (North) 1st Round
Saturday 10th November
Fleetwood v York - being played at York
Youth Alliance League
Tuesday 6th November
Bury v Fleetwood - being played at Fleetwood
Youth Alliance League
Saturday 10th November
Blackpool v Carlisle
Burnley v Morecambe
Macclesfield v Shrewsbury
Port Vale v Oldham
Preston v Accrington
Walsall v Rochdale
Wrexham v Tranmere
BURNLEY'S GOALSCORERS
12: Jason Gilchrist
2: Jamie Frost, Luke Gallagher, Cameron Howieson, Lewis Nuttall
1: Charlie Holt, Brad Jackson, own goals
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLE
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Preston North End | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 22 |
| Rochdale | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 21 |
| Carlisle United | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 19 |
| Wrexham | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 19 |
| Bury | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
| Burnley | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 15 |
| Walsall | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 15 |
| Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 13 |
| Macclesfield Town | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| Oldham Athletic | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 |
| Blackpool | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 10 |
| Fleetwood Town | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 |
| Accrington Stanley | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 5 |
| Morecambe | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 3 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 1 |