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Oldham grabbed the lead after just twelve minutes last night through Ryan Brooke but North End were level within three minutes when trialist Vladislav Mirchev struck. The second half got more difficult for the Latics on the hour when they had Filipe Morais dismissed for violent conduct but it looked as though they would hold out for a draw.
That was until the fourth minute of stoppage time when Barry Nicholson, making his second appearance on return from injury, latched on to a knock down and scored from close range to give Preston the points and second place in the league.
It's cup week next week and we've no game the following week either when there are four league games. With Preston the other team not playing, no matter what happens we'll still have our four point lead with games in hand.
This week's results and the next league fixtures are shown below along with the league's leading scorers and the Burnley goalscorers.
This Week's Results
Tuesday 2nd November
Burnley 4 Wrexham 1
Wednesday 3rd November
Preston 2 Oldham 1
Next Fixtures
Tuesday 16th November
Bury v Tranmere (at Radcliffe Borough)
Wednesday 17th November
Accrington v Wrexham (at Accrington)
Macclesfield v Morecambe (at Macclesfield)
Oldham v Shrewsbury (at Stalybridge Celtic)
Leading Goalscorers
6: Alex MacDonald (Burnley), Mathias Pogba (Wrexham)
5: Jamie Douglas (Preston), Wes Fletcher (Burnley)
4: Tom Bradshaw (Shrewsbury), Benjamin Van Den Broek (Shrewsbury)
Burnley Goalscorers
6: Alex MacDonald
5: Wes Fletcher
3: Jay Rodriguez
2: Chris Anderson, Michael King, Kevin McDonald
1: Brian Easton, David Edgar, Dominic Knowles
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