Notts County next in Alliance Cup

Last updated : 07 December 2011 By Tony Scholes
Archie Love

Carlisle were guaranteed top place once Preston's game against Shrewsbury was called off and they were always likely winners against Blackpool. They won it 5-1 and have now gone ahead of Preston at the top with the Clarets, with a game in hand, now there points behind Carlisle with a game in hand.

We were concentrating on the cup and the win against Rotherham has given us a place in the last eight of the northern section of the competition. There are just three teams left in from the North West League, including ourselves, with five from the North East League.

Rochdale, 2-0 winners at Bradford City, and Stockport County, who saw off Tranmere on penalties, are the other two sides from our league at this stage of the competition.

Bury and Morecambe were the other two who got through the first round but they both went out on Saturday with Morecambe, who have already conceded 44 goals in 14 league games, getting a hammering at Hull with Bury losing at home against Doncaster.

There was just one other game in the league, that between Port Vale and Macclesfield. They kicked off next to each other in the table and remain there having fought out a 2-2 draw.

Below are the results from both league and cup, Burnley's goalscorers and the draw for the third round of the Youth Alliance Cup, the games scheduled for Saturday 21st January 2012.

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

Youth Alliance Cup

Saturday 3rd December
Bradford City 0 Rochdale 2
Burnley 3 Rotherham 1
Bury 0 Doncaster 2
Hartlepool 2 Scunthorpe 0
Hull 6 Morecambe 0
Lincoln 1 Notts County 3
Stockport 2 Tranmere 2
(Stockport won 4-3 on pens)

Tuesday 6th December
Burton 1 Chesterfield 3

Youth Alliance League

Saturday 3rd December
Blackpool 1 Carlisle United 5
Preston v Shrewsbury - Postponed
Port Vale 2 Macclesfield 2

THIS WEEK'S FIXTURES

Saturday 10th December
Accrington v Preston
Blackpool v Oldham
Burnley v Rochdale
Bury v Carlisle
Port Vale v Wrexham
Shrewsbury v Stockport
Walsall v Tranmere
Wigan v Macclesfield

Youth Alliance Cup Draw

Saturday 21st January
Doncaster v Chesterfield
Notts County v Burnley
Stockport v Hull
Rochdale v Hartlepool

Burnley's Goalscorers (League and all Cups)

14: Jason Gilchrist
11: Shay McCartan
5: Steven Hewitt
4: Adam Evans
2: Cameron Howieson, Archie Love, Alex Mullin
1: Lewis Nuttall, Dean Overson, Aryn Williams, own goal

CURRENT LEAGUE TABLE

Team pld w d l f a pts
 
Carlisle United 13 10 0 3 36 15 30
Preston North End 13 9 2 2 33 14 29
Burnley 12 9 0 3 28 17 27
Walsall 10 8 2 0 27 7 26
Tranmere Rovers 13 8 0 5 32 24 24
Bury 13 6 2 5 29 27 20
Stockport County 12 5 1 6 24 32 16
Oldham Athletic 13 4 3 6 14 14 15
Wrexham 10 4 2 4 16 14 14
Rochdale 12 4 2 6 18 23 14
Port Vale 11 4 2 5 20 26 14
Macclesfield Town 12 3 5 4 16 23 14
Shrewsbury Town 11 4 0 7 19 25 12
Accrington Stanley 11 3 2 6 15 19 11
Blackpool 13 3 1 9 19 37 10
Wigan Athletic 11 2 2 7 15 21 8
Morecambe 14 2 2 10 21 44 8