It's Wrexham's Alliance title

Last updated : 15 April 2013 By Tony Scholes
Nathan Lowe

They clinched the title when Walsall, the only team who could catch them, were held to a draw in midweek and so the Welsh club win the league for the first time since 2009.

They'd only lost one of their first 20 games but two defeats in the last two games left it close once Preston and Rochdale had both won comfortably on Saturday to finish within two and three points respectively.

We are currently fourth but a fifth place finish looks the most likely with Walsall likely to need just a point from two remaining games to pass us.

Down at the other end of the table it's Accrington who take the wooden spoon that looked set, for most of the season, to be heading to Tranmere. The Wirral club have had a remarkable turn round after having just one point at the turn of the year and have lifted themselves three places taken them ahead of both Fleetwood and Morecambe as well as Accrington.

From our point of view, I think a return of 13 wins from 22 games is some achievement given the team we've had out this season both in terms of experience and age. Jason Gilchrist's goals will have to come from somewhere else next season but he's the only second year scholar to have played with any sort of regularity and so it will be a similar squad next season.

Well done to Wrexham. Despite being one of only two non-league teams in our group, again highlighting where we are at youth level because of our low EPPP rating, they must certainly be getting something right at youth level.

The latest result and the next fixtures are below along with Burnley's goalscorers and the current league table.

LATEST RESULTS

Wednesday 10th April
Macclesfield 0 Accrington 1
Port Vale 1 Burnley 2
Walsall 1 Blackpool 1

Saturday 13th April
Macclesfield 1 Bury 2
Oldham 5 Carlisle 1
Port Vale 1 Fleetwood 0
Rochdale 4 Morecambe 0
Shrewsbury 0 Preston 5
Tranmere 1 Accrington 0
Wrexham 0 Burnley 1

THIS WEEK'S FIXTURES

Tuesday 16th April
Tranmere v Fleetwood

Thursday 18th April
Walsall v Oldham

Saturday 20th April
Oldham v Blackpool
Shrewsbury v Carlisle
Walsall v Morecambe

BURNLEY GOALSCORERS (LEAGUE & CUP)

22: Jason Gilchrist
9: Jamie Frost
5: Lewis Nuttall
4: Luke Gallagher, Nathan Lowe
3: Cameron Howieson, Khuis Met
2: Brad Jackson
1: Andreas Bianga, Evan Galvin, Charlie Holt, Alex Whitmore, own goals

CURRENT LEAGUE TABLE

Team pld w d l f a pts
 
Wrexham 22 14 5 3 43 16 47
Preston North End 22 14 3 5 59 27 45
Rochdale 22 12 8 2 57 21 44
Burnley 22 13 1 8 51 34 40
Walsall 20 11 6 3 46 21 39
Bury 22 12 2 8 42 44 38
Carlisle United 21 10 4 7 46 35 34
Oldham Athletic 20 9 3 8 30 26 30
Port Vale 22 8 6 8 27 25 30
Macclesfield Town 22 7 6 9 28 28 27
Shrewsbury Town 21 8 0 13 28 36 24
Blackpool 21 6 3 12 34 65 21
Tranmere Rovers 21 5 4 12 29 38 19
Fleetwood Town 21 4 4 13 25 43 16
Morecambe 21 4 3 14 29 67 15
Accrington Stanley 22 3 4 15 25 73 13