Shrewsbury next for youths

Central defender Chris Lynch

Three of the first round ties are still to be decided. The game between Blackpool and Boston was called off and the Hartlepool v Scunthorpe game was postponed following the death of Hartlepool player Michael Maidens. To add to that the game between Doncaster and Hull must be replayed because of a serious breach of Football League rules.

The biggest first round winners were Carlisle who won 4-0 at Darlington, whilst Rotherham were 3-0 winners at Walsall as were Morecambe in their home game against Chester. Perhaps the biggest surprise was Wrexham's defeat to Wigan. A scoreline of Wrexham 0 Wigan 2 wouldn't surprise too many people but at youth level Wrexham are having a better season than the Premier League club.

Leaders in our league are currently Bury and they came from behind to beat Port Vale and all of Preston, Stockport and Walsall from our league were winners. Shrewsbury, our next opponents, were the one club to receive a buy in the first round.

The full first round results were;

Blackpool v Boston - postponed, to be played 7^th November
Chesterfield 4 Accrington 2
Darlington 0 Carlisle 4
Doncaster 1 Hull City 2 - to be replayed due to serious breach of Football League rules
Hartlepool v Scunthorpe - postponed, new date to be confirmed
Lincoln 2 Bradford City 1
Macclesfield 1 Rochdale 2
Mansfield 1 Grimsby 1 - Mansfield won 3-1 on pens
Morecambe 3 Chester 0
Port Vale 2 Bury 3
Preston 1 Oldham 0
Stockport 3 Tranmere 1
Walsall 0 Rotherham 3
Wrexham 0 Wigan 2
York 0 Burnley 1

The draw for the second round, to be played on Saturday 24^th November

Blackpool or Boston v Preston
Burnley v Shrewsbury
Bury v Hartlepool or Scunthorpe
Carlisle v Chesterfield
Lincoln v Mansfield
Rotherham v Rochdale
Stockport v Doncaster or Hull
Wigan v Morecambe

Burnley Goalscorers (not including friendlies)

5: Wes Fletcher, Adam Kay, Alex McDonald, Rob Turner
1: James Craggs, Alex-Ray Harvey, Ben Hoskin, Chris Lynch

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