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Thankfully the other teams didn't take the same advantage. Carlisle, the other side with just the one defeat (and that coming against us) played Oldham and they fought out a 0-0 draw and this enabled Tranmere to sneak in between them after they beat Port Vale 5-0.
Blackpool's point against us has given them a bit of breathing space over the bottom clubs. They are now three points clear of both Chester and Morecambe whilst Accrington remain at the bottom without a point. Chester and Morecambe lost to Macclesfield and Preston and both conceded four goals whilst Stanley were another to lose 5-0, going down at home to Bury.
Wigan were beaten again and after looking the most likely challenges to us at the top just a few weeks ago they now find themselves in the bottom half of the division. Rochdale though are very much moving in the opposite direction and their latest win has taken them to eighth.
Rochdale are our next opponents this coming Saturday, the second in our run of four consecutive away games.
Last week's results
Accrington 0 Bury 5
Blackpool 1 Burnley 1
Macclesfield 4 Chester 1
Oldham 0 Carlisle 0
Preston 4 Morecambe 0
Rochdale 2 Stockport 1
Shrewsbury 2 Wrexham 3
Tranmere 5 Port Vale 0
Wigan 0 Walsall 1
This week's fixtures
Bury v Preston
Carlisle v Accrington
Chester v Port Vale
Morecambe v Blackpool
Rochdale v Burnley
Shrewsbury v Oldham
Stockport v Walsall
Tranmere v Wigan
Burnley Goalscorers (league and cup)
15: Wes Fletcher
5: Chris Anderson, Alex-Ray Harvey
4: Dominic Knowles, Liam Newman
3: James Craggs
2: Oliver Devenney, own goals
1: Dil Chaggar, Ben Hoskin, Michael King,
Nik Kudiersky, Chris Lynch