Clarets drop to third as 17 goal Preston go second in the Alliance

Last updated : 27 April 2011 By Tony Scholes
We started the day three points behind Rochdale with both of us having two games to play. Our only hope was for Rochdale to drop points and for us to make a massive dent in their goal different that went better than ours when they recently beat Blackpool 9-0.

Unfortunately, as we won by one goal so Rochdale won by two and that leaves us still three points behind them with one to play their goal difference now ten better than ours.

Rochdale will be champions should they beat Tranmere on Saturday but their closest rivals are neither Burnley, nor Port Vale who were also top recently, but Preston.

Port Vale could only draw with Wrexham but Preston scored an incredible 17 goals over the weekend to go second. Six defeats in their first seven games; they've since won 15 and drawn 1 without a solitary defeat.

Anything Rochdale can do, so can Preston and they matched that 9-0 score against Blackpool on Saturday. Yesterday they followed that up with another eight in an 8-2 win against Morecambe.

Somehow I can 't see them slipping up at Stockport on Saturday in their last game so that means we'll be looking for a win at Wrexham to give us a good chance of finishing in third place ahead of Port Vale.

The latest results are all shown below along with this weekend's fixtures and the Burnley goalscorers.

The player pictured is defender Curtis Woods, one of three players recently released by the club.

Recent Results

Monday 18th April

Tranmere 3 Wigan 1

Thursday 21st April
Carlisle 3 Oldham 6

Saturday 16th April
Burnley 1 Morecambe 0
Bury 0 Oldham 2
Macclesfield 5 Tranmere 2
Port Vale 0 Wrexham 0
Preston 9 Blackpool 0
Rochdale 2 Shrewsbury 0
Wigan 3 Stockport 0

Tuesday 26th April
Morecambe 2 Preston 8

This Week's Fixtures

Saturday 30th April

Macclesfield v Carlisle
Port Vale v Morecambe
Stockport v Preston
Tranmere v Rochdale
Walsall v Accrington Stanley
Wigan v Blackpool
Wrexham v Burnley

Burnley Goalscorers

14: Joe McKee
13: Joe Jackson
7: Tommy Taylor
6: Ross Wilson
4: Shay McCartan
2: Adam Evans, Dean Overson, Curtis Woods
1: Tom Anderson, Steven Hewitt, Mehdi Lazaar, Dave Lynch, James Taylor, Ed Williams, Ben Woodhead

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