Shrewsbury close Alliance gap

Last updated : 23 March 2010 By Tony Scholes
Joe Jackson
There was no mistake from the Shrews who won easily and that has taken them to within three points of Preston with both now having played the same number of games.

For poor Blackpool, they followed up that defeat with another reverse yesterday when they were beaten by bottom club Accrington who are now just the one point behind Morecambe.

Walsall moved back into third place with a win over Carlisle, again taking advantage of a side not playing, in this case it was Rochdale who move to fourth after their game at Macclesfield was called off.

The only other team above Burnley now are Stockport, and we beat them 4-1 on Saturday. This is a Stockport side who reached the Northern Final of the Youth Alliance Cup last week with a 4-1 win themselves over Preston.

The turnaround from Burnley has been remarkable. After winning just seven points from the first eight games, an early run that saw us down at the bottom of the league, we've since, in a further 11 games won a further 26 points.

Bury and Wrexham were the other winners on Saturday. Both of them are in mid-table, in the group that sit just a few points behind the Clarets.

We've got two home games this week. Tomorrow we entertain fourth place Rochdale (kick off 2:00 p.m.) and on Saturday morning we face Tranmere Rovers. Kick off for the second game is at 11:00 a.m.

Last Week's Results

Saturday 20th March

Port Vale 2 Accrington 2
Shrewsbury 4 Blackpool 0
Stockport 1 Burnley 4
Tranmere 2 Bury 3
Walsall 5 Carlisle 3
Wigan 2 Morecambe 2
Wrexham 2 Oldham 0

Monday 22nd March
Accrington 3 Blackpool 2

This Week's Fixtures

Wednesday 24th March

Burnley v Rochdale

Saturday 27th March
Accrington v Shrewsbury
Blackpool v Stockport
Burnley v Tranmere
Bury v Walsall
Morecambe v Wrexham
Preston v Macclesfield
Wigan v Port Vale

Burnley Goalscorers (League and Cup)

12 Dom Knowles
11: Joe McKee
7: Michael King
6: Liam Newman, James Taylor
4 Joe Jackson
3 Tommy Taylor
1: Ross Wilson, Curtis Woods, own goals

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