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| Central defender Alex Whitmore |
They could get the title today, should Walsall fail to beat Blackpool at home, but if not would require one point from their last game against Burnley this Saturday to make things certain. The simple maths now are that Wrexham would have to lose to the Clarets and Walsall would have to win all their remaining three games. No other club can now win the league.
It was a strange weekend. Things had been set up in Wrexham's favour when they beat second place Preston last Wednesday, on a day when Rochdale also did their chances no harm with a massive 7-1 win at Blackpool.
That left four of them in with a chance but Wrexham as clear favourites. Given they'd lost just once all season it looked a mere formality, but they doubled the figure in the defeats column to two at Bury only to learn that a point would have been good enough.
Rochdale were all but out of it and they ended Preston's hopes by securing a draw against them and that left just Walsall. They'd only lost twice but went down to the young Burnley side at Gawthorpe although, because of games in hand, remain in with that slim chance.
Elsewhere, there were Saturday wins for Blackpool, Carlisle, Fleetwood, Port Vale and Shrewsbury and Tranmere, beaten on Saturday, won again two days ago, winning at Bury.
There is a full fixture list this coming Saturday but before that there are four games this afternoon. Burnley are involved away on both dates, playing at Port Vale today and at Wrexham on Saturday and these two games will bring our Youth Alliance League season to an end.
The results, fixtures, Burnley's goalscorers and the current league table are all below.
RECENT RESULTS
Wednesday 3rd April
Blackpool 1 Rochdale 7
Wrexham 2 Preston 0
Saturday 6th April
Accrington 2 Shrewsbury 4
Blackpool 2 Tranmere 1
Burnley 1 Walsall 0
Bury 2 Wrexham 1
Carlisle 1 Macclesfield 0
Fleetwood 0 Oldham 3
Morecambe 0 Port Vale 5
Preston 1 Rochdale 1
Monday 8th April
Bury 1 Tranmere 2
Tuesday 9th April
Carlisle 3 Rochdale 3
THIS WEEK'S FIXTURES
Wednesday 10th April
Macclesfield v Accrington
Port Vale v Burnley
Walsall v Blackpool
Saturday 13th April
Macclesfield v Bury
Oldham v Carlisle
Port Vale v Fleetwood
Rochdale v Morecambe
Shrewsbury v Preston
Tranmere v Accrington
Wrexham v Burnley
BURNLEY'S GOALSCORERS (LEAGUE & CUP)
22: Jason Gilchrist
9: Jamie Frost
4: Luke Gallagher, Lewis Nuttall
3: Cameron Howieson, Nathan Lowe, Khius Metz
1: Andreas Bianga, Evan Galvin, Charlie Holt, Brad Jackson, Alex Whitmore, own goals
CURRENT LEAGUE TABLE
| Team | pld | w | d | l | f | a | pts |
| Wrexham | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 47 |
| Preston North End | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 27 | 42 |
| Rochdale | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 53 | 21 | 41 |
| Walsall | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 38 |
| Bury | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 43 | 35 |
| Burnley | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 48 | 33 | 34 |
| Carlisle United | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 34 |
| Macclesfield Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 27 |
| Port Vale | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 27 |
| Oldham Athletic | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 27 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 28 | 31 | 24 |
| Blackpool | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 64 | 20 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 16 |
| Fleetwood Town | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 16 |
| Morecambe | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 63 | 15 |
| Accrington Stanley | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 72 | 10 |
The information above is all correct prior to today's games. We've since received the news that Burnley won their game at Port Vale 2-1 with goals from Lewis Nuttall and Brad Jackson.