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| Leading scorer Shay McCartan now has nine goals |
Walsall, yet again, had no game. They sit at the top with 21 points from 7 games, a 100% record, and have three games in hand on both Carlisle, who beat Morecambe on Saturday, and ourselves.
Our climb of one place is ahead of Preston who were surprisingly held to a 0-0 draw by Oldham and are now a point behind whilst right behind North End are Bury who matched our result on Saturday with a 5-0 win at Rochdale.
Tranmere were also winners to take them sixth, and there are just three points separating the top six right now and there are goals in these teams. Walsall are averaging three goals per game whilst all of the other five are averaging more than two goals per game.
Defensively, no doubt, Walsall are doing the best with only four goals conceded in their seven games.
The other winners on Saturday were Shrewsbury with their 2-1 success against Wigan lifting them three places up the table after starting the day next to bottom.
Burnley face Oldham at Gawthorpe next Saturday but before that we have the Lancashire FA Youth Cup tie against Accrington Stanley which is scheduled to be played this Wednesday evening at the Crown Ground, kick off 7:00 p.m.
The weekend results, this week's fixtures and Burnley's goalscorers are all shown below.
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Saturday 22nd October
Blackpool 0 Burnley 5
Macclesfield 1 Port Vale 1
Morecambe 1 Carlisle 2
Preston 0 Oldham 0
Rochdale 0 Bury 5
Stockport 1 Tranmere 2
Wigan 1 Shrewsbury 2
NEXT WEEK'S FIXTURES
Friday 28th October
Preston v Bury
Saturday 29th October
Burnley v Oldham
Carlisle v Accrington
Morecambe v Blackpool
Shrewsbury v Port Vale
Stockport v Macclesfield
Tranmere v Wrexham
Walsall v Wigan
BURNLEY'S GOALSCORERS
9: Shay McCartan
7: Jason Gilchrist
2: Adam Evans
1: Steven Hewitt, Archie Love, Alex Mullin, Lewis Nuttall, Dean Overson, Aryn Williams
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLE
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Walsall | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 21 |
| Carlisle United | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 21 |
| Burnley | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 21 |
| Preston North End | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 20 |
| Bury | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 19 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 18 |
| Macclesfield Town | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Oldham Athletic | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 |
| Rochdale | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 11 |
| Port Vale | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 10 |
| Stockport County | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 10 |
| Blackpool | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 10 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 |
| Accrington Stanley | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 |
| Wigan Athletic | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 |
| Wrexham | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
| Morecambe | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 4 |