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There was hardly anything of note and certainly not much in the way of chances and it was no surprise to see the teams go in at half time with a goalless scoreline.
But Burnley stepped it up in the second half and when Alex MacDonald cleverly played in Wes Fletcher, the young striker took his chance in some style. If that was good, then his finish for the second was even better as the Clarets took full command.
MacDonald, back from a bout of tonsillitis, gave way after the hour and was replaced by Michael King. Anything Wes can do, so can Kingy, and he too took two chances well with Burnley dominating the second half.
The midfield certainly got to grips with things and some of the passing was excellent as the two goalscorers will testify. And for Fletcher, that meant five goals in the last three reserve games to go with is 23 goals for the youth team.
Next week's home game against Blackpool has been called off because of our Lancashire FA Youth Cup tie at Oldham so the reserves will not be in action for two weeks when we play Rochdale away. That game will be played at Rossendale United's Dark Lane.
Tonight's teams were;
Burnley: Diego Penny, Dan Brown, Nik Kudiersky, Chris Lynch, Jake McEneaney, Adam Kay, Alex MacDonald (Michael King), Chris Anderson, Alex-Ray Harvey, James Craggs (Dil Chaggar), Wes Fletcher (Dom Knowles). Subs not used: Danny McDonald, Liam Newman.
Tranmere: Joe Collister, Danny Holmes, Louis Corrigan, Andrew Owens, Luke Waterfall, Paul Henry, Joel Richardson, Ryan Fraughan (Luke Denson), Josh Macauley, Craig Curran (Jack Mackreth), Dave Wilson. Subs not used: Peter Kennedy, Ross Rule.