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That was a good start to the week but it wasn't plain sailing two days later when they played Manchester City on Wednesday. With Preston set to lose at home it meant a win would see them return to the top position they held earlier in the season. City were easy winners with Jack Redshaw scoring twice alongside further goals from Gary Nolan and Lee Hulme.
Preston's home defeat to Wrexham was a surprise one and it was won with a late penalty from Alex Darlington after Mike Carvill had been brought down by central defender Neal Trotman. Preston usually field a strong line up but on this occasion the only members of the first team squad on duty were Trotman and Michael Hart.
Blackpool scored four to beat Bury with four different scorers in Dominic Merella, Keith Southern, Simon Wiles and Joe Martin. The win takes them above the Clarets and with Carlisle also going above us after their 1-0 win it now takes us to sixth in the table yet a win would have seen us, with our games in hand, looking strong candidates to win the league.
This week's results
Monday
Accrington 1 Morecambe 5
Wednesday
Blackpool 4 Bury 1
Burnley 0 Carlisle 1
Manchester City 4 Morecambe 1
Preston 0 Wrexham 1
Next week's fixtures
Tuesday
Manchester City v Blackpool
Wednesday
Burnley v Wrexham
Morecambe v Bury
Preston v Chester
Rochdale v Accrington
Tranmere v Carlisle
Burnley Goalscorers
4: Steve Jones, Alex MacDonald
3: Ade Akinbiyi, Alan Mahon, James O'Connor, Jay Rodriguez, Rob Turner
2: Owen Coyle, Michael Duff
1: James Craggs, Wade Elliott, Alex-Ray Harvey, Adam Kay, Garreth O'Connor, David Unsworth
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