Burnley have been quietly moving up the table in recent weeks and a second successive victory against the league leaders, a week earlier it was Carlisle, has now seen us move into sixth place and with games in hand on all but one of the teams above us.
There were only three games played last Saturday and Rochdale's 2-0 win against Macclesfield was significant, taking them into second place, ahead of Carlisle, and now within a point of Preston with a game in hand.
The only other game saw Bury remain one point above us with a win at Fleetwood and this week there is no league action with the Youth Alliance Cup getting underway in which we've been drawn at home to Walsall.
Last week's results, this week's cup fixtures, Burnley's goalscorers and the current league table are all shown below.
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Youth Alliance League
Saturday 27th October
Fleetwood 1 Bury 3
Preston 0 Burnley 1
Rochdale 2 Macclesfield 0
THIS WEEK'S FIXTURES
Youth Alliance Cup (North)
Saturday 3rd November
Accrington v Doncaster
Blackpool v Shrewsbury
Burnley v Walsall
Burton v Macclesfield
Bury v Hartlepoool
Fleetwood v York
Hull v Port Vale
Morecambe v Chesterfield
Oldham v Scunthorpe
Rotherham v Carlisle
Tranmere v Rochdale
Wrexham v Lincoln
BURNLEY'S GOALSCORERS
12: Jason Gilchrist
2: Jamie Frost, Luke Gallagher, Cameron Howieson, Lewis Nuttall
1: Charlie Holt, Brad Jackson, own goals
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLE
Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
Preston North End | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 22 |
Rochdale | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 21 |
Carlisle United | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 19 |
Wrexham | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 19 |
Bury | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
Burnley | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 15 |
Walsall | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 15 |
Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 13 |
Macclesfield Town | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
Shrewsbury Town | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
Oldham Athletic | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 12 |
Blackpool | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 10 |
Fleetwood Town | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 |
Accrington Stanley | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 5 |
Morecambe | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 3 |
Tranmere Rovers | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 1 |