Two points separate top four in Alliance

Last updated : 19 February 2011 By Tony Scholes
Midfielder Steve Hewitt
Port Vale's physical and direct approach has seen them remain unbeaten until the Clarets got the better of them last Saturday. Despite the defeat they remained top of the league because the once invincible looking Blackpool fell to another defeat against Macclesfield.

That's allowed Rochdale to move into second place after they secured a comfortable 4-1 win against Wrexham. Burnley are just a point behind those two clubs now and only two points behind leaders Port Vale and we are in with an excellent chance of winning this league.

Oldham, right behind us before weekend, were also losers as they went down to Walsall but the team to watch right now is Preston. After a dreadful start to the season they have seriously picked up and won twice on three days. Having beaten Wigan on Saturday they picked up another three points two days later against Bury.

Preston are our next opponents this coming Saturday at their Springfields training ground. We need to get yesterday's cup defeat against struggling Tranmere out of the system. A win would certainly lift us at least one place with Rochdale having no game.

The recent results, next fixtures and Burnley's goalscorers are shown below followed by links to the results, fixtures and league tables for both youth and reserve teams.

Recent Results

Saturday 12th February

Macclesfield 3 Blackpool 1
Port Vale 0 Burnley 2
Shrewsbury 3 Bury 4
Stockport 4 Carlisle 2
Tranmere 0 Morecambe 3
Walsall 2 Oldham 0
Wigan 2 Preston 4
Wrexham 1 Rochdale 4

Monday 14th February
Bury 1 Preston 2 (played at Preston)

This Week's Fixtures

Saturday 19th February

Blackpool v Carlisle
Port Vale v Walsall
Preston v Burnley (kick off 10:30)
Stockport v Shrewsbury
Tranmere v Wrexham

Burnley Goalscorers (League and Cup)

13: Joe McKee
11: Joe Jackson
5: Tommy Taylor
4: Shay McCartan
3: Ross Wilson
2: Curtis Woods
1: Tom Anderson, Steven Hewitt, Mehdi Lazaar,
Dave Lynch, Dean Overson, Ed Williams, Ben Woodhead

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