Top three extend lead

Dan Brown - played well in our defeat to Tranmere

Carlisle's game against Wigan was off so they could do no more than watch as that top three all recorded wins. Walsall won at Bury, Macclesfield at Preston and Blackpool proved too strong for Stockport and had the biggest win of the day.

Walsall needed a win to ensure they stayed top and they made no mistake with a 3-1 win at Bury, and they needed it as second place Blackpool went nap in their home fixture against Stockport County.

Macclesfield remain in third place after they won 1-0 at Preston but Carlisle today Carlisle played one of their games in hand and got themselves ever closer with a 2-0 win over Blackpool. They should, with their other games in hand, climb into second place with a reasonable run of results. It was earlier in the season when the Carlisle coach said it was a real test for them to play against a side as good as Burnley but they are now well clear of us, in fact we dropped another place in the table after going down to defeat at home to Tranmere.

We're away this coming Saturday - we take on Stockport who are currently two places and five points above us although we have no fewer than six games in hand.

Last week's results

Accrington v Shrewsbury - Postponed
Blackpool 5 Stockport 2
Burnley 0 Tranmere 1
Bury 1 Walsall 3
Carlisle v Wigan - Postponed
Morecambe 2 Wrexham 1
Oldham 1 Chester 2
Preston 0 Macclesfield 1
Rochdale 1 Port Vale 2

This week's fixtures and results

Monday 31^st March
Carlisle 2 Blackpool 0

Wednesday 2^nd April
Rochdale v Walsall

Saturday 5^th April
Chester v Preston
Macclesfield v Rochdale
Port Vale v Accrington
Shrewsbury v Blackpool
Stockport v Burnley
Tranmere v Bury
Walsall v Carlisle
Wrexham v Oldham

Burnley Goalscorers

13: Wes Fletcher
11: Alex MacDonald
9: Adam Kay
7: Rob Turner
4: James Craggs
3: Alex-Ray Harvey
2: Chris Anderson, Chris Lynch
1: Lewis Craig, Ben Hoskin, Nik Kudiersky, Liam Newman

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